2019: Appeared in 12 games… Named 1st team All-MEAC… Totaled 45 tackles… team high and third in the MEAC with 15.5 tackles for loss… 4.5 sacks… team high two blocked kicks and tied a team high with one safety… Best game(s): Four tackles, including a season high 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one safety vs. Lincoln (Sep. 14)… Four tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks vs. Howard (Sep. 21)… Season high six tackles, including one tackle for loss at North Carolina A&T (Sep. 26)… Five tackles, including two tackles for loss and one sack at Morgan State (Oct. 12)… Tied season high with six tackles, and two tackles for loss at NC Central (Oct. 26).
2017 (Savannah State): All-MEAC Third Team selection (DL) … recorded with 35 tackles, including 16 solo stops, as a junior in 2017 … also credited with nine tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks, three forced fumbled and one quarterback hurry … competed in 10 games.
2016 (Savannah State): Competed in nine games … recorded 18 unassisted tackles and assisted on eight others … also credited with three tackles-for-loss and one sack.
2015 (Savannah State): Saw action in eight games as a true freshman for the Tigers … credited with five solo tackles, including one backfield stop, and two assists.
High School: Two-sport standout (football, wrestling) at Montgomery Co. HS … four- time all-region football and two-time state wrestling championship runner-up during his scholastic career … four-year academic Honor Roll student.
Personal: Son of Trina Burns and Gary Carswell … has one brother and three sisters …. born 7/15/17 … enrolled in DSU Sports Management master’s program … earned bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Savannah State.
