Guilford College

Career

• leaves the program as the fifth-best tackler in school history (274)
• ranked 25th among active players in NCAA Division III with an average of 8.84 stops per game
• Guilford's second defender named to three First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) teams and fifth Quaker overall so honored

2016

• collected First Team All-ODAC honors for the third consecutive year
• recorded a team-high 89 tackles, fifth-best in the conference
• his team-best 8.9 stops per game also stood fifth in the ODAC
• made a career-best 10 tackles for loss, which ranked 10^th league-wide
• his two forced fumbles were third in the league
• team captain
• one of his best performances came against ODAC-rival Washington and Lee University, when he recorded 14 tackles, forced two fumbles and recovered one
• also tallied 14 stops against Bridgewater College
• recorded double-digit tackles in two additional contests

2015

• received Guilford's Outstanding Junior Award
• started all 10 games
• collected his second straight First Team All-ODAC honor
• tallied a team-high 84 tackles, which ranked fifth in the ODAC 
• his club-best 8.4 tackles per game was also fifth in the league
• made 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• registered a career-high 15 stops against Shenandoah
• made double-digit tackles against Catholic (10) and Hampden-Sydney College (11)
  

2014

• started all 10 games at a linebacker 
• earned First Team All-ODAC and Third Team D3football.com All-South Region recognition  
• gained a starting linebacker’s role in the preseason and made 102 stops, the ODAC’s second-best total 
• his 10.2 tackles per game average was 50^th nationally and his 6.3 solo stops per contest ranked 38^th 
• had 8.5 tackles for loss, including a team-high 4.5 sacks
• registered a career-high 14 tackles four times in a five-game stretch, including the Randolph-Macon College victory in which he made 12 solo stops

2013

• appeared in one game

Personal

• named to Guilford's Fall 2014 Student-Athlete Honor Roll
• lettered three seasons at North Davidson High School for coach Mark Holcomb
• earned All-Central Piedmont Conference (CPC) and All-Davidson County honors
• North Davidson won the 2012 CPC championship and placed second in the state 4A Western Regional playoffs
• led the state with four fumble recoveries for touchdowns
• topped the Knights with 121 tackles
• was an A/B Honor Roll student
• president of North Davidson's Brutal Black Spirit Club
• son of Wade Hoots