COLLEGE: Played four years at USC, seeing action in 21 games with two starts. As a senior, played his first full season and saw action in 13 games with two starts. Served as a reserve offensive lineman and played on special teams. As a junior, was moved to defensive tackle. Played in just one game due to injury. As a sophomore, saw brief action in one game and missed majority of the season due to injury. As a redshirt freshman, played in seven games as a reserve offensive lineman. Redshirted as a true freshman and was named USC's Offensive Service Team Player of the Year. Majored in African-American Studies.
PERSONAL: Attended Crespi High School in Encino, Calif. As a senior, earned several All-American accolades, including SuperPrep, PrepStar, Rivals.com, USA Today and ESPNHS.com. Also named SuperPrep Elite-50, Sporting News Top-125, PrepStar Top-150 Dream Team, ESPNU 150, SuperPrep All-Far West, Orange County Register Fab-15 First Team, Tacoma News Tribune Western-100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team, Max Preps Division I First Team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division, Los Angeles Times all-area and Los Angeles Daily News all-area first team. As a junior, named All-Serra League First Team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass First Team and Los Angeles Daily News all-area. As a sophomore, attended Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, Calif. Named All-Los Angeles City Division I First Team as a defensive lineman.
