2015: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection ... started all 13 games at middle linebacker … led the team with 100 total tackles and was No. 12 in the MVFC with 7.7 tackles per game … added 2.5 tackles-for-loss and an interception … posted three double-digit tackle efforts, including a season-high 13-tackle effort in a win over Western Illinois … had 10 tackles and a TFL in a win at Youngstown State … tallied 10 stops and returned a fumble for 74 yards in a road win at Southern Illinois ... recorded nine tackles, a half TFL and forced fumble in the FCS second round playoff win over Western Illinois.
2014: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection ... started all 15 games at middle linebacker ... led the team with 115 tackles and ranked No. 10 in the MVFC with an average of 7.7 tackles per game ... added three sacks, six tackles-for-loss and four pass breakups ... also recorded an interception and recovered a fumble ... posted five double-digit tackle efforts, including a season-high 13-tackle effort in the season finale vs. Southern Illinois … selected as a national player of the week by The Sports Network, named a College Sporting News All-Star and earned MVFC Defensive Player of the Week honors, after tallying 11 tackles and setting career-bests with two sacks and four tackles-for-loss in a win over Eastern Illinois ... also added an interception against the Panthers ... finished the year with 12 tackles in the FCS Championship Game against North Dakota State.
2013: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second-Team selection ... honored with the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter Mental Toughness Award following the season ... started all nine games played in at middle linebacker ... led the team with 82 total tackles and ranked fifth in the MVFC with 9.1 tackles per game, despite missing a pair of games due to illness ... added two sacks, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and two pass breakups ... also recovered a fumble and was credited with four quarterback hurries ... posted four double-digit tackle efforts, including a career-high 15-tackle effort in the season finale at Southern Illinois ... had three-straight games with 11 tackles in wins over Indiana State, South Dakota and Northern Iowa ... tallied first career sack and a career-best two TFL in a win over Abilene Christian.
2012: Played in all 13 games, mostly on special teams ... led the team with 13 special-teams tackles ... finished the season with 19 total tackles, including seven solo stops ... posted a career-best three tackles and added a half tackle-for-loss and two quarterback hurries in the season-opener against Dayton ... had a tackle and recovered a fumble against Southern Illinois ... had two tackles in the second-round playoff win at Appalachian State.
2011: Redshirted.
Lincoln Way East HS: Rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and ESPN.com ... two-year starter for head coach Rob Zvonar ... Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA) Class 7A and Champaign News Gazette First Team All-State selection as a senior ... Chicago Tribune All-State Second Team selection at linebacker ... Southtown Star and Frankfort Station All-Area pick ... named the Southwest Suburban Blue Defensive Player of the Year after recording 123 tackles, 14 tackles-for-loss, three sacks, eight forced fumbles, an interception and three fumble recoveries ... returned his only interception 30 yards for a touchdown ... also blocked three punts ... led his team in tackles with 77 as a junior, which earned him Daily Herald All-Area plaudits.
Personal: Born August 10, 1993, in Chicago Heights, Ill. ... son of Mike and Lori Meehan ... has an older sister, Casey ... his father, Mike, was a tight end at Pittsburgh from 1981-84 ... high school teammate of Redbird QB Blake Winkler.
