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6'4" / 255

Rankings:

- ESPN: 4* / 79 Rating / #35 DE, #7 Sate, #41 Regional
- Rivals: 4* / 5.8 Rating / #11 SDE / #6 State / #191 National
- Scout: 4* / #30 DE
- _247: 4* / 94 Rating / #9 SDE / #6 State / #183 National

Other Offers: Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Illinois, Iowa, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, USC, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Notes: "big-time talent" ... likes "to get low and bull rush" ... "raw power" ... will "work to locate the ball" ... "physical kid" ... "adequate job of being able to press blockers off of him and create separation" ... "weaknesses are correctable things" ... "needs to be more active with his weapons""

Quotables: Basically, it's just that family atmosphere and that tradition of football they have there. It's basically me knowing them and knowing everybody down there. Those were the big things for me."

"Probably this whole week I've been thinking about Florida and Virginia. I was just trying to figure out which school was best for me. I knew both were good schools football wise and academically. I knew it was going to come down to that gut feeling and that's what it was in the end."