Texas State Athletics

Accolades

• 2024 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
• 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
• 2024 Lombardi Award Watch List

2024 (Redshirt senior)
Enrolled at Texas State prior to 2024 … Played for Texas State head coach GJ Kinne at UIW in 2022 … An All-American at UIW who was also a two-time All-Southland First Team selection.

All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention... Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List... Lombardi Award Watch List... Started all 8 games played before suffering a season ending injury... Registered 29 tackles (15 solo), including 9 TFLs for 45 yards and 5 sacks for 39... Added 1 breakup, QBH and forced fumble.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
UIW (2022-23)
2023 (Redshirt junior)
All-American (First Team: PFF; Third Team: Stats Perform, FCS Football Central, Phil Steele) … Phil Steele Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year … All-Southland Conference First Team … Buck Buchanan Award finalist … Dave Campbell’s All-Texas Non-FBS Defensive Lineman of the Year … Played in 10 games … 36 tackles, 14.5 TFLs, 7.0 sacks, 6 hurries and 3 forced fumbles … Led UIW In TFLs, sacks, quarterback hurries and forced fumbles … Ranked 10th in the county in forced fumbles, 16th in TFLs and 25th in sacks … Had a sack in 4 straight games to start the year and in 5 of the first 6 games … 2.0+ TFLs in 4 games … 5 tackles and 1.0 sack at UTEP on Sept. 2 … 6 tackles, 4.0 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble on Sept. 9 at Northern Colorado … 7 tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks vs. Texas A&M-Commerce on Oct. 14.
 
2022 (Redshirt sophomore)
All-Southland Conference First Team … Played in 14 games … 48 tackles, 11.0 TFLs, 7.0 sacks, a pass defended and a fumble recovery … Had a sack in 7 different games … 7 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack vs. HCU on Nov. 5 … Played in all 3 FCS Playoff games … 6 tackles vs. Furman on Dec. 3 … 6 tackles and a hurry at Sacramento State on Dec. 9.
 
Kansas (2019-21)
2021 (Redshirt freshman)
Played in 12 games … 11 tackles, 1.0 TFL.
 
2020 (Redshirt freshman)
Played in all 9 games … 27 tackles (20 solo), 3.0 TFLs and a quarterback hurry … Started his first career game in KU’s season opener vs. Coastal Carolina on Sept. 12 … 4 tackles (2 solo) vs. Oklahoma State on Oct. 3 … 5 tackles, 1.0 TFL and a hurry vs. Kansas State on Oct. 24 … 5 tackles and 1.0 TFL at Oklahoma on Nov. 7 … 4 tackles at Texas Tech on Dec. 5.
 
2019 (Freshman)
Played in 4 games as a true freshman … 2 tackles and a hurry … Made his collegiate debut at Boston College on Sept. 13.
 
High School
4-star recruit from South Oak Cliff HS (TX), playing for head coach Jason Todd … 4-star rating by 247Sports and in the Rivals Top 400 … 100 tackles, 20 sacks and 26.0 TFLs as a senior in 2018 … Helped South Oak Cliff to an 11-1 record during his senior season … Texas 6-5A Player of the Year and District 11-5A Defensive Player of the Year … Rated No. 36 in the Dallas Morning News Top 100 rankings … 86 tackles, 13.0 sacks and 21.0 TFLs as a junior in 2017 … District 11-5A Defensive MVP as a junior.