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As a Junior (2024)
• Team Captain
• CSC Academic All-District
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 11 games played
• Recorded 1.5 sacks with four total tackles in Birmingham Bowl win over Georgia Tech
• Led the defense with a career-high-tying 13 tackles against Tennessee
• Recovered the second fumble of his career, first of the season, versus South Carolina
• Made a team-high-tying seven tackles in the Dores’ win at Auburn
• Posted two solo, seven total tackles in win over Alabama
• Made 11 tackles, five solo, at Missouri
• Recorded first career start in win over Virginia Tech, leading the team with 10 total tackles
• Preseason All-SEC (Athlon; third team)
• Preseason All-SEC (Phil Steele; fourth team)
As a Sophomore (2023)
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Led the team with 74 total tackles in 11 games during the 2023 season
• Made eight tackles at Tennessee, leading team
• Led the team in tackles for the third consecutive week with a game-high seven tackles at South Carolina
• Made a team-high and career-best 12 tackles versus Auburn
• Named to the Pro Football Focus Defensive Team of the Week after his performance at Ole Miss
• Tallied his first career sack, forced fumble and interception and made a team-high nine total tackles at Ole Miss
• Recorded a team-best seven total tackles, credited with a stop for loss for the second consecutive week and blocked a punt on special teams in win over Alabama A&M
• Recorded a career-high eight total tackles (four solo) in win over Hawai’i
As a Freshman (2022)
• Named to SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 12 games, making five tackles
• Saw action predominately on special teams while playing 20 snaps at linebacker
• Played a total of 195 snaps on special teams as a member of all return and coverage units
• Returned a pair of kickoffs
The Patterson File
• Played for coach Ingle Martin at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville
• Three-star prospect, ranked by ESPN as the No. 12 inside linebacker in the country
• Has played in four consecutive state championship games
• Helped CPA to an 11-3 record during senior season, leading the team with 127 total tackles and finishing second on the team with 12.0 tackles for loss
• Led CPA with 72 tackles as a junior, helping team to an 11-1 record and Division II, Class-AA Tennessee state title
• Leading tackler on the team as a sophomore, making 113 stops and 10.0 tackles for loss
• Named to The Tennessean’s Dandy Dozen as the No. 9 prospect in the Nashville area
• Also played baseball, where he helped CPA to the 2021 state championship with a .421 average and a school-record 12 home runs
• Rushed for more than 700 yards in both his junior and senior seasons
• Brother, Kane, played football at Clemson from 2019-21, before joining Vanderbilt in 2022
• Majoring in human and organizational development