Career: Played in 44 career games and made 29 career starts, including 28 in a row to end his career … All-Sun Belt first team in 2022 ... Invited to the Hula Bowl.
 
2022: All-Sun Belt first team from the league and PFF, plus second team from PFN … Started all 12 games at left tackle … According to PFF, had the third-best overall blocking grade and fourth-best run-blocking grade among starting offensive tackles in the Sun Belt … Allowed just two quarterback sacks protecting the blind side of QB Chase Brice … … Totaled 849 snaps, including 432 pass-blocking snaps … Member of line that made the Joe Moore Midseason Honor Roll for the nation’s top offensive line.

2021: All-Sun Belt second team from Phil Steele and third team from the league … Started all 14 games at left tackle … In 978 plays, graded out at 77 percent by App State’s staff while recording 51 knockdown blocks … With App State’s line being a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, helped Mountaineers allow only 1.2 sacks per game (tied for the 1th-best total nationally) and average 34.5 points a game (23rd-best nationally).

2020: Appeared in all 12 games and made three starts at left tackle, including the final two games against Georgia Southern and North Texas … Helped App State rank seventh nationally by rushing for 264.9 yards per game, including 500 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win against North Texas … Made first career start against Georgia State and had a prominent role as a blocking tight end for the short-handed Mountaineers in a win against Campbell.

2019: Appeared in six games, playing primarily offensive tackle … Played against ETSU, Coastal Carolina, ULM, South Alabama, Georgia State and Troy.

2018: Redshirted as a true freshman.

High School: Cap-7 Conference all-league performer as a senior tackle … Helped pave the way for three consecutive 1,200-yard backs at Sanderson, which had records of 9-4 in 2016 and 9-4 in 2017 to post the best two-year run in the history of a school that opened in 1968. Program won its second and third playoff games in school history while hosting postseason games for the first time in 2016 and 2017. Only other nine-win season occurred in 1998 … Played for coach Ben Kolstad ... Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports.

Personal: Born Feb. 3, 2000 ... Son of Shanna and David Hardy ... Has one sibling: Alex ... Plans to major in business.