2018: Started all 11 games at outside linebacker … ranked ninth in the MVFC in tackles per game with 8.2 … led the team with 90 tackles, including 46 solo stops … finished with a sack and six tackles for loss … also credited with eight quarterback hurries and three pass breakups … posted nine games with seven tackles or more, including two double-digit tackling efforts … had 10 stops in a win at Colorado State (Sept,. 22) and followed that with a career-high 16 tackles at Missouri State (Sept. 29)… had a sack and two TFLs in the season opener against St. Xavier (Sept. 1).

2017: Saw action in all 11 games for the Redbirds ... finished the season with 11 total tackles ... had multi-tackle efforts on the season, including in back-to-back wins over Missouri State and Indiana State.

2016: Member of the practice squad after transferring from Robert Morris.

Boylan Catholic HS: Four-year letter winner for head coach John Cacciatore … recorded three TFL’s in state final game as sophomore.

Personal: Born July 12, 1996, in Rockford, Illinois … son of Cornelius and Rosemary Mathews … has two sisters, Savannah and Stephanie … his father, Cornelius, played football at Imporia State … attended Robert Morris University for two years … member of the honor roll in both high school and college.