2016: Team captain…named First Team All-MAC…top returning defensive player…was second on the team with 110 tackles including 67 solo stops…had 13.5 tackles for 64 yards lost and four sacks for 41 yards lost…had five pass breakups and four quarterback hurries…had three forced fumbles…named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week following the Tennessee and Central Michigan games.
2015: Saw action in 11 games for the Bobcats, starting all 11…three-time MAC East Defensive Player of the Week…led the team with 69 tackles, 45 solo and 24 assisted…tallied four sacks for a total loss of 30 yards…intercepted four passes and returned two for touchdowns…eight total passes defensed and two forced fumbles…had eleven solo tackles and a sack at Idaho (Sep. 3)…Intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown against Miami (Oct. 10)…Had 11 tackles, four solo and seven assisted, and an interception return for a touchdown in the Raycom Media Camelia Bowl (Dec. 19).
2014: Two-time MAC East Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 8 and 22)... Earned CFPA National Defensive Performer of the Week and the National Linebacker of the Week (Sept. 22)... Named Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 23)... Started in all 12 games for the Bobcats... Led the team with 89 total tackles on the season, and 60 solo stops... Compiled 8.5 tackles for 35 yards lost... Recorded five sacks on the season for 30 yards... Totaled three interceptions against Idaho (Sept. 20) for 77 yards... Had 12 solo stops against Northern Illinois (Nov. 18)... Finished the season with three quarterback hurries and pass breakups.
2013: Redshirted.
Prior to Ohio: Finished his high school career with 509 tackles, 20 sacks, 12 forced fumbles and nine interceptions... Earned First Team All-Ohio in both his junior and senior seasons... Three-time All-Northwest Ohio honoree... Named Defensive Player of the Year in Northwest Ohio following his senior year... Three-time Western Buckeye League (WBL) recipient... Named the WBL Defensive Back of the Year after his senior year... Four-year letterwinner... Posted a combined record of 33-15 during his time on the varsity football team... Helped his squad to the state playoffs in each of his final three years in high school... Guided his team to a 10-4 record and a trip to the Ohio State Semifinals during his junior year... Also competed on the varsity Track and Wrestling.
Personal: Born Aug. 17, 1994... Son of Kenneth and Marisha Poling... Served as his class Vice President... Intends on majoring in Pre-Exercise Physiology.
