Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Honors
2025 Preseason All-Sun Belt
2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
2022 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022)

2024 (Redshirt Senior)

• Named Honrable Mention All-Sun Belt Conference
• Started in 11 games, leading Coastal with 75 tackles, five for a loss along with an interception, fumble recovery, PBU and three QB hurries.
• Had a career-best 12 tackles at Troy and finished with 11 against Virginia.

• Named to the 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team
• Saw action in 11 games
• Recorded 52 tackles, 20 solo stops, 2.5 tacklse for loss, one interception, two fumble recoveries, and five pass breakups 
• Season-high 11 tackles, including four solos, and 0.5 tackle for loss against Jacksonvile State (Sept. 9)
• Tallied seven tackles, including three solos, and a QB hurry against Georgia Southern (Sept. 30)
• Registered four tackles, including two solos, and a interception against Arkansas State (Oct. 21)
• Made four tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss, and added a fumble recovery against Old Dominion (Nov. 4)
• Five solo tackles and a fumble recovery in the 2023 EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against San Jose State (Dec. 23) 

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Earned 2022 All-Sun Belt honorable mention honors
• Named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31) after recording a career-high 11 tackles and recovering a fumble in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
• Started nine games on the year while playing in 10 contests on defense and special teams
• Was third on the team with 57 total tackles, including 15 solo stops
• Also had 4.5 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks on the season
• Added two quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery, which he returned 14 yards
• Had a career-high 11 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, a quarterback hurry, and recovered a fumble in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
• Totaled six tackles or more in seven different contests on the year
• Registered nine tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the win versus Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10)
• Recorded seven tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, and 0.5 sacks in the home win over Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
• Added seven tackles in the victory at home over Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
• Had six total tackles in the season-opening win over Army (Sept. 3) and in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
• Also posted six stops, including a season-high 2.5 tackles-for-loss, in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
• Named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Football team
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2023 spring semester

2021 (Sophomore)

• Received a medical redshirt
• Missed the entire season while recovering from an injury and offseason surgery
• Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for both the 2021 fall and 2022 spring semesters

2020 (Freshman)

• Saw action in seven games, primarily on special teams
• Totaled 12 tackles, including five solo stops on the year
• Posted a season-high six tackles, including two solo tackles, while playing at linebacker in the road win at Troy (Dec. 12)
• Recorded his first career tackle in the win over Arkansas State (Oct. 3)
• Also had two tackles in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 21) and the road win at Texas State (Nov. 28)
• Picked up a tackle in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26)
• Awarded the Most Improved Award for the linebackers group in 2021 spring practice
• Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for the 2020 fall semester
• Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 spring semester

High School

• A three-star prospect at outside linebacker by 247Sports and ESPN
• Also rated a two-star recruit by Rivals
• Played both outside linebacker and running back at Central High School for head coach Darius Smiley
• Tabbed the Georgia 5-AAAA All-Region 2019 Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• Earned second-team all-region honors in 2018 as a junior
• A nine-time MaxPreps Player of the Game selection
• Finished his senior season with 86 total tackles, including 62 solo stops, and an average of 9.6 tackles per game
• Also had 5.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 sack his senior season
• Recorded two interceptions his senior year
• Tallied 144 tackles over his final two seasons in high school
• Totaled 39 carries for 240 yards and six rushing scores while at running back
• Caught 10 passes for 231 yards and two scores out of the backfield
• Also lettered in wrestling and track & field
• Named the 2018-19 Times-Georgia All-Area Newcomer of the Year in wrestling
• Finished third at the Class AAA Traditional Wrestling State Championships as a junior