Overview
- High-impact defender with great height and versatility.
- Capable of playing multiple defensive positions along the defensive line
- Will vie for time along the defensive line during the 2017 season
- Regarded as a valuable member of the defensive front, starting in all 13 games at nose guard in his senior season.
- Rated as the 23rd-best percentage among all defensive interior players in the FBS.
- Concluded his senior campaign with 43 total tackles (27 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack – all eclipsing his career totals he set from his time at ASU.
- Tallied a career-high seven total tackles in the comeback win over Arizona (11/24).
- Awarded Tim Landers Iron Man Award and Team Captain honor at the annual Football Awards Banquet.
- Was the 8th-highest graded defensive interior player in the Pac-12 on running plays this season with an 81.1 score.
- His 23 defensive "stops" this season were tied for fourth among all Pac-12 interior defenders.
- Appeared in all 13 games, providing valuable depth along the defensive line
- Recorded 21 tackles on the season, a career high for him
- Had a season high five tackles against Arizona (11/25)
- Recorded three tackles in four different games
- Had an interception against Oregon State (11/18)
- Was eighth in the Pac-12 among defensive tackles in run-stop percentage at 6.9, picking up 17 tackles and 11 stops (plays that constitute a “loss” for the defensive, according to PFF).
- Finished with 15 total QB pressures on the season and a 5.8 pass russ productivity rating according to Pro Football Focus, good for seventh among Pac-12 defensive tackles
- Saw his first significant action against NAU (9/3) in the opener, leading the team with two tackles for loss and four tackles overall.
- Finished with 6.0 tackles for loss on the season and 1.5 sacks
- Saw action in four games as a reserve defensive lineman
- Redshirted his Freshman season
- Rare signee from the state of Missouri for ASU and one of the state's best players.
- Earned First-Team All-State honors as a Senior
- Rated by Scout.com as a four-star prospect and the No. 36 defensive end recruit in the nation, regarded by Scout.com as the top defensive lineman in the state of Missouri and the state’s sixth-best overall recruit, listed by ESPN as the No. 106 defensive end recruit in the country
- Earned All-Midlands Region honors by PrepStar after his Senior season
- Runs a 4.65 40-yard dash, bench presses 305 pounds and squats 505