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• Appeared in 56 straight career games, including 34 starts
• NFL Combine Participant
• NFF Hampshire Honor Society 
• Finished with 100 career tackles, including 10.5 sacks, 16.5 tackles for loss and had a pass breakup, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal

2024 (Sr.)

• Started all 13 games on the defensive line
• All-Big 12 Conference Honorable-Mention (Coaches)
• Saw action on 707 plays, including 603
• Registered 23 tackles, including 3.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss and a pass breakup for the season
• Finished with five tackles and a tackle for loss in the Frisco Bowl against Memphis
• Recorded his first career pass breakup at Texas Tech
• WVU Defensive Champion: UCF
• Registered a sack for the second straight game, finishing with three tackles against Baylor
• Posted three tackles and a sack at Cincinnati
• WVU Juice Award: Arizona
• Added one solo tackle at Arizona
• Finished with four stops and an assisted tackle for loss against KSU
• Assisted on a sack against Iowa State
• WVU Blue Collar Award: Oklahoma State 
• Assisted four tackles and a tackle for loss against Kansas
• Tallied one solo stop at Pitt
• Posted two solo tackles, including a sack against UAlbany
• 2024 Iron Mountaineer Award winner

2023 (Jr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• All-Big 12 Honorable-Mention (Coaches)
• Started all 13 games on the defensive line
• Saw action on 487 defensive snaps, including a season-high 56 against Texas Tech
• Finished with 27 tackles, including 15 solo stops, one sack, five tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and one blocked field goal
• Added two solo tackles at Baylor
• Finished with two solo stops, including a tackle for loss against Cincinnati
• Recorded four tackles at Oklahoma, including his first sack of the season
• Assisted on tackles at UCF and against BYU
• Finished with two tackles for loss at Houston
• Blocked TCU’s game-tying field goal attempt in the fourth quarter; finished with two assisted tackles and a quarterback hurry
• Posted four tackles and a quarterback hurry against Texas Tech
• Added a pair of solo stops in the Pitt game
• Led the team with four tackles and added a tackle for loss against Duquesne
• Recorded three solo tackles in the season opener at Penn State

2022 (So.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• Played in 12 games and started eight
• Finished with at least 1.5 tackles for loss in four games in 2022
• Totaled three stops at Oklahoma State
• Made five tackles against Kansas State
• Posted a career-best two sacks as part of a three-tackle day against Oklahoma
• Finished with four stops, including 1.5 tackles for loss against TCU
• Career night vs. Baylor featured six tackles, including a sack,1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Posted four tackles at Texas
• Assisted on a pair of tackles at Virginia Tech
• Earned his first career start against Towson; posted one assisted stop in the game
• Tallied a pair of tackles for loss against Kansas as part of a four-tackle day
• Finished with two stops, including the first sack of his career, at Pitt

2021 (Fr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• Saw action in all 13 games
• Used on 275 snaps, including 212 on defense
• Season-high 25 defensive snaps at TCU
• Finished with 16 tackles, including assisting on a tackle for loss, a quarterback hurry and a fumble recovery
• Registered two tackles against LIU, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor and Minnesota
• Assisted on a tackle for loss at Maryland and had a fumble recovery against LIU

2020 (COVID)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Rookie Team
• Added depth on the defensive line, used primarily on special teams
• Saw action in the final five games of the season with season-high six plays at Texas
• WVU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (K-State)

High School

• Played defensive end for coach Freddy Simon at Bluefield High
• Captained the Class AA All-State First-Team Defense in 2019
• Led the Beavers to a 12-2 record and the 2019 Class AA state championship game
• Team captain
• Registered 102 tackles, including eight sacks, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery
• As a junior, named to the Class AA All-State First Team, as well as the All-USA West Virginia Second Team
• Helped Bluefield to a 12-2 record and Class AA state runner-up
• Finished with 144 tackles and seven sacks
• Part of Bluefield’s undefeated, state championship team as a sophomore in 2017
• Also played basketball
• Three-star prospect by rivals, ESPN and 247Sports
• Rivals ranked him as the No. 1 prospect in West Virginia and No. 24 defensive end nationally
• ESPN listed him as the No. 1 prospect in the state
• Ranked as the No. 2 overall prospect and No. 28 defensive end in the county by 247Sports
• Also offered by Baylor, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, NC State, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Virginia Tech

Personal

• Son of David Leggett and Torie Martin
• One of seven children (2 brothers, 4 sisters)
• Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sport management in December 2023
• Currently pursuing his master’s degree in business administration
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll