Sacramento State

First Team All-Big Sky (2019)
Preseason All-Big Sky (2020)

2019 Season

• Named first team all-Big Sky as a defensive back and earned the team’s Outstanding Defensive Back award.
• Started all 13 games at cornerback and finished the year with 43 total tackles, including 30 solos.
• Also added a sack, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, two interceptions, forced a pair of fumbles, recovered a fumble and had eight pass breakups.
• Was responsible for at least one tackle in all 13 games and had two or more tackles in 11 contests.
• Biggest game came in the win over No. 5 Montana where he had a season high seven tackles with 1.5 TFLs and a sack and also intercepted a pass.
• Picked off a pass in the end zone and returned it 43 yards in the season opening win over Southern Oregon.

2018 Season

• Started all 10 games at cornerback.
• Recorded 44 total tackles, including 33 solos.
• Recorded his first career interception at Weber State and returned it 47 yards.
• Had at least three tackles in nine games.
• Was credited with a season high seven tackles against North Dakota and at Weber State.
• Led the team with five pass breakups.
• Had three tackles-for-loss.
• Also competed in track & field where he qualified for the Big Sky Championships during the indoor and outdoor seasons.
  Scored points for the team after placing sixth in the long jump with a personal best of 24-feet, 0.75-inches.

2017 Season

• Played in the final seven games of the season as a true freshman.
• Recorded five tackles during the year.
• Had three stops at Eastern Washington in his first collegiate game.
• Was credited with a solo tackle against EWU, Cal Poly and UC Davis.
• Also competed in track & field for the Hornets.

High School

• A 2017 graduate of Central Catholic HS in Modesto, Calif.
• Named second team all-state medium school by Cal-Hi Sports as a senior.
• Was the Valley Oak League Defensive Player of the Year.
• Named first team all-district large school by The Modesto Bee and first team all-area by BlackHatFootball.com.
• Recorded 44 tackles as a senior and also had a pair of interceptions.
• Returned an interception 104 yards for a touchdown against Manteca HS.
• Also played on offense where he had 24 receptions for 571 yards and three touchdowns.
• Grabbed four passes for a season-high 104 yards and a TD against Kimball HS.
• As a junior, he had 1,089 all-purpose yards, scored eight touchdowns and was credited with 48 total tackles.
• Played three seasons of varsity football and helped the Raiders to a Sac-Joaquin Section and California State championship as a sophomore.

Personal

• Majoring in kinesiology.
• Parents are Dwight Bland and Adrienne Topkins.
• Brother, Keane, ran track at Fresno State and LSU.