Tennessee (2019-23): Attended Tennessee from 2019-23 … Experienced cornerback who had a career year in 2021 as one of the Vols’ starters before missing the majority of the 2022 season with an upper body injury … Played in 40 games with 22 starts, all at cornerback, and has two years of eligibility remaining … Accumulated 89 total tackles, has nine PBUs, one interception and a fumble recovery to his credit … Was targeted three times in 2023 but did not allow a reception in 23 snaps at corner in homecoming win vs. UConn (Nov. 4) … Played 19 snaps at corner and tallied a pair of tackles in road win at Kentucky (Oct. 28) … Had one special teams tackle at No. 11/8 Alabama (Oct. 21) … Recorded his first-career interception to stop a fourth quarter drive in win over UTSA (Sept. 23) … Did not allow a reception in 40 defensive snaps at corner in win over Austin Peay (Sept. 9), finishing with one tackle and a fumble recovery on a muffed punt in the first quarter that set up UT’s first points … Played 26 snaps at corner in season-opening win over Virginia (Sept. 2), recording one tackle … Received a medical redshirt in 2022 after playing in just two games prior to sustaining a season-ending injury … Started each of UT’s first two games at corner in wins over Ball State (Sept. 1) and No. 17 Pitt (Sept. 10) … Made four tackles in overtime road win at No. 17 Pitt (Sept. 10) … Tied for the team lead with a career-high tying eight tackles while also posting a pass breakup in season-opening win over Ball State (Sept. 1) … Posted the best season of his Tennessee career in 2021, starting all 12 games he played in at corner while setting career highs in tackles (41), TFLs (2.0) and passes defended (7) … Capped the year with six tackles against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl (Dec. 30) … Tied a career high with eight tackles and set a new career high with three pass breakups in win vs. Vanderbilt (Nov. 27) … Had four tackles in win vs. South Alabama (Nov. 20) … Made three tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 13) … Posted five tackles and a PBU in win at No. 18 Kentucky (Nov. 6) … Did not play at No. 4 Alabama (Oct. 26) due to illness … Recorded two tackles and allowed just one catch for seven yards vs. No. 13 Ole Miss (Oct. 16) … Made four tackles and tied a career high with one TFL in win vs. South Carolina (Oct. 9) … Totaled three tackles in win at Missouri (Oct. 2) … Had one tackle and a PBU at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 25) … Finished with two tackles and a two PBUs against Pitt (Sept. 11) … Started at corner in season-opening win vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 2), making two tackles, including his first-career TFL … Played in eight games in 2020 and started the final four games of the year at cornerback … Totaled 17 tackles and one pass breakup … Started and made two tackles in season finale vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (Dec. 19) … Posted one tackle and a PBU in win at Vanderbilt (Dec. 12) … In second straight start, set a new career high with eight tackles vs. No. 6 Florida (Dec. 5) … Started for the first time on the season and notched four tackles at No. 23 Auburn (Nov. 21) … Thrust into action as a true freshman cornerback in 2019, starting the first four games of the year … Played in nine games and finished with 13 total tackles … Totaled two tackles in start against Florida (Sept. 21) … Logged a season-high four tackles in the second game of the year vs. BYU (Sept. 7) … Started at corner in his collegiate debut vs. Georgia State (Aug. 31), making three tackles.
High School: Listed as a four-star recruit by Rivals and one of the top 30 prospects in Georgia … Starred at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia … Unanimous Georgia Class 7A all-state selection in 2017 … Earned all-county honors as a senior in 2018 … Had 61 tackles, seven interceptions, 11 pass breakups and two blocked kicks as a junior … Led North Gwinnett to a 14-1 record and the Georgia Class 7A State Championship as a junior in 2017 … Guided squad to a 10-3 mark and an appearance in the state quarterfinals as a senior in 2018.
Personal: Earned his bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Tennessee in Dec. 2022 and his master’s degree in agricultural leadership, education and communications in 2023.
