Awards & Honors
2024 Season (RS-Senior) - West started all 12 games for the Bucs in 2024...The senior from Boone totaled 56 tackles (10 for loss), 8.5 sacks, forced two fumbles and recovered another...West's 8.5 sacks were the second-most ever by a Buccaneer defender and the most since the program returned in 2015...West had three multi-sack games against Samford, Mercer and Western Carolina...His game against WCU was the best, however, totaling 3.5 sacks, eight tackles, forced one fumble and recovered another...For this effort, West was named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week...Following the season, West was recognized for his play all season long and landed a spot on the All-SoCon Second Team.Â
2023 Season (RS-Junior) - West played in all 11 games for ETSU in 2023...Totaled 43 tackles, recovered two fumbles along with one sack and one interception...Finished seventh on the Buccaneers with those 43 total tackles...Second on ETSU with seven tackles for loss...Was also second on the Bucs with eight quarterback hurries...Tallied a season-high 10 total tackles at Chattanooga on October 21...Also picked up his lone sack of the season against the Mocs...Recovered fumbles in games against Samford and in the season finale vs. The Citadel...Recorded at least one quarterback hurry in seven straight games to close the season...Also tallied his lone interception in 2024 in the 35-23 win over The Citadel to close the season.Â
2022 Season (RS-Sophomore) - Named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team and SoCon Honor Roll … Played in all 11 games, making one start … Finished the season with 35 tackles, two tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries … Recorded at least one tackle in all 11 games played … Season-high eight tackles at VMI … Finished with five tackles at Samford … Had three tackles and a fumble recovery at Robert Morris … Started at Mississippi State where he generated three tackles … Had one tackle and one fumble recovery in season-opening win over Mars Hill.
2021 Season (RS-Freshman) - Named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team … Competed in all 13 games for ETSU with one start on the season in the win over VMI (Nov. 6) … Finished sixth on the team in tackles with 53, including 28 solo tackles … Capped off the year with 6.0 tackles for loss, ranking fourth on the defensive unit … Also capped off the year with two fumble recoveries and one interception … Had a strong game against Furman with four tackles, one interception and one fumble recovery in the final play of the game to seal the 17-13 ETSU win … Career-high nine tackles in the FCS playoff win against Kennesaw State (Dec. 4) to go along with another fumble recovery … Posted six games with five or more tackles. Â
2020 Season (RS-Freshman)*: Named to the SoCon Honor Roll and the SoCon All-Academic Team … Appeared in all six games for the Bucs, making his collegiate debut in the season opener against Samford on Feb. 20 … Concluded the season with seven tackles (one solo), 0.5 tackles for loss and two pass breakups … Recorded a career-high three tackles against Furman (March 13).
*Season played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Season (Freshman) - Named to the SoCon Honor Roll … Redshirted as a true freshman.
