2023 Football Roster
Roster
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- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Gulfport, Miss.
- High School:
- Gulfport HS
2022 (RS So.): Played in 11 contests, missing the Northwestern State (9/17) contest due to injury … Collected 40 tackles (22 solo) as a Golden Eagle linebacker … Added on four tackles for loss and one, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble … Season-high six tackles against Georgia State (11/5) with two tackles for loss … Against Louisiana (10/27), picked off only pass of the season ... Looks to head to medical school following football ... Voted the school’s 2022 C-USA Castaneda postgraduate scholarship.
2021 (RS Fr.): Enjoyed seeing action in 10 games … Recorded 30 tackles (12 solos) with 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble against UAB (10/16) … Collected career-high seven tackles versus FIU (11/27) in season finale … Added five stops at Louisiana Tech (11/19) … Averaged 4.6 tackles over his final five games … Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient … Registered the President’s List for the Fall 2021 semester.
2020 (RS Fr.): Played in reserve in all 10 games ... Tallied three tackles and recovered a fumble against North Texas (10/3) ... Had an assisted tackle against South Alabama (9/3) and a solo stop versus Liberty (10/24) and UTSA (11/21).
2019 (Fr.): Transitioned to the defense side of the ball in 2020, after being used as a running back his initial season ... Did not see any action and took a redshirt.
High School: A second-team 6A All-State selection by the MAC for Gulfport High School on the strength of 1,923 passing yards on 130-of-192 passes this fall with 19 touchdowns and only three interceptions ... Added 921 rushing yards with 14 scoring runs ... Played quarterback for the South squad at the 70th annual Bernard Blackwell All-Star game ... Named to All-South Mississippi football team by the Sun Herald ... Ran 135 times for 916 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2017 while also throwing for 633 yards and four touchdowns ... Also plays baseball for the Admirals ... A three-star athlete by both 24/7 and Rivals
