2021: Dick Butkus Award finalist and First-Team All- AAC selection who proved to be one of the nation’s top linebackers during his senior season…Selected for the Reese’s Senior Bowl…Finished with fifth in the AAC with 102 tackles and 11.5 TFLS…Added 4.5 sacks, an interception, two pass breakups, two fumbles forced and two more recoveries…Got in on a sack in each of the first five games…Totaled nine tackles, one sack and two TFLs in win at Indiana….Finished with six tackles and a half-sack at Notre Dame…Tallied season-high 14 tackles, including one TFL, at Navy…Had a 10-tackle performance versus Tulsa…Finished with seven tackles and one TFL at USF…Finished with four stops, 1.5 TFLs and an interception at East Carolina…Capped the regular season with nine tackles against Houston in the AAC Championship Game…Led UC with 10 tackles, two TFLs and one sack versus No. 1 Alabama in College Football Playoff Semifinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic…Gained 100 pounds since high school, where he was a safety and wide receiver before beginning his collegiate career at UConn…Was roommates with current UC offensive lineman James Tunstall in Storrs as well…First Bearcat in contention for Butkus Award since Alex Gordon (semifinalist) in 1986…Played in 38 games for the Bearcats, totaling 195 tackles, 20.5 TFLs and seven sacks.
2020:Second-Team All-AAC honors started 10 games at linebacker for the 2020 AAC Champions. UC’s elite defense ranked in the NCAA’s Top-15 in five categories, including tied for No. 3 in both interceptions (16) and No. 3 in team passing efficiency defense (101.26). The Bearcats have forced a turnover in 20-straight games, the longest active streak in the NCAA FBS, totaling AAC highs with 55 passes defended and 16 interceptions. UC’s second-leading tackler on the season with 58 stops. Also finished with 7.5 tackles for a loss, 2.4 sacks, two interceptions, four passes defended, a QB hurry and forced fumble. Had two more…