Graduate transfer student-athlete … Spent three seasons at Western Illinois University … Helped guide the Leathernecks to their first back-to-back winning seasons in 15 years … Led the Missouri Valley Conference and ranked fourth in the Football Championship Subdivision with 31 touchbacks in 2016 … 2016 Green Beret Award winner as WIU’s most valuable special teams player … Two-time winner of the Frank Sorenson Academic Award, given annually to the team member with the highest GPA … Three-time Missouri Valley Conference Academic Honor Roll … Missouri Valley Football Conference Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award … Second Team Academic All-MVFC … President of the WIU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … Earning degree in economics with minors in business analytics and mathematics at WIU.