HOW ACQUIRED: Selected with the third of three fourth-round draft picks (132nd overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft. Eighth player selected out of Oregon in club history (Last: Walter Thurmond, 2010).
COLLEGE: Played in all 51 of Oregon’s games from 2015-18. Scored four TDs over his final two seasons with three coming on interception returns for touchdowns. First FBS player with two pick-6s and a punt return in the same season (2018) since Alabama’s Minkah Fitzpatrick in 2015. Only player in the Pac-12 and one of just 11 FBS players with three interceptions and three forced fumbles in 2017.
Senior: Lombardi Award winner. Associated Press Pac-12 All-Conference second team. Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention. Started all 13 games. Team captain in five games. Finished with 55 tackles, including 5.0 for loss, and 1.5 sacks. Turned two of three interceptions into TDs. Totaled 223 yards and one TD on 14 punt returns.
Junior: Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention. Played in all 13 games, making eight starts. Tied for the team lead in interceptions (3) and forced fumbles (3). Finished with 43 tackles, including 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks. Second on the team with eight pass breakups.
Sophomore: Made nine starts and played in all 12 games. Recorded 42 tackles, including 31 solo. Tied for second on the team with six pass breakups.
Freshman: Played in all 13 games as a true freshman and made four starts. Finished with 25 tackles, including 20 solo, and tied for second on the team with two interceptions.
PERSONAL: Accounted for 15 touchdowns for the Overton H.S. Bobcats, which finished 2014 with a 6-5 record while advancing to the 6A playoffs. Credited with 25 tackles and two interceptions his senior year in addition to breaking up five passes. Also returned three punts and one kickoff for touchdowns in 2014. Tallied 49 tackles, five interceptions and nine pass breakups as a junior to earn a spot on the Tennessean’s Dandy Dozen. Finalist for the Hume Award, given to the Nashville-metro’s top prep scholar-athlete.
