Senior (2020): Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team for the second-straight season… One of just six players in program history to earn multiple Academic All-America honors over a career… Also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the second-straight season… Named to the NFF Hampshire Society… Selected to the PAC Academic Honor Roll… Received UAA Fall All-Academic honors… Team did not play during the 2020-21 academic year due to the pandemic.
Junior (2019): Selected to the All-PAC First Team as a linebacker during his junior season… Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team and the Academic All-District Team… Started all 10 games he played in during the year and saw action in all three phases of the game… Was second on the team during the campaign with 70 tackles (34 solo), including 2.5 tackles for a loss and one sack… Added an interception, four pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and two blocked kicks during the year… At running back, carried the ball 13 times for 31 yards and three touchdowns… Returned 17 kicks for an average of 25.6 yards per return, the 28th-best mark in Division III during the year and the second-highest single season average in program history… Returned the opening kickoff against Waynesburg 87 yards for a touchdown, the third-longest return in program history… Also ran for a touchdown in the game… Earned UAA Special Teams Player of the Week honors following the effort against Waynesburg… Selected as both the UAA and PAC Defensive Player of the Week on October 7 after recording 11 tackles (seven solo), forcing a fumble, intercepting a pass and breaking up two other passes during the Spartans’ win over Westminster… Returned a fumble for a touchdown against Grove City on September 21… Tallied 10 tackles, including a sack, and blocked a kick that led to a touchdown against Rochester on September 7… Ran for two touchdowns against Bethany on November 2… Was the Spartans’ punter over the team’s last four games of the year, punting 11 times for an average of 36.2 yards per punt, while placing six inside the opponents’ 20 yard line and creating three fair catches… Named the PAC Special Teams Athlete of the Week on November 4 after for his work against Bethany… Named to the PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll and received UAA Fall All-Academic honors.
Sophomore (2018): Named to the All-UAA First Team in 2018… Started all seven games he appeared in during his sophomore season… Finished the year fourth among Spartan players with 54 total tackles (24 solo) despite missing three games to injury… Forced two fumbles and tallied two tackles for a loss in 2018… Picked up a career-high 13 tackles and forced a fumble during the team’s win over Westminster on September 29… Added a seven-tackle performance, including a forced fumble, against Carnegie Mellon on November 10… Also had a nine-tackle game against Bethany on October 27… Received UAA Fall All-Academic recognition and named to the Fall 2018 PAC Academic Honor Roll... Selected to the UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team.
Freshman (2017): Played in five games off the bench during his freshman season… Finished the year with nine tackles, including six solo… Recorded a season-high five tackles against Thiel on October 14… PAC Academic Honor Roll.
Personal: Was a four-year member of the Bishop Rosecrans High School football team, serving as a team captain for his final three years on the squad... Coached by Jay Campbell and Mark Johnston... Recorded over 1,000 rushing yards and 100 tackles each year from his sophomore season through his senior year... Was a two-time All-Ohio First Team selection at linebacker, and earned a second team nod at running back in 2014... D7 Defensive Player of the Year in 2016... Ohio North/South Game participant... Earned Awards of Excellence in multiple academic subjects... Also played basketball and baseball and competed in track... Born August 14... Son of Mark & Beth.
