HONORS
2014 AP Little All-America Second Team
2014 Daktronics All-America Second Team
2014 Daktronics Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year
2014 Cliff Harris Award Finalist
2014 Beyond Sports Network Division II National Defensive Player of the Year
2014 Beyond Sports Network Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year
2014 PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year
2014 All-PSAC East First Team
2013 Daktronics All-Super Region One Second Team
2013 All-PSAC East First Team
2012 All-PSAC East Second Team
2011 All-PSAC East Second Team
Beyond Sports Network Defensive Player of the Week - Nov. 11, 2013
PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week - Oct. 19, 2014; Sept. 28, 2014; Sept. 7, 2014; Nov. 10, 2013; Oct. 20, 2013; Nov. 11, 2012
2014 Team Captain
2014 (Game-by-Game)
Finished a stellar Huskies career by turning in one of the top seasons for any defensive player in the nation, earning PSAC East, Daktronics and Beyond Sports Network Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year honors after finishing the season with 120 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 11.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception...Paced Huskies defense with 11 tackles in Super Region 1 Championship Game at No. 10 Concord (12/6)...Tallied 12 total tackles with 2.5 sacks, two pass breakups and an additional quarterback hurry in standout performance during NCAA Playoff win over No. 23 Virginia State (11/29)...Led Huskies with 14 stops and a pass breakup in PSAC Championship Game at Slippery Rock (11/15)...Finished with five tackles, including two for loss, and a sack in a win at Lock Haven (11/8)...Made seven tackles including 1.5 for loss and an interception with a 41-yard return in victory over East Stroudsburg (11/1)...Finished with 11 tackles, 1.5 for loss and half a sack in 41-10 win over No. 7 West Chester (10/25)...Named PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week for third time after posting 13 tackles, three for loss, and two sacks in victory at Kutztown (10/18)...Five tackles in 41-0 win over Millersville (10/11)...Led Huskies defense with 15 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks and a fumble recovery in win over Shippensburg to earn PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week honors (9/27)...Registered 13 tackles including two sacks in 24-21 overtime win over California (PA) (9/13)...Recorded eight tackles, a forced fumble and a sack in a 24-7 win over Stonehill and was named PSAC East Co-Defensive Athlete of the Week (9/6).
2013 (Game-by-Game)
Recorded 123 tackles, third-most in single season BU history...Named to the second team All-Super Region One by Daktronics (12/5)... Recorded a team-high 12 total tackles in a 40-38 playoff loss to West Chester (11/30)... Selected to the All-PSAC first team for the first time in his career (11/19)... Led the Huskies with 13 total tackles in a 42-38 PSAC title win over Slippery Rock (11/16)... Named the Defensive Player of the Week by Beyond Sports Network (11/11)... Named the PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week (11/10)... Led the team with 16 total tackles in a 31-28 win over West Chester (11/9)...Recorded a team-high 14 total tackles and a sack in a 34-18 loss to Shippensburg (10/31)... Recorded six total tackles in a 35-7 win over Cheyney (10/26)... Named PSAC East Co-Defensive Athlete of the Week (10/20)... Led the team with 13 total tackles, as well as two sacks in a 52-38 win over East Stroudsburg 10/19)... Recorded seven total tackles in a 45-7 win over Millersville (10/12)... Collected a team-high eight tackles in a 38-14 win over Gannon (10/5)... Recorded six total tackles in a 56-10 win over Lock Haven (9/28)...Collected nine total tackles in a 31-12 win over Kutztown (9/21)... Led the team with 13 total tackles and also forced a fumble in a 47-35 victory at Edinboro (9/14)... Collected six total tackles in a 41-13 season opener win over Stonehill (9/7).
2012 (Game-by-Game)
Made eight tackles and posted a tackle for a loss of eight yards in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs (11/17)...Selected to the All-PSAC Eastern Division second team (11/13)...Named the PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week (11/11)...Tallied a career-high 14 tackles for the second consecutive week...Out of those 14 tackles against Slippery Rock, two were sacks (11/10)...Named as the PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week (11/4)...Finished with a career-high 14 tackles including eight solo stops and two for a loss against West Chester (11/3)...Collected five tackles with a forced fumble and two quarterback hurries against 10th ranked Shippensburg (10/27)...Led the Huskies defense with a game high 10 tackles in a Huskies 27-13 victory over Cheyney (10/20)...Posted seven tackles on the game in a Huskies 48-27 win over East Stroudsburg (10/13)...Broke up a pass and made eight tackles in a 43-24 victory over Gannon (9/29)...Made seven tackles for the Huskies in a 41-27 victory over LIU Post (9/22)...Made nine tackles for the Huskies in a 44-37 victory over the #21 ranked Golden Bears of Kutztown (9/15)...Recorded six tackles for the Huskies defense in addition to a pass breakup to assist the team to a 30-14 win over Edinboro (9/8)...Collected five tackles for the Huskies in a 44-28 season opener victory over Stonehill (8/31).
2011 (Game-by-Game)
Named as an All-PSAC second team selection for the 2011 season...Posted four tackles to end the regular season with a 34-3 win over Lock Haven (11/12)...Collected eight tackles against Kutztown (11/5)...Registered five tackles and a pass breakup in a 55-42 comeback win over West Chester (10/22)...Recorded five tackles in a 38-18 win over Shippensburg (10/15)...Picked up two tackles and a sack in a 45-10 victory over Cheyney (10/8)...Led the Huskies on defense with 10 tackles and one broken up pass in a 32-20 victory over East Stroudsburg (10/1)...Logged seven tackles in a 46-7 victory over Millersville (9/24)...Recorded 13 tackles, two sacks, and a fumble recovery in the 20-16 victory over IUP (9/15).
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