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Butler County CC (2024-26): Lettered for two seasons at Butler County Community College ... Earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a sophomore in 2025 and helped lead the Bears to a 2024 KJCCC Conference title ... Over his two seasons at Butler, he played in 11 games and recorded 12 total tackles, 2.5 sacks, and 2.5 tackles for a loss ... Averaged 1.1 tackles per game ... In 2025, played in seven games and recorded eight tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for a loss ... Had a season-high three tackles against Ellsworth (9/15) and opened the season with two tackles, a sack and a tackle for a loss at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (8/30) ... Tallied four tackles, one sack and one tackle for a loss in four games in 2024.

West Georgia (2023-24): Began his collegiate career at the University of West Georgia ... Redshirted as a freshman in 2023.

Evans HS: Lettered in two sports at Evans High School ... Graduated in 2023 ... Played football at Evans for Coach Barrett Davis ... In his high school career, he recorded 113 career tackles, 20 tackles for a loss and seven sacks ... Earned First-Team All-Region as a senior ... Also earned Second-Team All-Region honors on the offensive line as a junior ... Received the school's Defensive Lineman Award ... Participated in the Georgia/South Carolina All-Star Game ... Helped the Knights to a Region title in 2021 ... Also lettered in basketball ... In the classroom, carried a 3.1 GPA.

Personal: Born November 1 ... Son of Devone and Dawn Bland ... Has two siblings, Khristian (18) and Jaiden (14) ... Health Science major ... His cousin, Brandon Thermilus, plays running back at the University of Buffalo ... Likes to make money, collect shoes and play football.