AWARDS & HONORS
2025 – College Football Comeback Player of the Year preseason watch list by College Sports Communicators ... East-West Shrine Bowl 1,000 preseason watchlist … Athlon Sports Preseason Fourth Team All-ACC. 2023 – Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Third Team Defense. 2022 – All-ACC Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AT VIRGINIA
2025 – Earned his seventh varsity letter, the most of any player in program history ... missed the first three games of the year recovering from knee injury suffered late last season ... appeared in final 11 games and started one game, the TaxSlayer Bowl against Missouri (12/27), in his hometown of Jacksonville ... made 31 tackles (10 solo), had one tackle for loss, two interceptions and a pass break up on the year ... in his final game as a Cavalier, was credited with seven tackles (1 TFL) against Mizzou. His pass break-up in the third quarter led to a Emmanuel Karnley interception and eventual Will Bettridge field goal that made it 13-7. Went over the 200-tackle mark for his career with a stop in the first quarter vs. the Tigers ... tallied five tackles against Duke (12/6) in the ACC Championship game ... recorded his fourth career interception in the fourth quarter of UVA’s 27-7 win over Virginia Tech (11/27) … the win over the Hokies was also the second of his career (also in 2019), becoming the first Cavalier to defeat VT twice since 1998 … logged his third career interception on North Carolina’s final drive of regulation in UVA’s 17-16 overtime win in Chapel Hill … served as a game captain for Virginia's upset victory over then-No. 8 Florida State (9/26) ... made his season debut in UVA’s 48-20 ACC-opening win over Stanford (9/20). 2024 – Started in five of the six games he appeared in … Missed six games, including the last three, due to injury … Averaged 10.3 tackles per game prior to suffering injury against Boston College (10/5) … His 10.3 tackles-per-game average was good for second in the ACC and 11th among all FBS players … Led or co-led the team in tackles in each of UVA’s first four games … Tallied seven tackles against Boston College (10/5) including four solo tackles … Recorded his second career interception in 43-24 win at Coastal Carolina (9/21) … Set a career-high with 14 tackles, including one for loss to go along with two pass breakups against Maryland (9/14) … Led the team in tackles (11) for the second consecutive week in win at Wake Forest (9/7) … Recovered a fumble on the Demon Deacons penultimate drive … Tied for a game-high eight tackles in season-opening win over Richmond (8/31). 2023 – Missed entire season due to injury. 2022 – Started seven of the eight games in which he appeared, including starts in each of the last six games … Finished fourth on the team in tackles (56) and third on team in solo tackles (31) … His 7.0 tackles per game ranked 18th highest in the ACC … Made eight tackles and recorded his first career interception on Oct. 8 against Louisville. The 26-yard return on the interception was the longest by a Cavalier in 2022 … Served as game captain at Illinois (Sept. 10) where he recorded a pass break up and forced a fumble … Led the UVA defense with a career-high 13 tackles (5 solo) against Pitt on Nov. 12. … Recorded his first career solo sack as part of an six-tackle effort against Miami (10/29). 2021 – Appeared in 12 of UVA’s games with three starts… Tied for sixth on the team with 42 total tackles on the year … Recovered a fumble against Duke … Made seven tackles against Illinois and Louisville. 2020 – Appeared in nine of UVA’s 10 games with three starts … Recorded a tackle against NC State (10/10) … Totaled four tackles, including 0.5 for loss and broke up a pass at Wake Forest (10/17) … Made his first collegiate start at No. 11 Miami (10/24), where he finished with seven tackles and 0.5 sacks … Notched two tackles, including one for loss in win over No. 15 North Carolina (10/31) … Made seven stops and recovered a fumble against Louisville (11/14) … Recorded three tackles against Abilene Christian (11/21). 2019 – Appeared in five games before suffering a season-ending injury at Louisville (10/26) … Made his collegiate debut against Old Dominion (9/21) … Recorded four tackles against Duke (10/19) … One of 17 UVA true freshmen to appear on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Enrolled at UVA in January of 2019 … played safety and wide receiver at Sandalwood High School for head coach Adam Geis … finished 2018 with 53 tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks and three interceptions … earned first-team All-Cedar Run District honors as a utility player in 2017 … all-conference honoree as a sophomore … also runs track at Sandalwood … a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.com … received a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in African & American Studies in 2022 … earned a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Virginia.