AT COLORADO: He became the 12th player in CU history to earn at least five letters (11 with five, one with six) … The first player to earn some kind of all-conference honors four times (two first-team, two second-team) …  He appeared in 48 career games, 43 on defense (the other five solely on special teams his freshman year), with starts in 36 of those … He finished his career with 409 tackles, tying for fifth all-time at Colorado (the sixth to record 400); his 285 solo were the second most, just eight behind the top spot … He also exited as CU’s all-time leader in third down stops (53, which included a record nine on fourth downs) … His 41 tackles for loss (totaling 119 yards) were the sixth-most in school annals, with 11 of those being quarterback sacks (32nd on the list, the fifth-most by an inside linebacker) … Had 17 career passes broken up, 35th-most but the sixth most by a linebacker … His 22 double-figure tackles games were the fifth-most by a Buff (record is 26) … He was just the sixth player to record 250-plus tackles over two seasons in (260: 123 in 2018, 137 in 2019), and he became just the third player in CU history to average 10-plus tackles per game for three straight seasons, joining Barry Remington (1984-86) and Greg Biekert (1990-92); he averaged 10.1 the second-time around as a senior to become the first to do so … Due to the season-ending injury seven games into his senior season, he just missed on becoming the first player in school history to lead the team in tackles for four seasons … He was the recipient of CU’s Zack Jordan Award (MVP) or the Dave Jones Award (outstanding defensive player) his sophomore through his first senior season … He earned the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Award three times, matching the most in CU history alongside Steve Rosga and Biekert.

2021 (Sr.-2)—Officially a team captain for the season … Despite appearing in seven games (all starts) and missing the final five with a shoulder injury, he earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the league coaches, the Associated Press and Pro Football Focus (Phil Steele’s College Football tabbed him third-team) … The first player in 24 years of the Buffalo Heart Award to earn it twice, presented by “the fans behind the bench” (made possible by the COVID exception, as it is always awarded to a senior) … Accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game in Las Vegas … Was leading the team in tackles through 10 games, eventually finishing fourth with 71 (52 solo), with six for losses and nine tackles for zero gains, giving him 15 stops at or behind the line of scrimmage (second on the team) … Played exactly 400 snaps from scrimmage in also recording seven third stops (one on fourth down), three quarterback pressures, four passes broken up and a forced fumble … Had 10 or more tackles in five games, including a season-high and the second-most in his career of 18 (14 unassisted) against Minnesota, when he also had three TFL’s and the caused fumble … A proven force against the run, CU had allowed 160 rushing yards per game before his injury, but 204.6 after … He elected to return and use his “COVID” year as granted by the NCAA, especially after he tore an Achilles tendon against Utah and missed the 2020 Alamo Bowl; he was 100 percent by the time fall camp rolled around … Named second-team Preseason All-American by Phil Steele's College Football (which ranked him the No. 8 inside linebacker in college football) … Athlon named him third-team Preseason All-American … Earned preseason First-Team All-Pac-12 honors from Athlon, Phil Steele's College Football and Lindy's College Football, the latter of which named him the No. 9 inside linebacker nationally … One of 90 players on the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award (top defensive player) … One of 42 players on the official watch list for the Lott IMPACT Trophy (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity) … CU's official nomination for the Danny Wuerffel Award (community service) … Collegefootballnews.com ranked him the No. 30 player in the Pac-12 with the caveat that he would be ranked higher if not returning from an Achilles injury. 

