Honors:
2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team
2024 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2023 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2022 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2025 Season: One of four defensive players to start every game of the season and one of four selected team captains for the year…finished fourth on the team with 51 tackles (1.0 for loss)…had a season-high seven tackles at Minnesota (Sept. 6)…made at least two tackles in every game, extending his streak of games played with at least two stops to 17 in a row, and his streak of game with at least one tackle to 20 consecutive…had five or more tackles in a game five times, three of them coming during SLC action.
2024 Season: Ranked fifth on the team in tackles (52) despite playing just eight games ... set a career high with 13 tackles in the season finale at Houston Christian on Nov. 23 ... returned from an ankle injury that cost him the month of October with a then-career-high 10 tackles at Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 9 ... delivered a career-high eight tackles and his first career sack against Weber State on Sept. 21 ... had five tackles (one for loss) and a quarterback hurry against Prairie View A&M on Sept. 7 ... notched a then-career-high six tackles (one for loss) in his first career start at Tulsa on Aug. 29.
2023 Season: Appeared in all six games on special teams ... collected his first career tackle in a Sept. 9 loss at Louisiana Tech.
2022 Season: Did not see game action ... redshirted.
High School: Established St. Paul’s career record for tackles ... notched 139 tackles (14 for loss), 10 sacks, six hurries and three fumble recoveries as a senior ... added three touchdowns as a running back ... earned first-team all-district, all-parish and all-state honors as a linebacker ... named St. Tammany Defensive Player of the Year and was named All-Elite LB by the Clarion Herald ... earned Defensive MVP honors in the North Shore All-Star Game, collecting an interception in the game ... Academic All-State selection owns a 3.9 grade point average.
Personal: Born Aug. 23, 2003 ... son of MaryBeth and Ken Sears, a former Demon football player ... younger brother of former Demon quarterback Kenny Sears ... majoring in sport and recreation management and has a 3.5 GPA ... wants to coach college football ... life’s ambition is to win.
