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2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman – “Covid Year” – year of eligibility retained): Did not see game action.
2019 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Multi-sport athlete … Four-year letterwinner in football, playing tight end, offensive tackle and defensive end … Served as team captain for final two seasons … Helped Thomas County win a regional championship in 2016 … Named first-team all-region (TE) in 2018 for Region 1 AAAAA … Earned second-team all-region in 2017 as an outside tackle … Finalist for the U.S. Army-Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence … Selected to participate in the GACA North-South All-Star Game … Also played three years of baseball in right field and three years of basketball as a center … Graduated high school as an honor grad, merit scholar, Georgia Scholar and STAR Student … Earned the highest SAT score in his class.
Personal: Has two brothers – one older, one younger … Father, Bill, played football at Valdosta State … Majoring in mechanical engineering … Aspires to work at NASA after graduation.