2020 (Sr.)—Named second-team All-American by both the Football Writers Association of America and Phil Steele's College Football … Was first-team All-Pac-12 by the Associated Press, Pac-12 Coaches, Bay Area News Group and Phil Steele's College Football … The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s Male College Athlete of the Year (all sports) as well as by Mile High Sports Magazine … The state’s Defensive Player of the Year by the NFF/Colorado Chapter … Named to the East-West Shrine Virtual Team as the All-Star game didn't take place … CU’s  Zack Jordan Award as the most valuable player … Selected as the Buffalo Heart Award recipient, given by the fans behind the bench … One of 16 semifinalists for the Dick Butkus Award, one of 24 semifinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy (integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity) as was on the watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski and Chuck Bednarik awards … Started the first five games of the season before being injured late in the first half of the regular season finale against Utah and missed the Alamo Bowl … Had 61 tackles (12.3 per game), 10 total tackles for loss including five sacks and seven more tackles for no gain, 13 third down stops (two on fourth down), three quarterback pressures, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup … Press box numbers of 10.6 tackles per game ranked third in the Pac-12 and 15th nationally and his official numbers of 12.3 tackles per game tied for the highest in the nation … Five sacks was tied for third most by an inside linebacker in a season and just one off the record of six in just four-and-a-half games of action … He led all inside linebackers nationally in sacks as the only one to average 1.0 per game or better … Saw action on four special teams units, primarily on punt coverage and field goal block … Earned four national defensive player of the week nods, from the Walter Camp Foundation and Bronko Nagurski Award for the San Diego State game and from the Bednarik Award and collegesportsmadness.com for the Arizona game … The Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week award was the Buffs first since 2007 … Just the third player in CU history to win the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and first since Wheatley in 2007 … Joined Kordell Stewart as the only two players to win National Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks …  Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the Stanford and San Diego State games (and from collegesportsmadness.com for those plus the Arizona game) … Became the second player to win league Defensive Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks, joining Bill Roe in 1979, and just the seventh overall to be named twice …  Named a captain for two games, UCLA and Arizona … Coaching staff named him the defensive player of the game against UCLA, Stanford and San Diego State … Opened the season against UCLA with nine tackles, three third down stops and two tackles for zero … At Stanford he had 17 tackles with one for a loss, a third down stop and fumble recovery, which came on the game's final play to secure the win … Against San Diego State, he had 11 tackles, four for a loss with three sacks, four third down stops and one pass breakup … At Arizona he again had 17 tackles with three for a loss with one sack, and four third down stops … In the first half against Utah prior to his injury, he had seven tackles, one sack and a third down stop … He was a third-team preseason All-American by Phil Steele's College Football (which ranked him as the No. 11 ILB in the nation) … Near unanimous first-team preseason All-Pac-12 by Athlon, Lindy's College Football, Phil Steele, Street & Smith's and collegefootballnews.com … Rated as the No. 12 inside ‘backer by Lindy's … Collegefootballnews.com named him the No. 8 player overall in the Pac-12. 2019 (Jr.)—Named an honorable mention All-American by Phil Steele’s College Football … Was first-team All-Pac-12 by the AP, Pac-12 Coaches and Phil Steele … Given the team's Dave Jones Award as the Outstanding Defensive Player for the second straight season … Named a team captain at the end of the season … Was the co-Defensive Player of the Year and earned first-team honors on the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation All-Colorado team … Finished the season with 137 tackles, 112 solo, with eight tackles for loss including two sacks, 15 third down stops, five pass break-ups, five tackles for zero, four quarterback hurries and one interception … He also led the team on defense with 785 plays … His 137 tackles are the most since Jordon Dizon had 160 in 2007 and tied for 14th most in a season in CU history, 12th by a linebacker … His 112 solo tackles are the second most in a season in CU history behind Dizon's 120 in 2007 and he's just the fourth player to hit the 100 mark for solo tackles in a season … He had more tackles than the second- and third-leading tacklers on the team, the first time that's happened at CU dating back to 1964 when tackles first became a stat … He was the team's nominee for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week four times against Nebraska, Oregon, UCLA and Washington … He was the nominee for the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation Player of the Week against Oregon, UCLA and Washington … Against the Huskies, he earned the College Sports Madness Pac-12 Player of the Week honor … He was named a captain four times throughout the season, for the Colorado State, Arizona, Washington State and Stanford game weeks … He earned the team's Defensive Player of the Game three times against Nebraska, Oregon and UCLA … He had double-figure tackles in eight games and nine tackles in three of the other four games (his season low was eight) … He had a season and career high 16 tackles against Oregon, all solo stops, tied for the fifth most in CU history and most since Dizon had 17 against Colorado State in 2007 … He had 15 tackles twice, against Air Force and UCLA, and 14 tackles on one occasion, against Nebraska … He had two tackles for loss and four third down stop s against UCLA … Against Washington he had 10 tackles, one for a loss with two pass break-ups and an interception … He was on three postseason award watch lists in the preseason, the Chuck Bednarik, Dick Butkus and Bronko Nagurski awards … Also earned preseason second-team All-America honors by College Football America … Was named first-team preseason All-Pac-12 by Phil Steele and second team by the Pac-12, Athlon and Lindy's … Phil Steele named him the No. 22 inside linebacker nationally … He led the defense throughout the spring with 21 tackles combined in the two scrimmages and spring game … He led the Buffs in the spring game with 13 tackles … He added two sacks, three total tackles for loss, two third down stops and a quarterback hurry.

