UIndy Athletics

QUICK HITS
Comes in as the incumbent at middle linebacker following an all-conference junior season ... became the first (and still the only) Greyhound to be named GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2013.

STATS
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013

2015
Switched to No. 44 after wearing No. 45 the previous three seasons ... voted All-GLVC First Team by the league’s coaches … started 11 games at middle linebacker while playing in all 12 … just missed the century mark in tackles, compiling a career-high 99 stops on the year, good for a share of sixth in the conference … also added 6.5 tackles for a loss, five pass breakups and a forced fumble … started the season with back-to-back double-digit tackle games versus in-region Saginaw Valley (12, 9/3) and at Marian (11, 9/12) … led all players with a personal-best 15 tackles in a win versus Truman (10/3) … had a sack and a pass breakup at Saint Joseph’s (11/14).

2014
Saw time in all 11 games on special teams and at linebacker … amassed 27 total tackles, including a season-high seven stops at Southwest Baptist (9/20) … also credited with three sacks on the year, with two coming at Missouri S&T … earned inclusion in the team’s One-Play Warrior Club, a point-based honor which measures production on special teams.

2013
Named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Freshman of the Year as well as the team’s Defensive Freshman of the Year … played in all 12 games while starting nine at weak-side linebacker) … key part of a UIndy defensive unit that ranked first in Division II in scoring defense (13.3 ppg), second in passing defense (157.7 ypg) and fifth in total defense (282.5 ypg) … ranked second on the team with 65 tackles, including seven for a loss … had 12 total tackles in first collegiate game while added a forced fumble in a slim 10-9 win versus ninth-ranked Ashland in the season opener (9/7) … follow that with 12 more tackles versus Saint Xavier in week two (9/14) and 11 stops at Division I Drake in week three (9/21) … corralled an interception in a win versus Missouri S&T (10/5) setting up the game’s first TD … recorded a two-yard sack at in-state-rival Saint Joseph’s in week 9 (11/2).

2012
Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Helped MCHS to a 10-4 record and a second-round appearance (final 16) in the 2011 IHSA Class 8A tournament; team also won the 2011 Prep Bowl...racked up 100 tackles last year and led a defense that surrendered only 11.4 points per game...named Illinois Defensive Player of the Year by The Times of Northwest Indiana...attended same high school as NFL pro bowlers Donovan McNabb and Simeon Rice.