Career entering 2023: Played in 45 career games (with 32 starts at defensive tackle) … All-Sun Belt third team from Phil Steele in 2021.
2022: Appeared in all 12 games and made 11 starts at defensive tackle … Totaled 25 tackles and two tackles for loss, earning praise from Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher for his work in the middle of the line … Credited with 12 QB pressures by PFF … Season-high five stops against Marshall, with four tackles apiece against Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina and Texas State … Had stops behind the line against Texas State, Coastal Carolina and Marshall … Started every game but the home finale against ODU.
2021: All-Sun Belt honorable mention from the league and All-Sun Belt third team from Phil Steele … Started all 14 games at nose tackle … Totaled 21 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and five QB hurries … Work up front in the middle of App State’s defense helped two starting linebackers combine for 195 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks and four interceptions … Career-high six tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana in the Sun Belt Championship Game.
2020: Appeared in all 12 games and started the final seven at defensive tackle … Finished season with 29 tackles, half a sack, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery and one QB hurry … Plunging into a starting role, had a career-high five stops at Coastal Carolina … Added four stops apiece against Marshall, ULM, Texas State and Georgia Southern … Had half a sack against Coastal Carolina and recovered the fumble in the third quarter against Georgia Southern.
2019: Appeared in five games as a defensive tackle and recorded one tackle … Contributed to a goalline stand in the 17-7 win at Louisiana, combining with Trey Cobb to limit the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 1-yard gain on a third-and-goal carry from the 2.
2018: Redshirted as a true freshman defensive tackle who appeared in two games … Played against Gardner-Webb, even filling in on kickoff coverage, and appeared defensively in the New Orleans Bowl victory against Middle Tennessee … Vocal, productive member of the scout team defense during his first season.
High School: Helped lead Forest Hill to its first playoff berth since 1996, as the Falcons went 9-2 for coach Jude Blessington … A standout defensive lineman, Earle also had 40 pancake blocks for an offense that rushed for more than 3,000 yards … As a junior, made the Palm Beach Post's all-area second team as an offensive guard and was also a standout wrestler, winning a regional title and placing fifth at the state level during a 53-3 season .... Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports … A top-25 area prospect in the Palm Beach Post's rankings.
