Entered 2025 credited with 22 tackles (one for loss), one sack and an interception in 146 defensive snaps over 12 games in his debut season.
2025: Third-team All-ACC selection … made first career start vs. No. 9 LSU and collected four tackles and a 24-yard fumble return … collected eight tackles, an interception and a pass breakup vs. Troy … posted two tackles (one for loss) at Georgia Tech … made three tackles vs. Syracuse … added one tackle at North Carolina … recorded two tackles and an interception at Boston College … collected three tackles and an interception vs. SMU … tallied four tackles and a pass breakup vs. Duke … recorded five tackles and his fourth interception of the season vs. Florida State … collected eight tackles and a pass breakup at No. 19 Louisville … earned ACC Defensive Back of the Week at South Carolina after recording two interceptions (including one returned 12 yards for a game-sealing touchdown) and two pass breakups … in that contest, he posted Clemson’s first multi-interception game since Andrew Booth Jr. in 2021, and pushed his season interception total to six, the most by a Clemson player since DeAndre McDaniel’s school-record-tying eight interceptions in 2009 … his two interceptions tied the Clemson record in its rivalry vs. South Carolina, matching two-interception games against the Gamecocks by Marion Reeves in 1971, Willie Underwood in 1980, Antwan Edwards in 1997 and Andrew Booth Jr. in 2021.
2024: Credited with 22 tackles (one for loss), one sack and an interception in 146 defensive snaps over 12 games … All-ACC Academic Team selection … ACC Honor Roll selection … recorded an interception and three tackles in his collegiate debut vs. Appalachian State … made one tackle vs. NC State … added four tackles (one for loss) and his first career sack at Wake Forest … made three tackles vs. Virginia … posted five tackles at Pitt … credited with five tackles vs. The Citadel … added a special teams tackle at No. 3 Texas.
Before Clemson: Consensus top 200 recruit nationally … ranked by PrepStar as the No. 106 player in the nation as well as the 15th-best player in Georgia and ninth-best safety in the nation … ranked by Rivals as the No. 152 overall player in America as well as the 24th-best player in Georgia and the nation’s 12th-best safety … ranked as No. 159 overall player in the nation by 247Sports, which also ranked him as the nation’s 12th-best safety and 19th-best player in Georgia … listed as No. 183 player in the nation by On3, which listed him as the 14th-best safety and 25th-best player in Georgia … rated No. 192 overall by ESPN, which placed him as the 17th-best safety and 28th-best player in Georgia … three-time all-region and all-state selection in Georgia … posted 33 tackles and three interceptions in five games in 2023 … recorded 37 tackles and five interceptions in 2022 … collected 41 tackles, seven interceptions for 103 return yards and five tackles for loss as a sophomore … finished his high school career with 111 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 18 interceptions and 33 passes defensed … also had five fumble recoveries, giving him 23 defensive takeaways in his career … played some quarterback in 2023 and threw for 159 yards … also added eight receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown … played for Marquis Westbrook at Peach County … played basketball and averaged 18.5 points a game over three years … two-time all-region basketball selection who was an all-state selection as a junior … 2023 Region Player of the Year in basketball who scored more than 700 career points.
Personal: Born Oct. 9, 2005 … recorded a 3.6 high school GPA … committed to Clemson June 27, 2023 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2024 … economics major … completed a microinternship with Banks Construction in spring 2024.
Note: Tackle stats in the written bio above reflect statistics from coaches film review. Tackle stats in the automated Stats tab of this page reflect those as awarded by gameday stat crews.
