IOWA STATE (2022-25)
Awards: 2025: Voted All-Big 12 honorable mention…Was a semifinalist for the Comeback Player of the Year award watch list…Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors (12/1). 2023: Tabbed to the Lombardi Award Midseason Watch List…Was a Burlsworth Trophy nominee…Earned CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-Big 12 first team accolades. 2022: Selected Academic All-Big 12 first team.
Season: 2025: Served as team captain…Started all 12 games…Collected 68 tackles (32 solo), 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble and three pass breakups. 2024: Started one game…Suffered season-ending injury in season opener. 2023: Played in 13 games…Tallied 60 tackles (36 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble and two pass breakups…Earned scholarship after beginning career as a walk-on. 2022: Played in 10 games…Made three tackles, all solo.
Game-By-Game: 2025: vs. Kansas State (8/23): Secured four tackles (three solo)…Had one tackle for loss and a QB hurry. South Dakota (8/30): Registered four tackles (one solo) and a half-tackle for loss. Iowa (9/6): Posted six tackles (two solo). at Arkansas State (9/13): Tallied five stops (two solo)…Added a tackle for loss. Arizona (9/27): Notched career-high eight tackles (three solo)…Recorded a pass breakup and a QB hurry. at Cincinnati (10/4): Made five tackles (two solo) and a half-tackle for loss. at Colorado (10/11): Secured six tackles (two solo), including one for loss. BYU (10/25): Registered four tackles (one solo)…Had a half-tackle for loss and a pass breakup. Arizona State (11/1): Collected five tackles (three solo)…Added a tackle for loss and a pass breakup. at TCU (11/8): Posted career-high tying eight tackles (two solo) and a tackle for loss. Kansas (11/22): Recorded six tackles (four solo). at Oklahoma State (11/29): Tallied seven tackles, all solo…Had a career-high three sacks.
2024: North Dakota (8/31): Started and suffered season-ending injury.
2023: Northern Iowa (9/2): Collected five tackles (three solo)…Recorded two sacks for 14 yards. Iowa (9/9): Assisted on two tackles and added a QB hurry. at Ohio (9/16): Notched six tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss…Added three QB hurries. Oklahoma State (9/23): Tallied four tackles (two solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss. at Oklahoma (9/30): Made five stops (three solo)…Had one tackle for loss. TCU (10/7): Assisted on two tackles. at Cincinnati (10/14): Notched five tackles (two solo) and a QB hurry. at Baylor (10/28): Registered two tackles and a QB hurry. Kansas (11/4): Posted two tackles (one solo). at BYU (11/11): Recorded a sack among four tackles…Forced a fumble. Texas (11/18): Collected career-high eight tackles (four solo). at Kansas State (11/25): Secured seven tackles (six solo) and two pass breakups. Memphis (12/29): Posted eight tackles (five solo) and two QB hurries.
2022: Baylor (9/24): Recorded a solo tackle. at Texas (10/15): Notched a solo tackle. Texas Tech (11/19): Made a solo stop.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Lake Mills High School for head coach Bill Byrnes…Led Lake Mills to a playoff appearance as a senior…Named IPSWA and Des Moines Registered first-team all-state as a senior…Was a two-time all-state selection by the IPSWA…Named District Player of the Year twice…Tabbed 2020 Mason City Globe Gazette Defensive Player of the Year…Was a 2021 Iowa Shrine Bowl participant…As a senior, led Iowa Class A in tackles (103) and solo tackles (90), while adding seven tackles for loss, two interceptions and one fumble recovery…As a junior, posted 92 tackles, 77 solo, 21.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks…As a sophomore, secured 46 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks…Also played basketball, earning all-state third-team honors as a senior.
PERSONAL
Majored in agricultural business at Iowa State.