Kennesaw State University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2015: Defensive Player of the Game; at ETSU (Sept. 3)

2015 (SENIOR): Played and started in all 11 games for the Owls on the defensive end…Lead the Owls in tackles for a loss, compiling 12 tackles for a loss of 59 yards…Totaled two sacks for 16 yards…Tallied one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries…Forced two fumbles, ranking second on the team…Totaled 32 tackles on the season (20ua, 12a)…Totaled seven tackles (4ua, 3a) and three tackles for a loss for 23 yards at ETSU (Sept. 3)…Also forced a fumble and totaled two quarterback hurries in the inaugural football game…Recorded three tackles for a loss of 10 yards and forced one fumble versus Edward Waters (Sept. 12)…Recorded a sack versus Monmouth (Oct. 31)…Totaled four tackles (3ua, 1a) at Presbyterian (Nov. 21).

SOUTH CAROLINA: 2014: Played in 10 games and totaled seven tackles, including two for losses…Also had a sack for nine yards, two pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble…Had season-high two tackles, including a sack, versus South Alabama (11/22)…2013: Played in 12 games, making seven stops…Credited with a half-sack in the season-opening win over North Carolina and with a half-sack and a quarterback hurry in the win over Vanderbilt…Logged two tackles each against UNC and Kentucky…Used primarily on special teams late in the season…Garnered Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring accolades, awarded at the Garnet & Black spring game…2012: Redshirt freshman who played on special teams…Logged three tackles in six games…A member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll…2011: Redshirted as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played mostly defensive end at Ridgeland High School in Rossville, Ga., graduating in 2011…Coached by Mark Mariakis…Recorded 119 tackles and 15 sacks as a senior, earning Class AAA all-state honors…Tallied 68 tackles with 12 sacks and 14 tackles for loss as a junior for the Panthers…Team went 9-2 during his junior campaign and was the Region 6-AAA champions…Considered a three-star prospect, the 47th-best outside linebacker in the nation and the 58th-best player in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com…Regarded as a three-star prospect by both Scout.com and 247Sports.com…Named to PrepStar’s All-Southeast Region class…Also had offers from Miami (Fla.), Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State.

PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1993…Majoring in hotel, restaurant, tourism management.