• Set career-high with 16 starts (all at LG) in 2020.
• Recognized by Jets equipment staff and past winners with the club's Bill Hampton Award (2014), given to the rookie who most conducts himself as a professional in the locker room.
• In November 2019, helped give away 250 turkeys with other Vikings offensive linemen at The Salvation Army-Citadel Worship and Service Center in St. Paul.
• Majored in health sciences at Furman.
• Married his Furman University crush, Haley.
• Originally drafted by the NY Jets in the 4th Round (#137) of the 2014 NFL Draft.
• Re-signed with the Jets on 4/6/18 as a UFA.
• Signed with Minnesota on 4/4/19.
• Re-signed with Minnesota on 3/30/20.
• Made 16 starts at LG as the Vikings offense totaled the 7th-most rushing yards (2,283) and the 2nd-most scrimmage yards (6,548) in team history.
• Vikings ranked #4 in NFL total offense, a 12-spot jump from 2019 and scored 55 offensive TDs, the 2nd-best mark in team history behind the 1998 squad.
• Helped RB Dalvin Cook rush for 1,557 yards, the 3rd-best mark in Vikings history and the 2nd-most in the NFL for the year.
• Cook had 16 rushing TDs, the 2nd-best season mark in Vikings history, and earned a 2nd-straight Pro Bowl berth.
• Cook tied a team record in win at Green Bay (11/1) by scoring 4 TDs in a game (3 rushing, 1 receiving), only the 3rd time in Vikings history the feat has been accomplished.
• Helped rookie WR Justin Jefferson re-write the NFL and team record book en route to 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl berth.
• Protected QB Kirk Cousins as he threw for a career-high 35 TD passes and a 105.0 passer rating, the 2nd-most TD passes in a season by a Vikings QB and the 1st time in team history a QB had consecutive seasons with a 100+ passer rating.
• Set then-career-high for starts with 4 at LG, RG and C.
• Helped Dalvin Cook break the 1,000-yard mark for the 1st time in his career and earn Pro Bowl berth.
• Made his Vikings debut vs. Atlanta (9/8), appearing as an extra tackle and on special teams.
• Made the 1st start of his Vikings career at Green Bay (9/15), filling in at LG for an injured Pat Elflein.
• Started his 3rd game of the season vs. Philadelphia (10/13), filling in for an injured Josh Kline at RG.
• Started at RG in place of Kline in the 27-23 Vikings win vs. Denver (11/17) as team came back from 20-0 deficit in 2nd half.
• Played extensively at C vs. Chicago (12/29).
• Made his NFL postseason debut in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20) and in Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20), playing on special teams.
• Appeared in the last 6 games of the season, with 2 starts.
• Saw action at FB throughout the last 5 games of the season.
• Made his 1st start of the season at Tennessee (12/2), filling in at LG for an injured James Carpenter.
• Started as an extra offensive lineman vs. Green Bay (12/23).
• Played in 14 games and made 3 starts.
• Saw extended playing time vs. Oakland (9/17), filling in for an injured Brian Winters.
• In his 1st start of the season vs. Miami (9/24), he was a part of the offensive line that helped block for Josh McCown as he completed 18 of 23 passes for 249 yards and a TD.
• Offense had 354 passing yards vs. New England (10/15).
• At home vs. Buffalo (11/2), saw snaps on an offensive line that blocked for a run game that gathered 194 yards.
• Started at RG vs. LA Chargers (12/24); team rushed for 197 yards and 1 TD on 30 carries (6.6 average).
• Appeared in 13 games on the season, starting the final 2.
• Made his 1st career start at New England (12/24) in place of injured RG Brian Winters.
• Appeared in his first 5 NFL games, mostly on special teams.
• Saw his 1st offensive time vs. Cleveland (9/13) subbing in for injured C Nick Mangold in the 3rd quarter.
• Spent the entire season on the Jets active roster but was inactive for 15 of 16 games.
• Recognized by the team's equipment staff and past winners with the club's Bill Hampton Award, given to the rookie who most conducts himself as a professional in the locker room.
• Appeared in 45 games with 44 career starts at Furman, making 43 starts at LT and 1 start at LG during his 4-year career.
• Started in all 14 games and served as co-captain of Furman's 2013 Southern Conference championship team.
• Played both OL/DL at Brookland-Cayce HS in South Carolina.
• Earned all-region, all-area and all-state honors.
