Personal
- Parents are Cory and Mandy
- Has six siblings
- Served mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Santiago, Chile
Before BYU
- Prepped at Sugar-Salem High School
- Helped win two state championships in football
- Two-time first-team all-state and all-conference selection at defensive tackle
- Led Idaho in tackles for loss, total tackles and sacks
- Also competed in track and field, basketball and ballroom