2018: Appeared in six games for the Wildcats in his redshirt first-year season … Made his collegiate debut at Purdue (8/30) and combined with junior Trent Goens to record his first career sack.

2017: Redshirted his first year on campus.

High School: Verbally committed to Northwestern on March 23, 2016 ... Ranked as a four-star prospect by Scout ... Rated as the consensus No. 1 player in the state of Kansas by 247Sports, Rivals, Scout and ESPN ... Ranked the No. 15 strongside defensive end in the nation by Rivals ... Rated as the No. 7 defensive end in the Midland Region by Rivals ... Team captain led the Purple Dragons to a pair of regional championships and three Southeast Kansas League titles during his career, playing as both a defensive end and tight end ... Registered 114 tackles, six sacks, 21 QB hurries, 7 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles, an interception, four blocked field goals and two blocked punts for Pittsburg ... 2016 Kansas Football Coaches Association All-State Team ... 2016 KPreps Class 5A All-State Team ... Two-time All-USA Kansas Football Team honoree at tight end (2015, ’16) ... Two-time Craw-Kan All-Area Football Team (2015, ’16) ... Competed in the discus and shot put events for the track & field team, and also plated one season of high school basketball ... Father, Clayton, played defensive end at Division II football powerhouse Pittsburg State University ... Honor Roll ... Worked as a youth mentor at a local grade school.