2024 Hampshire Honor Society
2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2023 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media)
2023 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2023 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2023 Academic All-Big Ten
2023 Team Captain
2023 Douglas A. Smith Second Effort Award
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
2022 Team Captain
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2023 (Senior): Played in 11 games with eight starts at defensive tackle ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media (11/28) ... named to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/12) ... a semifinalist for the
William V. Campbell Trophy (9/27), which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (11/29) ... honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (6/25) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) for the fourth time ... totaled 15 tackles with two for loss and a fumble recovery ... contributed two tackles in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... added two stops versus Maryland (11/25) ... recovered a fumble at No. 12 Penn State (11/18) ... collected a tackle-for-loss against Wagner (9/30) ... matched career high with four stops versus Temple (9/9) ... recorded a tackle-for-loss in the opening win over Northwestern (9/3) ... voted a team captain for the second time (9/2) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten (fourth team) by
Phil Steele (6/19) ... earned the Douglas A. Smith Second Effort Award (4/29) as the most improved defensive player during spring practice.
2022 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with three starts on the defensive line ... named to the
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (11/25) for posting a GPA of at least 3.5 ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/9) for the third time ... totaled nine stops with 4.5 for loss, two sacks and a pass breakup ... recorded three tackles-for-loss with two sacks at Maryland (11/26) ... honored on Senior Day and made a tackle versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... batted down a pass at Michigan State (11/12) ... recorded 1.5 tackles-for-loss at No. 3 Ohio State (10/1) ... voted a team captain (8/31) ... claimed a spot on the Wuerffel Trophy watch list (7/29), which honors college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society and inspire greater service in the world as the sport's premier award for community service ... selected to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/13).
2021 (Junior): Played in all 13 games with nine starts at defensive tackle ... earned Academic All-Big Ten honors (12/14) for the second time ... recorded 18 tackles with 2.5 for loss and a strip sack ... had seven games with multiple stops ... had one tackle in a start in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... contributed a tackle-for-loss versus Maryland (11/27) ... added two tackles in the wins at Indiana (11/13) and at Illinois (10/30) ... generated a strip sack in the fourth quarter at Syracuse (9/11) ... picked up a tackle-for-loss in the win over Temple (9/4).
2020 (Junior): Played in all nine games with one start on the defensive line ... totaled 12 tackles with 1.5 for loss and a sack ... had four games with multiple stops ... made first collegiate start versus Nebraska (12/18) and recorded a career-high four tackles ... notched first career sack on 1.5 tackles-for-loss in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... contributed two tackles against Penn State (12/5) ... added two stops versus Illinois (11/14) ... picked up a tackle against No. 17 Indiana (10/31) ... made Rutgers debut in the season-opening win at Michigan State (10/24).
2019 (Sophomore at Minnesota): Played in three games … earned Academic All-Big Ten honors … recorded first career tackle at Rutgers (10/19) … saw action versus Illinois (10/5) … made season debut in the opener against South Dakota State (8/29).
2018 (Freshman at Minnesota): Played in two games … saw action in Quick Lane Bowl victory against Georgia Tech (12/26) … made collegiate debut against New Mexico State (8/30).
Prior to College: Played for coach Dominick Ciao at Berkeley Prep … wore No. 72 for the Buccaneers … played offensive and defensive line … recorded 30 tackles and 5.5 sacks as a senior … accumulated 86 tackles, 28 tackles-for-loss, 10 sacks and four forced fumbles during his first three years … also lettered in basketball … a three-star recruit by
247Sports and
ESPN … ranked the No. 24 strong-side defensive end and No. 98 overall recruit in Florida by
247Sports.
Personal: Father, Chidi, played college football at California and then played 12 years at defensive end in the NFL with five different teams, totaling 436 career tackles, 46.5 sacks and seven fumble recoveries … named one of the top 100 players in the history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Major: Labor Studies and Employment Relations (Grad)
