Gardner-Webb University Athletics

All-America candidate … One of the top offensive tackles in the Football Championship Subdivision … Preseason All-Big South Conference choice at right tackle by the league’s head coaches and media … Also named preseason All-Big South by Phil Steele Football … Enters third season as a starter … Has made 15 consecutive starts at right tackle since stepping on campus … Has tremendous reach and agility, and is a sound technician … Is one of six returning GWU offensive linemen with starting experience.

2021 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games at right tackle … Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors from Phil Steele Football … Played 729 snaps and graded out at 83 percent on the season … Posted 26 knockdown blocks … Helped Gardner-Webb score 44 touchdowns on the season … Key blocker for an offense that topped the 500 yards three times in 2021.

Spring 2021 At Gardner-Webb: Started all four games at right tackle … Named Hero Sports Freshman All-America … A first-team All-Big South Conference selection … Runner-up for Big South Offensive Freshman of the Year … Became the first true freshman to start the season at tackle since Will Millikan did so at left tackle in 2015 … One of only three true freshman since the program’s move to Division I to start at tackle, joining Millikan and Jamie Dunaway (2009) … Graded out as one of the team’s top blockers each game.

High School: Played at Smoky Mountain (N.C.) High under Coach Ricky Brindley … Helped Mustangs to an 8-4 record in 2019 … Rated as one of the top-10 senior prospects in Western North Carolina by the Asheville Citizen-Times … A three-time All-Conference and All-Western North Carolina selection … A first-team All-WNC choice by the Asheville Citizen-Times as a senior … Named Mountain Six Conference Co-Lineman of the Year following senior season … Posted 31 pancake blocks in 12 games … Cleared a path for two 1,500+ rushers and 48 touchdowns on the ground … Team averaged 296.9 rushing yards per game and 18 different individual 100+ yard rushing performances in 2019 … Made 52 total tackles on defense … Team’s top blocker during junior season … Graded out at 89 percent and had 16 pancake blocks … Named to the 2018 Asheville Citizen-Times All-WNC first team ... Also a 2017 honorable mention All-WNC selection by the Citizen-Times.