2022: Returning starter at MLB … Butkus Award semifinalist … voted team captain for the second consecutive season (only 4th Auburn player so honored) … 256 career tackles … 4 stops against Mercer … 7 tackles against San Jose’ State … 6 tackles, forced fumble against Penn State … team-best 8 tackles vs. Missouri … 8 stops vs. LSU … team-high 8 tackles at Georgia … career-best 16 tackles at Ole Miss … 7 tackles, TFL, sack vs. Arkansas … 6 tackles at Mississippi State … led squad with 6 tackles, 2 TFL, sack, PBU against Texas A&M … 5 stops vs. Western Kentucky … interception and 10 tackles at Alabama … team linebacker of the year ... Phil Steele 3rd team all-SEC ... NFL Combine invitation
2021: Returning starter at linebacker … 163 career tackles … voted team captain … 4 tackles, TFL, QB hurry against Akron … 6 stops, TFL against Alabama State … did not play against Georgia State, LSU, Georgia, Arkansas … returned to action vs. Ole Miss with 5 tackles, TFL … 3 tackles at Texas A&M … missed the Mississippi State, South Carolina, Alabama and Houston games ... Preseason: All-SEC 1st team (Lindy’s), 3rd (SEC coaches, Athlon, Phil Steele, SEC media)
2020: Returning starter at linebacker who recorded 93 tackles for the season … 142 career tackles … then-career-best 8 tackles, sack, fumble recovery against Kentucky … 5 tackles at Georgia … 10 tackles, sack vs. Arkansas … interception, 10 tackles, PBU at South Carolina … team-best 14 tackles at Ole Miss … 6 tackles, TFL, PBU against LSU … team-high 12 tackles against Tennessee … 6 tackles, QB hurry vs. Texas A&M … 9 tackles, 2 TFL, sack at Mississippi State … sack, 11 tackles in Citrus Bowl ... Preseason: 2nd team all-SEC (Pick Six); 4th team (Athlon, Phil Steele)
2019: True freshman who has started every game at linebacker … FWAA midseason freshman All-America … 49 tackles for season, sixth on squad … five tackles in his first career start vs. Oregon … 2 stops, 2 QB hurries at Texas A&M … forced a Mississippi State fumble along with 2 solo tackles … 5 tackles at Florida … sack, 3 tackles at Arkansas … sack, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles at LSU … 5 tackles, PBU, QB hurry vs. Ole Miss … team-best 4 tackles vs. Samford … 5 tackles in Iron Bowl … 7 tackles in Outback Bowl vs. Minnesota … Preseason: FWAA Freshman All-America watch list
High School: Nation’s top-rated outside linebacker prospect … enrolled at Auburn in January … recorded 121 tackles, 14 TFL as a senior for Coach Christian Hunnicutt at Grayson High … Under Armour All-America Game … AJC Super 11 … Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six … Class 7A all-state first team … USA Today all-USA Georgia defensive player of year … MaxPreps All-America … rated as a five-star linebacker prospect by 24/7, PrepStar and ESPN
Personal: Birthday is September 29 … son of Rhoda and Lorenzo Pappoe … has three siblings: Orrin, Lauren and Gifty … December, 2022, graduate of the College of Education