Ascending MAC edge whose sack number climbed hard — 4.5 in 2024, then 8.5 with three forced fumbles and four breakups in 2025 at Miami (OH), a genuine production spike that earned him a Texas Tech starting job and a Maxx Crosby comparison from the staff. He plays with urgency off the edge and finishes plays, and the forced-fumble total shows a rusher who attacks the ball. However, the whole case is one MAC season against MAC tackles, and the Big 12 jump is exactly where the 8.5 sacks get pressure-tested against better protection. A rising, high-effort pass-rusher with a real trajectory — a fringe-draftable prospect whose Texas Tech tape decides whether the breakout was the level or the player.