TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Rams in the sixth round (195th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft (4/28/18).
2018 SEASON: Spent the entire season on the Rams 53-man roster...declared inactive for all 16 regular season games and three postseason contests.Â
COLLEGE: Fifth-year senior played in 50 career games overall, including 49 consecutive to end career...as a senior in 2017, started all 12 games at nose tackle...named honorable mention All-Big Ten in the coaches' vote...split the Homer Hazel Award for the team's MVP...named to the Academic All-Big Ten list for the third-straight year...honored as the team's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award...totaled 41 tackles with 4.5 for a loss, 1.5 sacks, one pass batted down, one forced fumble one blocked field goal...in 2016 as a junior, played in all 12 games with 11 starts at nose tackle...named to the Academic All-Big Ten list...made 30 tackles on the season with 3.5 for loss, 1.0 sack, one forced fumble and one blocked field goal...as a sophomore in 2015, started all 12 games at nose tackle...one-of-22 in the program to be named Academic All-Big Ten...finished third on the team with 5.5 TFL...totaled 22 tackles on the season...as a redshirt freshman in 2014, played in all 13 games on the defensive line... registered three total tackles on the season...as a true freshman in 2013, appeared in one game before receiving a medical redshirt.
PERSONAL: Received undergraduate degree in journalism and media studies...was a graduate student in the labor studies program his final year at Rutgers.