Tickets2021: Reese’s Senior Bowl invitee who had a breakout senior campaign after starting only two games in 2020 Peach Bowl season...All-AAC First Team selection...Played first two seasons at Howard before transferring back home and sitting out 2019 season per NCAA rules...Totaled 93 tackles, including 5.5 for loss, with nine pass breakups...Intercepted a pass in the endzone at Indiana...Also notched a pick versus No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semifinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, intercepting Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young in the third quarter with UC down 11...Recorded 2.5 stops for loss over consecutive games against Temple and UCF, with a career-high 14 tackles against Tulsa...Ball-hawking safety that helped UC to rank No. 1 in the country in pass efficiency defense (103.37), No. 2 in passing yards allowed (169.2), No. 3 in interceptions (19) and No. 4 in opponent completion % (54.0). Collected CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors.
2020: Made two starts and played in all 10 games during his first full season at UC...Totaled 26 tackles, including 19 solo stops, along with two pass break ups and a tackle for a loss. Recorded a season-best nine tackles with a pass break up against Houston...Had four tackles in the AAC Championship game against Tulsa...Stepped into a starting role due to injury in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and responded with seven solo tackles.2019: Sat out 13 games due to NCAA transfer regulations ... made his UC debut in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, recording a pair of tackles on special teams ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.
PRIOR TO UC: Played in 21 games at Howard University from 2017-18 ... totaled 93 tackles, including 77 solo stops ... also had 17 passes defended, five tackles for a loss, five interceptions with one returned for a 41-yard TD, two forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries ... set a career mark with 10 stops at Norfolk State in 2018 and had eight tackles at Kent State and against South Carolina State ... had a 41-yard interception return for a score at Morgan State ... recorded a 2017-high seven tackles at Richmond ... tallied six tackles, three pass break ups and two interceptions against Morgan State in 2017.
MOUNT HEALTHY HS: Prepped for Coach Arvie Crouch at Mount Healthy HS ... earned Honorable Mention Associated Press All-Southwest District honors and First-Team All-Southwest Ohio Conference accolades in 2016 ... part of SWOC Championship teams in 2014 and 2015 ... totaled 35 tackles, three interceptions, and a fumble recovery over nine games in 2016 ... on offense, had four receptions for 110 yards and three TDs ... totaled a season-best 10 stops and an interception at Harrison ... tabbed for the SWOC Sportsmanship Award in 2015 ... recorded 31 tackles in 11 games and had a 57-yard interception return for a TD at Ross ... had a season high eight tackles against Northwest.