2024: Appeared in 10 games, starting eight at defensive end … Ended season second on team with 4.0 sacks … Had 19 tackles (nine solos) … Had season-high two sacks against JMU … Had 1.5 sacks against ODU and contributed to a sack against Georgia State … Forced a fumble against Georgia Southern and recovered a strip sack against Old Dominion … Responsible for 4.5 tackles for loss along … Tied a career high of four tackles against Georgia Southern and Old Dominion.

2023: Appeared in the first 13 games at defensive end before missing the bowl game with an injury …. Finished the season with 4.5 sacks, 21 tackles and one fumble recovery … Credited with 18 QB hurries by PFF College … Had 3.5 sacks in the first three games after one opening-day starter suffered a season-ending injury in the ninth game … Began that streak with half a sack at Georgia State, then had two sacks in the road win against James Madison and another sack in the home finale against Georgia Southern … Also had a late sack in the narrow loss at North Carolina … Recovered a fumble against Southern Miss … Season-high three tackles apiece against UNC and ODU.

Prior to App State: Member of Michigan State’s program for four seasons, with three sacks (including two in one game against Ohio State), four tackles for loss and 31 stops in 22 career games (three starts) from 2019-22 … As a redshirt sophomore in 2022, had 13 tackles in eight games, contributing to a tackle for loss against Ohio State and blocking a kick against Indiana … Season-high four tackles at Michigan with multiple stops in four more Big Ten games … Played in one game as a redshirting true freshman in 2019 and had three sacks while playing in all seven games during a 2020 season that didn’t count against his eligibility … Played in six games during the 2021 season … Multi-year Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

High School: Ranked the No. 1 high school defensive end prospect in the state of Michigan by 247Sports and ESPN.com . . . Listed among the best overall players in the state of Michigan by 247Sports (No. 9), ESPN.com (No. 13) and Rivals.com (No. 16) . . . Rated one of the top defensive ends in the nation by 247Sports (No. 25) and Rivals.com (No. 46) . . . Ranked one of the best 50 players in the Midwest (No. 45) by ESPN.com . . . Two-time MLive Flint Dream Team selection . . . First-team all-state selection (Division 1-2) by the AP and Detroit Free Press as a junior . . .  Also a standout basketball player, starting all four years and leading Carman-Ainsworth to three straight Saginaw Valley League Championships.