2024 Honors – – Part of offensive line that was named to Joe Moore Award midseason honor roll… Athlon and Phil Steele preseason third-team All-America… Athlon and Phil Steele preseason first-team All-Big Ten… named to Lombardi Award, Outland Trophy, and Rimington Trophy preseason Watch Lists… one of eight seniors named to 2024 Player Council… 2024 – – Started at center in all nine games, marking his 35th career start… paved the way for offense rushing for 200+ yards in seven games, which is the most since 2015… the team’s 222.3 rushing yards per game leads the Big Ten and ranks 10th nationally.
2023 Honors – – Third team All-Big Ten by league coaches and honorable mention All-Big ten by league coaches… Phil Steele third-team All-Big Ten… preseason fourth-team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports… named to Rimington Trophy preseason Watch List… Hayden Fry “Extra Heartbeat” Award…one of six juniors named to Player Council… 2023 – – Started at center in 13 games, missing Nebraska game due to injury… paved the way for 254 rushing yards in 41-10 over Western Michigan, which is the most since 2019… helped team tally 181 rushing yards in 20-14 win over Purdue… helped team to 200 rushing yards in 15-6 win at Wisconsin, which is the program’s most vs. the Badgers since 2008… letterwinner.
2022 Honors – – Next Man In Award, offense… 2022 – – Started all 13 games at center, playing every offensive down in 10 games… .oved from defensive line to offensive line and center position for spring practice… letterwinner.
2021 – – Missed majority of season due to injury… saw action in two games on defense, but had no statistics.
2020 – – Redshirted… did not see any game action.
High School Honors – – Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior, along with first-team all-district and all-city honors, while being named Lineman of the Year… named to first-team Elite all-state team as a junior… first-team all-district and all-city while being named Lineman of the Year… first-team all-district and all-city as a sophomore… honorable mention all-district as a freshman… Career – – Four-year football letterman as defensive end, defensive tackle, and offensive tackle… prep team reached state playoffs four straight seasons, reaching semifinals as a junior and senior… 21-3 record as a junior and senior… team captain as a senior… had 30 tackles as a senior, with 14 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks… had 52 tackles as a junior, with 22.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks… had 18.5 tackles as a sophomore, with 13 tackles for loss and five sacks… also lettered in track (4) and basketball (3)… won state title in shot put and discus as a junior.
Personal – – Born 10/19/2001… CLAS non-degree major… earned a bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management with a focus on coaching and sport instruction… mother is Larae Jones… high school coaches were Just Kammrad and Jim Duggan.
