Agreed to terms, 4/26/26…In his five-year, 53-game, 42-start career, made 120 tackles (64 solo), 34.5 tackles for loss of 137 yards, 19.0 sacks for a loss of 99 yards, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles, and 29 QB hurries…Consensus first team All-MAC honoree in 2025 and Hero Sports second-team G5 All-American…Concluded career by starting 25 consecutive games on the defensive line…One of only eight players in school history to earn four Academic All-Mid-American Conference selections…Set the school's record for quarterback hurries for career (29), season (10 in 2023), and game (5 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 25, 2025)…In the school's career records, concluded career ranked No. 9 in games played (53), No. 6 in sacks (19), No. 10 in tackles for loss (34), No. 10 in forced fumbles (4) and and No. 11 in yards lost from sacks (99)…In Central Michigan single-season records, he ranked No. 4 in sacks (10.5 in 2025), No. 14 in tackles for loss (16.0 in 2025), and No. 2 in QB hurries (9 in 2025)…Concluded college career with four 2.0 sack games and eight 2.0 tackles for loss games…As a redshirt senior in 2025, started all 13 games at DE…Earned CSC Academic All-District, Academic All-MAC and named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society…One of four team captains…On year, ranked No. 5 on team with 48 tackles (24 solo), a team-high 16.5 stops for loss for 64 yards, a team-high 10.5 sacks for 48 yards, four pass breakups and a team-high nine QB hurries with two forced fumbles…Nationally, concluded the year ranked No. 12 in sacks per game (0.81) and No. 14 in stops for loss per game (1.27)…In MAC, ranked No. 4 in stops for loss per game and No. 3 in sacks per game…Finished with three 2.0 sack games and five 2.0 tackles for loss games…Finished with one tackle, 0.5 stops for loss in GameAbove Sports Bowl vs. Northwestern…Totaled three solo tackles, season-high three stops for loss for six yards, and a sack for four-yard loss in regular season finale vs. Toledo…Made five tackles (three solo), 2.5 stops for loss for 10 yards, two sacks for nine yards, and one QB hurry at Kent State…Finished with four tackles, two sacks, two TFL, two QB hurries and two pass breakups vs. Buffalo, earning MAC Defensive Player of the Week…Tallied career-high tying six tackles at Western Michigan…Finished with a tackle, a career-high and school-record five QB hurries, and two pass breakups vs. UMass…Registered five tackles, two stops for 14-yard loss and a sack at Bowling Green…Made five tackles and one stop for loss at Akron…Finished with five tackles (two solo), 1.5 sacks for four yards, 1.5 stops for loss and a QB hurry vs. Eastern Michigan…Tallied five tackles (two solo), 2.0 sacks/stops for loss of seven yards and forced a fumble vs. Wagner…Made six tackles (four solo) with one sack/TFL for seven-yard loss and forced a fumble in the opener at San Jose State…As redshirt junior, started all 12 games at DE…An Academic All-MAC selection…Led Chippewas with eight QB hurries, finished with 28 tackles with six stops for loss for 22 yards, and four sacks…Made three tackles with a sack/QB hurry at Toledo…Totaled four tackles (three solo) with two sacks/stops for loss of eight yards at Miami (Ohio)…Finished with two QB hurries, four tackles and a split-sack for three-yard loss at EMU…Made two tackles, one stop for loss, 0.5 sack, and a QB hurry vs. San Diego State…Finished with two tackles and a QB hurry at FIU…Totaled two tackles and a QB hurry in opener vs. Central Connecticut State…As redshirt sophomore in 2023, played in 11 of 12 games with five starts at DE…Academic All-MAC…Made 22 tackles (13 solo), 4.5 stops for loss for 30 yards, 2.5 sacks for 20-yard loss, a forced fumble, a pass breakup and school-record ten QB hurries…Finished with team-high three QB hurries and one tackle in finale vs. Toledo…Made two tackles, including a stop for four-yard loss at WMU…Totaled two tackles, including a split-sack vs. UNI…Two tackles at Ball State…Made three tackles (three solo), two stops for loss of 15 yards, one sack for nine-yard loss, forced a fumble and two QB hurries vs. Akron…Made two tackles with a QB hurry at Buffalo…Made three tackles at Notre Dame…Totaled three QB hurries with a pass breakup vs. New Hampshire…Made two tackles, one sack, and a QB hurry in season opener at Michigan State…As a redshirt freshman in 2022, played in all 12 games with 11 starts at DE…Academic All-MAC…Made 19 tackles (12 solo), seven stops for loss of 17 yards, made two sacks for loss of seven yards, forced a fumble and totaled two QB hurries…Made two tackles (two solo) with one stop for loss vs. Ball State…Made five tackles (four solo) with a career-high 3.5 stops for loss of ten yards, 1.5 sack for four yards and forced a fumble vs. Bucknell…Made first career start vs. South Alabama…Made one tackle (solo) with a QB hurry in opener at Oklahoma State…Redshirted as true freshman in 2021, when he played in four games and made three tackles…Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communication with a minor in business.…Graduate of Romeo (Mich.) HS, where he played three years for Head Coach Curt Rienas…First-team Division 1 All-State selection as a DL…Named All-Region by Michigan High School Football Coaches Association in 2020…Named to All-Macomb Area Conference Red first-team in 2020…Macomb County Tier 1 All-Star team selection…Recorded 19 sacks, ten tackles for loss and four forced fumbles in 2020…Ranked No. 38 on the Detroit News Blue Chip List…Rivals three-star recruit…Once sang the Star Spangled Banner prior to a Romeo contest…Also participate in high school's theater program…Wife, Ariana, is a former CMU gymnast…Born Jan. 2, 2003 in Atlanta, Ga.
