Tickets2024 All-Big 12 First Team (AP)
2024 College Football Network All-America Honorable Mention
2023 All-Big 12 Second Team (AP and Coaches)
2023 Preseason All-Big 12
2023 Associated Press Preseason All-America First Team
PFF's Highest Rated Defensive Player (2022)
2022 PFF's Highest Rated Defensive Player
2022 Associated Press Third Team All-American
2022 PFF Third Team All-American
2022 AFCA Freshman All-American
2022 College Football News Freshman All-American
2022 AFCA Freshman All-American
2022 College Football News Freshman All-America
CAREER
Nicknamed “The Godfather” ... Enters his fifth season with the Bearcats as one of the nation’s top interior defensive linemen and one of the most accomplished UC defensive players in school history ... A three-time all-conference selection with 109 career tackles, 17 TFLs and 9.5 sacks in his 34-game career, which includes and 23 starts...Earned his bachelor’s degree in December 2024...Has profited off his Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) with “The Godfather Burger” at a local Cincinnati restaurant.
2024
Collected First Team All-Big 12 honors – his third straight season with all-conference accolades over 11 games...Totaled 26 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks and overcame a difficult offseason that saw him sidelined with blood clots for three months...”The Godfather” was cleared to return to the playing field on Sept. 3 and made his season debut just days later vs. Pitt...Improved each week despite constant double teams...Tallied three tackles and a half-sack versus West Virginia...Finished with four tackles and a half-tackle-for-loss in a 24-14 win over Big 12 champion Arizona State...Dominated at UCF, recording four tackles and two sacks...Tallied four tackles and one TFL at Texas Tech...Made two stops against Houston...Made his season debut against Pitt, totaling six tackles and one sack.
2023
One of the nation’s top nose tackles, “The Godfather” finished with 39 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, and one forced fumble during his redshirt sophomore season…Collected Second Team All-Big 12 accolades from the AP and the league’s coaches…Capped the fall as the Big 12’s third-rated interior defensive lineman (83.6) according to Pro Football Focus…Had three tackles and one sack in the win at Pitt…Totaled three stops and a TFL against Miami (Ohio)…Registered six tackles, two TFLs, and one sack versus Oklahoma…Had four tackles and a half-TFL at BYU…Finished with five stops versus Iowa State and four tackles against Baylor…Had four tackles with a sack in the win at Houston…Wrapped up the season with two stops, one TFL, and one forced fumble against Kansas…Entered the season as Preseason All-American and Preseason All-Big 12 selection.
2022
Nicknamed "The Godfather" ... Breakout player who combined with Jowon Briggs to form one of the nation's most formidable nose tackle duos...Rated PFF's top defensive player and collected third team All-America accolades from the Associated Press and PFF ... Tallied 45 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, three sacks, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles ... Opened season with two stops and a half-TFL at No. 19 Arkansas ... Posted six stops and one sack versus Kennesaw State ... Had four tackles and one TFL against Indiana ... Tallied four tackles, one sack and a forced fumble at Tulsa ... Had a sack at SMU and at UCF ... Also had a fumble recovery against the Knights ... Tallied 11 tackles in his first career start versus Navy ... Had three tackles against both East Carolina and Temple ... Added a forced fumble and a fumble recovery versus the Owls in his final game of the season before an injury ended his season.
2021
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Prepped for head coach Sean Cutright at Colerain High School in Cincinnati ... Ranked among the Top-100 defensive tackles in the class and Top-60 players in Ohio ... 2020 honors included: Division I First-Team All-Ohio, First-Team All-Southwest Ohio District, Greater Miami Conference Defensive Athlete of the Year and First-Team All-GMC ... Totaled eight sacks as a senior to rank No. 2 in the GMC ... Tallied 137 tackles, 19.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and a recovery.