Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2021: Captain ... Starting middle linebacker ... First on team in total tackles with 79 and tied for first in assisted stops with 45 ... Four tackles for lost yards (14) and one sack (9 yards lost) ... One interception with nine-yard return and two pass breakups ... One fumble recovery ... At least four tackles in 11 games with season-high 12 twice ... Two solo tackles and 10 assisted vs. Ithaca ... Eight solos, including sack, and four assisted stops in NCAA Quarterfinals ... Ten tackles (3 solo) at Hobart ... All-Liberty League Honorable Mention ... Team's Iron Giant Award ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... NFF Hampshire Honor Society ...

2020: Captain ... Did not compete due to COVID-19 restrictions ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ...

2019: Played all 11 games ... Sixteen solo tackles and 22 assisted stops ... Had 0.5 tackles for lost yards (1) ... Team-best two fumble recoveries ... Five unassisted tackles at WPI ... Season-high nine tackles (2 solo) against Utica ... Seven tackles (2 solo) at Union ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2018: Played all 11 games ... Two solo tackles and three assisted stops ... Two tackles (1 solo) in wins at Rochester and Brockport ... 

2017: Played one game ... One solo tackle and one assisted tackle ... 

High School: Three years of football, starting two (LB) ... Captain for one ... All-League First Team in 2016 ... Most Outstanding Linebacker ... Team won 2016 League Championship (10-0) ... Scholar Athlete ... Honor Society each year ... Star Scholar ... A- Honor Roll in 2016-17 ... Academic Excellence in Physics ... Academic Dedication in English 3 ...

Personal: Business and Management undergraduate degree ... Business Analytics graduate major ... Dean's Honor List ... Olympia (RPI Athletics Honor Society) ... SAAC (officer) ... Institute's 2022 Paul B. Zuber and Barbara J. Zuber Award for Underrepresented Students ... Intern with UCLA Development, Sports Innovation Lab Research and NYSERDA Contract Management ... Published poet ... Campos & Community Involvement Chair ... Volunteer mentor with Albany JC Club and Power Lunch Reading ... Son of Schyvonne and Joshua Charles ... Cousin, Jamaal Charles, played in NFL for Chiefs, Broncos and Jaguars ... Cousin, Shanderrick Charles, played running back at SMU ... Cousin, Shawn Gray, played quarterback at UTEP ... Cousin, Shannon Gray, played football for Prairie View ... Aunt, Katherine Charles, played volleyball at Sam Houston State. 

On attending Rensselaer: "High academics with the opportunity to play football." - August 2018

"To be able to learn in a new interesting environment that would help me become my best self both academically and athletically." - November 2020

"The ability to play football while achieving a world-class education." - July 2021

Benefits of undergraduate community: "Networking and building friendships with the future leaders of tomorrow." - August 2018

"To be able to build relationships with the future leaders of tomorrow who come from so many different places and backgrounds." - November 2020

"Networking with the future leaders of tomorrow." - July 2021