Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2024: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Old Dominion — Week 7, 2026.
38 tackles · 5 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Third quarter, up 13-3.
Against his own season: tied for his 2nd-most backfield disruption game of 8 this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 10 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Georgia Southern’s defense played that day
App State’s 9 drives: 8 stopped (3 takeaways) · 1 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 3. His hurry came with Georgia Southern up 3.
ODW 23-15 at Old DominionOct. 158 tkl3 TFL, 2 skBig game · tied for 6th-most sacks in FBS that week
A big game: 8 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 sacks, tied for 6th-most sacks in FBS that week. His sack on 3rd and 3 ended Old Dominion’s drive (punt).
Tackles for loss102nd in the Sun Belt this season; tied for 46th among current FBS players over the whole career (22.5).
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this season
TFL rate
26%10 TFL
Sack rate
13%5 sacks
PD rate
5%2 pass breakups
38 tackles · 10 for loss · 5 sacks.
Teams and coaches
2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Tackles for loss#20 / 2515 · 99th pct
10.0
Sacks#38 / 2515 · 98th pct
5.0
QB hurries#40 / 2515 · 98th pct
6
Tackles#427 / 2515 · 82nd pct
38
Solo tackles#595 / 2515 · 75th pct
18
Passes defended#465 / 2515 · 74th pct
2
Forced fumbles#24 / 440 · 47th pct
0
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home4g
4.8
1.0
0.5
0.2
Road4g
4.8
1.5
0.8
0.2
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-77g
5.1
1.1
0.6
0.3
Weeks 8+1g
2.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
59.2%
327 pass / 225 run
Plays / game
69.0
8 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
355 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
38 tackles in 8 games
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
88 · #22 of 567 LBs
Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.
Starter
The No. 2,037 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt.
Four seasons, two schools
2026 is in progress.
2026 Georgia Southern Helton
Year 4 · 8 games
Jan 2026 Entered the transfer portal
Middle Tennessee to Georgia Southern
2025 Middle Tennessee Mason
Year 3 · 12 games
2024 Middle Tennessee Mason
Year 2 · 12 games
All-conference
2023 Middle Tennessee Stockstill
Year 1 · 2 games
High school Newton
Covington, GA · Class of 2023
Three-star, No. 2,037 in the 2023 class. Signed with Middle Tennessee.