2019: Started all 15 games at free safety for the Redbirds … ranked fourth on the team with 70 total tackles … tied for third on the squad with two interceptions and added seven pass breakups … recorded 5.5 tackles for loss as well … finished the regular season strong with a career-high nine tackles and 3.5 TFLs at Youngstown State … tallied a sack, an interception and six tackles in a win at Western Illinois … posted six tackles or more in six contests … also averaged 29.5 yards per kick return on six attempts, with a long of 59 yards.
2018: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Honorable Mention selection ... ranked No. 17 in the FCS and No. 1 in the MVFC with a 26.1 yard kick return average … returned 18 kickoffs for 470 yards … had kick returns of 58 yards in two separate games … posted returns of over 30 yards four times … also played safety in all 11 games, with 18 tackles … credited with a sack, two TFLs, a forced fumble, an interception and six pass breakups.
2017: Saw action in all 11 games on special teams for the Redbirds … took over kick return duties midway through the season and returned four kickoffs for an average of 41 yards per return … became the sixth player in ISU history to return a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown at South Dakota State (Nov. 11) … also finished the season with six tackles on special teams for the Redbirds.
2016: Redshirted.
Washington HS: Played all four seasons for head coach Darrell Crouch … ranks No. 3 in career interceptions and No. 4 in career punt return average at Washington … Mid-Illini All-Conference selection and Peoria Journal Star All-Area pick at defensive back … recorded 1,293 all-purpose yards during final prep season … also tallied 40 tackles and five interceptions on defense … helped lead team to an undefeated regular season, a conference title and state playoffs quarterfinal appearance … collected four interceptions as a junior, while earning all-conference honors.
Personal: Born January 22, 1998, in Peoria, Illinois … son of Nora Uphoff … one of three children … his cousin, Aaron Green, played football at TCU.
