CAREER STATISTICS
ATHLETIC HONORS:
*2015 All-Sun Belt (second team)
*2014 All-Sun Belt (second team)
*2013 All-Sun Belt (honorable mention)
AT GEORGIA STATE: Four-year starter and three-time all-conference linebacker and the Panthers’ leading tackler all four years ... Georgia State’s career tackling leader with 381, an average of 8.7 per game ... Ranks fourth among active FBS players with 381 career tackles ... Recorded the top two, and three of the top four, season tackling totals in Panther annals ... Also GSU’s career leader with 22.0 tackles for loss ...
Elected a permanent team captain for 2013 and 2014 ... Changed to jersey No. 6 for 2014 after wearing No. 44 his first two years.
2015: Second in the Sun Belt, 20th in FBS in tackles with 9.7 per game...Led GSU for the fourth straight year ... Broke his own GSU season record with 116 tackles, including 9.0 tackles for loss and two sacks ... Eleven tackles with one tackle for loss vs. Liberty ... Eight tackles, including a 12-yard sack, at Oregon ... Season-high 14 tackles with 1.5 TFL vs. App State ... Also had 14 tackles in win at Ball State and at Arkansas State ... Missed the UL Lafayette game with a foot injury.
Eight tackles with a tackle for loss and a pass breakup in 24-10 win over South Alabama, which GSU held to 282 total yards ... Seven tackles and a fumble recovery as Panthers held Troy to 81 yards rushing ... Game-high nine tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Georgia Southern, holding the Eagles to seven points, 135 yards rushing and school-record 203 total yards ... Finished with 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss vs. San Jose State in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
Preseason All-Sun Belt (first team) ... Rotary Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List.
2014: Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Led the team in tackles for the third straight year. Third in the Sun Belt and No. 25 in NCAA with 9.7 tackles per game ... Also contributed four tackles for loss, including three sacks, one interception, one pass breakup and a forced fumble ... Hampered by a high ankle sprain in November. Missed the Appalachian State game, was severely limited against Troy and then sat out the Clemson game before returning for the finale vs. Texas State.
Collected a game-high 11 tackles in the season opener vs. Abilene Christian, when he grabbed a fourth-quarter interception to swing momentum and help set up the Panthers’ rally from nine points down ... Had 15 tackles, one shy of his school record, and a forced fumble vs. New Mexico State ... With 13 tackles vs. Air Force, he surpassed Robert Ferguson as Georgia State's career tackling leader ... Made 14 tackles with two sacks at Washington ... Added 10 tackles at South Alabama ... Preseason second-team All-Sun Belt Conference by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele’s College Football Preview.
2013: Honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference ... Also named to the all-conference third team selected by College Sports Madness ... Starting inside linebacker who led the team in tackles with 103, a new GSU single-season record ... Third in the Sun Belt in tackles per game (9.4) ... Tied the GSU single-game record with 16 tackles vs. Troy (2013) ... Finished the season with four straight games in double-figure tackles .. Enjoyed the most productive game of his career against ULL with 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss, including two sacks ... Made 13 tackles at Arkansas State and 11 vs. South Alabama ... Opened the 2013 season with seven tackles, one tackle for loss and a pass breakup vs. Samford ... Made seven tackles with a tackle for loss at top-ranked Alabama.
2012: Earned a starting berth at inside linebacker and finished as the Panthers' leading tackler with 65, along with two forced fumbles ... Made his debut against South Carolina State and was GSU's second-leading tackler in the game with eight hits, including one tackle for loss ... Season-high 10 tackles versus UTSA ... Served as a game captain at Tennessee in his second college game and made nine tackles ... Also had nine tackles with two tackles for loss versus Old Dominion ... Added seven tackles vs. New Hampshire and six at Rhode Island
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state in Class 6A by the Alabama Sportswriters Association ... Super 12 selection by the Dothan Eagle ... Played for coach Kevin White at Dothan High ... Made 112 tackles, including eight tackles for loss and four sacks ... On offense, he ran for 669 yards and 12 touchdowns ... Chosen to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game ... Majoring in speech.
