Biography
2016 (Junior): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers on the defensive line, starting in eight…Finished the season with 31 total tackles (14 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack…Also recorded three pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…Registered multiple tackles in eight games, including a career-high six versus Middle Tennessee (10/29)…Credited with four tackles (one solo) with a half tackle for loss versus Marshall (11/19)…Set a career-mark in tackles with six (one solo), including a half tackle for loss and a career-best two pass breakups versus Middle Tennessee (10/29)…Collected three tackles (one solo) with a tackles for loss and a fumble recovery at Charlotte (10/15)…Tied a then-career-high five tackles (two solo), while setting a career-mark in tackles for loss (1.5) at UMass (9/17)…Also recorded first sack versus the Minutemen…Made FIU debut versus Indiana (9/1), tallying a then-career-high five tackles (five solo) and forcing a fumble.
Collinsville: Spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons with the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen…Totaled 27 tackles (16 solo) with five tackles for loss, three sacks and one fumble recovery…A second-team all-state selection with Collinsville High School during his senior year (2013)…Collected 80 tackles and eight sacks as Collinsville went 10-3 advancing to the state semifinals in 2013…Also wrestled for Collinsville helping the Cardinals to three dual state championships and three-straight state championships as a team, wrestling in the 215-pound weight class.
Career Highs (at FIU)
Tackles: 6 vs. Middle Tennessee (Oct. 29, 2016)
TFL: 1.5 at UMass (Sept. 17, 2016)
Sacks: 1.0 at UMass (Sept. 17, 2016)
Forced Fumble: 1 vs. Indiana (Sept. 1, 2016)
Fumble Recovery: 1 at Charlotte (Oct. 15, 2016)
Pass Breakups: 2 vs. Middle Tennessee (Oct. 29, 2016)
