2020 Junior

• Started all eight games
• Moved to center for three games while starting center Doug Kramer was sidelined
• Finished the season with 33 straight starts
• USA TODAY second team All-America 
  • Illinois' first offensive player to earn All-America honors since FB Jay Prosch in 2011
  • Illinois' first offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since Jon Asamoah in 2009
• Associated Press All-Big Ten first team
• Consensus All-Big Ten first team
• Illinois' first offensive player to earn First Team All-Big Ten since WR A.J. Jenkins in 2011
• Illinois' first offensive lineman to earn First Team All-Big Ten since Martin O'Donnell in 2007
• Third highest rated guard in the country by PFF and No. 17 offensive lineman in the nation during the regular season (min. 475 snaps)
• Finished the season with 33 straight starts
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
• Outland Trophy watch list
• Organized Black Lives Matter march for Illini student-athletes on Aug. 31, 2020

2019 Sophomore

• Started 12 games at left guard and one game at center
• Pro Football Focus All-America honorable mention
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• PFF Midseason All-America honorable mention
• No. 6 graded offensive guard in the nation and No. 2 in Power-5  by PFF (77.1) entering bowl games
• PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Eastern Michigan game 9/14/19
• Ended the season with 25 straight starts

2018 Redshirt Freshman

• Started all 12 games at left guard
• Part of an OL that paved the way for the most-improved running game in the nation (+137.4 ypg from 2017 to ’18), finishing 12th in FBS and second in the Big Ten at 243.0 ypg.
• First career start and Illinois debut in the season opener against Kent State
• Moved to OL prior to the season after practicing at defensive tackle during his freshman season in 2017

2017 Freshman

• Redshirted 2017 season as a defensive tackle

High School

• Four-star recruit by Scout
• Three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN
• Ranked as a top 500 recruit in the nation by 247Sports
• Ranked No. 22 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout, No. 30 by Rivals, No. 31 by 247Sports and No. 50 by ESPN
• Ranked No. 5 recruit in Illinois by Scout, No. 8 by 247Sports, No. 9 by ESPN and No. 14 by Rivals
• Played at Peoria High School for head coach Tim Thornton
• USA Football U-19 team member for IFAF World Championships in Harbin, China
• Blue-Grey All-American
• Led Peoria to 2016 IHSA 5A state championship
• 111 tackles, 33.0 TFLs, 15.0 sacks as a senior
• 2016 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association all-state first team
• 2016 Preps Plus All-State first team
• 2016 ALL-USA Illinois Football Team
• 2016 Big 12 all-conference
• High school teammate of Illini freshman Coran Taylor

Personal

• Born Dec. 22, 1998
• Picked Illinois because, “the coaching staff is awesome and I would love to represent my home state.”
• Majoring in sociology