2023 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten… 2023 – – Saw first career action in 41-10 win over Western Michigan, but had no statistics.
2022 Honors – – Team Leader Award, defense… 2022 – – Redshirted… did not see any game action.
High School honors – – Earned first-team all-state, all-conference, and all-district honors as a senior… first-team all-district and second-team all-conference as a junior… first-team all-district as a sophomore… Honors student… Career – – Three-year football letterman as offensive and defensive lineman… holds school lifting records for bench, hang-clean and squats… helped prep team reach state playoffs as a sophomore and senior… recorded 66 tackles as a senior, with 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two recovered fumbles… team captain as a junior and senior… also competed in wrestling and track and field as a prep… reached state wrestling tournament as a senior.
Personal – – Born 7/1/2003… pre-business major… parents are Carol and John Gaffney… high school coach was Tim Lovell.