Colorado: Spent the 2011 season as a redshirt and didn't play in 2012.
High school: As a senior, he was ranked the No. 13 outside linebacker in the state of Texas by ESPN (he was the No. 21 from the state by Scout.com). He was the District 27-3A Defensive Most Valuable Player and was named first-team all-San Antonio Area. He earned mention on the Texas Sports Writers Association preseason first-team all-state team and was part of the Texas Super 50 team. He was named to the all-District 27-3A first-team as a junior when he garnered second-team All-Area honors. He was invited to the Under Armour All-America High School game but declined to concentrate on basketball. In his career, he recorded over 300 tackles, with 23 quarterback sacks, 21 passes broken up and made 14 interceptions. As a senior, he totaled 164 tackles (12.6 per game), including 51 behind the line of scrimmage for losses with 16 sacks. He also had eight pass break-ups, six fumble recoveries, five forced fumbles, four interceptions and one safety on defense and caught nine passes for 120 yards on offense. His junior year, he had 110 tackles (74 solo) with 41 for losses including six sacks. He forced 14 fumbles as a free safety and had 13 pass break-ups and six interceptions. On offense, he caught five passes for 113 yards and three touchdowns and also had a 2-point conversion. His sophomore season he had 59 tackles (39 solo) with four interceptions and two sacks. Under legendary high school coach Sonny Detmer, Somerset compiled a 23-11 record his final three years, 10-3 as a senior, 6-4 as a junior and 7-4 as a sophomore, improving upon a 2-8 record his freshman season before Detmer's arrival as coach. His senior season, Somerset won the District 27-3A championship, the bi-district championship and the area championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. He also lettered in baseball, basketball and track. He earned all-district honors on the hardwood and was the most valuable player as a sophomore and junior on the track team, competing in sprints, jumps and relays. His time of 10.47 seconds in the 100-meters was at one time the fastest in the state his senior year. He was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that set a school record where he ran a 49-second split.
Personal: Born 03 June 1992. His hobbies include fishing and hunting. His mother, Lark, played basketball at Baylor and Texas State and an older sister, Kasey, is a junior guard on the basketball team at St. Edwards University (Austin, Texas). An uncle, Jim Bob Taylor, was one of Sonny Detmer's first quarterback prospects and went on to play at Georgia Tech and then for the Baltimore Colts, and an aunt, Marsha Smith, played basketball at SMU. 2011 graduate of Somerset High School.
