Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Will serve as the primary backup at tight end in 2015 and will log plenty of snaps when GWU goes to a two-tight end formation … Also a steady performer on special teams … Added size during the offseason, continuing his transition from receiver … Good blocker … Has shown an ability to find the end zone.

2014 at Gardner-Webb: Saw considerable action in 11 games, despite sharing time with FCS All-America tight end Seth Cranfill and All-Big South tight end Mike Estes … Caught three passes for 11 yards, with two of those receptions going for touchdowns … Had a one-yard score at VMI (10/18) and an eight-yard score vs. Virginia-Lynchburg (9/13) … Also caught a pass vs. Wake Forest (9/6). 2013 at GWU: Played in all 12 games, logging snaps at tight end and on special teams … Did not record a catch. 2012 at GWU: Redshirted.

High School: Played one season of postgraduate football at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy under Major John Shuman … Rated as a two-star prospect by Scout.com … Caught nine passes for 176 yards and four touchdowns on offense ... Played two seasons at Sunshine State power Tampa Catholic (Fla.) High under Coach Bob Henriquez … Helped Crusaders to an 11-2 record as a senior ... Team lost in the Florida Class 2B state championship game ... Earned All-County honors ... Rated as one of the Tampa Bay area’s top-75 senior prospects ... Collected 45 tackles and had four sacks as a senior ... Caught 12 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown … Caught 13 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns as a junior ... Played freshman and sophomore seasons at Palm Harbor (Fla.) High … Chose Gardner-Webb over Mississippi Valley State ... Also considered Idaho State, Florida Atlantic and Furman ... Drew early recruiting interest from Miami (Fla.), Auburn and Florida State.