2024 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-ACC
2024 (Senior): Honorable-mention all-ACC … Started all 13 games at defensive tackle for the second-straight year … Recorded 23 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, a quarterback hurry and three pass breakups … Also led the team with two field goal blocks (Sept. 7 at Syracuse, Oct. 26 at Virginia Tech), giving him four FG blocks for his career … Opened the season with three tackles and a pass breakup in win over No. 10 Florida State (Aug. 24) … Recovered a fumble deep inside Georgia State territory to set up a touchdown in home-opening win over GSU (Aug. 31) … Had three tackles and a PBU in win at North Carolina (Oct. 12) … Recorded a season-best five tackles (all solo) and two tackles for loss against eventual national runner-up Notre Dame (Oct. 19) … Tallied four stops, including a sack, against Vanderbilt in Birmingham Bowl (Dec. 27).
2023 (Junior): Started in all 13 games at defensive tackle … Ranked eighth on the team overall, second among defensive linemen and first among defensive tackles with 40 tackles (18 solo) … Tied for fifth on the team with 4.0 tackles for loss and tied for sixth on the squad with 1.0 sack … Blocked a field goal at No. 17 Ole Miss (Sept. 16) … Recorded a season-high nine tackles, a half-sack, a fumble recovery and two passes deflected at Wake Forest (Sept. 23) … Helped Tech clinch bowl berth with six tackles in win over Syracuse (Nov. 18) … Had five tackles, including a season-best four solo stops, in Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl win over UCF (Dec. 22).
2022 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 12 games … Recorded 32 total tackles (19 solo), one tackle for loss and one blocked kick on the season … Made a season-best six stops against then-No. 17 Ole Miss (Sept. 17) … Then tallied four tackles (two solo) in the huge 26-21 road win at then-No. 24 Pitt (Oct. 1) … Recorded three tackles in back-to-back games against Virginia (Oct. 20) and Florida State (Oct. 29) … Also blocked a FG against UVA … Totaled five stops (three solo) in the season finale at then-No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 26).
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in nine games as a true freshman … Played in nine-straight games beginning with the second contest of the season versus Kennesaw State (Sept. 11) before missing the final two games against No. 6 Notre Dame (Nov. 20) and No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 27) due to injury … Finished his rookie season with nine tackles … Recorded two tackles in four games — vs. Kennesaw State, at No. 6 Clemson (Sept. 18), at Duke (Oct. 9) and vs. Boston College (Nov. 13) … Also saw a lot of time as the personal protector for freshman punter David Shanahan on Tech’s punt protection/coverage unit.
High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … Tabbed as the No. 71-ranked defensive tackle in the nation and the No. 58-ranked player in the state of North Carolina by ESPN … Named to all-county and all-conference teams as a junior … Burst on the scene as a sophomore, when recorded 85 tackles (50 solo), 9.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and forced two fumbles … Senior season was delayed to spring 2021 due to Covid-19 protocols in North Carolina … Lettered in football, basketball, and track and field at West Rowan H.S. … Coached by Joe Nixon.
Personal: Graduated from Georgia Tech in December 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
