Announced plans in December 2023 to transfer to UCF, enroll for 2024 spring semester and participate in 2024 UCF spring football drills . . . played in 28 career games at Michigan State as reserve tight end and kickoff specialist.
2023 at Michigan State
Played in all 12 games as redshirt senior, making four receptions for eight yards . . . originally a kickoff specialist before making position change to tight end in 2020 . . . has 15 career kickoffs for 882 yards (58.8 avg.).
2022 at Michigan State
Played in career-high 11 games to earn second letter as redshirt junior . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades for third consecutive year . . . played 90 snaps on special teams units . . . recorded eight snaps at tight end.
2021 at Michigan State
Had four kickoffs for 223 yards vs. Penn State (55.8 avg.) in only appearance of redshirt sophomore season . . . named Academic All-Big Ten for second time.
2020 at Michigan State
Appeared in four games on special teams (20 plays) to earn first letter as redshirt freshman . . . made transition from kicker to tight end during preseason practices . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2019 at Michigan State
Appeared in two games (Western Michigan and Arizona State) as true freshman to preserve redshirt season . . . had 11 kickoffs for a 59.9-yard average with five touchbacks . . . recorded two kickoffs in Arizona State game with one touchback . . . made Spartan debut in Western Michigan game, booming nine kickoffs for a 60.4 average with four touchbacks . . . enrolled for 2019 spring semester and participated in spring practice.
High School
Ranked No. 18 punting prospect in nation by 247Sports and No. 20 by Kohl’s Kicking Camps . . . named best American roll-out punter in class of 2019 by Kohl’s . . . ranked among top kickers (No. 37) in nation at Kohl’s . . . played tight end and defensive end for coach Travis Long at Ovid-Elsie High School in Elsie, Michigan . . . earned first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-state accolades as kicker as senior in 2018 . . . averaged 58.1 yards on kickoffs and with 31 touchbacks on 43 kickoffs . . . four of his nine punts landed inside 20 . . . was 25 of 28 on PATs and also made two field goals . . . had 16 catches for 340 yards and seven TDs as receiver . . . registered 45 tackles, including 10 for losses with six sacks, as defensive end . . . had interception return for TD and fumble recovery . . . picked up honorable mention all-state plaudits as junior . . . made 17 field goals during career, including two from 50+ yards . . . had 55 touchbacks combined his junior and senior years (49.6-yard avg.) . . . collected 206 career tackles on defense and 37 receptions for 619 yards and nine TDs on offense.
Personal
Graduated from Michigan State with bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in social science-social science education in May 2022 . . . had been pursuing master’s degree in sport coaching, leadership and administration at Michigan State.