2018
Football Gazette Second Team All-Super Region 2...D2CCA Second Team All-Super Region 2...First Team All-SAC..SAC Player of the Week...HERO Sports HERO of the Week...Preseason First Team All-SAC
Started all 11 games at inside linebacker...First team all-SAC for third consecutive season...104 tackles led SAC in regular season...10.4 tackles per game ranked 19th in Division II and led SAC...10 or more tackles five times, including school-record 20 at Western Carolina that earned him SAC Player of the Week honors...Also had 2.0 tackles for loss and a pass breakup at Western Carolina...Six games with 0.5 tackles for loss or more...Makes on-field defensive play calls...Primary contributor to a defense that ranked in the top 15 in passing defense, total defense, and scoring defense, leading the SAC in all three categories...Ended career ranked ninth in school history in total tackles (303), one slot ahead of his position coach, Jeremiah Jones...Also ranked sixth in assisted tackles (160), ninth in solo tackles (143), and tied for ninth in tackles for loss (26)...Became fourth Newberry linebacker to be named first team all-SAC in three consecutive seasons (Dennis Yarbrough, 1976-79; Terrance Leverett, 2003-05; Apollo Stretch, 2010-12)...Profiled in The State.
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2017
First Team All-SAC...First Team All-ECAC...Preseason First Team All-SAC
Started all 11 games at inside linebacker...Led team and was fifth in the SAC with 83 tackles...Finished second in the league with 54 solo stops...Had 11 tackles for loss, five quarterback hurries, and a sack...Recovered two fumbles, forced one, and had two pass breakups...Fumble recovery in the end zone at Carson-Newman Sept. 23 led directly to scoring drive and catalyzed Newberry's 15 unanswered points to close game...Career-high 14 tackles (11 solo) vs. Tusculum Oct. 14...At least one tackle for loss in seven different games, including three games with two...10 or more tackles three times.
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2016
D2CCA Second Team All-Super Region 2...First Team All-SAC...First Team All-ECAC
Leads the team in tackles with 60... He assisted on 31... Ranks fifth in the conference in tackles per game (7.6)... Added 12 tackles in the defensive domination over Mars Hill (Oct 8.).
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2015
Played in nine games with two starts...Made 25 tackles, including a stop behind the line of scrimmage, and intercepted a pass.
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