University of Arizona Athletics

Honors & Awards

• 2023: Butkus Award Watch List (8/10)
• 2023: Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• 2023: Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List (5/4) 

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2024: Appeared in four games primarily on special teams during his second season with the Wildcats... Did not record a stat. 

2023: Appeared in all 13 games during first season with Arizona... Made career-high 44 total tackles (13 solo, 31 assists) with two tackles for loss and one sack... Finished sixth on the team with 44 total tackles... Broke up two passes and recovered one fumble... Recorded season-high 12 tackles (1 solo, 11 assists) at Mississippi State on Sept. 9... Reached double-digits in tackles once more with 10 tackles (3 solo, 7 assists) against UTEP on Sept. 16... Recorded a tackle in all but one game during 2023 season... Made 1.0 sack at USC on Oct. 7.  

Before Arizona: In 2022, made career-high 35 tackles (14 solo, 21 assists) with 2.5 tackles for loss over 10 games played… Recorded season-high 10 tackles (5 solo, 5 assists) against Georgia (9/3) in the season opener… Finished ninth on the team in total tackles… Shined in the 2021 season opener vs. Fresno State before missing the rest of the season due to injury … Named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after racking up a career-high 14 tackles, including five solo tackles, one tackle-for-loss, and a forced fumble in his first career start … 14 tackles were the most by a UO freshman since Troy Dye on Sept. 21, 2016 … Became the first Oregon player since 2007 and just the fourth since 2000 to record at least 14 tackles and force a fumble in the same game … Eighth player in program history to have at least 14 tackles in a season opener… In 2020 as a freshman, appeared in just one game, recording a solo tackle, before missing the rest of the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season due to injury.
 
High School: Prepped at Upland High School in Upland, Calif... A consensus five-star prospect, top 11 player in the nation, No. 1 inside linebacker and top defensive player in California by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Named the 2019 Butkus Award high school winner and the 2019-20 All-USA High School Football Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today … Finished No. 6 overall in the 247Sports composite ranking as the No. 1 inside linebacker and No. 2 player in California … No. 8-rated player overall by Rivals and the No. 10 prospect in the ESPN300 … Named a Prepstar Top 150 Dream Teamer at No. 3 overall … Named to 2019 first-team MaxPreps high school football All-American Team … One of four finalists for the All-American Bowl Defensive Player of the Year … A member of the 2019 SI All-American Defensive Team … Played in the 2020 All-American Bowl and the 2020 Polynesian Bowl … Back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division 2 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior … A 2018 first-team All-California selection as a linebacker by USA Today … A CalHiSports.com first-team all-state selection as a junior … Four-year letterman and two-time team captain … Earned All-CIF honors three consecutive seasons … Finished career with 434 tackles, 24 sacks, 48 tackles for loss and 10 forced fumbles … 27 career games with double-digit tackles, including nine with 15-or-more tackles and a career-best 21 tackles vs. Mission Viejo as a junior … As a senior, finished with 123 tackles (75 solo), 10 sacks, 19 TFLs, an interception and five forced fumbles … Also rushed for 238 yards and five TDs on 23 carries … Had eight double-digit tackle games in his final season including a season-best 18 vs. La Habra with two TFLs … Finished with 15 tackles and two TFL vs. Mission Viejo … Had five TFLs in two separate games during senior season … As a junior, had a career-best 145 tackles, five sacks, 17 tackles for loss and five forced fumbles … Finished with three games with 15-plus tackles … As a sophomore, had 119 tackles, six sacks, nine TFLs and three forced fumbles … Finished with seven double-digit tackle games including a season-high 16 twice … High school coach was Darryl Thomas … Chose Oregon over Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, California, Clemson, Colorado, Colorado State, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Penn State, Rutgers, San Diego State, San Jose State, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Utah, USC, Washington and Washington State.