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DE (DL) · 6′4″ 315 lb · Born 1993-10-09 · College: Fort Hays, Simon Fraser · Played 2018–2026 · Drafted 2018 round 3, pick 72 by New York Jets ·

IDs

ESPN=4076951, NFLVERSE=00-0034760, NFLVERSE=SHE517895, OTC=6957, PFR=ShepNa00

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Defense

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tkl	Sacks	FF
2019	NYJ	DE	7		2	0
2020	NYJ	DE	9		2.5	0
2022	NYJ	DE	13		1.5	0
2023	NOR	DE	16		3	0
2024	NOR	DE	16		1.5	0
2025	NOR	DE	16		3	1
Total			77	0	13.5	1

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2018	New York Jets	DL	97
2019	New York Jets	DL	97
2020	New York Jets	DL	97
2021	New York Jets	DL	97
2022	New York Jets	DL	97
2023	New Orleans Saints	DL	93
2024	New Orleans Saints	DL	93
2025	New Orleans Saints	DL	93
2026	New Orleans Saints	DL	93

Advanced stats

Coverage & pass rush

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Y/Tgt	Rat	ADOT	Hurry	QBKD	Sk	Prs	Tkl	MTkl	MTkl%
2018	NYJ	RDE	16	0	0		0				1	4	0.0	5	15	3	16.7%
2019	NYJ	DT	9	1	1	100.0%	1	1.0	79.2	-1.0	0	4	2.0	6	11	0	0.0%
2020	NYJ	DT	14	0	0		0				1	5	2.5	9	17	1	5.6%
2021	NYJ	DT	17	3	3	100.0%	15	5.0	87.5	2.0	4	8	0.0	12	28	3	9.7%
2022	NYJ	DT	17	1	1	100.0%	12	12.0	116.7	0.0	1	4	1.5	7	33	3	8.3%
2023	NOR	DT	17	0	0		0				4	3	3.5	11	50	3	5.7%
2024	NOR	RDT	16	0	0		0				4	3	1.5	9	37	2	5.1%
2025	NOR	DT	16	2	1	50.0%	9	4.5	62.5	-3.0	3	8	3.0	14	47	2	4.1%

Pro Football Reference advanced statistics (2018 on), via nflverse.

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	NYJ	16	0%	343	31%	5	1%
2019	NYJ	9	0%	232	39%	48	18%
2020	NYJ	14	0%	335	33%	123	32%
2021	NYJ	17	0%	495	41%	138	30%
2022	NYJ	17	0%	417	37%	136	30%
2023	NOR	17	0%	594	54%	68	15%
2024	NOR	16	0%	568	52%	76	17%
2025	NOR	16	0%	696	67%	76	19%
2026	NOR	1	0%	55	71%	5	15%

Games with a snap count on file (2012 on); percentages are the average share per game.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2018	NYJ	DL	18	18
2019	NYJ	DL	0	10
2020	NYJ	DL	2	18
2021	NYJ	DL	2	19
2022	NYJ	DL	0	19
2023	NOR	DT	19	19
2024	NOR	DT	19	19

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2022	New York Jets	1	$1.1M	$1.1M	$50,000	0.5%	current
2018	New York Jets	4	$3.9M	$968,930	$987,720	0.5%

Career contract value $5.0M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2018	DT	Fort Hays State	6′5″	315	5.09		31.0	112	7.50	4.53

All of the 2018 combine →

Injury reports (17)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2018	6	NYJ	Shoulder		Full Participation in Practice
2018	7	NYJ	Shoulder		Full Participation in Practice
2019	15	NYJ	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2019	16	NYJ	Rib		Full Participation in Practice
2020	1	NYJ	Rib		Full Participation in Practice
2020	9	NYJ	Back	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	16	NYJ	Ankle		Full Participation in Practice
2020	17	NYJ	Calf		Full Participation in Practice
2021	5	NYJ	Knee	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2021	7	NYJ	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
2021	11	NYJ	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2021	12	NYJ	Elbow	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2024	7	NOR	Groin		Limited Participation in Practice
2024	17	NOR	Eye	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2025	16	NOR	Ankle / Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2025	17	NOR	Ankle		Full Participation in Practice
2025	18	NOR	Ankle / Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice

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