Completed Event: Football versus #17 Kansas State on August 23, 2025 , Win , 24, to, 21

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022)
HM All-Big 12 (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2020, 2021)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S22, F22)
2022
Played and started all 12 games ... compiled 22 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for a loss ... logged two quarterback hurries ... had a season high four tackles at Iowa and against Kansas State ... blocked a field goal attempt against Southeast Missouri.
2021
First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2021) … played in all 13 games, earning two starts … recorded 21 tackles, 5.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks … second on the team with six QB hurries … came on strong in the second half of the season, registering 15 tackles and 4.0 TFL in the last six games … had four tackles and a TFL vs. West Virginia, tying his career high in tackles … had three solo stops and a TFL vs. Texas Tech … tallied 0.5 TFL and two QB hurries vs. Oklahoma … registered first career sack and tallied two tackles vs. TCU … had 0.5 sack and equaled his career high in tackles (4) vs. Clemson in the Cheez-It Bowl.
2020
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 … Second Team Academic All-Big 12 … started in nine of 10 games played … emerged as a standout on the defensive line … finished season with 12 tackles, including seven solo stops … tallied a pair of tackles vs. Oklahoma and Kansas … vs. Baylor, posted a season-high four tackles and two QB hurries.
2019
Played in one game.
2018
Played in two games, but still earned a redshirt … played significant amount of snaps in the win over No. 6 West Virginia while filling in for an injury on the interior defensive line.
High School
Three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports … ranked as the 68th-best defensive tackle nationally and the 19th-best player in Illinois by 247Sports … first-team all-state and all-area pick in 2017 … posted 65 tackles, 11 sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception … had four games with multiple sacks … team went 12-2 and made the Class 6A state championship game … coached by Tim Racki.
Personal
Majoring in liberal studies.