Biography
Career: Tallied 151 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss (-144), 15.0 QB sacks (-97), three fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and four pass deflections.
2023: Consensus All-American…GLIAC Defensive Lineman of the Year…GVSU Defensive Lineman of the Year…First-Team All-GLIAC…Gene Upshaw Award Finalist…CCA Super Region 3 First-Team…CCA Second-Team All-America…Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Second-Team All-America…D2football.com First-Team All-American…Associated Press Second-Team All-American…AFCA Second-Team All-American…Tallied 67 tackles, 15.0 TFL (-74), 8.0 QB sacks (-56), six QB hurries, recovered on fumble and tallied three pass breakups…Tallied a TFL in nine games… ?Recorded four tackles and a PBU vs. Pittsburg State...Tallied seven tackles and recovered a fumble vs. Ferris State in NCAA Playoffs...Recorded four tackles, 2.5 TFL (-15), 1.0 QB sacks (-9) vs. Davenport...Tallied three tackles, .5 TFL and .5 QB sacks at Wayne State...Notched two tackles, 1.0 TFL (-3) and a QB sack (-2) vs. Michigan Tech. Recorded three tackles and a TFL (-4) vs. Ferris State...Named GLIAC Defensive POW after a four- tackle, 2.0 TFL (-6) and 1.0 QB sacks (-3)...Recorded five tackles, 1.5 TFL and 1.5 QB sacks at SVSU...Named GLIAC POW after a career-high 10 tackles, 2.5 TFL (-9) and 1.5 QB sacks (-8) vs. Assumption...Recorded nine tackles, three tackles for loss (-18) and two QB sacks (-16) at Mines...Tallied two tackles, 1.0 TFL (-1) and two QB hurries vs. CS-Pueblo.
2022: GLIAC Defensive Lineman of the Year…First-Team All-GLIAC…CCA Super Region 3 First-Team…GVSU Defensive Lineman of the Year…Academic All-GLIAC…Recorded 31 total tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss (-54), 4.0 QB sacks (-30), nine QB hurries, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble…Tallied two tackles, 1.0 TFL and four QB hurries at Colorado State-Pueblo (9/10)…Earned GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors vs. Wayne State with three tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss (-18), 1.0 QB sacks (-4) and forced a fumble…Recorded seven tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-15) and 1.0 QB sacks (-14) vs. Saginaw Valley State (10/1)…Tallied four tackles, 1.5 TFL (-7) and a QB sack vs. Wayne State (11/5).
2021: Earned second varsity letter…Academic All-GLIAC…Played in all 12 games making 11 starts…Totaled 39 tackles including 2.5 TFL (-5), 2.0 QB sacks (-5), four QB hurries, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble…Notched four tackles with a QB sack and forced fumble at Michigan Tech (9/25)…Tallied three tackles at Saginaw Valley (10/2)…Recorded four tackles with 0.5 TFL versus Ferris State (10/16)…Returned a 36-yard fumble for a touchdown at Wayne State (11/6)…Notched a career high seven tackles at Ferris State (11/27).
2019: Earned first varsity letter...Academic All-GLIAC...Saw action in all 11 games...Tallied 18 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss (-11), a QB sack (-6) and a fumble recovery...Notched three tackles and a TFL in first collegiate game versus Edinboro (9/7)...Recorded four tackles versus Delta State (9/14)...Tallied three tackles and a TFL (-4) at Northwood (9/21)...Notched two tackles and returned a fumble 15 yards for a TD versus Davenport (10/26).
2018: Redshirted.
High School: Prepped at Barberton High School…Played for Tony Gotto…Earned three varsity letters in football…Recorded 90 tackles with 28 TFL’s and 13 QB sacks during his senior campaign…Earned Associated Press All-State, All-Suburban League and all-district honors his senior year…Recorded 88 tackles with 23 TFL’s, eight sacks...Earned All-Suburban league and all-district as a junior season...Team was 12-1 his senior season.
