TRANSACTION: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the third round (90th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft, April 29, 2022.
2022: Started in all 17 games in his rookie season, including 13 starts at left guard, two starts at right guard and two starts at center.…One of only 10 rookie offensive linemen in the NFL to start in all 17 games in 2022…Earned the PFWA All-Rookie team - the 34th player in Raiders history (since 1974) selected to the All-Rookie team and the 3rd guard to earn the honor, joining Steve Wisniewski (1989) and Curt Marsh (1981)…Part of an offensive line that paved the way for 2,059 rushing yards by the Raiders in 2022, the most in a single season by the Raiders since 2011…Part of an offensive line that allowed just 35 sacks, tied for the ninth fewest in the NFL and five fewer than the year prior…(9/11) at LAC: Made his first career start at right guard…(9/18) vs. Ari.: Made his first start of the season at center…(9/25) at Ten: Started at center…(10/2) at Den.: Started at right guard…(10/10) at KC: Made his first of 13-straight starts at left guard…(12/4) vs. LAC: Started at right tackle, committed zero penalties and was part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks…(12/8) at LAR: Started at right tackle, committed zero penalties and was part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks for the second-straight game…(11/27) at Sea.: Helped pave the way for a season-high 576 total yards of offense, including 283 rushing yards…The offense's 576 yards were the most in a single game in the NFL in 2022…(1/1/23) vs. SF: Part of an offense that posted 500 total yards of offense, the Raiders second game of 500+ yards in 2022, one of only three teams in the NFL with multiple games of 500+ yards in 2022.
COLLEGE: Spent five years at Memphis from 2017-21, starting all 50 games he appeared in during his career…In 2021, started 11 games at right guard and was named a first-team All-AAC selection…Helped the Tigers' offense rank 16th in the nation in passing yards per game (298.8 avg.)…Did not allow a sack on the season…Helped pave the way for 322 rushing yards against Nicholls…Allowed time for QB Seth Henigan to throw for 417 yards and five TDs at Arkansas State…Provided time for Henigan to throw for 463 yards and two TDs against Tulsa…Blocked for an offense that rushed for 200 yards against Navy…Allowed time for Henigan to pass for 432 yards and three TDs against SMU…In 2020, started all 11 games at right tackle…Helped the offense rank 17th in the nation in passing offense (307.9 per game)…Paved the way for the offense to gain 217 rushing yards against UCF…Allowed time for QB Brady White to throw for 313 yards and four TDs against Temple…Provided time for White to throw for 316 yards at Cincinnati…Blocked for an offense that gained 305 rushing yards and five TDs on the ground against Stephen F. Austin…Allowed for White to pass for 437 yards and four TDs against USF…In 2019, started 14 games at left guard…Blocked for an offense that compiled 6,791 total yards, including 2,614 rushing yards on the season…Paved the way for RB Kenneth Gainwell, who totaled 1,456 rushing yards and 610 receiving yards…Helped pave the way for Gainwell to rush for 145 yards and one TD at South Alabama…Blocked for Gainwell, who rushed for a season-high 209 yards and two TDs at Louisiana Monroe…Paved the way for Gainwell to rush for 128 yards at USF…In 2018, started 14 games at left guard…Helped pave the way for a school-record 7,324 yards of total offense…Paved the way for program records in rushing yards (3,919) and rushing TDs (48)…Blocked for RB Darrell Henderson, who rushed for 1,909 yards…Paved the way for Henderson to rush for 212 yards and three TDs at Navy…Helped Henderson record 233 rushing yards and two TDs against Georgia State…Paved the way for Henderson to rush for 210 yards and three TDs at UCF in the American Athletic Conference Championship…Redshirted as a freshman in 2017.
PERSONAL: Attended Carrollton (Ga.) High School where he played as a linebacker/defensive end before moving to tight end his senior year…As a senior, he was named to the 2016 Times-Georgian All-Area first team as a tight end after recording nine receptions for 96 yards and one TD.
