2022: Played in 12 games for the Bobcats… Made 51 tackles (32 solo, 19 assists) with one interception and five pass deflections… Had a season-high eight tackles against Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)… Named Academic All-MAC.
2021: Played in all 12 games for the Bobcats… Made 48 tackles including 23 solo tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss… Recorded three interceptions including two against Central Michigan (Oct. 9) with 23 return yards… Named All-MAC Third Team.
2020: Played in all three games for the Bobcats… Recorded five total tackles (four solo, one assist)… Recorded three tackles and an interception with 52 return yards.
2019: Played in 11 games ... Finished with six total tackles to match his career-high, including a career-high five solo stops and a sack.
2018: Played in all 13 games ... Earned Academic All-MAC recognition for his efforts in the classroom ... Earned MAC Honor Roll status ... Finished with six total tackles, recording three solo stops and three assisted tackles ... Recovered one fumble ... Recorded two passes defensed ... Totaled one pass breakup and one interception ... Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening 38-32 win over Howard (Sept. 1), tallying one solo stop ... Registered a solo tackle and recorded his first career pass breakup in a 52-14 win over Ball State (Oct. 25) ... Compiled a season-high two total tackles (two assisted) and came up with his first career fumble recovery in a 59-14 victory at Western Michigan (Nov. 1) ... Came up with his first career interception in a 52-17 win over Buffalo (Nov. 14).
2017: Redshirted.
Prior to Ohio: Four-year letterwinner at LaBrae high school where he led his team to back-to-back state playoff appearances for the first time in school history … Was named All-Country, First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Neo Inland District as a junior and senior while being named second-team All-State and WKBN Big 22 award winner as a senior … Was a Trumbull County Player of the Year Nominee as a senior … Racked up the second most receiving yards in a single-season at LaBrae with 747 his senior year … Also scored 11 touchdowns and rushed for 418 yards … Finished his career with the second most career receiving yards (1,586) and second most receptions (105) while also ranking third in most receptions in a season (46) … Also logged 69 tackles, six tackles for loss, one forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, seven pass breakups and four interceptions one of which he returned for a touchdown as a senior … Was also a four-year letterwinner in basketball, two-year letterwinner in track and one-year in baseball.
Personal: Born March 12, 1999 ... Son of Charmaine and Chris Drake ... Majoring in communication studies.
Career Highs
Total Tackles: 3 (twice, last: Bowling Green; Nov. 28, 2020)
Solo Tackles: 3 (at Ball State; Oct. 26, 2019)
Assisted Tackles: 2 (at Western Michigan; Nov. 1, 2018)
Tackles For Loss: 1 (at Ball State; Oct. 26, 2019)
Sacks: 1 (at Ball State; Oct. 26, 2019)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 (at Western Michigan; Nov. 1, 2018)
Passes Defensed: 1 (twice, last: Buffalo; Nov. 14, 2018)
Interceptions: 1 (twice, last: Bowling Green; Nov. 28, 2020)
Pass Breakups: 1 (twice, last: at Central Michigan; Nov .4, 2020)
