2024 Honors - - Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (coaches; media)... Permanent Team Captain, defense... Coaches Appreciation Award, defense... Academic All-Big Ten... Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List... Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award Watch List... Athlon preseason second-team All-Big Ten... Phil Steel preseason fourth-team All-Big Ten... one of nine graduate students named to 2024 Player Council... 2024 - - Started at free safety in all 12 games, marking his 39th consecutive career start... the 39 consecutive starts is the fifth-longest streak nationally among defensive backs... he is one of nine active players in the secondary with 30+ consecutive starts... has 57 tackles (36 solo, 21 assists), three interceptions for 23 yards, and three pass break-ups on the season... the three interceptions rank sixth in the Big Ten... recorded a season-high eight tackles (five solo, three assists) and one pass break-up in 7-35 loss at #3/3 Ohio State... tallied seven tackles (four solo, three assists) and one pass break-up in 20-32 loss at Michigan State... collected seven tackles (five solo, two assists) in 29-13 win at Maryland... collected six tackles (two solo, four assists) in 40-16 win over Washington... recorded six tackles (four solo, two assists) in 13-10 win over Nebraska... recorded five solo tackles in 19-20 loss to Iowa State... collected three assisted tackles and his first interception of the season (return of 15 yards) in 31-14 win at Minnesota... tallied four solo tackles and snagged his third interception of the season in 17-20 loss at UCLA... collected four tackles (two solo, two assists) in 42-10 win over Wisconsin... recorded three tackles (two solo, one assist), his second interception of the season (return of eight yards) and one pass break-up as defense allowed just 163 yards in 40-14 win over Northwestern... collected three tackles (two solo, one assist) as defense allowed just 189 yards in season-opening 40-0 shutout of Illinois State... recorded one solo tackle in 38-21 win over Troy.
2023 Honors – – Honorable mention All-Big ten by league coaches and media… preseason second-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele… preseason fourth-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele… CSC second team Academic All-American… CSC Academic All-District… National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society inductee… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten… Brett Greenwood Award and Team Hustle Award, defense…. one of nine seniors named to 2023 Player Council… 2023 – – Started at free safety in all 14 games… recorded 65 tackles (40 solo, 25 assists), including 2.5 tackles for a loss of nine yards, ranked fourth on the team this season… also has one interception for 39 yards, and four pass break-ups on the season… played most coverage snaps by a safety (541) without allowing a touchdown… collected a season-high eight tackles (seven solo, one assist), including a tackle for a loss of eight yards, in 26-16 win vs. Michigan State… matched a season-high eight tackles (four solo, four assists) in 20-14 win over Purdue… had six tackles (two solo, four assists), including his first career tackle for a loss of one yard, in 20-13 win at Iowa State… recorded six tackles (five solo, one assist) in 41-10 win over Western Michigan… had six tackles (one solo, five assists), including 0.5 tackles for loss, and one pass break-up in 12-10 loss to Minnesota… collected five tackles (four solo, one assist) and one pass break-up in season-opening 24-14 win over Utah State… recorded five solo tackles in 15-6 win at Wisconsin and in 35-0 loss to Tennessee… recorded five tackles (two solo, three assists) and one pass break-up in 15-13 win over Illinois… had one assisted tackle and his third career interception (first of the season) for 39 yards in 22-0 win over Rutgers… letterwinner.
2022 Honors – – College Sports Communicators Academic All-District… Academic All-Big Ten… Coaches Appreciation Award, defense… Dean’s List student (2022 fall, 2023 spring)… named first-team midseason All-America by Pro Football Focus… 2022 – – Started all 13 games at free safety, recording 71 tackles (43 solo, 28 assists), six pass break-ups, one QB pressure and half a tackle for a loss of one yard… tallied career-high nine tackles in 10-7 loss to Iowa State (seven solo, two assists)… matched career-best with nine tackles in 9-6 loss at Illinois (three solo, six assists)… first interception of the season at Illinois stopped a potential scoring threat at the one-yardline… posted career-high four pass break-ups in 7-3 opening win over South Dakota State to go with one solo tackle… had eight tackles in 54-10 loss at #2 Ohio State (three solo, five assists), along with one pass break-up… posted seven tackles in 13-10 win at Minnesota(four solo, three assists)… recorded seven tackles in 27-10 win at Rutgers (six solo, one assist)… had six tackles in 24-17 loss to Nebraska (three solo, three assists), which included first career shared tackle for loss… recorded six tackles in 27-0 win over Nevada (four solo, two assists)… tallied six tackles in 24-3 win at Purdue (five solo, one assist)… had six tackles in 24-10 win over Wisconsin (five solo, one assist), along with one QB pressure… letterwinner.
2021 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List student (2021 fall, 2022 spring)… 2021 – – Played in 12 of 14 games, recording two tackles and snagging one interception for 42 yards… had one solo tackle in 51-14 win at Maryland, along with first career interception and 42-yard return… recorded one solo tackle in 33-23 win over Illinois… letterwinner.