Originally entered the NFL as a Cardinals sixth-round (213th overall) pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of West Virginia.
2024: Appeared in 16 games (10 starts) in his second NFL season and tallied 42 tackles, four tackles for loss, six QB hits, a forced fumble and a pass defensed ... posted a career-high 4.5 sacks for a total loss of 31.5 yards ... had five tackles vs. Det (9/22) along with a sack of Lions QB Jared Goff for a loss of seven yards ... posted five tackles (one solo) @ SF (10/6) ... registered two QB hits and a sack of Chargers QB Justin Herbert in the win vs. LAC (10/21) ... had four tackles (two solo), a sack, a forced fumble and a pass defensed in the win @ Mia (10/27); the forced fumble of Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa marked his first in the NFL and the sack gave him sacks in back-to-back games for the first time in his career; became the first Cardinal since DL J.J. Watt in Week 15 in 2022 to have a sack, forced fumble and pass defensed in a game ... had four tackles (one solo) and split a seven-yard sack of Bears QB Caleb Williams in the win vs. Chi (11/3) ... posted two solo tackles and a sack of Seahawks QB Geno Smith for a loss of 13 yards @ Sea (11/24) ... recorded two tackles and one QB hit @ Min (12/1) ... had three tackles in the win vs. SF (1/5/25).
2023: Played 15 games (eight starts) and totaled 47 tackles (five for loss), five QB hits, 3.5 sacks and one fumble recovery ... inactive @ Was (9/10) ... had two assisted tackles in his NFL debut vs. NYG (9/17) ... played in Cardinals win vs. Dal (9/24) ... made first career start @ SF (10/1) and had two tackles (one solo) ... started vs. Cin (10/8) recording six tackles (four solo) and one sack, the first of his career; became the first Cardinals rookie since Leki Fotu (Week 13, 2020) to have multiple tackles for loss in a game ... recorded four tackles @ LAR (10/15) ... posted two tackles (one solo) @ Sea (10/22) ... tallied five tackles and 1.5 sacks of QB Lamar Jackson for a loss of seven yards vs. Bal (10/29); became the first Cardinals rookie since 2011 (LB Sam Acho - 2.0) to have multiple sacks in a game ... registered five tackles (including one for loss) and a QB hit @ Cle (11/5) ... tallied three tackles in Cardinals win vs. Atl (11/12) ... recorded four tackles (including two for loss) and a sack of QB C.J. Stroud for a loss of 10 yards @ Hou (11/19) ... had four tackles vs. LAR (11/26) ... posted two tackles and a fumble recovery @ Pit (12/3), the fumble recovery of QB Mitch Trubisky marked the first of his career and set up a 21-yard Cardinals scoring drive ... recorded three tackles (two solo) vs. SF (12/17) ... registered four tackles @ Chi (12/24) ... had one tackle @ Phi (12/31) ... was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury on 1/5/24.
In five seasons (2018-22) with the Mountaineers, started 37-of-59 games played and totaled 138 tackles, 52.5 tackles for loss, 23.5 sacks, an INT, five passes defensed, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two blocked kicks … established a program record for career games played (59) and left West Virginia as the program's all-time leader in tackles for loss (52.5) and 4th in school history with 23.5 sacks … after earning freshman All-American honors from ESPN.com and The Athletic in 2018, went on to garner All-Big 12 honors in four-straight seasons (2019-22), including first-team All-Big 12 accolades in each of his final two seasons (2021-22) ... in 2022, started all 12 games and was named first-team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele) after totaling 26 tackles, nine tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a pass defensed … had a monumental day @ Iowa State (11/5), breaking the school record for career games played while recording five tackles, a sack and a career-high three tackles for loss … the week prior, broke the school record for career tackles for loss against TCU with his TFL in the second quarter (10/29) … blocked the second kick of his career on a PAT vs. Baylor (10/13) ... in 2021, earned first-team All-Big 12 honors (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele) after starting 12-of-13 games played at DT and totaling a career-high 36 tackles, 7.0 sacks, a career-high 15 tackles for loss, six QB hurries, his first career INT, a pass defensed and a forced fumble … his 15 tackles for loss tied for the 10th -best single-season total in school history … recorded at least one tackle for loss in 10 of 13 games and finished #4 in the Big 12 in tackles for loss per game (1.15) and ranked in the top-10 in the Big 12 in sacks per game (0.54) … capped the season with four tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl ... started all 10 games at DE in 2020, seeing action on 506 defensive snaps and 42 special teams plays … earned second-team All-Big 12 honors (AP) after totaling 35 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, a career-high two passes defensed, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick … his 10.5 tackles for loss tied for 11th in the Big 12 and he had a tackle for loss in nine of 10 games played … had his best game of the season @ Texas Tech (10/24), finishing with a career-high seven tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and his first career fumble recovery … blocked a FG vs. Baylor (10/3), the first blocked kick in his college career ... played 12 games with three starts at DE in 2019 and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors after totaling 29 tackles, 7.0 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss, a pass defensed and a forced fumble … his 7.0 sacks tied for the team lead while his 11.5 ranked 2nd … ranked 4th in the Big 12 in sacks per game (0.58) and 10th in tackles for loss per game (0.96) … had three games with multiple tackles for loss and two games with multiple sacks ... earned freshman All-American honors from The Athletic and ESPN after appearing in all 12 games in 2018 and totaling 16 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and two forced fumbles … his two forced fumbles tied for the team lead.
Attended Fairmont Senior (Fairmont, WV) High School where he was a three-time Class AA All-State selection and four-time Times West Virginian all-area pick … ranked as the #1 prospect in the state by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports … led the Polar Bears to consecutive state runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2017 … as a senior in 2017, was a team captain and a first-team Class AA All-State pick after helping the team to a 12-2 record … collected 81 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks as a senior … as a junior in 2016, earned first-team All-State honors after posting 75 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks … as a sophomore in 2015 took home second-team all-state honors.
