Coastal Carolina University Athletics

2017 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 20, 2017)
Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 23, 2017)
Big South Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 14, 2015)

Graduated in December 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in history.

2018 (Senior): Received a medical redshirt … Missed the entire season due to a back injury … Named to the Dean’s List for the 2019 spring semester ... His career punting average of 40-07 stands as a CCU record … Of his 135 career punts, 50 have been fair caught and 50 have pinned opponents inside their own 20 and just five have gone for touchbacks … A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Served on the football program’s Team Leadership Council.

2017 (Junior): Named honorable mention all-Sun Belt as a punter … Was the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week twice (Appalachian State and Idaho) and, on three other occasions, was the team’s special teams MVP three times (UMass, Texas State and Arkansas) … Also served as a game captain for the Texas State and Arkansas contests … Averaged 43.16 yards per punt to shatter the CCU single-season record … The first Chant to average over 40 yards per punt for a season … Had at least one 50-yard punt in seven-straight games and finished with a CCU-record 13 punts going at least 50 yards for the season … First Sun Belt weekly honor came at App State when he averaged 54.7 yards on three punts and made all three field goal attempts (26, 49 and 24 yards) … Helping his average at App State was a school record 65-yard punt while his other two punts went for 51 and 48 yards ... Second Sun Belt weekly honor came after CCU’s win at Idaho as he made field goals of 52 and 34 yards in the 13-7 victory and averaged 40 yards on his four punts -- three fair catches and one downed on Idaho eight … Booted a then CCU record 59-yard punt at ULM ... Made two 52-yard field goals (Western Illinois and Idaho) which are the second-longest kicks made in CCU history (one yard behind the CCU record) … Made 30-of-31 PAT’s and 12-of-19 field goals … Made eight-straight over six games before missing his last two of the season, both 48-yard attempts … Received Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll recognition for posting at least a 3.0 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year ... Served on the football program’s Team Leadership Council.

2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games, serving as the starting punter and was the holder the second half of the season … His punting average of 39.0 ranks second on the CCU single-season list with the record being 39.3 … Only nine of his 45 punts were returned and just one was a touchback while 22 were fair caught and 19 pinned opponents inside their own 20 … Was the team’s Special Team MVP three times … Averaged 43.0 yards on eight punts at No. 4 Jacksonville State, including a long of 48 yards, with three being fair caught and three pinning the Gamecocks inside their own 20 … Averaged 40.3 yards on three punts versus No. 10 Charleston Southern with two fair catches and one inside the Bucs’ own 20 … Averaged a season-best 44.7 yards on his three punts versus Bryant, including a 49-yarder, with all three punts pinning the Bulldogs inside their own 20 yard line … Had two 50-yard punts, including a 52-yarder at Lamar and a 50-yarder versus Central Connecticut … Totaled six punts, five fair caught, versus Gardner-Webb and all four of his punts versus Liberty were fair caught … Made his lone PAT attempt in the Florida A&M win.

2015 (Freshman): Served as the starting punter, but missed the Bryant game due to an injury … Helped CCU rank first in the NCAA FCS in punt return defense as opponents only attempted one return all season for zero yards … Averaged 36.2 yards on his 33 punts with 10 fair catches, 13 pinning opponents inside their own 20 and just one going for a touchback … Named Big South Special Teams Player of the Week as he averaged 41.7 yards on his three punts with all three punts coming to rest inside the South Carolina State 20 yard line … His first two punts versus the Bulldogs -- one covering 46 yards and one covering 48 -- pinned the Bulldogs’ on their own 15 yard line … His third punt was good for just 31 yards, however, Coastal was on the SCSU 32 yard line and the ball was downed on the Bulldogs’ six-inch line … Of his three punts versus Western Illinois, one went for 51 yards and one for a season-long 52 yards while averaging 47.1 yards per punt … Also had a 52-yard punt versus Monmouth … Had a season-high seven punts (34.0 average) at Liberty … Named to the 2015-16 Big South Presidential Honor Roll for posting at least a 3.0 GPA for the academic year.

High School: Named to the WPDE All-Zone and WBTW All-Blitz teams … Made 48-of-51 extra points and 12-of-20 field goals to score 84 points … Made field goals and punted kicking both left and right footed, but prefers right footed … Had 87 kickoffs and 77 touchbacks … Averaged 37.3 yards on his 40 punts … Played at Kings Academy through his junior season … Prior to his senior season was the top-rated kicker in South Carolina and 57th-best placekicker in the nation by recruiting analyst Chris Sailer … For his sophomore and junior years, made 14-of-18 field goals with a long of 47 … Averaged nearly 44 yards per punt … Also lettered in baseball.