Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

IN 2021
Phil Steele First-Team All-ASUN ... Started all 11 games ... tied for team lead with 102 tackles ... finished with 6.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks ... recovered one fumble ... registered 13 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, all season highs, against Jacksonville State (Nov. 20) ... tallied 12 tackles against Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 6) ... made 11 tackles and broke up two passes against Austin Peay (Sept. 25) ... finished with 10 tackles against Western Carolina (Sept. 4) ... totaled 10 tackles against Central Arkansas (Oct. 16) ... had 10 tackles against Sam Houston (Nov. 13).

AS A SENIOR IN 2020 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY
Earned Conference USA Honorable Mention recognition … played in and started 11 games … finished the season with 76 tackles, including 8.5 for a loss … had three sacks and one interception … registered 10 tackles at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 3) … had nine tackles and a sack at UAB (Oct. 17) … finished with eight tackles, including three for a loss, at Charlotte (Dec. 6).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY
Earned Conference USA Honorable Mention recognition … started all-but-one game for the Hilltoppers, playing in all 13 contests on the season … put up 109 tackles (52 solo, 57 assisted) – including six for loss – with three interceptions and five pass breakups … recorded four double-digit tackle games – including a career-high 13 (three solo, 10 assisted) on Sept. 7 at FIU – ending the 2019 campaign with three-straight performances of at least 10 tackles … had a quarterback hurry in seven different games and at least 0.5 tackles for loss in six contests … his 109 tackles tied for fourth in Conference USA and 32nd in the nation, while he was only 1-of-7 FBS defenders with at at least 100 tackles and three interceptions … recorded seven tackles (four solo, three assisted) – including 1.5 for loss – and two interceptions on Sept. 28 against UAB, and was subsequently voted C-USA Defensive Player of the Week … first Hilltopper to record two interceptions in a game since Nick Holt on Nov. 27, 2015 versus Marshall.

AS A SPHOMORE IN 2018 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY
Recorded 29 tackles (14 solo, 15 assisted), playing in all 12 games as a sophomore … started once … most notable performance came on Nov. 11 at Florida Atlantic, when he recorded five tackles in a key conference game … had four other games in which he made four stops, while also adding one pass breakup on Sept. 8 against Maine … converted from defensive back to linebacker in the spring of 2019.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY
Recorded 18 tackles in 11 games as a true freshman … most notable performance came under the lights on Oct. 20 at Old Dominion, recording seven tackles and an interception while seeing the majority of the snaps at the safety position … for the game, he was awarded as the “Towel Raiser,” the lone freshman to earn the honor over the course of the season … tallied multiple tackles on three other occasions during the campaign.

HIGH SCHOOL
Had an outstanding prep career at Bremen High School for coach Davis Russell … two-way player for the Blue Devils, he was a standout linebacker and running back … rushed for more than 1,700 yards, including a school-record 289 yards against Adairville, as a senior to earn Offensive Player of the Year for region 6-AAA from the Atlanta Journal Constitution while the Georgia Sports Writers Association named him to the Class 3-A All-State Second Team as a running back … registered 88 tackles including 14 tackles for loss from his linebacker position as a senior and was a three-star prospect in the 247Sports composite rankings.