2018 (Soph.)—Midseason First-Team All-American by Pro Football Focus … Second-Team All-Pac-12 by the Associated Press and Phil Steele's College Football and honorable mention by the league coaches … One of 20 quarterfinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy … Named to the Colorado Chapter/NFF All-Colorado First-Team and with Mustafa Johnson, won the team's Dave Jones Award given to the Outstanding Defensive Player(s) … His two interceptions ranked 13th in the Pac-12 and also led the team, the first time a linebacker did outright at CU since 1979 (Bill Roe) … Started all 12 games and played 619 snaps on defense … Led the team with 123 tackles and had 13 tackles for loss and four sacks, and 12 more tackles for no gain … Had 10 third down stops, including two on fourth down, five pass breakups, three quarterback pressures, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … Had seven games with double-digit tackle totals and four games with 13-plus tackles … His 13 tackles for a loss were the most TFL's for the team's leading tackler since Thaddeus Washington also had 13 in 2005 … Opened the season with 14 tackles, an interception, pass breakup with one tackle for loss and another for no gain against Colorado State in the season opener … He was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week by both the league and College Sports Madness … The 14 tackles is the most for a linebacker in their first career start … Against Nebraska, he again had 14 tackles and one interception and added two tackles for a loss, three third down stops including one on fourth down and a forced fumble … Named the National Defensive Player of the Week by the FWAA/Bronco Nagurski Award and was the National Football Foundation Colorado Chapter Defensive Player of the Week … Had a career high 19 tackles against Utah with one for a loss and two others for no gain … Had four tackles for loss with two sacks and 13 tackles against Oregon State … Selected as the winner of the Dick Anderson Award for outstanding toughness by the coaching staff following spring practices … In the team’s strength and conditioning testing at the end of the spring semester he power cleaned 355 pounds, tying for team lead (and 10 pounds off the program record), and squatted 475 pounds (tying for the fourth-best on the team).

2017 (Fr.)—He saw action in seven games on defense, but in 11 games overall adding in his special teams play … His contributions increased as the season went along, as 59 of his 79 snaps played on defense came in the final two games … Recorded 17 total tackles on the season, including four for losses that were just two off the team lead despite playing at least 715 fewer snaps than any of the other three players on the team who had more tackles for a loss … Was credited with three more tackles for no gain, had eight third down stops, one quarterback pressure, one forced fumble and two pass breakups … Added another two tackles, both unassisted, on special teams play where he earned 13 total points, the fifth most on the team … In his first career action on defense, playing three snaps against Texas State, he recorded two tackles and had one tackle for a loss … He also had a tackle and a third down stop against No. 7 Washington when he saw five snaps on the defensive side … In seven snaps on defense at No. 15 Washington State, he had one tackle, two third down stops and a quarterback hurry … At Arizona State he had two tackles in two snaps on defense; one of them going for no gain on a fourth-and-one for the Sun Devils at their own 49-yard line in the second quarter … The very next week against No. 15 USC, he blocked a punt in the third quarter that was the first full block at Colorado since ILB Doug Rippy had two at Toledo in 2009; his play gave the Buffs the ball at the one-yard line and led to a TD to cut the USC lead down to 27-14 … He also saw 19 snaps from scrimmage on defense against USC and finished with three tackles, including one for a loss of one yard on a third-and-five with under six minutes to play in the fourth quarter, and he had two third down stops versus the Trojans … Closed out the season by playing 40 snaps at Utah when he posted eight tackles, two that went for losses and he had another two for no gain, and he also broke up two passes and had one third down stop.
 
