Agreed to terms, 4/26/26…Interior force played in 43 games at North Carolina (2021-22), Kentucky (2023-24) and USC (2025), recording 67 tackles (33 solo), two sacks, and seven stops for loss. In 2025, played in 13 games for Trojans, posting 20 tackles (ten solo), a sack, and two stops for a loss…Started all 12 games in 2024 in his final season at Kentucky and totaled 26 tackles, a stop for loss/sack and a QB hurry…Posted career-high four tackles and a sack/stop for loss, vs. Auburn…Transferred to Kentucky in 2023 after two seasons at North Carolina…Started in 11-of-12 games played played for Wildcats in 2023…Finished with 17 tackles (2.0 stops for loss)…Earned first start in opener vs. Ball State. Recorded tackle/first career stop for loss…Had three tackles in win over Eastern Kentucky….In 2022, played in three games on line…Recorded three tackles against Miami…Redshirted for UNC (2021), playing in three games…Attended Rocky Mount (N.C.) HS…Five-star prospect tabbed as nation's eighth-best player, the No. 3 DE and the No. 1 player in state by ESPN…Listed as nation's 32nd-best player, the No. 5 strongside DE and No. 2 player in North Carolina in 247Sports Composite…Ranked nation's 85th-best player, the No. 7 strongside DE and the No. 5 player in state by Rivals…Selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game…Sports Illustrated All-America candidate prior to senior season…Totaled 47 tackles and 7.0 sacks as a senior…Earned All-State and All-Big East 3-A Conference as junior after recording 47 tackles, seven sacks and 13 stops for loss…Multi-sport athlete also ran track and played basketball…Averaged 7.1 points and 6.1 rebounds over three-year basketball career…Raised by his grandmother, Queen Silver, as his mother, Cynthia, passed away of colon cancer when he was nine years old…Graduated in 2024 from Kentucky with a communication degree…Hosted the inaugural Big Kountry Camp in hometown of Rocky Mount, N.C. in June, 2024, teaching football skills to over 100 kids from his community…Nickname is "Big Kountry".
