Career Honors
- 2019: Pac-12 All-Conference (Honorable Mention)
- 2018: Associated Press All-Pac-12 (First Team)
- 2018: Pac-12 All-Conference (Honorable Mention)
- 2017: Freshman All-American (FWAA, USA Today, ESPN.com, 247 Sports, College Football News)
- 2017: Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
- 2017: Pac-12 All-Conference (Honorable Mention)
- 2017: Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21 vs. California)
2019: Named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention...Started all 12 games for Arizona at middle linebacker...Led the team with 98 total tackles and 11 tackles-for-loss...Also recorded two pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and 1.5 sacks...Has led the team in tackles for two straight seasons and tackles-for-loss for three straight seasons...Enters his senior season with 312 career total tackles, which is tied for 15
th most in program history...His 46 career tackles-for-loss rank fourth-most in school history, three behind Dana Wells and Joe Tafoya, who are tied for second...Opened his junior season with nine tackles, a half of a sack and one fumble recovery at Hawai’i (Aug. 24)...Totaled eight tackles and 1.5 tackles-for-loss in home win over Texas Tech...Picked up a season-high 13 tackles in home win over UCLA (Sept. 28), while also totaling two tackles-for-loss and one pass breakup...Helped Arizona earn road win at Colorado (Oct. 5) with eight tackles and one tackle-for-loss...Recorded nine tackles and one fumble recovery at USC (Oct. 19)...Finished with nine tackles the following week as well at Stanford (Oct. 26), including a half tackle-for-loss and one pass breakup...Totaled nine tackles for the third straight week against Oregon State (Nov. 2), while also recording one tackle-for-loss...Finished with six tackles and a half tackle-for-loss at Oregon (Nov. 16)...Recorded his second double-digit tackle game of the season against Utah (Nov. 23)...Also added seven solo stops, one tackle-for-loss and one sack against the Utes...Finished the season with a 10-tackle, 2.5-tackle-for-loss game against ASU (Nov. 30)...Recorded at least a half tackle-for-loss in 10 of 12 games on the season...Had eight tackles or more in nine of 12 games.
2018: Named a First Team All-Pac-12 selection by the Associated Press while garnering honorable mention honors from the league office…Started all 12 games at the Mike linebacker position, totaling 119 tackles, including 72 solo stops, 21.5 tackles-for-loss and 3.5 sacks…The 21.5 TFLs ranked fifth-most in UA single-season history (records dating to 1967)…Added four pass breakups, two interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovered and scored on a safety…Led all Power 5 defenders with 1.79 tackles-for-loss per game…Ranked fifth in the Pac-12 and No. 23 in FBS with 9.92 tackles per game…Registered double-digit tackles in six contests, while totaling nine stops in four other games…Recorded a TFL in 10 of the 12 games, including a season-high 4.0 in road win at Oregon State…Battled illness to record five tackles in Territorial Cup against ASU (Nov. 24)…Totaled 13 tackles with 2.5 for loss and 0.5 sacks at Washington State (Nov. 17)…Credited with nine tackles, including 3.0 for loss and 1.0 sacks along with a PBU in win over Colorado (Nov. 2)…Recorded 11 tackles with 1.5 for loss in upset of No. 19 Oregon (Oct. 27)…Posted 10 tackles with 3.0 for loss and 1.0 sacks in road contest at UCLA (Oct. 20)…Had five tackles and an interception at Utah (Oct. 12)…Collected nine tackles, 1.0 for loss and one interception in win over California. Was credited for 50 yards on the interception return before fumbling, where teammate Azizi Hearn scooped the ball and advanced it to endzone for a touchdown…Racked up 13 tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, with a fumble recovery against USC (Sept. 29)…Totaled 10 tackles with 4.0 for loss and 1.0 sacks in win at Oregon State (Sept. 22)…Notched nine tackles with 2.0 for loss in win over Southern Utah (Sept. 15)…Tallied nine tackles with 3.0 for loss, a breakup and scored on a safety at Houston (Sept. 8)…Opened season with 16-tackle performance that included 1.0 TFLs against BYU (Sept. 1).
2017: Played in 13 games, including starts in each of the final nine games at the “MIKE” linebacker position … Named the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year … Earned numerous Freshman All-American honors, including from the FWAA, USA Today, ESPN.com, 247 Sports and College Football News … Earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention honors … Led all FBS freshman defenders with 13.5 tackles for loss, each coming in a Pac-12 Conference game … The 13.5 tackles for loss were most for a UA freshman in more than 20 seasons … Finished season with 95 total tackles, leading team with 67 solo stops … Added four sacks, a forced fumble and a pass break up … Intercepted two passes, returning them 119 combined yards with one touchdown … Turned in seven tackles against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Totaled 13 tackles, including two for loss with a sack, against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Collected a dozen tackles, including three behind the line, at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Registered six solo stops, three tackles for loss and two sacks in victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Racked up 10 tackles, including one for loss, at USC (Nov. 4) … Intercepted a pass and returned it 66 yards for a touchdown along with seven tackles in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for a 14-tackle performance that included the game-clinching break up of a two-point conversion try in double overtime of victory at California (Oct. 21) … Chipped in five stops – all solo – in first home start against UCLA (Oct. 14) … Made first collegiate start with six tackles and a sack in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Totaled eight tackles – seven solo – with two for loss against Utah (Sept. 22) … Collected three tackles, forced a fumble and returned an interception 53 yards in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Tallied three solo tackles against Houston (Sept. 9) … Collected first career tackle in collegiate debut against NAU (Sept. 2).
High School: Graduated in 2017 from Mission Viejo High School (Calif.)…Rated as a Three-Star Recruit by 247sports…Earned three letters in football as a running back and linebacker…Also earned three letters each in basketball and track and field…Two-time team captain for the football program and team MVP as a senior in 2016…Two-Time All-CIF Southern Section…First-Team All-Country and Orange County Defensive Player of the Year…Had 77 tackles as a senior…Rushed for 1,161 yards and gathered 464 receiving yards with 25 total touchdowns…Helped his team go 11-1 as a senior; good enough to be ranked No. 43 in the nation.
Personal: Son of Tom and Christine Schooler…Has one brother and one sister…Dad, Tom, played football at Eastern Michigan…Mom, Christine, played volleyball at Cal State LA…Brother, Brendan, plays football at Oregon...Majoring in Literacy, Learning & Leadership.
