Charleston Southern University Athletics

2020-21

• 2020 HERO Sports FCS Preseason All-American Third Team selection
• 2020 College Football America Yearbook’s FCS Preseason Starting Lineup
• 2020 Phil Steele Preseason Big South First Team All-Conference selection
• 2020 Big South Preseason First Team All-Conference selection
• 2021 HERO Sports Top Returning Big South Defensive Lineman
• 2021 Big South Postseason First Team All-Conference selection
• 31st in FCS and third in the Big South with 1.4 tackles for loss per game
• Finished the 2021 spring season with 22 total tackles (10 solo, 12 assisted)
• Added a team-high 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks
• Posted one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry
• Recorded 12 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss against Kennesaw State
• Three tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and a quarterback hurry against Monmouth
• Three tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, and one pass breakup against Robert Morris
• Four tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss against Gardner-Webb

2019

• First Team All-Big South selection on the defensive line
• HERO Sports Sophomore First Team All-American on the defensive line
• Big South sack leader with 10.0 on the season
• Seventh in the Big South with 12.0 tackles for loss
• 11th in FCS in sacks per game (0.83)
• 87th in FCS in tackles for loss per game (1.0)
• Posted 27 tackles (17 solo, 10 assisted)
• Added two quarterback hurries
• Two tackles, two tackles for loss, and a sack against North Carolina A&T
• Three tackles, three tackles for loss and three sacks against Monmouth
• Three tackles, three tackles for loss, and three sacks against Hampton
• Two tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks against Presbyterian
• Six tackles, two tackles for loss, and one sack against Campbell

2018

• Lined up in all 11 games playing primarily at defensive tackle for the Bucs
• Recorded 19 total tackles (10 solo, nine assisted) in 2018
• Finished the season with 5.0 tackles for loss and a sack
• Finished second on the team with three quarterback hurries
• Made three tackles in his collegiate debut at Florida
• Posted one tackle and a tackle for loss against Virginia Lynchburg
• Career-high six tackles with two tackles for loss at Monmouth
• Two tackles, one sack, and two tackles for loss against Gardner-Webb

High School:

• Twice earned all-conference and all-area honors
• Also competed in basketball and track and field
• Played under coach Michael Twichell at West Craven High School

Personal:

• Son of Charndra Coward