Joined the Owls following his high school graduation and used the season as a redshirt year
High School
Finished his prep career at Venice High School
Indians dropped two of their first three games and then finished the season winning eight of their last nine in route to the state championship game and as Regional Champions were propelled into the State 4A Final versus Lakeland
As a junior, attended Sarasota's Cardinal Mooney High School where he was a two-sport athlete (football and basketball)
Considered several schools through camp visits like Clemson and FSU, as well as Coastal Carolina and FIU