Overview
- Local product who adds quality depth to the Sun Devil offensive line
- Made four starts but was frequently the first player of the bench in a variety of roles along the line.
- Among over 25 Pac-12 guards that played at least 200 passing snaps, he was tied for eighth in the Pac-12 for fewest hurries allowed at 11
- Helped anchor an offensive line that allowed just 16 sacks all season – good for the third-fewest allowed by a Sun Devil offensive line in program history
- ASU had 6 games this season where it didn't allow a sack. Since at least 2000, no ASU team had had more two such games in an entire season
- The Sun Devils finished 14th in the FBS with 1.23 sacks allowed per game. ASU hadn't finished in Top-100 in fewest sacks allowed per game since 2011 (74th). In fact, since 2003 (as far back as easily accessible team rankings go), ASU finished in the top-100 just 3 times, and never better than 70th.
- Started every game at left guard, proving he could handle the week-to-week rigors of the Pac-12
- Opened up holes for 1,000-yard rusher Demario Richard
- Finished with the fifth highest pass-blocking efficiency rating from Pro Football Focus in the Pac-12 at 97.9
- Allowed just one sack all season, according to PFF, tied for first among all Pac-12 guards that played at least 400 pass snaps on the season and tied for 22nd among all guards nationally with 400 pass snaps.
- He was one of just 48 guards in the country that allowed one or fewer sacks on the season on 450+ pass snaps and one of just 21 of those that return this season (and one of just nine that accomplished the feat as a freshman or sophomore).
- Appeared in eleven games for the Sun Devils and made three starts
- Redshirted
- Member of the American Family Insurance All-USA Arizona football team as a Senior
- Named to the 2014 preseason All-24-7 Team by 24-7Football.com
- Listed by Scout.com as the No. 62 offensive tackle in the country; ranked by ESPN as the No. 98 offensive tackle prospect in the nation; rated by Rivals.com as the No. 13 overall prospect in the state of Arizona.