Rutgers University Athletics

2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media)
2019 Homer Hazel Award
2019 David Bender Trophy 

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2019 (Redshirt Senior): Started all 12 games on the defensive line ... selected honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) in the media vote ... earned the Homer Hazel Award as the team's most valuable player at the senior banquet (12/15) ... also won the David Bender Trophy as the top defensive lineman on the team ... recorded 35 tackles with 7.5 for a loss to lead the team ... had 32 stops against the run ... played 36 consecutive games since making debut ... ended career with 71 tackles, 11.5 tackles-for-loss, four sacks and three pass breakups ... picked up six tackles, with 1.5 for loss, to match career high in final collegiate game at No. 12 Penn State (11/30) ... honored on Senior Day versus Michigan State (11/23) and collected three tackles with one for a loss ... made a solo tackle against No. 2 Ohio State (11/16) ... in on three stops in the win over Liberty (10/26) ... totaled a career-high six tackles versus No. 20 Minnesota (10/19) ... collected two tackles-for-loss and a pass deflected at Indiana (10/12) ... picked up a sack against Maryland (10/5) ... credited with three tackles at No. 20 Michigan (9/28) ... had four stops with two in the backfield field at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... picked up four tackles in the season opener against Massachusetts (8/30).

2018 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 12 games with two starts on the defensive line ... totaled 23 tackles with three for loss and two sacks ... made 21 stops against the run ... recorded a safety ... added a sack in start at defensive end at Michigan State (11/24) ... made two tackles versus No. 4 Michigan (11/10) ... registered three solo stops in a start at nose tackle at Wisconsin (11/3), including one for a six-yard loss ... sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety against Northwestern (10/20) ... collected a pair of stops at Maryland (10/13) ... in on two tackles versus Illinois (10/6) ... recorded a solo stop against Indiana (9/29) ... assisted on a pair of tackles versus Buffalo (9/22) ... made a stop against the run at Kansas (9/15) ... had two tackles at No. 4 Ohio State (9/8) ... recorded a quarterback hurry in the season opener against Texas State (9/1).

2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 12 games with four starts at defensive tackle ... totaled 13 tackles on the season with one sack and two pass breakups ... assisted on a tackle against No. 16 Michigan State (11/25) ... in on a stop in the win versus Maryland (11/4) ... had four tackles in the victory over Purdue (10/21) ... credited with a quarterback hurry in the win at Illinois (10/14) ... assisted on a tackle in the Big Ten opener at Nebraska (9/23) and versus No. 11 Ohio State (9/30) ... totaled three stops in the win over Morgan State (9/16) ... notched first career sack versus Eastern Michigan (9/9) ... made collegiate debut in the season opener against No. 8 Washington (9/1) and deflected two passes with one hurry.

2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.

2015 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.

Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Randy Daniel at Orange ... played defensive end in high school ... Star-Ledger First Team All-Group III and First Team All-Super Essex Conference ... recorded nine sacks, 61 tackles and forced two fumbles during senior campaign ... Star-Ledger First Team All-Essex County as a junior ... rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 4 defensive end in New Jersey by Scout ... pegged as a three-star recruit and the No. 26 overall recruit in New Jersey by ESPN.com ... also a three-star prospect by 247Sports.

Personal: An information technology and informatics major.