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- Position Outside Linebacker
- Class Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 242
- Hometown Carrollton, HS.
- Highschool Carrollton HS
CAREER STATISTICS
ACADEMIC HONORS
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2023
ATHLETIC HONORS
All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team (Preseason), 2024
Athlon Sports All-Sun Belt Conference Fourth-Team (Preseason), 2024
All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention), 2023
AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt Conference outside linebacker … Former Georgia high school standout who returned to his home state after three seasons at Clemson.
2023: Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt honors in his first season at GSU … Shared the team lead with eight TFL while ranking second with four sacks in 11 games … Made 32 tackles with one fumble recovery … Had his best game in the win over Marshall with six tackles, three TFL including two sacks, and a forced fumble. Had all three TFL on consecutive plays in fourth quarter: he tackled Marshall standout Rashaan Ali for a 1-yard loss on first down, then sacked QB Cam Fancher on second and third downs to force a punt … Opened the season with six tackles, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in win over Rhode Island … Had eight tackles with one TFL and a forced fumble to help hold UConn to 50 yards rushing and 326 total yards in 35-14 win in which GSU shut out the Huskies for the first 48 minutes … Had a sack and a tackle for loss for a fourth-down stop in win at Charlotte … Finished the season with six tackles and one TFL in bowl game win over Utah State.
AT CLEMSON: Played in 33 games at Clemson from 2020-22 … Made 10 tackles and a fumble recovery in 175 defensive snaps over 13 games in 2022 … Posted four tackles and his first career fumble recovery vs. Louisiana Tech … Moved from linebacker to defensive end in the 2021 offseason and finished the year with eight tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss, over 110 snaps in 10 games … Played in 10 games as a freshman in 2020 and made three tackles..
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-state selection at Carrollton High School … Semifinalist for High School Butkus Award … Four–year starter who recorded 41.5 career sacks among his 359.5 tackles … Three-time captain … Recorded 103 tackles, including 26.5 tackles for loss, including 12.5 sacks, as a senior in 2019 with 12 quarterback pressures, six pass breakups, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception … Posted nearly identical stats in 2018 as a junior with 103 tackles, including 20 tackles for loss and nine sacks, along with six pass breakups, two forced fumbles, 13 quarterback pressures and an interception … First-team all-state selection by GPB Sports and the Atlanta Touchdown Club … Class 5A-Region 7 Most Valuable Player … All-area, all-region and all-state honoree as a junior … As a sophomore in 2017, contributed 97 tackles, a career-high 31.5 tackles for loss, including 17 sacks, seven passes broken up and four forced fumbles … Area Defensive Player of the Year … first-team all-region … Had 56.5 tackles as a freshman in 2016, including 16.5 tackles for loss with three sacks … Area Newcomer of the Year and a second-team all-region selection in 2016 … Listed as the No. 137 overall player in the nation by ESPN.com, the 13th-best linebacker and the 14th-best player in Georgia at the time of his signing … ranked as the No. 171 overall player, seventh-best linebacker and 21st-best player in Georgia by PrepStar.
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