Coastal Carolina University Athletics

2021 (Super Senior)

• Team Captain
• Played in the 2022 Hula Bowl (Florida)
• Named to the 2021 All-Sun Belt first team
• A 2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference first-team selection
• A 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) All-Sun-Belt first-team pick
• Earned a spot on the 2021 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Football All-Sun Belt second team
• Was awarded the team BAM Award
• Was also named the Team Defensive MVP
• Received an invitation to the 2022 Hula Bowl (senior all-star game)
• Was tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 29)
• Played in and started all 13 games for the Chants on the year
• Led the Chants and ranked third in the Sun Belt with 110 total tackles on the season
• Also led CCU and ranked eighth in the Sun Belt with an average of 8.5 tackles per game on the year
• Finished the season with 8.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks, and a SportsCenter Top-10 (No. 3) interception which came in the road win at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
• Recorded double-digit tackles in five games on the season
• Had a career-high 14 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, forced a fumble, and had a quarterback hurry in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17) in his final collegiate game
• Registered 12 stops, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, and a pass breakup in the home contest with Georgia State (Nov. 13)
• Totaled 11 tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss, in the home finale with Texas State (Nov. 20) on Senior Day
• Finished with 10 tackles and a quarterback hurry in the home victory over Troy (Oct. 28)
• Also had 10 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and a pass breakup in the road win at Buffalo (Sept. 18)
• Totaled nine tackles versus Appalachian State (Oct. 20) and seven tackles, including a season-high 2.5 tackles-for-loss in the road win at Georgia Southern (Nov. 6)
• Recorded eight tackles, 1.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, and an interception in the road win at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
• Finished with six stops and a season-high 1.5 sacks in the road win at Arkansas State (Oct. 7)
• Also had six total tackles in wins over The Citadel (Sept. 2), Kansas (Sept. 10), and ULM (Oct. 2)
• A 2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt first-team selection
• Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference first team
• Named to the 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
• Earned a spot on the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• A 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team selection
• Named to the 2022 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2020 (Redshirt Senior)

• Named a 2020 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award winner - one of three nationally
• Named to the 2020 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference second team
• Earned a spot on the 2020 All-Sun Belt second team
• Was named to the 2020 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award watch list
• Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 21)
• Played in all 12 games on the season, starting 11 contests 
• Led Coastal Carolina with 80 tackles and added 6.5 tackles-for-loss, 5.0 sacks, an interception, and a fumble recovery
• His 5.0 sacks were tied for eighth in the Sun Belt, while his 80 total stops were ninth in the conference on the year
• Registered a career-high 12 tackles in the win over South Alabama (Nov. 7)
• Also had 8.0 tackles at Kansas (Sept. 12), at then-No. 21 Louisiana (Oct. 14), versus Georgia Southern (Oct. 24), and in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26)
• Added nine stops against Appalachian State (Nov. 21)
• Recorded 2.0 tackles-for-loss in wins over Kansas and Campbell
• Had 1.0 tackle-for-loss and an interception at Georgia State (Oct. 31)
• Also had a 1.0 tackle-for-loss and 0.5 sacks versus Liberty
• Picked up 2.0 sacks in the home win over the Fighting Camels
• A 2020 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference fourth team selection
• Named to the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• Recognized as a member of the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District team
• A member of the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 fall semester
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 spring term

2019 (Redshirt Junior)

• One of four players named team captain
• Played in two games, before suffering a season-ending injury
• Started both contests versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31) and at Kansas (Sept. 7)
• Recorded 15 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and forced one fumble on the season
• Totaled nine tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and forced a fumble to save a touchdown versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31)
• Also had six tackles, five solo, in the road win at Kansas
• 2019 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List member
• Named to the 2019 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt All-Conference fourth team
• Earned a spot on the 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team
• Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2019 fall semester
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 spring term

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Named honorable mention All-Sun Belt
• Played in 11 games, starting 10 at linebacker
• Named the BAM Defensive Player of the Week in the season opener at South Carolina (Sept. 1)
• Second on the team with 60 tackles and 5.5 tackles per game, despite missing almost a full two games due to an injury
• Recorded six tackles or more in seven games on the season at his linebacker position and registered 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, a fumble recovery, and three pass breakups on the year
• Started the season with a team-high eight tackles at South Carolina (Sept. 1) and at home versus UAB (Sept. 8)
• Also had a team-high eight stops in the game at Troy (Sept. 29) and came back from an injury to total a team-high nine tackles versus Georgia Southern (Nov. 17)
• Totaled six tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss at Campbell (Sept. 12)
• Also had seven tackles and 1.0 tackle-for-loss at Louisiana (Sept. 22)
• Had two tackles versus ULM (Oct. 13) and at UMass (Oct. 20)
• Finished the season with six tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss at South Alabama (Nov. 23)
• Had a sack and two pass breakups versus the Gamecocks
• Also had a pass breakup versus Georgia Southern
• Returned a short kickoff 16 yards at Georgia State
• Named to the 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Earned Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) honors in the fall of 2018 and President’s List (4.0 GPA) recognition in the spring of 2019
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2018-19 academic year
• Named second-team preseason All-Sun Belt
• A member of the CCU football program’s Team Leadership Council

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Named honorable mention All-Sun Belt
• Played in 11 games, starting 10 as he missed the Texas State game with an injury
• Ranked third on the team in tackles (75)
• His average of 6.8 tackles per game ranked 16th in the Sun Belt
• Tabbed the team’s Defensive MVP for the Georgia Southern game as he recorded a season-high 12 tackles, including two tackles-for-loss with a sack, and a pass breakup
• Was a game captain four times (UAB, Georgia State, Arkansas and Idaho)
• Led the team in tackles twice (eight at UAB and 11 at ULM)
• Tallied nine stops in the season-opening win versus UMass
• Credited with seven tackles at Arkansas State, five solo stops at Appalachian State, five tackles at Arkansas and six versus Troy
• Earned Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) honors in the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year
• A member of the CCU football program’s Team Leadership Council

2016 (Freshman)

• Redshirted, but was on the dress squad for all games and listed on the two-deep for numerous games
• Named Chant Squad MVP twice, once for defense (Central Connecticut week) and once for special teams (Liberty week)
• Earned Dean’s List (3.25 GPA or higher) honors in the fall of 2016 and President’s List (4.0 GPA) recognition in the spring of 2017
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2016-17 academic year

High School

• A two-star recruit by 247Sports.com
• Rated the 52nd-best overall prospect in Maryland by 247Sports.com
• Named small school (Class 2A/1A) first-team all-state as a safety
• Finished his career at South Carroll with 238 tackles (third-most in program history) and 10 interceptions (second-best in Cavaliers history)
• Notched five interceptions, tied for most in the county, and earned Carroll County Times first-team All-County honors for the second-straight season
• Helped South Carroll go 10-2 in 2015, as the Cavaliers won their second-straight county championship and made the Class 2A playoffs for a county-record seventh-consecutive year
• Totaled 59 tackles and led the team with four interceptions his junior season
• Was a Carroll County Times first-team All-County selection on defense as a junior
• Was a second-team all-county pick as a receiver with 17 receptions for 259 yards and four touchdowns