2024
• Valuable member of the NIU special teams units who played in all 13 games.
• Stalwart on nearly every NIU special teams group, including kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return.
• Totaled eight tackles, six solo, on the year.
• Recorded a pair of solo tackles in the first game of the season against Western Illinois (8/31), seeing time at safety in addition to special teams.
• Credited with one special teams tackle in NIU’s win at No. 5 Notre Dame (9/7).
• Tallied one solo and one assist tackle at Ball State (10/26).
• Registered solo tackles against Western Michigan (11/6) and Miami (11/19).
2023
• Special team stalwart saw action on nearly every unit including kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return.
• Made 10 tackles, seven solo in that role.
• Credited with two tackles in both the Tulsa (9-23), Akron (10-7) and Ball State (11-7) games with two solo stops versus the Cardinals.
• Also recorded a tackle in the Boston College (9-2), Nebraska (9-16), Ohio (10-14) and Western Michigan (11-14) games.
2022
• Played in the first four games of the season as a true freshman to retain his redshirt.
• Contributed as a member of the kickoff, punt return and punt units.
• Recorded one tackle in both the Vanderbilt (9-17) and Kentucky (9-24) games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Honors and Awards
- All-State (2020, 2021)
- All-County and All-Region (2018, 2019)
- First team all-conference (2020, 2021)
- Three-year varsity letterwinner (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Team captain (2021)
Team Stats
- 2021: 4-6 overall
- 2020: 2-6 overall
- 2019: 8-2 overall
Academics & Involvement
- Earned three varsity letters in track
- Received both a track academic award and a football academic award (in separate semesters, 2020-21 seasons)
PERSONAL
- A business major.
- Younger brother, Elijah, joined the team in 2024.
- Birthday is September 24th
- Majoring in organizational & corporate communications.
