Bio

Prior To FSU: Transfer from NCAA Division I Austin Peay University ... 2015: Ranked eighth on the team with 39 total tackles ... Played in 11 games ... Had 14 solo hits ... Added 8.5 tackles for loss and two sacks ... Also tallied a pass breakup .. 2014: Imposing force in the middle of the defensive line, recorded 27 tackles (4.5 for loss) as a freshman… had four tackles (one for loss) in first collegiate outing at Memphis… recorded first career sack and added four tackles at Eastern Illinois… had four stops and shared a sack against Murray State.

High School: Credited with 66 tackles as senior, including 14 sacks, for Flint Southwestern Academy… also forced two fumbles and recovering another… voted Detroit Free Press All-State as well as all-city by The Flint Journal… selected All-Saginaw Valley.

Personal: Physics major… son of Zepora Richardson and Darryl Matiére… born April 24...pronounced “mah-tee-aa bay”