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- Position Defensive Line
- Class Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 263
- Hometown Weatherford, OK.
- Highschool Weatherford HS
CAREER NOTES
Two-time second-team All-Big 12 pick who has started 25 games over last two seasons … OU’s active leader in sacks (9.5) … has 81 career tackles, 23.0 tackles for loss, an interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery and three pass breakups.
2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to All-Big 12 Second Team … one of just 11 FBS players selected for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for exemplary community impact … played in all 13 games and started each of last 12 … totaled 28 tackles, a team-high 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, one interception and six QB hurries … notched two tackles and a QB hurry vs. TCU (11/24) … tallied a tackle and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State (11/4) … registered his first career interception and returned it 13 yards at Kansas (10/28) … notched a season-high six tackles, one sack and a career-high three QB hurries vs. UCF (10/21) … registered three solo tackles (career-high 2.0 sacks) and a QB hurry vs. Texas (10/7) … tallied two tackles (1.5 TFLs) and 0.5 sacks vs. Iowa State (9/30) … recorded four tackles (three solo, 0.5 TFL) at Tulsa (9/16) … notched two tackles (1.0 sack) in season opener vs. Arkansas State (9/2).
2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to All-Big 12 Second Team by league’s coaches … earned third-team All-Big 12 recognition by PFF … started all 13 games … led team and ranked fourth in Big 12 with 13.5 tackles for loss (more than one-third of his 38 tackles went for lost yardage) … tied for team lead with 4.5 sacks and paced squad with nine QB hurries … recovered a fumble and was credited with three pass breakups … made at least three stops in six of last seven games and registered 6.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks over last four contests … notched four tackles and 2.5 TFLs at Texas Tech (11/26) … tallied three stops, a sack and 1.5 TFLs vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) … established career highs with six tackles and 3.0 TFLs (one sack) at West Virginia (11/12) … made three tackles (1.5 for loss) vs. Kansas (10/15) … registered 2.0 TFLs (one sack) among his three solo stops at Nebraska (9/17) … made two tackles (one sack) in season opener vs. UTEP (9/3).
2021 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 13 games … had 14 tackles (nine solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one forced fumble and two QB hurries … registered a career-high four tackles and a half-sack with a QB hurry in the Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (12/29) … finished with two tackles and 1.0 TFL at Oklahoma State (11/27) … had two stops vs. Iowa State (11/20) … registered one tackle and 0.5 TFL vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … had one tackle apiece in games at Kansas (10/23), vs. TCU (10/16) and vs. West Virginia (9/16) … made two tackles (1.0 TFL) and a forced fumble vs. Western Carolina (9/11) … made collegiate debut in season opener vs. Tulane (9/4).
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN and a three-star prospect by Rivals … rated as the nation’s No. 125 overall recruit by 247Sports and No. 148 by ESPN … regarded as the nation’s No. 13 athlete by ESPN … rated as the country’s No. 9 weakside defensive end by 247Sports and No. 26 by Rivals … ranked as the No. 1 player in Oklahoma by ESPN and No. 3 by 247Sports and Rivals … the No. 2 player on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 list … finished career with 238 tackles, 18 sacks and two interceptions … rushed for more than 1,250 career yards and 16 touchdowns (five as a senior) while registering more than 1,000 receiving yards and 15 receiving TDs (seven as a junior) … named District 4A-1 MVP as a senior in 2020 after recording 50 tackles, four sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery … an all-state selection by The Oklahoman as a junior in 2019 when he helped lead Weatherford to a 12-2 record and the Oklahoma 4A state championship game … a first-team MaxPreps Sophomore All-American as a tight end in 2018 … also lettered in track and field (won 2019 Oklahoma 4A shot put title with a throw of 51 feet, 3 inches and finished third in the discus) … was the first defensive commit of the Sooners’ 2021 class (committed in October 2019) … chose OU over LSU, Penn State, Texas, Texas A&M and others.
PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2021 … initiated and organized a campus food/supply drive beginning in 2022-23 academic year that in its first two years has generated more than 4,200 pounds in food, book and sanitary product donations and more than $10,000 in monetary gifts for the OU Food Pantry … wife (Caroline) is a member of OU’s rowing team … major is multidisciplinary studies.
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