Guilford College

Career

• contributed to 19 contests during his four years
• made 31 career stops, with two sacks and six tackles for loss
• also recorded one fumble recovery with a 39-yard return

2016

• appeared in each of the Quakers’ 10 contests
• recorded 21 tackles, including 1.5 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss
• a captain of the Guilford defense
• helped the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s (ODAC) second-leading defensive unit allow only 335.8 yards per contest
• best performance came in Guilford’s final contest, where he tallied a career-high eight tackles against ODAC-rival Emory & Henry
• also recorded a half-sack and three tackles for loss, also a single-game high

2015

• missed the season due to injury

2014

• played in nine games a defensive lineman
• totaled 10 tackles (4 solo), including an assisted tackle for loss
• a top performance was against crosstown-rival Greensboro, when he assisted on three tackles, had a sack and a 39-yard fumble recovery

2013

• named Guilford's Scout Team Player of the Year
• served as a game captain

Personal

• named to National Football Foundation's 2016-17 Hampshire Honor Society
• named a Guilford Multicultural Leadership Scholar in 2016
• received Guilford's Iron Quaker Award
• part of the football team council
• awarded academic honors for excellence in Community & Justice Studies
• participated in a panel discussion at Guilford's 2016 Undergraduate Symposium titled, "Restoring Unity to Help Eliminate Racism"
• named a Guilford College Principled Problem Solving Scholar (2015-16)
• works as a peer educator at Guilford
• two-time Academic All-ODAC honoree
• four-time dean's list student
• six-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
• lettered two times for coach Chris Metzger at Pinecrest H.S.
• earned First Team All-Southeastern Conference recognition
• won the Patriots’ Offensive MVP award
• served as team captain
• earned three letters with the wrestling team and two with the track and field squad
• son of David Mello and Ann Marie Mello-Morris