Career: Has played in 37 games ... Has compiled 40 career total tackles (17 solo, 23 assisted) with one career tackle for loss and half a sack ... Has recovered two career fumble.
Single-Game Bests
Total Tackles: 4 (twice, last: Howard; Sept. 1, 2018)
Solo Tackles: 2 (three times, last: at Cincinnati; Sept. 22, 2018)
Assisted Tackles: 4 (Toledo; Nov. 8, 2017)
Tackles For Loss: 0.5 (twice, last: Miami; Oct. 31, 2017)
Sacks: 0.5 (at Purdue; Sept. 8, 2017)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 (twice, last: vs. Virginia; Sept. 15, 2018)
2018: Played in all 13 games to match his career high set the previous year ... Earned Academic All-MAC recognition for his efforts in the classroom ... Earned MAC Honor Roll status ... Earned both Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll recognition ... Posted a career-high 19 total tackles, recording a career-high eight solo tackles and matching his career high with 11 assisted tackles ... Also recovered his second career fumble ... Matched his career high with four total tackles (one solo, three assisted) in the season-opening 38-32 win over Howard (Sept. 1) ... Recovered a fumble against Virginia (Sept. 15) ... Compiled three assisted tackles in the 27-0 victory over San Diego State (Dec. 19) in the 2018 DXL Frisco Bowl.
2017: Played in all 13 games ... Earned Academic All-MAC recognition ... Accumulated 17 total tackles, recording six solo stops, a career-high 11 assisted tackles, one tackle for loss and half a sack ... Finished with three total tackles (career-high two solo, one assisted) -- including half a sack for his first career tackle for loss -- at Purdue (Sept. 8) ... Notched two assisted tackles -- including half a tackle for loss -- in a 45-28 win over Miami (Oct. 31) ... Set a career high with four assisted tackles in a 38-10 victory over Toledo (Nov. 8) ... Tallied three total tackles (career-high tying two solo, one assisted) -- in the 41-6 triumph over UAB (Dec. 22) in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl.
2016: Played in 11 games ... Finished with four total tackles, recording three solo stops and an assisted tackle ... Also tallied one fumble recovery ... Made his collegiate debut in a 37-21 win over Gardner-Webb (Sept. 24), recording a solo stop ... Finished with a season-high two total tackles (one solo, one assisted) in a 14-10 victory at Kent State (Oct. 22) ... Recovered his first career fumble in a 31-26 victory at Toledo (Oct. 27)
Prior to Ohio: Logged 16 tackles for loss, six sacks, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries during his senior season at Loveland High School ... Finished his high school career with 210 tackles, 13 sacks, five fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles two interceptions and a touchdown ... Named Loveland Defensive Skill Player of the Year, First Team All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference, First Team All-City by the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association, Second Team Preseason All-State by JJ Huddle, Second Team All-District, Second Team All-Tri State, Ohio Division Two Football All-Star and Blue-Grey All-American ... Helped lead the Tigers to a 15-0 season and the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state title in 2015.
Personal: Born June 13, 1997 ... Son of Dave and Deb Popp ... Has two brothers, Brian and J.T. ... Older brother, Brian, played football at Pittsburgh ... His father, Dave, was drafted by the New York Giants in 1989 and his grandfather played football at Wisconsin ... Also has an uncle that played football at Vanderbilt ... Majoring in engineering technology & management.
