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Originally drafted by Jacksonville in the second round (36th overall) of the 2016 draft on choice obtained from Baltimore for Jaguars' second (38th overall)- and fifth (146th overall)-round choices ... Signed contract extension with Jacksonville on 9/2/19 ... Placed on reserve/injured by Jacksonville on 12/5/19
PRO (Games played/started - 13/1)
2020 (w/ JAX - 13/1)
Saw action in 13 games as a rookie on the offensive line, making one start ... Part of an offensive line that helped rookie RB James Robinson tally the most scrimmage yards (1,414), and the second-most rushing yards (1,070), by an undrafted rookie in NFL history ... Was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Dec. 16
• 9/13 vs. IND: Played five snaps on special teams in his NFL debut
• 9/20 at TEN: Played five snaps on special teams
• 9/24 vs. MIA: Saw action on special teams
• 10/4 at CIN: Saw action on special teams
• 10/11 at HOU: Saw action on special teams
• 10/18 vs. DET: Saw action at right guard after OL A.J. Cann exited the game with a shoulder injury and on special teams
• 10/25 at LAC: Saw action at right guard and on special teams
• 11/8 vs. HOU: Saw action on special teams
• 11/15 at G.B.: Saw action on special teams
• 11/22 vs. PIT: Saw action on special teams
• 11/29 vs. CLE: Saw action at left guard and on special teams
• 12/6 at MIN: Saw action at left guard and on special teams
• 12/13 vs. TEN: Made his first career start at left guard
COLLEGE (at St. Johns {Minn}, 2016-19)
• Started 14 games at left tackle as a senior and was named First-Team All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors and a Division III All-American
• Began his collegiate career as a tight end prior to moving to left tackle
• Became the first player from St. John's (Minn.) drafted since 1974, the first player to be drafted from any Division III program in the last five years and the first player to be drafted from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference since 2003
• Also competed on St. John's track and field team in shot put and the discus
• Named to the 2019 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team, an award established to recognize a select group of college football players who have made a commitment to service and enriching the lives of others
PERSONAL
• In an effort to gain weight after moving to the offensive line, consumed a protein shake daily of seven scrambled eggs, a tub of cottage cheese, quick grits, peanut butter, bananas and gatorade while in college "I didn't have time to eat the full carbohydrates and proteins I needed. My friend had a Nutribullet, so I would scramble seven eggs, a big tub of cottage cheese, quick grits, then peanut butter and banana and Gatorade. I would throw it all in and plug my nose. I'd gag sometimes, but that's what you have to do."
• Studied in South Africa during the spring of 2019, where he served as a computer lab tutor for children ages kindergarten-seventh grade at Seyisi Primary School (New Brighton, South Africa)
• Volunteered with Catholic Charities' Meals on Wheels in fall of 2018 in nearby St. Joseph, Minn. and served as an after-school tutor for a sixth-grade student at All Saints Academy
• Volunteered at Newman, the Roman Catholic parish at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Ecumenical Religious Center, in 2017 and 2018 when visiting his grandmother during breaks in the academic year
• Majored in pyschology and has an interest in sports psychology and mental skills training
