• Made his 1st career start vs. Arizona (10/14), playing RT as Rashod Hill moved to LT in place of Riley Reiff.
• Highest-drafted Pitt player by the Vikings since Hall of Famer Chris Doleman at #4 overall in 1985.
• The 3rd-highest OL drafted by the Vikings since 2007, behind Matt Kalil at #4 in 2012 and Phil Loadholt at #54 in 2009.
• Father, Brendan, is a former Dartmouth RB in the 1970s.
OFF THE FIELD Earned bachelor’s degree in finance in December 2018...Enjoys golf in his free time...Has strong athletic background in his family - father played RB at Dartmouth, mother was a swimmer at Northeastern and had a brother who played soccer at Northwestern...High school teammates with Villanova star and Final Four MVP Donte DiVincenzo...Has been active working with Autism Delaware charity events....Helped host Special Olympics MN athletes for a evening of flag football at TCO Performance Center.
HONORS Named the Minnesota Vikings Rookie of the Year following the 2018 season.
PRO The highest drafted Pitt player by the Vikings since Chris Doleman was selected #4 overall in 1985...Declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season...Highest drafted Pitt offensive lineman since Jeff Otah went to Carolina with the #19 overall pick in 2008...Shares alma mater with former Vikings Pro Bowl C Jeff Christy, who played for the Vikings from 1993-99...Was part of 45 players drafted from the ACC in 2018, the 2nd-most from a conference behind the SEC’s 53...Selected with the #62 overall choice by the Vikings in 2018.
2018 Appeared in 15 games during his rookie season, starting the last 11 at RT...Blocked for QB Kirk Cousins as he became the 1st player in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards, 30 TDs, 10 or fewer INTs and post a 70.0% completion rate in a single season...Started at RT at Detroit (12/23) as Kirk Cousins became the 4th Vikings QB to throw for 4,000 yards in a single season...Started at RT vs. Miami (12/16) as the team rushed for 220 yards and scored a season-high 41 points...Made his 1st career start vs. Arizona (10/14), playing RT as Rashod Hill moved to LT in place of Riley Reiff...Stepped in at RT at Philadelphia (10/7) after starter Rashod Hill moved to LT for an injured Riley Reiff...Made his NFL debut at RT at Green Bay (9/16) when Rashod Hill left with an injury, helping to protect Kirk Cousins as he threw for 428 passing yards.
COLLEGE Started the final 37 games and played in 38 during his Panthers career, 2015 and 2016 at RT and 2017 at LT...Opened all 12 games as a senior...Helped Pitt to bowl games in 2015 and 2016 with 8-5 records, falling to Navy in the Military Bowl in 2015 and Northwestern in the Pinstripe Bowl in 2016...Team was 5-7 in 2017 but won the final game of the season and the final game of his Pitt career with a stunning 24-14 upset over #2 Miami...The Panthers had achieved the feat in 2016 as well with a huge upset of #2 Clemson on the road 43-42...Capped his final season at Pitt as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice by the Associated Press and conference coaches...Scored a pair of TDs on running plays and caught a pass he nearly scored on during his Pitt career...Nearly scored on a throwback lateral against North Carolina State but was stopped just shy of the end zone after a 10-yard gain...Moved from TE to OT as a redshirt freshman in 2015 and went on to start 12 games at RT...Opened all 13 games at RT in 2016...Scored both career TDs on rushes during the 2016 season - a 24-yarder vs. Georgia Tech and a 5-yard score against Virginia Tech...Threw a pair of incomplete passes on the season...Earned 2nd-Team All-ACC from conference coaches and 3rd-Team All-ACC from media in 2016...Made 1st career start at Akron (9/12)...Redshirted as a TE in 2014.
PREP Helped Salesianum High to Delaware Division I state championship as a standout TE/DE with an 11-1 mark...He averaged 18.6 yards per catch with 33 catches for 614 yards and 8 TDs...Named 1st-Team All-State as a senior after 3rd-Team honors as a sophomore and junior...During his final 3 seasons, squad went 31-7...Earned Delaware Basketball Player of the Year honors as a senior after leading team to 1st state title with a 22-2 mark...Averaged 13.5 ppg and 8.2 rpg on the hardwood.
