2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2022 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 Rutgers University Competitive Excellence Award
2020 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media)
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019 All-ECAC Defense
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 Team Captain
2019 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 (Senior): Played in 11 games with 10 starts at linebacker ... earned status as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/14) for the third time ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the fourth time ... selected to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society ... finished career with 293 tackles with 16 for loss in 49 games ... totaled 53 tackles on the season with two sacks ... invited to the
Tropical Bowl ... posted four tackles against Maryland (11/27) ... logged a season-high 10 tackles with a sack at Penn State (11/20) ... had a tackle-for-loss versus Wisconsin (11/6) ... in on six stops in the win at Illinois (10/30) ... recorded nine tackles at Northwestern (10/16) ... collected five stops against No. 11 Michigan State (10/9) ... added six tackles at No. 19 Michigan (9/25) ... contributed five stops versus Delaware (9/18) ... credited with a sack at Syracuse (9/11) ... started at linebacker and collected two tackles in the win over Temple (9/4).
2020 (Senior): Played in eight games with seven starts at linebacker ... selected honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media (12/15) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... second on the team with 70 tackles, ranking 10th in the Big Ten with 8.5 per game ... reached double digits three times ... tied or led the team in tackles in four games ... added 4.5 tackles-for-loss with a sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... picked up 12 tackles with 2.5 for loss and a sack versus Nebraska (12/18) ... added eight tackles in the win at Purdue (11/28) ... totaled nine stops with a pass breakup against Michigan (11/21) ... collected 13 stops versus Illinois (11/14) ... forced a fumble and logged seven tackles at No. 3 Ohio State (11/7) ... totaled seven stops against No. 17 Indiana (10/31) ... paced the defense with a season-high 14 tackles with two for loss in the season-opening win at Michigan State (10/24) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by
Athlon Sports (fourth team).
2019 (Junior): Started all 12 games at middle linebacker ... claimed a spot on the All-ECAC Defense (12/18) ... selected honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) by the coaches and media ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/1), to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) and a PNC Bank Student-Athlete Achiever ... led the team and ranked third in the Big Ten following the regular season with 104 tackles ... had a team-high 83 stops against the run ... paced the defense in tackles in six games ... had five games with double-digit stops ... had four tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks ... added a pass breakup ... registered eight tackles with 1.5 sacks at No. 12 Penn State (11/30) ... notched 11 tackles with one for a loss against No. 2 Ohio State (11/16) ... added seven stops at Illinois (11/2) ... broke up a pass and made six tackles in the win over Liberty (10/26) ... totaled 11 stops versus No. 20 Minnesota (10/19) ... picked up 11 tackles at Indiana (10/12) ... collected six stops against Maryland (10/5) ... in on seven tackles at No. 20 Michigan (9/28) ... racked up a game-high 15 tackles versus Boston College (9/21) ... added seven stops at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... made first collegiate start against Massachusetts (8/30) and totaled a game-high 11 tackles ... named a team captain.
2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/9), to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/5) and a PNC Bank Student-Athlete Achiever ... totaled 48 tackles with three for a loss ... tied for the team high with four stops on special teams ... tied for the team lead with eight tackles at Michigan State (11/24) ... added four tackles versus No. 4 Michigan (11/10) ... picked up three stops at Wisconsin (11/3) ... posted seven tackles against Northwestern (10/20) ... collected five stops at Maryland (10/13) ... had a tackle-for-loss versus Illinois (10/6) ... in on six stops against Indiana (9/29) ... added three tackles versus Buffalo (9/22) ... made five stops with one in the backfield at Kansas (9/15) ... recorded three tackles at No. 4 Ohio State (9/8) ... assisted on two tackles in the season opener against Texas State (9/1).
2017 (Freshman): Played in six games ... collected 18 tackles on the season with one for a loss and one interception ... totaled four tackles with one for a loss versus No. 16 Michigan State (11/25) ... recorded seven stops at Indiana (11/18) ... had a tackle in the win over Purdue (10/21) ... made collegiate debut against Morgan State (9/16) and collected five tackles with an interception.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Donald Davis at Calvert Hall … helped the Cardinals to a 7-5 record as a senior … finished last season with 49 tackles, a sack and an interception … Second Team All-Metro by the
Baltimore Sun … Second Team All-Maryland by
USA Today … selected to compete in the Maryland Crab Bowl All-Star game … First Team All-State by the
Capital Gazette as a junior … 2015 Private School All-State by the Maryland media … consensus four-star recruit … No. 2 linebacker in Maryland and 23rd-overall outside linebacker nationally by
Rivals … No. 3 outside linebacker in the East and 12th-overall outside linebacker in the country by Scout … seventh-best player in Maryland by
ESPN … 15th-best outside linebacker nationally by
247Sports.
Personal: Originally from Asbury Park, New Jersey before moving to Maryland in sixth grade … a human resource management major.
