Drafted by Chicago in the fifth round (145th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft and spent four seasons (2018-21) with the Bears. Signed a two-year contract with Las Vegas on 3/17/22. Signed a three-year contract with the Cardinals on 3/14/24.
2023: Started all 17 games and recorded 48 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two QB hits, four tackles for loss, a pass defensed and a fumble recovery (returned for a TD) … marked second consecutive season starting all 17 games and fourth straight season playing every game … part of a Raiders defense that recorded five defensive TDs, the second most in the NFL … had five tackles, including one for a loss vs. Pit (9/24) … posted four tackles (two solo) and a split sack of Mac Jones in the end zone for a safety vs. NE (10/15) … registered three tackles (including one for loss) @ CHI (10/22) … totaled one tackle, 1.0 sack, a tackle for loss and one QB hit vs. NYJ (11/12) … recovered a Chiefs fumble @ KC (12/25) and returned it eight yards for his first career TD … recorded four tackles (one solo) @ Ind (12/31).
2022: Started all 17 games in his first season with the Raiders and had 44 tackles (16 solo), four tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and 11 QB hits … made Raiders debut @ LAC (9/11) and had three tackles … posted two tackles (including one for loss) and a QB hit @ KC (10/10) … recorded four tackles and three QB hits vs. Hou (10/23) … tallied a season-high six tackles (including one for loss) and two QB hits … registered five tackles (one solo) and a split sack of Geno Smith @ Sea (11/27) … recorded a sack of Baker Mayfield @ LAR (12/8) … totaled six tackles (three solo) @ Pit (12/24) … posted four tackles in the season finale vs. KC (1/7/23).
2021: Appeared in all 17 games (15 starts) in his final season with the Bears, tallying a career-high 51 tackles (26 solo), 3.0 sacks, nine QB hits, five tackles for loss and a career-high two fumble recoveries … recorded four tackles (three solo) and a sack of Joe Burrow vs. Cin (9/19) … finished with a season-high six tackles (three solo) @ Cle (10/10) … totaled three tackles and recovered a fumble by Jared Goff vs. Det (10/3) … had two tackles and a sack of Ben Roethlisberger for a loss of nine yards @ Pit (11/8) … finished with four tackles (two solo), including one for a loss @ Det (11/25) … posted four tackles @ AZ (12/5), including one for a four-yard loss … helped bring down Russell Wilson for a loss of seven yards and added two tackles @ Sea (12/26) … had four tackles (two solo), a pass defensed and a fumble recovery @ NYG (1/2/22) … tallied five tackles, three QB hits and a half-sack of Vikings Kirk Cousins @ Min (1/9/22).
2020: Started all 16 games and finished with career highs in sacks (5.0), QB hits (13), tackles for loss (7) and passes defensed (3) while also adding his first career INT … tied Khalil Mack for second on the team in QB hits behind Akiem Hicks (21) and tied Hicks for third on the team in tackles for loss behind only Roquan Smith (18) and Mack (11) … totaled three tackles and a QB hit in the season-opener @ Det (9/13) … notched one tackle and a pass defensed @ Atl (9/27) … tallied three tackles and two tackles for loss vs. Ind (10/4) … brought down Teddy Bridgewater for a loss of eight yards @ Car (10/18) and added three tackles (two solo) … had one tackle and a sack of Ryan Tannehill @ Ten (11/8) … had a career game vs. Det (12/6), finishing the contest with four tackles, a sack, a tackle for loss and his first career INT; picked off a Matthew Stafford pass in the 4th quarter and returned it seven yards … registered two tackles and a 10-yard sack of Deshaun Watson vs. Hou (12/13) … recorded a sack for the third consecutive week with two split sacks of Kirk Cousins and a career-high seven tackles @ Min (12/20) … had one tackle and a pass defensed @ Jax (12/27).
2019: Started 12 of the 13 games he appeared in and finished the season with 27 tackles, one pass defensed, one tackle for loss and a fumble recovery … posted one tackle in the season opener vs. GB (9/5) … inactive for three games … tallied four tackles (including one for loss) and a QB hit in his return to lineup vs. NO (10/20) … recorded four tackles vs. Phi (11/3) … had five tackles (two solo) @ LAR (11/17) … notched four tackles (three solo) and one QB hit @ Det (11/28) … registered three tackles (two solo) and a pass defensed vs. Dal (12/5) … had one tackle and a fumble recovery @ Min (12/29).
2018: Appeared in 14 games with six starts as a rookie … had 28 tackles, 3.0 sacks, five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery … made NFL debut vs. Sea (9/17) and had one tackle … posted one tackle for loss @ AZ (9/23) … recorded four tackles (including one for a loss) and a split sack of Jameis Winston vs. TB (9/30) … totaled four tackles (three solo) and one QB hit along with his first career forced fumble and recovery vs. NE (10/21) … tallied three tackles vs. NYJ (10/28) … posted a tackle and the first full sack of his career when he brought down Matthew Stafford for a loss of 12 yards and forced Stafford to fumble vs. Det (11/11) … had a season-high six tackles, including one for a loss of three yards @ NYG (12/2) … registered one tackle, a QB hit and a split sack of Aaron Rodgers … recorded two tackles and a sack of Kirk Cousins for a 10 yard loss in the regular season finale @ Min (12/30) … made postseason debut in the Wild Card game vs. Phi (1/6/19).
Played four seasons (2014-17) at Delaware and appeared in 44 games (21 starts) … finished his collegiate career with 104 tackles (50 solo), 17.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, two INT's and 15 passes defensed … earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors in three consecutive seasons (2015-17) … was a third-team All-American and first-team All-CAA selection as a senior in 2017 with 56 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, one INT, nine passes defensed and a fumble recovery … as a junior, played 10 games (nine starts) and had 25 tackles (18 solo), 7.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one forced fumble and five passes defensed … his 5.0 sacks in 2016 ranked eighth in the CAA … appeared in 11 games (one start) in 2015 and recorded 29 tackles (12 solo), 1.5 sacks, one INT and a pass defensed … as a true freshman in 2014, played all 12 games and posted 19 tackles (nine solo) … earned CAA Academic All-Conference accolades.
Attended Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical (Newark, DE) High School where he earned first team All-State honors at tight end and third-team honors at defensive end as a senior in 2013 after he had 13 receptions for 326 yards and seven TDs while adding 11.0 sacks and 26 tackles for loss on defense … was a two-time Academic All-State selection and was on the Honor Roll all four years … helped lead his team to a 33-5 record over a span of three years and a Delaware Division II State title in 2013 … majored in Sociology.