High School and Personal: A four-year letterwinner and state champion at Brookeville High School in Lynchburg, Va. under head coach Jeff Woody ... A two-time first-team all-district slection as a center and defensive end ... Named first-team all-state as a defensive end as a senior ... Earned district Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior ... Also 2012 state champion in wrestling at 220lb weight class with a 45-0 record.