2023: Transfer outside linebacker from Appalachian State … second on team with 50 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks for season … did not dress vs. UMass … 3 tackles at Cal … 2 tackles vs. Samford … 3 tackles at Texas A&M … 5 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Georgia … 4 tackles, sack assist at LSU … sack, 4 tackles vs. Ole Miss … 4 solo tackles, 2 TFL against Mississippi State … 9-yard sack, 3 tackles at Vanderbilt … team-best 9 tackles at Arkansas included 3 sacks, 4 TFL and a forced fumble … team-best 8 tackles vs. Alabama … 4 tackles, TFL in Music City Bowl … SEC defensive player of week (Arkansas) … Bednarik Award player of week (Arkansas) … PFF national team of week (Arkansas) … Lindy’s national player of week (Arkansas) … all-SEC (CFN hm)

Before Auburn: Transfer defender from Appalachian State … career totals of 76 tackles, 12.5 TFL, 9 sacks in 30 games played with three starts … 2022 third team all-Sun Belt; two forced fumbles and two sacks at Texas A&M … appeared in 14 games as a sophomore, recording 26 tackles … two TFL and a sack in key drive in win over Marshall … played in five games as a true freshman in 2020, with nine tackles
 
High School: Standout defender for a Friendship Collegiate Academy team that went 10-3 and repeated as the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association state 2-A champion in 2019 … had 60 tackles, 10 sacks, five forced fumbles, four interceptions and 15 QB hurries as a senior for Coach Mike Hunter ... as a junior, helped lead the Knights to a DCSAA championship with a 13-0 record … honorable mention Washington Post all-metro
 
Personal: Birthday is June 5 … son of Marlea Tolson and Aubrey McLeod … studying in the College of Liberal Arts