TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Detroit Lions in the fifth round (138th overall) of the NFL Draft on 4/28/12…Re-signed by Lions as an unrestricted free agent on 3/11/16…Signed by the Oakland Raiders as an unrestricted free agent on 3/16/18...Signed by the Carolina Panthers as a free agent (3/23/20).
GP/GS: Career (125/86) [2/2]; 2019 (16/16); 2018 (16/16); 2017 (16/16); 2016 (15/15) [1/1]; 2015 (16/8); 2014 (16/15) [1/1]; 2013 (16/0); 2012 (16/0).
Played in 50 games at Temple over four seasons (2008-11), making 20 starts for the school on defense…Totaled 163 tackles, seven sacks, one interception, five passes defensed, seven forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries…Started 12-of-13 games in 2011 as a senior…Was named to the Butkus Award Watch List and received the Mark Bresani Award for spirit and enthusiasm…Also named second-team All-MAC by Phil Steele after leading the Owls with four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and tying for the team lead with 13.5 tackles for loss…Named the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the 2011 Gildan New Mexico Bowl…In 2010, played in all 12 games and made eight starts at outside linebacker after switching from defensive back…Ranked sixth on the team with 56 stops, including two sacks, while also adding one INT, two passes defensed and two forced fumbles…Majored in criminal justice.
Attended West Side High School in Newark, N.J.