2025 Graduate Student:
Earned All-Big Ten Third-Team honors … Started all 13 games … Recorded 101 tackles, 6.0 TFLs, two forced fumble and four interceptions in his second season as a starter and was one of just two FBS players in 2025 to post these figures … Logged four games with at least seven total tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss … First Big Ten linebacker to tally at least 90 tackles, 6 TFLs and four picks since Del'Shawn Phillips did so in 2018 … Started the season strong with nine total tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss in the season opener at Tulane (8/30) … Recorded first-career interception against Western Illinois (9/5), and his four total tackles were also tied for the team high ... Became the first NU linebacker with back-to-back games with interceptions since Xander Mueller in 2023 when he picked off Dante Moore against Oregon in 2025 (9/13) … Finished second on the team in tackles with seven total tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble against UCLA (9/27) … Led Northwestern with seven total tackles (six solo) and posted a tackle for loss against ULM (10/5) … Posted a team high in total tackles (10) for the third time of the season against Penn State (10/11) … Recorded seven total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and an interception against Purdue (10/18) in which he became the eighth Wildcat linebacker since 1995 to log at least 50 tackles and three interceptions in a season … Added another interception and seven total tackles (three solo) at Nebraska (10/25) … Registered his fifth career game with 10+ tackles when he led the Wildcats defense with 11 total tackles (eight solo) and 1.0 tackles for loss at USC (11/7) … Became the second NU linebacker since 2000 to record four or more interceptions in a single season since Chi Chi Ariguzo had four interceptions in 2013 … Recorded his 6th career game of 10+ tackles when he posted 10 total tackles (five solo) against Michigan (11/15) … Added six total tackles (two solo) against Minnesota (11/22) … Posted seven total tackles (four solo) against Illinois (11/29) … Tallied eight tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble against Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl (12/26).
2024 Redshirt Junior:
Appeared in 12 games, totaling a team-high 85 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, a pass breakup, and one forced fumble … Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, Academic All-Big Ten, and CSC Academic All-District Team … Ranked 11th among Big Ten players in total tackles per game (7.1) … Tallied five tackles and recorded his first two career sacks in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) … Accounted for seven tackles against Washington (9/21) … Had a then-career-high eight tackles vs. Indiana (10/5) … Logged a career-high 13 tackles, forced a fumble, and had one pass breakup in a win at Maryland (10/11) … His 13 tackles were the most by a Wildcat in a game during the 2024 season … Recorded eight tackles with a tackle for loss against Wisconsin (10/19) … Led the team with 10 tackles and accounted for one tackle for loss against Iowa (10/26) … Totaled six tackles against Ohio State (11/16) … Registered eight tackles at Michigan (11/23) … Led the team with 12 tackles in the season finale against Illinois (11/30).
2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in 10 games, notching 18 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one pass broken up … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Made three tackles in his season debut against Duke (9/16) … Recorded two tackles and his first-career pass breakup against Penn State (9/30) … Notched four tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against Howard (10/7) … Recorded four tackles in a win over Maryland (10/28) … Posted two tackles in a road win at Wisconsin (11/11).
2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in 11 games, starting one, and recorded 12 tackles … Made his first-career tackle against Nebraska (8/27) … Recorded his first-career multi-tackle game against Wisconsin (10/8).
2021 First-Year:
Appeared in two games, making his collegiate debut against Wisconsin (11/13) … Redshirted.
High School:
Four-star recruit verbally committed to Northwestern on April 3, 2020 … 13th highest-rated signee in Northwestern history (247Sports) … Highest ranked inside linebacker in program history … No. 18 overall prospect in Illinois (247Sports) … Recorded 50+ total tackles in sophomore and junior seasons at Lake Forest High School in Illinois … Chose Northwestern over other Big Ten programs such as Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska … All NSC Conference … Father played tennis at the University of Minnesota, won two Big Ten Championships … Anticipated major is economics.
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