University of Oklahoma Athletics

2023
Played in 10 games and made seven starts at “Cheetah” position … totaled 30 tackles (15 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups and three QB hurries … starts came at Cincinnati (9/23), vs. Iowa State (9/30), vs. Texas (10/7), vs. UCF (10/21), at Oklahoma State (11/4), at BYU (11/18) and vs. Arizona in Alamo Bowl (12/28) … logged three tackles vs. Arizona ... recorded a QB hurry at BYU … notched a tackle and a pass breakup at Oklahoma State … served as a captain at Kansas and logged six tackles (1.0 TFL) and a QB hurry (10/28) … recorded six tackles (1.0 TFL) and a pass breakup vs. UCF (10/21) … tallied five tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Texas (10/7) … registered two stops and a QB hurry vs. Iowa State (9/30) … totaled seven tackles (0.5 TFL) at Cincinnati (9/23) … recorded a pass breakup vs. Arkansas State (9/2).

2022 (AT INDIANA)
Appeared in all 12 games and made four starts ... earned freshman All-America honors from ESPN, The Athletic (second team) and College Football News (second team) … an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by conference media panel … named an On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American and to The Athletic Midseason Freshman All-American Team … ranked seventh on team with 49 tackles (32 solo) … ranked second on squad with 6.5 tackles for loss (38 yards) and tied for team lead with 4.0 sacks (33 yards) … registered three pass breakups and tied for second on team with three QB hurries … starts came vs. Idaho (9/10), Maryland (10/15), at Rutgers (10/22) and vs. Penn State (11/5) … logged five tackles (four solo) and QB hurry in win at Michigan State (11/19) … recorded four tackles (all solo) and 1.0 TFL at Ohio State (11/12) … notched two tackles (both solo) and a PBU vs. Penn State … tallied season-high eight tackles (four solo) and 0.5 TFL at Rutgers … finished with three tackles (two solo) and season-high two PBUs vs. Maryland … notched six tackles (0.5 TFL) vs. Michigan (10/8) … logged five tackles (four solo) and a sack for 13 yards at Nebraska (10/1) … registered three solo tackles and a sack for nine yards vs. Western Kentucky (9/17) … tallied five tackles (all went for loss or no gain), two sacks for 11 yards and a QB hurry in first career start vs. Idaho (graded by PFF as nation’s highest-rated pass rusher among true freshmen for the week) … credited with six tackles (0.5 TFL) in collegiate debut in win against Illinois (9/2).

HIGH SCHOOL
Played linebacker at Bloomington (Ind.) South High School in 2021 and at Blue Valley North High School in Kansas from 2018-20 ... the highest-ranked prospect to ever sign with Indiana … consensus four-star prospect ... rated as the No. 43 prospect nationally by ESPN, No. 61 by Rivals and No. 131 by 247Sports … ranked as country’s No. 5 outside linebacker by ESPN and Rivals and No. 12 edge player by 247Sports … regarded as No. 1 player in state of Indiana by ESPN and Rivals and No. 2 by 247Sports … an Under Armour and MaxPreps All-American … a first-team all-conference selection as a senior when he totaled 55 tackles (45 solo), six tackles for loss, three sacks and two interceptions … named the 2020 MaxPreps Kansas High School Player of the Year.

PERSONAL
Father (Deland) is Notre Dame running backs coach ... younger brother (Daeh) was a freshman defensive back at OU in 2023 … older brother (Deland II) was an Indiana defensive back (2021) ... grandfather (Sherman Smith) played quarterback at Miami (OH) from 1972-75 ... major is undecided. < /p>