Campbell University

2019: Gathered 10 tackles on the season…Saw time in all 11 team games…Posted two tackles in four straight games in wins over Davidson, Mercer, Presbyterian and Hampton…Played in 41 career games, making 13 starts…Tallied 76 career tackles with 8.0 going for loss…Added 2.0 career sacks and three passes defended…
 
2018: Registered 23 total tackles with 10 solo stops…Collected 1.5 tackles for loss…Also broke up a pass…Played in all 11 games, making three starts at defensive end…Collected a tackle in each of the team’s first nine games of the season…Gathered a season-high four tackles at Kennesaw State…Made three stops in wins over Chowan, Georgetown, Shaw and Wagner, also assisting on a TFL at Georgetown…Collected two tackles, including 1.0 TFL against Coastal Carolina…Also made two tackles against North Alabama and Gardner-Webb…Made a tackle and broke up a pass at Monmouth…
 
2017: Played in 11 Campbell games, starting the team’s first 10 games at defensive end…Totaled 35 tackles on the season, including 5.5 sacks…Added 1.0 sacks…Also batted down two passes and collected two quarterback hurries…Registered a tackle in 10 of CU’s 11 contests…Made a season-high six tackles, including 2.0 stops for loss at Butler…Made two stops, assisting on a TFL in a win over Methodist…Also assisted on a TFL against Georgetown, totaling five tackles…Made four stops at Presbyterian…Also posted four tackles in a win at Davidson, adding 1.5 tackles for loss…Made two tackles in a win at Stetson…Also posted tackles at Dayton and against Drake…
 
2016: Made eight tackles with one sack on the year…Played in eight games…Tallied a season-best four tackles in a win over Bluefield…Made two stops at Chowan…Added tackles against Presbyterian and Butler…
 
2015: Redshirted the 2015 season…
 
Prep/Personal: Named first team all-conference as a junior and senior…A second team all-conference performer as a sophomore…A three year letterwinner as a defensive end and tight end with the Tigers…Led Chapel Hill High to the state semifinals as a senior…Coached by Isaac Marsh…Named all-conference in lacrosse in 2014…Lacrosse team defensive MVP in 2015…Born April 21, 1996 in Durham, N.C. …Son of Keith and Yvette Layden…Has a sister, Katelyn…Sister plays volleyball at Campbell…Majoring in kinesiology with a pre-physical therapy track…