Samford University Athletics

2021 Spring SoCon All-Freshman Team
2023 First Team All-SoCon
2023 AP Third Team All-American
2023 FCS Football Central All-American
2024 Charles Williams Memorial Jersey Winner

2023: Appeared in all 11 games, starting all 11 games at linebacker… Led the Bulldog defense with 109 total tackles and 13.5 tackles for loss… Ranked second on the squad with 3.5 sacks… Recorded three QB hurries and two pass break ups… Became the first Bulldog since 2019 to record triple digit tackles… Led all SoCon Defenders in tackles… Had a season-high 19 stops at Mercer (11/11)… Forced a fumble against Furman (10/14)… Blocked a fi eld goal at Wo ord (10/7)… Collected a pair of tackles for loss against Shorter (8/31), at Western Carolina (9/9) and Chattanooga (9/23)…. Had a sack and a half against Furman (10/14).

Junior (2022): Started all 13 games at linebacker for the Southern Conference Champions… Led the Bulldog defense with 92 tackles including 53 solo stops and 7.5 tackles for loss… Recorded one sack, one interception, one pass breakup and three QB hurries… Had one tackle for loss in five different games… Tallied a season-high 12 tackles at The Citadel (10/29).

2021 (Fall): Started all 11 games at linebacker . . . tallied 72 tackles, including 27 solo stops for the season . . . had 5.0 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and one interception . . . picked up an interception at Western Carolina . . . had eight tackles and a fumble recovery at Mercer . . . tallied a career-high 13 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss at Wofford . . . had eight tackles against Chattanooga . . . contributed nine tackles and one fumble against The Citadel.

2021 (Spring): Played in all seven games, including two starts at linebacker . . . named to the SoCon’s All-Freshman team . . . finished the season with 35 tackles, including 19 solo stops . . . had 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and four quarterback hurries . . . had seven tackles against Western Carolina . . . tallied a season-high 11 tackles at Furman . . . had eight tackles at The Citadel... 2021 Spring SoCon All-Freshman Team. 

High School: Was a three-sport star, competing in football, basketball and track at The Baylor School in Chattanooga . . . as a senior, tallied 110 tackles and three interceptions, while also scoring four touchdowns . . . was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player for his league, and he was a two-time All-Region selection . . . was named to the Best of Preps and Dynamic Dozen . . . as a senior, served as a team captain and he won his team’s Defensive Award.