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R-SOPHOMORE (2023)
- Appeared and started in each game for the Knights in ‘23
- Honorable Mention DL pick on All-Big 12 team chosen by league coaches
- Third-leading UCF tackler in ’23 with 69
- Made more tackles in ’23 than any other DT in the nation, according to Pro Football Focus
- Honorable Mention pick on College Football Network Midseason All-Big 12 defensive team
- Registered first career start vs Kent St led team with eight tackles (five solo)
- Four tackles vs Boise St
- Five tackles vs Villanova
- Six tackles vs Kansas St
- Notched a career-high nine vs Baylor including one sack for 18 yards
- Five tackles including 2.5 TFL and a sack for eight yards vs Oklahoma
- Seven tackles including 1.5 TFL vs Cincinnati
- Secured a team-high eight tackles vs Okla St including two TFL for five yards
- Played key role in holding leading rusher in nation, Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II, to 25 yards on 12 carries
- Six tackles including career-high two TFL for six yards vs Houston
R-FRESHMAN (2022)
- Appeared in 13 games in ’22 (all but S.C. St.)
- Finished the season with 17 tackles, including nine solo stops
- Tallied a tackle against Louisville in his first collegiate game;
- Made two tackles and recorded his first career sack against FAU
- Had three solo stops vs. ECU
PRIOR TO UCF
- Transferred to UCF in January 2022 after spending the 2021 season at Auburn
- Did not play in a game in 2021 season
- Recorded 54 tackles, 20 TFL, 4.5 sacks as senior in 2020 for coach Lev Holly and the Leopards at Blount High School in Mobile, Alabama
- Also scored a rushing and receiving TD and had nine catches for 149 yards
- Made 77 tackles, 23 TFL as junior in 2019
- First team AHSAA Class 6A all-state
- AL.com A-List
- Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game selection
- Rated a top five overall recruit from Alabama by ESPN, 24/7, Rivals, PrepStar
- Nationally ranked No. 7 among defensive tackle prospects by ESPN and 24/7
Personal
- Majoring in interdisciplinary studies in College of Undergraduate Studies.