TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Raiders in the third round (80th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft, April 30, 2021.
COLLEGE: Spent five years at Virginia Tech from 2016-20, appearing in 51 games with 33 starts...Finished his collegiate career with 206 tackles (117 solo), 0.5 sacks, six INTs, 17 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries...In 2020, earned first-team All-ACC after starting nine games and recoding 55 tackles (32), four INTs and one fumble recovery...Registered six tackles and one INT against Virginia...Picked off QB Trevor Lawrence and recorded three tackles against Clemson...Logged six tackles at Pittsburgh...Posted six tackles against Miami (Fla.)...Recorded a season-high 10 tackles against Liberty...Registered seven tackles and one INT at Louisville...Posted six tackles at Wake Forest...Totaled five tackles, one pass defensed and one forced fumble against Boston College...Tallied six tackles and one INT against NC State...In 2019, started all 13 games at free safety and finished second on the team with a career-best 84 tackles (42)...Also registered one INT, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery which was returned 98 yards for a TD...Posted 10 tackles at Boston College...Tallied five tackles, one pass defensed and one forced fumble at Miami (Fla.)...Recorded eight tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss against North Carolina...Named ACC Defensive Back of the Week after registering one INT and recovering a fumble and returning it 98 yards for a TD against Notre Dame...Named to the PFF College ACC Team of the Week after posting four tackles against Pittsburgh...Recorded a season-high 11 tackles at Virginia...Logged nine tackles in the Belk Bowl against Kentucky...In 2018, started all 11 games in which he played and totaled 55 tackles (35), two passes defensed and one fumble recovery...Posted four tackles, including one tackle for loss at Pittsburgh...Registered a career -high 14 tackles, adding one pass defensed and one fumble recovery against Boston College...Recorded eight tackles against Georgia Tech...Posted four tackles, including two tackles for loss at Florida State...In 2017, appeared in four games and totaled eight tackles, one INT and three passes defensed...Tallied six tackles and one pass defensed against West Virginia...Recorded one tackle against Delaware...Finished with one tackle and two passes defensed at East Carolina...Registered first career INT against Old Dominion...In 2016, played in all 14 games and recorded four tackles and one forced fumble...Majored in consumer studies.
PERSONAL: Attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, N.C. ...Rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and the 172nd player in the 2016 ESPN Top 300...Ranked the No. 9 play-er in the state of North Carolina and the No. 22 wide receiver in the country by ESPN...Rivals.com listed him No. 70 by position and No. 20 overall in the state...Scout.com ranked him the third-best position player in the state and No. 107 in the country, while 247Sports.com listed him at No. 178 by position and the 50th-best player in the state...Selected to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolina's...Three-time Central-Piedmont 4A all-conference selection...Had 10 TDs, averaging over 21 yards per reception, and added one INT as a senior... Averaged 18 yards a catch for more than 700 yards as a junior...Earned All-Northwest Conference honors as a senior.
