Career

Appeared in 21 games in his Eastern career as a member of the offensive line, making seven starts.

2022

2021

Started in all five of the games he played for Eastern.
Helped the Eagles finish first in the FCS in total offense per game, third in passing offense, and second in scoring offense.
With 7,224 yards of total offense, the 2021 squad is ranked fourth all-time in EWU history.

2020-21

Played in all seven Eastern games as a backup offensive lineman.
Helped block for an Eastern team which finished third in FCS in total offense with an average of 524.9 yards per game after entering the postseason leading FCS.
The Eagles were also fourth nationally in passing (367.3) and eighth in scoring offense (37.7).
Eastern’s passing average was the third-best in school history and the average of 524.9 yards per game of total offense was fourth, just ahead of the 2019 average of 524.8 which led FCS.

2019

Redshirted, but played in three games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt.
Made his Eagle debut against Northern Colorado (10/12/19) and was in for 10 snaps, and also played against Northern Arizona (11/2/19) and Portland State (11/23/19).

High School

Graduated in 2019 from Terry Fox Secondary School.
Was a two-star recruit by 247Sports.
Was a first team selection in 2018 on the All-Canadian team as an offensive lineman.
For the second-straight year, was on the AAA British Columbia High School Provincial All-Star Team and on the AAA Eastern Conference All-Star squad.
Won his school’s Top Offensive Lineman Award as well for the second year in a row.
The Ravens were a semi-finalist in the AAA British Columbia championships.
As a junior, was a second team selection on the All-Canadian squad and was among 50 players on the Canada Football British Columbia All-Stars.
Was on the Provincial and Eastern Conference all-star teams, and won the school’s Top Offensive Lineman Award.
From 2014-19 he was an offensive lineman for Team British Columbia.
The Ravens were a finalist in the AAA British Columbia championships after earning the title in 2016.
He earned Academic Honors with Distinction while in high school
Also competed in basketball and rugby in high school.

Personal

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