Team co-captain and a three-year starter … had 95 tackles, 16 tackles for a loss his senior year and also recorded 15 pancake blocks … voted first team All-Region and All-State teams in Class 4A … selected as a Chattanooga Times-Free Press All-Star, as he led his team to consecutive playoff berths, including the region championship his junior year … a member of his school’s track team, where he was a state runner-up in the shot put as a junior … coached by Tim James.