2019: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team selection at defensive end started all 15 games for the Redbirds ... ranked No. 31 in the country in sacks per game (0.73) ... ranked fourth in the league in sacks (12.0) and TFLs (16.5) … led ISU in both of those categories and also added 64 tackles, including 36 solo stops … was also credited with two forced fumbles and two pass breakups on the year … also led the Redbirds with 10 quarterback hurries … posted at least one TFL in nine contests ... recorded a season-high nine stops against UNI … recorded three sacks in a win at Southern Illinois and also had three TFLs and 2.5 sacks in a win at Eastern Illinois … was dominant in the second-round playoff win at Central Arkansas, recording seven tackles and three sacks to help ISU advance to the FCS quarterfinals.
2018: HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-America First-Team selection ... Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team ... played in all 11 games, with five starts at defensive end … ranked sixth on the team with 47 tackles, including 24 solo stops … tied for the team lead with 9.0 tackles for loss and led the team with three sacks … also credited with a team-high 11 quarterback hurries and three pass breakups … had five tackles and two sacks in a win over FBS foe Colorado State (Sept. 22) … recorded a sack and five tackles in a win over Western Illinois (Oct. 6) … tallied a career-best nine stops at Indiana State (Nov. 10).
At Iowa: Did not see game action in 2017 for the Hawkeyes due to a midseason injury that forced him out for the remainder of the year ... redshirted in first season at Iowa in 2016 as a true freshman.
Crystal Lake Central HS: Played both defensive end and running back and also competed in wrestling, winning the Illinois Class 2A state championship at 220 pounds as a junior and earning All-America honors three years in a row .. on the gridiron, saw recruiting stock soar after a successful spring camp season and had nine Division I scholarship offers before signing with Iowa. He was ranked as a three-star prospect by all the major recruiting services and was the No. 9 overall prospect in the state after his senior season.
Personal: Born March 25, 1998, in South Bend, Ind. ... business major... mother is Michele McKnight.
