Sun Belt coaches' preseason second team and Athlon first team, on production the FBS box score files under another school: one of four Middle Tennessee players to start all 12 games in 2025 with a career-best 63 tackles (second on the team), 6.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks, four pass breakups and a team-high eight hurries across 774 snaps at a 73.7 PFF grade — third-best on that defense.