Hokie ClubAwards & Honors
• ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Sept. 12, 2022).
2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes: Has played in eight games, making eight starts at defensive end ... Ranks among the top 70 NCAA FBS tacklers in sacks per game (0.56) ... Leads Tech and ranks in a tie for 15th among ACC tacklers in sacks (4.5, 30 yards) ... Paces the Hokies in TFLs (9.0, 43 yards) ... Has registered 23 tackles (12 solo), five quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one pass breakup.
• Made two tackles, including his 1-yard solo TFL at Duke (Nov. 12).
• Registered an 11-yard solo sack while finishing with two tackles and a quarterback hurry against Georgia Tech (Nov. 5).
• Set a season high with six tackles (one solo) at No. 24 NC State (Oct. 27).
• Matched his career high with 3.0 TFL (9 yards) while registering five total tackles (three solo) and 1.5 sacks (6 yards) against Miami (Oct. 15).
• Did not appear at Pitt (Oct. 8).
• Made four tackles (three solo), including a 7-yard solo sack against West Virginia (Sept. 22).
• Did not appear against Wofford (Sept. 17).
• Tied his career high with 3.0 TFL (15 yards), registered a 6-yard solo sack, forced a fumble, broke up a pass and notched four quarterback hurries against Boston College (Sept. 10) ... Was named the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Sept. 12).
• Assisted on one tackle at Old Dominion (Sept. 2).
2021: Played in all 13 games with 11 starts ... Made nine starts at DE and two at DT at Boston College (11/5) and vs. Duke (11/13) ... Tied for fifth in the ACC with two forced fumbles ... Tied for second on the team with 3.5 sacks ... Has also racked up 25 tackles (13 solo) this season ... Made five tackles, including a career-high 2.0 sacks, and forced a fumble vs. North Carolina (9/3) ... Recorded four tackles including 1.0 TFL (-4.0 yards) vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) ... Registered a nine-yard strip sack recovered by Tech at West Virginia (9/18) ... Recorded three tackles including 0.5 TFL (-1.0 yards) vs. Richmond (9/25) ... Registered three tackles vs. Notre Dame (10/9) ... Recorded two tackles vs. Pitt (10/16) ... Registered 0.5 sack (-1.0 yard) vs. Syracuse (10/23) ... Recorded a tackle at Georgia Tech (10/30) ... Recorded two tackle at Boston College (11/5) ... Recorded three tackles, including 1.0 TFL (-1.0 yard), and scored his first career touchdown on a 16-yard fumble recovery return vs. Duke (11/13) ... Started at Miami (11/20).
2020: Missed the early portion of the season to be at home with his ailing father … Returned midseason and played in four games … Returned to action at Louisville (10/31) … Also saw duty vs. Liberty (11/7), vs. Clemson (12/5) and vs. Virginia (12/12).
2019: Started 11 games, finishing the season with 31 total tackles, 3.5 TFL and 1.0 sack ... Started the season at defensive end at Boston College (8/31) before leaving the game with an injury … Missed the next two games vs. ODU (9/7) and vs. Furman (9/14) before returning to the starting lineup vs. Duke (9/27) when he racked up a season-high seven tackles … Had four tackles apiece vs. Rhode Island (10/12) and vs. North Carolina (10/19) … Posted three QB hurries and four tackles at Notre Dame (11/2) … Made four tackles and had half a sack vs. Wake Forest (11/9) … Recorded four tackles in a shutout win vs. Pitt (11/23) … Made two stops in the Belk Bowl vs. Kentucky (12/31).
2018: Played in all 13 games and started the final five contests of the season … Produced 31 tackles (18 solo) to go with 6.5 TFL, a sack and a pair of QB hurries … Registered his first career sack and racked up three tackles at Florida State (9/3) … Had two tackles and 1.0 TFL at Duke (9/29) ... Posted two tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. Notre Dame (10/6) ... Had 3.0 TFL in his first career start at Pitt (11/10) ... Tallied four tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. Miami (11/17) ... Racked up four tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Marshall (12/1) ... Had six tackles in the Military Bowl vs. Cincinnati (12/31).
2017: Did not see game action and redshirted.
High School: Consensus four-star recruit as rated by ESPN, Scout and 247Sports … No. 2 defensive end in the state of Virginia by Scout and No. 3 in the East Region … No. 8 player in the state by 247Sports.com and No. 9 in the state by ESPN … Played for head coach Tony DeMarco … Collected 68 tackles, 33 solo, with seven sacks, seven forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior … Also rushed for 211 yards and registered 554 receiving yards with nine touchdowns … 2016 USA Today all-state second-team honoree on the defensive line … All-conference 4 football first-team selection at both wide receiver and defensive end.
Personal: Son of Augusta and Kristen Garbutt … Majoring in consumer studies.