Pronunciation: MEE-low EYE-fler

Career Highs

Tackles: 10 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
Solos: 7 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
TFLs: 2.5 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
Sacks: 1.0, three times (last at Penn State 12/19/20)
PBUs: 1, twice (last vs. Iowa 12/5/20)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 at Minnesota 10/5/19
Touchdowns: 1 at Minnesota 10/5/19

2020 Senior

• Played in six gamed and started five at linebacker
• Missed three games due to injury
• 27 tackles, one pass breakup, 3.5 TFLs including 1.0 sack on     the season
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
• Graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in  sociology

2019 Junior

• Played in all 13 games and started 12 at linebacker
• 69 tackles, 10.0 TFLs, one PBU, one fumble recovery on the season
• Sack on the first defensive play of the game in the Redbox Bowl against California
• Career-high in tackles (10), TFLs (2.5), and sacks (1.0) in 38-10 win against Rutgers 11/2/19
• Eight tackles  vs. No. 6 Wisconsin 10/19/19 to help Illinois win 24-23 and complete one of the biggest upsets in Big Ten History
• First career touchdown on a fumble recovery return at Minnesota 10/5/19
• Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron

2018 Sophomore

• Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
• Two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2019

2017 Redshirt Freshman (Washington)

• Played in all 13 games at Washington
• Six tackles (four solo)
• Washington Special Teams Player of the Game at Oregon State
• Two tackles in the Apple Cup win over Washington State

2016 Freshman (Washington)

• Redshirted the season at Washington

High School

• Played linebacker and running back at Bishop O'Dowd
• Hardy Nickerson convinced him to play football as a sophomore
• Played for Napoleon Kaufman at Bishop O'Dowd
• First-team All-West Alameda County Conference-Foothill League at outside linebacker as a senior
• Helped Bishop O'Dowd to a 7-6 record and the semi-finals of the CIF North Coast Section Division 3 playoffs as a senior
• 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl invitation
• Helped Bishop O'Dowd to the North Coast Section playoffs as a junior
• First-team All-WACC, third-team All-East Bay and honorable mention San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro as a junior
• 2014 CalHiSports.com junior-class all-state
• Tacoma News Tribune "Western 100"
• No. 94 prospect in the nation by Scout, No. 118 by Rivals, No. 142 by 247Sports and No. 280 by ESPN
• No. 21 prospect in California by 247Sports, No. 23 by Rivals and No. 31 by ESPN
• No. 6 outside linebacker prospect in the nation by Scout, No. 11 by Rivals, No. 11 by 247Sports and No. 15 by ESPN
• Participated in the shot, discus, high jump and long jump for the track team, winning league titles in the shot put as a sophomore and junior

Personal

• Born Feb. 13, 1998
• Graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in sociology