TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round (139th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft, April 25, 2020.
COLLEGE: Played three seasons for Louisiana Tech (2017-19), starting in all 38 contests and compiling 184 tackles (138 solo), including 23 for loss, four sacks, 14 INTs including three returned for TDs, 48 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumbles recoveries…His 48 passes defensed ranked second among active career leaders with eight-fewer games than any other player also in the top-10…Earned All-American honors and was recognized as All-Conference USA three times…As a junior in 2019, was named All-American First Team by the Football Writers Association of America and Pro Football Focus while garnering second-team honors from the Associated Press and The Athletic…Was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference USA after starting all 12 and registering 60 tackles (44), including a career-high eight tackles for loss, one sack, five INTs with a career-high two returned for TDs, while adding another career-high 21 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…Recorded five tackles (two) and two passes defensed against Grambling State…Tallied 10 stops (seven), two tackles for loss, one INT that was returned 36 yards for a TD and one pass defensed at Bowling Green…Logged six stops (four) and three passes defensed against Florida International…Collected seven tackles (six), including one for loss and two passes defensed at Rice…Posted four tackles (three), including one for loss, one INT returned 42 yards for a TD and one pass defensed against Massachusetts…Collected three tackles (one) and a career-high three INTs and five passes defensed against Southern Mississippi, earning Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week honors…Recorded four tackles, including one for loss, one sack, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in the contest at Texas-El Paso…Posted two tackles including, one for loss and two passes defensed against North Texas…Tallied five tackles (two) and two passes defensed at Marshall…Recorded four stops (three), including one for loss at Alabama-Birmingham…Collected six tackles, including one for loss against Texas-San Antonio…As a sophomore in 2018, started in all 13 games and tallied 61 tackles (44) including 7.5 for loss, one sack, a team-best four INTs and 16 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…Named first-team All-Conference USA and first-team All-Louisiana…Collected three tackles, one INT and one pass defensed in the season opener at South Alabama…Collected five tackles (four) and one pass defensed at Louisiana State…Logged another five tackles (three) and his first fumble recovery at North Texas…Collected three tackles and two passes defensed at Texas-San Antonio…Recorded seven tackles (five), including one for loss and two passes defensed against Texas-El Paso…Recorded seven tackles (five) for the second consecutive game, including a season-high 2.5 for loss while also tallying two passes defensed for the third straight contest…Totaled seven stops (six), and one pass defensed at Southern Mississippi…Tied a season-high with seven tackles (four) in the second consecutive game, one sack, one INT, one pass defensed and his first career forced fumble…Logged four stops, two INTs and two passes defensed in the Sofi Hawaii Bowl against Hawaii…As a freshman in 2017, started all 13 contests and posted a career-high 63 stops (50), including 7.5 for loss, a career-high two sacks, five INTs including one returned for a TD and 11 passes defensed…Earned FWAA Freshman All-American honors and was recognized on the Conference USA All-American team, while also being named second-team All-Conference USA and second-team All-Louisiana…Collected four tackles (three), including one for loss, one INT returned 61 yards and two passes defensed against Mississippi State…Made four tackles (two), including one for loss, one sack and two passes defensed at South Carolina…Tallied a season-high 10 tackles (nine), one INT and one pass defensed against southern Mississippi…Logged six tackles, one sack and two passes defensed at Rice…Posted four stops (three) and one pass defensed against North Texas...Collected three stops, one INT and one pass defensed at Texas-El Paso…Registered seven tackles (three), one INT and one pass defensed against Texas-San Antonio…Made four tackles, one INT returned 45 yards for a TD and one pass defensed against Southern Methodist in the DXL Frisco Bowl, earning Defensive Player of the Game honors.
PERSONAL: Attended Thibodaux (La.) High School…Garnered all-state honors and was named All-District and All-Region MVP as a senior…Lettered in football and track in each of his four years of high school.
