2025 (Freshman): Played 12 games with two starts, finishing freshman year with 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks…East Texas A&M: one tackle…Kent State: three tackles…Virginia: one tackle in ACC debut…Miami: two tackles in first career start…Pitt: lone tackle was an 18-yard sack, FSU\u2019s longest TFL of season…Stanford: two tackles…Virginia Tech: two tackles…NC State: career-high seven tackles with 0.5 TFL, the most tackles in a game for an FSU true freshman defensive lineman since College Football Hall of Famer Ron Simmons in 1977…Florida: made second career start and tallied four tackles.<\/p>\n
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