High School:  Most Valuable Defensive Lineman as a nose guard at Neuqua Valley High School in 2009...HM All-State...first team All-Conference and All-City as a senior...HM All-Area and All-Region...named a “Top 50” player by both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily Herald...recorded 50 tackles as a senior, including 22 tackles for loss and five quarterback sacks...earned Academic All-Conference honors...High School Coach:  Bryan Wells.