TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the third round (77th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft, April 26, 2024.
AT A GLANCE
• As a rookie in 2024, played in all 17 games and made 14 starts at right tackle.
• Played in 40 games with 32 starts over four seasons at Maryland (2020-23). As a senior, started 13 games at left tackle for the fourth-ranked offense in the Big Ten (387.3 yards per game) and the top-ranked passing attack (278.9 yards per game).
• Earned an 83.1 pass blocking grader by Pro Football Focus – the second-best grader among tackles in the Big Ten and fourth-best in the FBS.
2024: Played in all 17 games and made 14 starts at right tackle…(9/22) vs. Car.: Saw action at right tackle after Thayer Munford got injured in the first quarter...Was part of an offensive line that allowed time for QB Gardner Minshew II pass for 214 yards and one touchdown...(9/29) vs. Cle.: Made his first career start at right tackle and helped pave the way for a season-high 152 rushing yards...(10/6) at Den.: Started at right tackle and paved the way for 115 rushing yards, marking the second straight game with 100-plus rushing yards...(10/13) vs. Pit.: Started at right tackle and was part of an offensive line that allowed time for QB Aidan O'Connell to pass for 227 passing yards and one touchdown...(10/20) at LAR: Started at right tackle and helped block for 122 rushing yards…(10/27) vs. KC: Started at right tackle and allowed time for Minshew to complete 24-of-30 (80 percent) passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns...(11/3) at Cin.: Started at right tackle and helped the offense record 198 total yards...(11/17) at Mia.: Started at right tackle and was part of an offense that finished with 328 yards...(11/24) vs. Den.: Started at right tackle and helped the rushing attack average 4.3 yards per carry...(11/29) at KC: Started at right tackle and allowed time for O'Connell to pass for a career-high 340 yards and two touchdowns…(12/8) at TB: Started at right tackle and helped the offense register 286 total yards…(12/15) at ATL: Started at right tackle...(12/22) vs. Jac.: Started at right tackle and paved the way for a season-high two rushing touchdowns.…(12/29) at NO: Started at right tackle and helped pave a way for RB Ameer Abdullah to rush 115 yards on 20 carries, recording his first career game with 100-plus rushing yards...(1/5/25) vs. LAC: Started at right tackle and was part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks in the game.
COLLEGE: Played in 40 games over four seasons (2020-23) at Maryland…Started every game his final two seasons (14 at left tackle, 12 at right tackle)….In 2023, started all 13 games at left tackle and was part of an offensive line that blocked for the fourth-ranked offense (387.3 yards per game) in the Big Ten and the top-ranked passing attack (278.9 passing yards per game)…Named a Third-team All-Big Ten Conference selection…Selected for the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl…Second-rated pass blocking tackle in the Big Ten according to Pro Football Focus with an 83.1 grade and the fourth-rated tackle in FBS…In 2022, started in all 13 games (12 at right tackle, one at left tackle) and played at both right and left tackle…Was the second highest graded pass blocking tackle in the Big Ten and seventh in the FBS with an 85.7 grade...Helped block for the fourth-ranked offense in the Big Ten, averaging 401.5 yards per game...Allowed time for Second Team All-Big Ten QB Taulia Tagovailoa to throw for 3,008 passing yards…Named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten…In 2021, appeared 13 games with six starts (four at right tackle, two at left tackle)…Blocked for an offense that set a program record for most passing yards in a season with 3,960 ... Protected Tagovailoa, who broke program records in passing yards (3,860), passing touchdowns (26), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2 percent) and 300-yard passing games (seven)…As a true freshman in 2020, saw action in one game on the offensive line.
PERSONAL: Attended West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. …Was named 2019 SoMECK First Team All-Conference and was a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com.
