Career: Two-time team captain totaled 167 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and four interceptions while playing in 50 games (with 28 starts) from 2019-24, using eligibility in 2019, 2021 and 2024 given the circumstances in 2020 (COVID), 2022 (season-ending injury during first game) and 2023 (season-ending injury during second game) ... Led team in tackles in 2024.
2024: Team captain and All-Sun Belt honorable mention ... Played in all 11 games, starting the final six at inside linebacker and leading the team with 66 tackles ... Had 3.0 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery (to prevent an ODU score, shortly after making a TD-saving tackle) and one pass breakup (while covering a deep route to help preserve a late lead against Georgia State) ... Finished with a game-high 11 total tackles against JMU … Led the Mountaineers in tackles four times.
2023: Team captain … Started and appeared in the first two games before suffering a season-ending knee injury at UNC … Returning from an abbreviated 2022 season, started the 2023 opener against Gardner-Webb and had four tackles (with one tackle for loss) before posting six tackles (including a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss) in the UNC game … Remained a visible and vocal contributor as a de facto student assistant while rehabbing from a second straight season-ending injury.
2022: Played in one game, a start against UNC, and suffered a season-ending injury in the opener … Had two tackles and contributed to a tackle for loss against the Tar Heels ... Preseason watch list for the East-West Shrine Bowl.
2021: Appeared in 13 games and made seven starts at outside linebacker … Finished season with 31 tackles, 3.0 sacks, 5.0 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, six QB hurries and one forced fumble … Started six of the first seven games (missing the Elon game with an injury) … Had 1.5 sacks in the opening victory against East Carolina, half a sack against Marshall and one sack against Georgia Southern … As a starter in the regular-season finale against Georgia Southern, had five tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and the one sack … Made a season-high six tackles and forced a fumble in the win against Marshall.
2020: Second-team All-Sun Belt from PFF and honorable mention All-Sun Belt from the league during a season that didn't count against his eligibiilty due to COVID … Started all 12 games as an outside linebacker ... Based on a Wins Above Average metric from PFF College, named the fifth-most valuable defender in college football ... Ranked fourth on the team with 48 tackles and led the team with four interceptions, producing 95 return yards … Added 4.0 tackles for loss, six pass breakups and four QB hurries ... Started all 12 games at one outside linebacker spot … Gained 46 yards on an interception return in the opener against Charlotte and scored a touchdown on a 49-yard interception return at Texas State to give App State the lead for good late in the first quarter … Also intercepted passes at ULM and at Georgia Southern … Was the only Sun Belt linebacker with more than two interceptions in 2020 … Had career-high 11 tackles in the bowl win against North Texas … At Georgia Southern, helped make a stop for a three-and-out right between Jalen Virgil’s 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Nate Noel’s 70-yard touchdown run.
2019: Played in 11 games as a true freshman … Made 10 tackles while contributing on several special teams units and as an outside linebacker … Had two stops apiece against Charlotte, at Louisiana and at South Alabama.
High School: Versatile player who had 64 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, five sacks and one interception as an all-conference linebacker during his senior season at Northwood … Also a key contributor at running back, had 840 rushing yards with 16 TDs and 322 receiving yards with two TDs in eight games offensively … Three-time all-conference pick as well as a two-time all-region pick from the News & Observer and a two-time team captain … Honor roll student who was a four-year starter in football while also playing basketball and running track at Northwood … A president of Northwood’s chapter of My Brother’s Keeper, a program that focuses on academic achievement for minority students … Coached at Northwood by his uncle, Brian Harrington, and was on a 7-5 team as a senior … Had four interceptions, including two touchdown returns, during a junior season in which he totaled 949 all-purpose yards and was an all-conference defensive back … Also an all-conference defensive back as a sophomore, when he scored on one of his four interceptions and also had a punt return for a touchdown … Intercepted two passes and had 10 breakups as a freshman … Considered a three-star recruit by the 247Sports composite rankings.
