TRANSACTION: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the fifth round (175th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft, April 30, 2022.
2022: Appeared in six games and totaled five tackles (one solo), a half-sack and one quarterback hit…Was inactive for 11 contests…(9/25) at Ten.: Recorded one tackle…(10/2) vs. Den.: Posted one tackle…(11/6) at Jac.: Recorded one tackle…(12/4) vs. LAC: Registered his first career half-sack and added one tackle and one quarterback hit…(12/8) at LAR: Saw action on defense…(12/18) vs. NE: Posted one tackle.
COLLEGE: Spent five years at Tennessee from 2017-21, appearing in 53 games with 26 starts…Finished his collegiate career with 152 tackles (69 solo), 9.5 sacks, three passes defensed and two forced fumbles…In 2021, played in all 13 games with 12 starts and recorded 47 tackles (19), five sacks and one forced fumble…In 2020, started all 10 games and compiled 43 tackles (22), two sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble…In 2019, appeared in 13 games with four starts, totaling 45 tackles (23), 2.5 sacks and two passes defensed…In 2018, appeared in nine games and finished with 13 tackles…Posted four tackles against Florida…In 2017, saw action in eight games and tallied four tackles…Earned a degree in political science.
PERSONAL: Attended Garner (N.C) High School…Rated as a four-star prospect…Named to the 2016 North Carolina Associated Press All-State Class 4A team…Selected to participate in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas…As a senior, finished with 96 tackles, including 44 tackles for loss, and 26 sacks, helping his team to a 12-2 record and appearance in the regional semifinals.
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: TACKLES: Total – 1, two times, last: 10/2/22 vs. Den. Solo – 1, 10/2/22 vs. Den.
