Fifth-year senior ranks as the heir apparent to replace three-year starter David Griffith at WILL linebacker . . . Preseason All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele (fourth team) . . . has appeared in 33 career games, including three starting assignments . . . has recorded 158 career tackles, with 12.0 resulting in losses (50 yards) including 3.0 sacks (27 yards), and two interceptions . . . 2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): Saw action in nine games as a junior in 2018 . . . ranked third on the team in tackles (53 total: 26 solos, 27 assists) despite missing three games with a lower-body injury . . . recorded 4.5 tackles for loss (19 yards), including 1.5 sacks for 7 yards . . . made six stops in the season finale against the Ragin’ Cajuns . . . matched his season high with eight tackles vs. Texas State; credited with one tackle for loss (4 yards), including a half sack for 3 yards . . . contributed four stops and two pass break-ups at Coastal Carolina . . . tallied three solo tackles at Georgia State and recovered a fumble that resulted in a ULM touchdown drive (3 plays for 42 yards) . . . posted eight stops vs. Troy, including a half tackle for loss . . . registered eight tackles (7 solos, 1 assist) at Texas A&M, with two resulting in losses (6 yards) including a 4-yard sack . . . produced eight stops at Southern Miss, including one for a 9-yard loss, and his 46-yard interception return in the closing seconds iced ULM’s 21-20 road victory . . . 2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 12 games, including two starts at WILL linebacker (at Auburn and vs. Arkansas State) . . . finished fifth on the team with 45 total tackles (24 solos, 21 assists) . . . credited with 4.0 tackles for loss (9 yards) . . . produced five tackles in his first start of the season at No. 6 Auburn . . . made five stops each vs. Appalachian State (3-yard loss) and Georgia State . . . recorded a season-high eight tackles at Louisiana Lafayette, including 1.5 for losses (4 yards) . . . 2016 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 12 games as a red-shirt freshman in 2016 . . . made five tackles vs. South Alabama, including an 18-yard sack, and blocked Gavin Patterson’s potential game-winning 50-yard field-goal attempt on the final play of regulation (ULM won in overtime, 42-35) . . . posted eight stops, including a half tackle for loss, in his first collegiate start at Arkansas State . . . tallied nine tackles at New Mexico . . . recorded a career-best 12 tackles (8 solos, 4 assists) at Auburn, including one for a 2-yard loss . . . contributed seven stops at Georgia Southern . . . 2015 SEASON: Redshirted . . . HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Two-year starter for Coach Matt Wallace at DeSoto Central High School in Southaven, Mississippi . . . earned all-state and all-district honors as a senior in 2014 . . . recorded 97 total tackles as a senior, with 21 coming behind the line of scrimmage, and blocked nine kicks . . . led the state in sacks in 2014 with 10 for 41 yards . . . produced double-figure tackles in five games as a senior, including 11 vs. Lake Cormorant . . . also had 24 receptions for 288 yards (12.0 avg.) and three touchdowns . . . totaled 95 tackles as a junior, including six sacks (37 yards) . . . born July 25, 1997 . . . majoring in criminal justice.
