2023
Played in all 13 games and drew one start … broke the program’s single-season record with 10 quarterback hurries … posted 40 total tackles, 23 solo stops, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and a forced fumble … tallied a season-high six tackles with 1.5 TFLs against Army … matched that with six stops, including two behind the line, one sack and a forced fumble in the 49-34 win at Temple … registered five tackles including 1.5 TFLs in the 37-29 toad triumph over North Texas … had a sack and a PBU in the 20-13 home win against Texas State … logged four stops with one TFL and a half-sack in back-to-back victories over UAB and Florida Atlantic … had three tackles with a half-TFL in the 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl, the program’s first-ever bowl win.
2022
Appeared in all 14 contests … registered 25 total tackles, 11 solo stops, two tackles for loss, one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry … also recovered an onside kick versus No. 20 Texas … posted a season-high seven tackles in the 41-38 overtime win at Army … made three stops in the 45-30 road triumph over Middle Tennessee … had a pair of tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage, in the 30-10 victory at FIU … recorded two tackles with one TFL versus No. 23 Troy in the Cure Bowl … tallied two stops and a PBU in the 34-31 comeback win over UTEP.
2021
Played in four games and used his redshirt season … recorded two tackles and a pass breakup … made one stop and broke up a pass in the 54-0 shutout of Lamar … had a tackle in the 45-0 blanking of Rice … also saw action in wins over Middle Tennessee and Southern Miss.
Prior to UTSA
Transfer from Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York, where the Mustangs did not have a 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … starred as a freshman in 2019 at Dodge City (Kan.} Community College … registered 20 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss …posted three stops behind the line of scrimmage against both Iowa Western and Coffeyville and a pair of tackles for loss versus Ellsworth … 3-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals, as well as the third-best edge defender and No. 19 overall JUCO prospect by 247Sports … first-team all-state selection, all-region pick and unanimous all-conference honoree as a senior at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia, after leading the state in sacks … recorded 48 tackles, including 16 tackles for loss and 14 sacks, in 2018 … also was a three-year letterman and all-district performer for the basketball team, averaging 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists per game as a senior after posting seven points and seven boards per contest as a junior.
Personal
Born June 29, 2000 … son of Akeshis Tugwell and Frederick Hazel … has one sister, Shanelle Gould … earned his bachelor’s degree in 2024.