2023: Team captain … played in every game ... SEC academic honor roll and AD Honor Roll

2022: Veteran tight end … 32-yard reception at Ole Miss was a career long ... SEC academic honor roll

2021: Reserve tight end … also active on special teams … saw first action of season against Akron … 4 catches gained 19 yards at Arkansas … 2 receptions vs. Ole Miss … 15-yard reception at Texas A&M … 4-yard TD catch against Mississippi State … game captain (Georgia State, South Carolina) ... SEC academic honor roll

2020: Redshirt freshman tight end … first career start came against Arkansas … 4-yard catch at South Carolina was first career reception … 7-yard reception at Mississippi State … SEC academic honor roll

2019: True freshman tight end … saw first action against Mississippi State … played in three games ... AD Honor Roll and SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School: Versatile athletic tight end prospect who enrolled at Auburn in January … passed for 742 yards and eight TD as a senior, while adding 332 rushing yards and seven scores and nine receptions and one receiving TD for Coach Tim McMahon at Emerald High … all-Lakelands team … Shrine Bowl … USA Today all-USA South Carolina first team … ESPN ranks him as a four-star recruit and the No. 10 tight end nationally … ranked among top seven prospects in South Carolina by ESPN, 24/7, Rivals … also a basketball letterman … National Honor Society and Beta Club member

Personal: Birthday is February 14 … son of Chris and Leah Deal … father played college football at Lenoir-Rhyne … has a sister, Hannah, and a brother, John … wife's name is Ansley ... received his bachelor's degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts in May, 2022 ... earned a master's degree from the College of Education in December, 2023