AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)-He has a
stranglehold on CU's long and short snapper positions, with his speed an extra
weapon most don't possess at that spot.
2011 (Soph.)-He played in all 13 games and
handled all the snaps on special teams, or 125 total (77 punt, 48 field
goal/point after touchdown team). He
finished fifth on the Buffs with 17 special teams points, leading the squad with
nine forced fair catches, along with five tackles (one inside-the-20), and two
first downfield credits where he altered the path of the return man. The nine forced fair catches were the
second-most in school history since the stat started being tracked in 2006
(Jalil Brown, a gunner on special teams, set the mark of 12 in 2008), and his
five tackles matched the most by a snapper on special teams since those were
maintained first in 1987; Chris O'Donnell had five that year and holds the
career best with 13 (Iverson has eight in two seasons).
2010 (Fr.)-He played in all 12
games, all as the long snapper on the punt unit on special teams. He handled all 63 snaps, only one of which
was mishandled. He was not shy about
getting downfield after the snap: he recorded three tackles (all solo), with
one credit each for a downed punt, forced fair catch and a first downfield to
alter the return path for a total of six special team points (tied for 15th on
the team). He was one of just seven true
freshmen to play for Colorado in 2010, and the only one of the seven who was a
walk-on; he had joined the team as an invited walk-on for August drills. In fact, he became just the sixth walk-on to
play as a true freshman since 1986 at Colorado.
HIGH SCHOOL-He earned first-team All-Sunset League honors as a senior, when he was Newport's Defensive
Player of the Year. He was a two-year
starter at outside linebacker, racking up 82 tackles (46 solo) as a senior,
when he also forced six fumbles, with two recoveries, to go with three passes
broken up and a quarterback sack. He had
43 tackles as a junior (23 solo), with a force fumble, a recovery and a
sack. He started his senior season at
tight end, but was primarily used as a blocker; he caught six passes for about
60 yards. He earned three letters in
all, as he also served as the team's top long snapper his sophomore through
senior seasons. Under coach
Jeff Brinkley, NHHS was 6-4 his senior year, 8-4 his junior campaign and 7-4
his sophomore season.
ACADEMICS-He is majoring in Communication at Colorado. He was the recipient of Newport Harbor's
Scholar-Athlete award as both a junior and senior in high school.
PERSONAL-He was born February 24, 1992 in Newport
Beach, Calif. His hobbies include fishing, golfing,
bodysurfing and snowboarding. He grows
his hair long and then donates it to Locks for Love for wigs for cancer
patients.