2018: Saw action in one contest ... member of the practice squad.

2017: Redshirted.

De Smet Jesuit HS: Three-year letterwinner and started for the past two seasons for head coach Robert Steeples … tabbed as a two-star recruit by Scout.com … ranked No. 22 on the St. Louis Post Dispatch “Super 30” of senior college football prospects … earned first-team all-conference honors in final two seasons … earned honorable mention all-conference honors as a sophomore while playing at the varsity level.

Personal: Born May 14, 1999, in St. Louis, Missouri … son of Mark and Carolyn Ames … youngest of four siblings … his mother played basketball at Spring Hill College … his sister, Amanda, was a member of the rowing team at Tulsa, and his other sister, Elise, played volleyball at Southern Mississippi … his brother, Nate, plays football across town at Illinois Wesleyan.