Personal
- Parents are Paul and Janet
- Married to wife Kara
- Has three brothers and sisters
- Older brother Chris played for BYU
- Served in the Texas San Antonio Spanish-speaking Mission
- Eagle Scout
- Majoring in construction management
Before BYU
- A Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News First-Team All-State selection
- Earned Deseret News First-Team All-Region honors
- Daily Herald Elite 11 selection
- Played tight end, defensive line and quarterback in high school
- Had 10.5 sacks and 73 tackles playing defensive end as a senior
- Caught 30 passes for 350 yards and four touchdowns as a tight end his senior year
- Seven-time academic all-region honoree
- A heavyweight wrestler
- Placed sixth in the 4A state tournament as a junior
- Ran track as a freshman, sophomore and junior competing in the javelin, discus and 400 meters
- Originally committed to Utah
- Recruited by Utah, Colorado, Utah State and Southern Utah