UIndy Athletics

QUICK HITS
Lone returning starter from last year’s stellar defensive backfield ... has two career interceptions ... also a GLVC-champion and All-American long jumper on the UIndy track & field team ... shares the school’s indoor long jump mark with a leap of 24’7” ... also a member of UIndy’s school-record 4x100m relay team (39.96).

STATS
2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

2014
Racked up nine pass breakups despite missing three games due to injury in the middle of the season ... ranked third in the GLVC in passes defended per game (1.1) ... set a career high with 12 total tackles to go with a forced fumble versus Saint Jospeh’s (10/30) ... redshirted in track.

2013
Voted the school’s Robert Brooker Most Valuable Male Athlete for 2013-14 for his contributions in football and track & field … switched to No. 4 after wearing No. 28 the previous two years … played in all 12 games, seeing time at defensive back and on special teams … amassed 22 tackles and two interceptions on the season … also returned seven kickoffs, averaging 20.4 yards per … had a 65-yard INT return in the fourth quarter of the Saint Xavier win (9/14), setting up the game’s final touchdown … managed second pick of the season on the final play of the Missouri S&T win (10/5) … garnered first collegiate start versus Quincy (11/9), starting at corner; made a career-high five total tackles that game … one of only 12 Greyhounds named to the team’s “One-Play Warrior Club”, a points-based honor charting performance on special teams  … made an even bigger impact in the winter and spring seasons as a member of the UIndy track & field team, earning GLVC titles in both indoor and outdoor long jump … went on to place third in both events at the NCAA Championships to twice earn All-American status … also competed in 100m, 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m for the Hounds.

2012
Played in all 13 games, spending time on special teams and at cornerback...returned kicks for the Hounds, averaging 20.5 yards on a team-high 17 attempts ... racked up 149 all-purpose yards on seven kickoff returns in the opener at Ashland (8/30) ... compiled 14 tackles on the year, including a season-high five stops at Quincy (9/15); also blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter of that contest ... continued to excell on the UIndy track & field squad, earning  All-GLVC First Team honors at the league's indoor and outdoor meets ... won both the indoor and outdoor conference titles in the long jump ... also won the GLVC outdoor title as part of the Hounds' 4x100m relay team ... later became an All-American by helping the relay team place fourth at the NCAA DII Outdoor National Championships (5/25/13); the team's time of 39.96 was good for a new school record.

2011
Redshirt season … named UIndy's Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year...also competed on the UIndy track & field team, earning All-GLVC First Team honors at the league's indoor meet … took the GLVC's indoor long jump title with a leap of 7.47 meters while placing third in the 55m dash (6.59) ... went on to place seventh in the long jump in the national indoor meet, good for an All-American nod ... later named all-region by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

HIGH SCHOOL
Helped Springfield advance to the regional semifinals in the OHSAA Division I tournament … garnered First Team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors from the league's coaches, and All-Southwest District Special Mention from the Associated Press, both as a defensive back … also named to the All-Area Second Team by the Springfield News-Suns as a returner … won the Ohio Division I state title in the long jump as a sophomore with a leap of 23' 2 1/2”.