2023: Fourth-year team member ... team captain ... returning starter at safety ... has started 24 of 25 career games ... has 267 total career tackles, including 122 solo and 145 assists, 14.5 career tackles for loss, five career interceptions, 16 career pass breakups, one forced fumble, one quarterback hurry and one blocked PAT kick ... has one career punt return for 15 yards ... AP Division III All-America (2022) ... AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America (2022) ... two-time D3football.com All-Region 3 (2021-22) ... The Touchdown Club of Richmond State Small College Defensive Back of the Year (2021) ... three-time All-ODAC (Spring 2021, 2021-22) ... ODAC Rookie of the Year (Spring 2021) ... VaSID Defensive Rookie of the Year (Spring 2021) ... three-time VaSID All-State (Spring 2021, 2021-22) ... ODAC All-Academic Team (2023).
2022: First Team AP Division III All-America ... Second Team AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America ... D3football.com First Team All-Region 3 ... First Team All-ODAC ... First Team VaSID All-State ... started all 10 games as a junior ... had team-high 123 total tackles, including 48 solo and 75 assisted, 5.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions (Bridgewater, October 1 / Averett, October 15), three pass breakups, one forced fumble (Averett, October 15), one quarterback hurry and one blocked PAT kick (Shenandoah, November 5) ... led the ODAC in total tackles and tackles per game, and tied for sixth in interceptions ... ranked third in NCAA Division III in total tackles and tackles per game ... named ODAC Defensive Player of the Week after making 11 tackles, including three solo, with an interception that he returned 18 yards to set-up a first-quarter touchdown (Averett, October 15) ... named ODAC Defensive Player of the Week after making a career-high 22 tackles, including seven solo, along with a quarterback hurry (Washington and Lee, October 22) ... ODAC All-Academic Team.
2021: The Touchdown Club of Richmond State Small College Defensive Back of the Year ... D3football.com Third Team All-Region 3 ... First Team All-ODAC ... First Team VaSID All-State ... started nine of 10 games as a sophomore ... had 106 total tackles (second on team), including 54 solo and 52 assists, 5.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions (Guilford, September 25 / Emory & Henry, October 16), and six pass breakups ... had one punt return for 15 yards ... tied for second in the ODAC in pass breakups, while fourth in total tackles, tackles per game (10.6) and solo tackles, fifth in assisted tackles, and tied for eighth in interceptions.
2020 (Spring 2021): ODAC Rookie of the Year ... First Team All-ODAC ... VaSID Defensive Rookie of the Year ... First Team VaSID All-State ... started all five games as a freshman ... had team-high 38 total tackles, including 20 solo and 18 assists, four tackles for loss, one interception (Guilford, March 19), and two pass breakups ... tied for sixth in the ODAC in interceptions, ranked seventh in tackles and tackles per game, and tied for 14th in pass breakups ... named ODAC Defensive Player of the Week after making eight tackles, one interception and two pass breakups (Guilford, March 19).
High School: 2020 graduate of Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina … earned 5A All-State, All-Region, All-LOWCO and All-East Cooper honors at defensive back as a senior … had 79 solo tackles, 29 assists, two tackles for loss, eight passes broken up and six interceptions as a senior, adding 1461 yards passing and eight touchdowns with 235 yards rushing and five touchdowns … passed for school-record 404 yards in a game … also participated in baseball … maintained a 4.309 high school grade point average.
Personal: Son of Wilson and Renee Pickren … has two brothers (Max, Jack) … brother (Max '26) plays football at H-SC ... dad played rugby at Georgia State … majoring in economics with a minor in leadership in the public interest … favorite TV show is The Office … favorite professional sports team is the Jacksonville Jaguars … favorite sports figures include the late Kobe Bryant and Deion Sanders … greatest sports moment was leading high school team to first playoff win in seven years … hobbies include fishing and hanging out with friends.
Why H-SC: “The atmosphere and it just felt like home”
