Hawk Item – – Two-time Dean’s List student (2020 fall, 2021 spring).
2022 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten for second year . . . Coaches Appreciation Award, defense . . . 2022 – – Listed as second team left defensive end following spring practice . . . saw action in all 13 games . . . saw action in 7-3 opening win over South Dakota State, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 120 yards total offense . . . saw action in 10-7 loss to Iowa State, recording one solo tackle . . . started at weakside linebacker in 27-0 win over Nevada but had no stats as defense allowed just 151 yards total offense . . . saw action in 27-10 win at Rutgers as defense allowed just 61 net rushing yards . . . recorded one assisted tackle and one QB pressure at Rutgers . . . saw action in 27-14 loss to #4 Michigan . . . matched career-best with three tackles vs. Michigan, including two solo tackles and one assist . . . saw action in 9-6 loss at Illinois . . . recorded two tackles at Illinois, including one solo tackle and one assist . . . saw action in 54-10 loss at #2 Ohio State but had no statistics . . . saw action in 33-13 win over Northwestern as defense allowed just 18 net rushing yards and 177 yards total offense . . . one solo tackle vs. Northwestern, recording his first careeer QB sack . . . saw action in 24-3 win at Purdue as offense allowed just 87 net rushing yards and 255 yards total offense . . . matched career-high with three solo tackles at Purdue . . . saw action in 24-10 win over Wisconsin as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 227 yards total offense . . . recorded one assisted tackle vs. Wisconsin, a shared tackle for loss . . . saw action in 13-10 win at Minnesota . . . two tackles at Minnesota, including one solo tackle and one assist, with a shared tackle for loss . . . saw action in 24-17 loss to Nebraska, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 21-0 Music City Bowl win over Kentucky but had no statistics as defense allowed just 68 net rushing yards and 185 yards total offense.
2021 honors – – Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2021 – – Saw action in 34-6 win over #17 Indiana as defense allowed just 77 net rushing yards and 233 yards total offense . . . three tackles vs. Indiana, including one solo tackle and two assists . . . also had a shared tackle for loss and one QB pressure . . . saw action in 27-17 win at #9 Iowa State as defense allowed just 87 net rushing yards, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 30-7 win over Kent State as defense allowed just 79 net rushing yards and 264 yards total offense, recording one solo tackle before being injured . . . missed final 11 games due to injury.
2020 – – Redshirted, did not see any game action.
High School Honors — Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior . . . district Defensive Player of the Year as a senior . . . first-team all-metro, all-district, and all-area as a senior . . . first-team all-state as a junior . . . first-team all-metro and all-district as a junior . . . Career — Three-year football letterman as inside linebacker and fullback . . . team captain and MVP as a senior . . . prep team won Class 3A state title as a sophomore and junior and reached state playoffs as a senior . . . four-year record of 43-2 . . . had 53.5 tackles as a senior, with 14.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, and one fumble recovery . . . had 64 tackles as a junior, with 10 tackles for loss and two sacks . . . had 34.5 tackles as a sophomore . . . also lettered in track.
Personal — Born 9/19/01 . . . business administration major . . . Honor Roll student four straight years . . . named to all-district academic team as a junior and senior . . . parents are Janelle and Edward . . . high school coach was Duane Schulte.