2023: Saw action in eight games as a reserve defensive lineman ... finished the season with four total tackles, three of which came against Dayton in the season-opening win.
2022: Saw action in nine games as a reserve defensive lineman for the Redbirds ... recorded seven tackles on the season, with one sack and one quarterback hurry ... recorded two tackles and a sack in a win over Eastern Illinois.
2021 (fall): Saw action in two games for the Redbirds on the defensive line ... recorded two tackles on the season.
2021 (spring): Redshirted.
Jefferson HS: Two-year starter … averaged six tackles per game as a senior, while helping team to a 9-1 record and a conference championship … earned all-conference and all-state honors in final season, while serving as a team captain and a member of the team’s leadership council … played in all 10 games as a junior, earning all-conference honors … helped team a conference title that season as well, while averaging over five tackles per game … was also a varsity letterwinner on the basketball court. \
Personal: Born August 8, 2001, in St. Louis, Missouri … son of Kenneth Cross and Sheila Blair … one of five siblings... will graduate with academic honors.
