TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Oakland Raiders in the fourth round (106th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft, April 27, 2019.
COLLEGE: Two-year starter at Eastern Michigan who spent four years (2015-18) with the Eagles and appeared in 37 contests total with 24 starts…Recorded 162 tackles (73 solo), including 41 for loss, 20 sacks, one INT returned for a TD, four passes defensed, eight forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries, including one returned for a TD…Finished his career ranking second in school history in both tackles for loss and sacks…Became just the third defensive player in school history to earn All-MAC First Team honors in consecutive seasons (2017-18)…Just the fourth Eagle in school history to collect multiple first-team All-MAC selections in their career…In 2018, started all 12 games for the Eagles, compiling 70 tackles (31), including 19 for loss, 7.5 sacks, one INT returned for a TD, three passes defensed, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery…Ranked 10th in the nation in forced fumbles per game (.33) and seventh in tackles for loss per game (1.6), while his .68 sacks per game ranked fifth in the MAC…In his season debut at Purdue, collected four tackles including one sack…Tallied two stops at Buffalo…Recorded a season-high 2.5 sacks at San Diego State as part of his eight tackles on the day, including 3.5 for loss, earning MAC Player of the Week honors…Posted three stops in his first home contest of the year against Northern Illinois…Tallied five stops at Western Michigan…Added six stops and one sack in the contest against Toledo…Posted five tackles at Ball State…Recorded a season-high 10 tackles against Army…Recorded seven stops, including a season-high four for loss, adding two sacks in the matchup at home against Central Michigan…Registered eight tackles and one sack against Akron, which marked the first time on the year he recorded at least one sack in back-to-back contests…Also tallied his first-career INT-TD…Posted five stops at Kent State…Finished with eight tackles in the season finale against Georgia Southern…In 2017, earned his first All-MAC First Team selection and was named EMU’s Team MVP, the John E. Borowiec Most Valuable Defensive Player and took home the Harold E. Sponberg Down Lineman Award…Started all 12 games for the first time in his collegiate career and led the Eagles with 11 sacks on the campaign, adding 57 total stops, including 16.5 for loss, one pass defensed, four forced fumbles, two fumbles recoveries with one returned for a TD…Tallied five tackles and a half-sack in the season-opening victory against Charlotte…Tallied four tackles at Rutgers…Recorded five tackles and another half-sack against Ohio…Posted two sacks in the contest at Kentucky, including six tackles…Posted three tackles, including two for loss and one of which was a sack, marking the first time on the season he posted at least one sack in consecutive contests…Registered five stops at Army…Posted seven tackles against Western Michigan and added one sack…Posted three tackles in each of the next two contests against Northern Illinois and Ball State…Notched four tackles and three sacks at Central Michigan, including one fumble recovery for a TD…Posted his second consecutive three-sack contest the following week at Miami (Ohio) as part of his seven stops and season-best 3.5 tackles for loss…Ended the year with five tackles against Bowling Green…In 2016, saw his first action with the Eagles, appearing in all 13 contests as a rotational player on the defensive line…Totaled 35 stops on the year, including 5.5 for loss, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovery…Notched one tackle in his first career game with the Eagles against Mississippi Valley…Posted four stops at Charlotte…Collected a season-high seven tackles against Wyoming, including his first half-sack…Posted three stops at Bowling Green and another three against Toledo…Recorded his first career full sack the following week at Ohio…Totaled four stops at Ball State…Added another three stops against Nothern Illinois…Registered one tackle against Central Michigan…Collected four stops in the season finale against Old Dominion…Redshirted as a freshman in 2015 and earned Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year honors.
PERSONAL: Attended Heritage (Texas) High School…Ranked as a two-star recruit by 247Sports and Scout.com…Named All-Area and All-District his senior year in 2014 after posting 62 tackles, including 12 for loss, six sacks, five passes defensed, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one blocked punt…Named second-team All-District as a junior in 2013…Also played varsity basketball…Earned his degree in communications.
