Idaho State: (2015) Played in 10 games ... had 74 tackles, 38 being unassisted ... had one tackles for loss, one sack, and one interception ... CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American ... FCS ADA Academic All-Star ... CoSIDA Academic All Region ... named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team ... had a season-high 15 tackles at Boise State ... had 11 tacklse at Cal Poly and 10 at UNLV ... had one sack vs. Portland State... had in interception at Weber State ... semi-finalist for th All-State Good Hands team that is awarded through the National Football Foundation ... named a semi-finalist for the Campbell Trophy, an honor that goes to college football's premier scholar athlete ... the Campbell Trophy is considered the academic Heisman Trophy.



(2014) Played and started in all 12 games ... had 95 tackles including a career-high 17 vs. Cal Poly ... had 13 tackles vs. SUU and 10 at Utah State and Portland State ... had two tackles for loss and one sack vs. Simon Fraser ... had an interception vs. Sacramento State and at Portland State ... named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team and the FCS ADA Academic All-Star team ... also named to the Cosida Academic All-Region team ... in the spring received the Jared Allen Strength and Conditioning Training Award, the Defensive Dave Kragthorpe Leadership Award and the Arthur C. Vailas Award for Academic Excellence.

(2013) Played in all 12 games ... had 78 tackles and one fumble recovery ... on the season had two tackles for loss, four pass break ups and deflections and one quarterback hurry ... had a career-high 11 tackles vs. Portland State ... had nine tackles vs. North Dakota and vs. Eastern Washington ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 team and the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team ... earned honorable mention all-conference honors ... received the Jared Allen Strength and Conditioning Award during spring practice.

(2012) Redshirt

(2011): Played in eight games for the Bengals ... finished the season with 10 tackles ... had a career-best four tackles in the win against Northern Colorado (9/17) … named to the Big Sky All-Academic team … missed the end of the season due a knee injury.

High School: Prepped at Ferris High School in Spokane, Wash., where he helped lead his team to the 4A Washington State title with a perfect 14-0 record … had 223 tackles for his career, 112 as a senior along with 15 pass breakups, 12 tackles for losses, four interceptions and four forced fumbles … was a team-captain and was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game … as a senior he was named to the first-team All-GSL as a safety … played baseball where he boasted a .356 batting average … lettered two years in football and two years in baseball … earned second-team all-league in baseball.

Personal: Born Feb. 10, 1993 … was a member of the National Honor Society … parents are Paul Sorenson and Jay and Christina Balkenbush … Paul was an All-American at Washington State and played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals … has two brothers, Travis and Tyler and two sisters, Alisha and Lindsay.