University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2024 (Graduate):

• All-Mountain West honorable mention.
• Named the team's Bob Wagner Defensive MVP
• One of two defensive players on the team to start all 12 games.
• Third on the team and top among defensive lineman with 51 tackles, including 36 total. 
• Had a team-high 10.5 tackles for loss and shared the team lead with five sacks.
• Recorded a career-high 11 tackles (10 solo), including three for loss at San Diego State.
• The 11 tackles were the most by a UH defensive lineman since 2015. 
• Also had three TFLs with two sacks in UH’s road win at Fresno State in which they held the Bulldogs to just 176 yards of total offense.
• Highest graded Mountain West edge defender against the run (78.6), according to Pro Football Focus.
• Ranked No. 6 among edge defenders in overall defensive grade (73.0), according to PFF.

2023:

• Appeared in 12 games at defensive end and on special teams.
• Second among defensive linemen with 25 tackles and three sacks.
• Registered three tackles and two sacks in a road win against Nevada.
• Recorded three or more tackles in six games, including a season-high five takedowns with a sack versus San Jose State.

• Spent three seasons at East Carolina (2020-22) after playing two years at Louisburg College (2018-19). 
• Played in six games in 2022, recording a sack and six tackles.
• Appeared in one game as a sophomore in 2020, recording 0.5 TFLs. 
• Recorded 11 tackles and 0.5 sacks in 2019 at Louisburg. 
• Utilized a redshirt in 2018. 

• A 2018 graduate of Ashley High School in Wilmington, N.C.
• A four-sport athlete, lettering in football, basketball, lacrosse and wrestling.
• Primarily played linebacker during his high school career. 
• Led the team with 102 tackles as a senior in 2017 while adding a pair of interceptions and 1.5 sacks.
• Made 63 tackles while coming away with one interception as a junior in 2016.
• Earned all-area accolades in football, basketball and lacrosse. 

• Born in Pittsfield, Mass.
• Graduated with a degree in business management.
• Has two brothers.
• Mother is Jamie Phelps of Wilmington, N.C.