Career Accolades

  • All-ACC Honorable Mention, Coaches (2025)
  • All-ACC First Team, PFF (2025)
  • NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2023)
  • First Team All-Ivy (2021, 2023)
  • Second Team All-Ivy (2022)
  • Associated Press Third Team All-America (2021)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2021)

As a Graduate Student (2025)

  • All-ACC Honorable Mention, Coaches
  • All-ACC First Team, PFF
  • Started all 12 games at defensive tackle for Stanford
  • Finished with 33 tackles, 5.5 tackles-for-loss, and tied for the team lead with six quarterback hits
  • Led the Cardinal in sacks with four, the only defensive tackle on the team with more than one sack
  • Began the season with a strip-sack fumble that was recovered in the end zone for a Stanford touchdown on the first defensive snap of the year at Hawai'i (Aug. 23)
    • Recorded two sacks in the game, his first multi-sack game as a member of the Cardinal
  • Added a sack and four tackles on the road against BYU (Sept. 6)
  • Recovered a fumble in Stanford's home opener against Boston College (Sept. 13)
  • Set a season-high in tackles with five and added a half sack against Pittsburgh (Nov. 1)
  • Had a half-sack in Stanford's win in the 128th Big Game (Nov. 22)

As a Graduate Student (2024)

  • Appeared in four games on the defensive line in his first season on The Farm
  • Recorded a pair of tackles and quarterback hurries
  • Recovered a fumble in his Cardinal debut against TCU (Aug. 30)
  • Posted his only two tackles of the season in his final game against No. 11 Notre Dame (Oct. 12)

Prior to Stanford

  • Two-time First Team All-Ivy (2021, 2023)
  • Second Team All-Ivy (2022)
  • Associated Press Third Team All-America (2021)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2021)
  • NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2023)
  • Spent five years and four seasons on the defensive line at Yale
  • Tied for second all-time at Yale in career sacks with 22.5
  • Compiled 111 total tackles, including 30.5 for loss, with one interception and one fumble recovery
  • Played final two high schools seasons at Frisco Reedy High School
  • Recorded 76 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, and 13 sacks over his last two years
  • Unanimous First Team All-Region
  • First Team All-State Academic
  • Powerlifting State Qualifier
  • Began high school career at East Coweta High School
  • First Team All-Region
  • All-State Academic Team

Personal 

  • Son of Sara Liz and Mike Patterson
  • Has three brothers: Graham, Cy, and Ben
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2025
Defensive Line
6-3 / 280 lbs