HIGH SCHOOL—Scout.com rated him as the No. 5 outside linebacker prospect in California and No. 7 in the west … Played for Mustang head coach Craig Bergman where he earned East Bay Athletic League MVP honors as a two-way starter at linebacker and receiver … The San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times selected him as its East Bay Defensive Player of the Year, as did MaxPreps on its All-NorCal High School Football Teams … Sports Stars Magazine selected him as the NorCal Defensive Player of the Year … He was selected by the San Francisco Chronicle to its All-Metro first-team defense … Helped the Mustangs to a 12-1 record, capture its first EBAL title since 2005 and win the CIF-North Coast Section Division I championship game ... In that title game he helped Monte Vista beat Antioch, a team that featured the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect in running back Najee Harris (Alabama signee), 42-18 by catching three passes for 31 yards while recording three tackles for a loss and one forced fumble on defense ... In his three playoff games, he posted a combined 8.0 tackles for losses and 1.5 sacks while on offense he had 12 catches for 144 yards and four touchdowns ... Overall for his senior season he caught 38 passes for 577 yards and seven touchdowns in addition to throwing for a pair of scores ... Was a terror on defense and recorded 32 tackles for a loss, including having multiple stops behind the line of scrimmage in 10-of-13 games … He caught three touchdown passes in a first-round win over Irvington in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs to give Monte Vista its first playoff victory since 2012 ... One of his touchdown passes was in a playoff victory over Heritage that put Monte Vista into the championship game ... As a junior he received honorable mention All-Metro accolades as a linebacker from the San Francisco Chronicle and was a first-team All-EBAL selection when he led the Mustangs to a 7-4 record ... That year he had nine tackles for a loss, six sacks, five pass breakups and he forced four fumbles ... As a sophomore he was an honorable mention selection to the All-EBAL team … Outside of football he was on the baseball and rugby teams.
 
ACADEMICS—He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing from CU's Leeds School of Business in December 2021 … Earned honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors from the state’s NFF chapter as a freshman.
 
PERSONAL—He was born November 19, 1998 in Zimbabwe, Africa where his father, Shaun, played international rugby ... His brother, Brendan, played tight end as a true freshman at Arizona State in 2014 before transferring while his sister, Ocean Trail, swam for Oregon State’s team from 2009-13.
 
                                                                TACKLES----------
Season                        G        Plays       UT      AT  — TOT       TFL      Sacks    TZ     3DS    Hurr       FR    FF    PBU     Int
2017                            7             79         11        6  —    17        4-  7        0-  0        3          8        1        0         1         2         0
2018                          12           619         61      62  —  123     13-47         4-33      12        10        3        1         2         5         2
2019                          12           785      112       25  —  137       8-35         2-20        5        15        4        0         0         5         1
2020                            5           298         49      12  —    61     10-17         5-10        7        13        3        1         0         1         0
2021                            7           400         52      19  —    71      6-13           0-  0       9          7        3        1         1        4          0
Totals                        43        2,181       285     124  — 409    41-119      11-63       36       53        14       3        4       17         3
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Interception Return Yards: 2-22, 11.0 avg., 22 long, 0 TD.  Special Team Tackles: 2,0—2 (2018); 2,0—2 (2020).