THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2024: Phil Steele Fourth Team All-UAC ... Played in and started nine games before a season-ending injury ... Ranked third on the team with 54 tackles ... Led the Lions with 8.5 tackles for loss and three sacks ... Contributed to 37 lost yards ... Recorded the first safety for UNA since 2019 to end a win against West Georgia (Sept. 28) ... Recorded his first career interception against No. 21 Illinois State (Sept. 7) and recovered a fumble against No. 10 Abilene Christian (Oct. 12), both of which advanced to the second round of the playoffs ... Caught a 15-yard pass against Memphis (Aug. 31) ... Added two QB hurries and two pass breakups.

PRIOR TO UNA: Played two seasons at Alabama in 2020 and 2021 before transferring to UAB for the 2022 and 2023 seasons ... Announced on January 5, 2024 that he would sign to play his redshirt senior season at the University of North Alabama, just minutes from his hometown of Muscle Shoals.

UAB 2023: Played in all 12 games ... Recorded 70 tackles to rank second on the team ... Led the Blazers with 38 assisted tackles ... Totaled 4.5 tackles for loss, including two on two sacks in his season debut against NC A&T ... Had career-high 11 tackles against both NC A&T and Navy ... Recovered a fumble at Georgia Southern ... Had three hurries on the quarterback against Temple ... Broke up a pass against Louisiana ... Had at least one tackle in every game and had five or more tackles in nine of his 12 games.

UAB 2022: Appeared in all 13 games… Recorded 31 tackles, along with two quarterback hits and one pass breakup…. Had a then-career-high nine tackles at Louisiana Tech.

ALABAMA: Did not appear in any games, but was on the team and dressed in 2020 and 2021.

HIGH SCHOOL: In-state product who was rated as one of the top middle linebackers in the country ... Four-star prep standout by all major recruiting sites ... The No. 6 player from Alabama and No. 141 prospect nationally by 247Sports ... 247 also rated him as the No. 9 inside linebacker in the class ... Ranked No. 5 in the state and No. 10 at his position on the 247Composite ... Third-rated inside linebacker nationally and No. 152 on the ESPN300 according to the site ... ESPN.com also tabbed him as the 69th-ranked player in the Southeast Region and No. 7 player from Alabama ... PrepStar Top 350 All-American and the No. 4 inside linebacker prospect by the magazine ... Named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award during his senior season ... Totaled 155 tackles, including 12 for loss, to go with seven sacks as a junior ... Selected to the Class 6A All-State First Team by the Alabama Sports Writers following the 2018 season ... Also earned AL.com Super All-State recognition in that junior campaign ... Recorded 118 tackles and four sacks as a sophomore ... Named to the all-state second team following the 2017 season ... Dual-sport athlete who also competed in baseball for the Trojans ... Coached by Scott Basden as Muscle Shoals High School ... Committed to the Crimson Tide over Auburn, Nebraska, Tennessee and Texas A&M out of high school.

PERSONAL: From Muscle Shoals, Ala.