• At Navy: Enters the fall as the starter at defensive end ... a starter in each of the last 24 games (12 So // 12 Jr) ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2022: An Honorable Mention All-American Athletic Conference selection and Third-Team All-AAC honoree by Phil Steele, he started all 12 contests ... named First-Team All-East by the ECAC ... finished the year second on the team in sacks (6) and tied for second in tackles for loss (8.5) to go along with his 38 total tackles on the year ... Navy’s defense held Army, the second-leading rushing team in the country (304.4 yds/gm), to just 125 yards on the ground and 153 yards of total offense (avg 385.5 yds/gm) for the entire game ... Navy held the Black Knights without an offensive touchdown until overtime ... pitched in 5 tackles, including a tackle for loss against Army ... Navy’s defense held UCF to 84 yards rushing after the Knights came in ranked #5 nationally with their 249.5 rushing yards per game average ... additionally, the Mids tallied a season-high tying 5 sacks (4 John Marshall, 1 Tyler Fletcher) for the third time in 2022 and the second-consecutive game ... part of a defensive unit that did not surrender a point in the second half against Notre Dame, marking the first time it has held a team scoreless in the second half since the 2021 Army game ... Notre Dame mustered just 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards on Nov. 7, 2009 ... Navy held the Irish to just 12 yards in the second half (-23 R, 35 P) ... the Mids recorded a season-high tying 5 sacks against Notre Dame ... posted 5 tackles, including a tackle for loss against the Irish ... chipped in a tackle at Cincinnati ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 20 yards rushing ... despite Temple allowing just 4 sacks all year, Navy sacked the Owls 4 times (Tyler Fletcher, John Marshall, Dashaun Peele, Jacob Busic) ... Navy’s defense also forced Temple to punt 7 times, tying (Delaware) for the most by an opponent in 2022 ... posted 4 tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss of 10 yards against the Owls ... turned in 3 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack of Houston QB Clayton Tune that resulted in a fumble that was scooped up by Navy teammate Jianni Woodson-Brooks and returned for a touchdown ... turned in a pair of tackles against SMU ... member of a Navy defensive unit that held Tulsa to just 25 yards rushing ... the Mids recorded their first safety (intentional grounding in the end zone by Tulsa QB Davis Brin // 2Qtr) since the Tulane game on Sept. 19, 2020 ... Navy forced 4 Tulsa turnovers (3 interceptions / 1 fumble) ... part of a defense that held Air Force, the nation’s top-ranked rushing team (412.2 yds/gm), to just 200 yards on the ground ... posted 6 tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss at Air Force ... also forced a fumble and recovered it, the first of his career in both categories ... chipped in 4 tackles, including half a sack in the win over East Carolina ... turned in a career-high 6 tackles, including a half a sack in the AAC opener against Memphis ... led a defense that produced 12 tackles for loss and 5 sacks in the opener against Delaware ... the 12 TFLs were the most by the Mids since recording 12 against Rice on Oct. 22, 2005, while the 5 sacks were the most since their 5 against USF on Oct. 19, 2019 ... he recorded 2 tackles, a career-high 2 tackles for loss and a career-high 2 sacks against the Fightin’ Blue Hens.
• 2021: Closed out the year with 20 tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks ... also had 3 QB hurries and broke up a pass ... part of a defensive unit that held Army scoreless in the second half, marking the first time Navy has shut out an opponent in the second half since its remarkable victory over Tulane in which the Mids outscored the Green Wave 27-0 to win 27-24 on Sept. 19, 2020 ... Navy also held Army, the No. 2-ranked rushing offense in the country averaging 301.2 yards per game, to just 124 yards rushing ... it was the Black Knights’ second-lowest rushing output during the season (108 vs. Air Force) ... pitched in 4 tackles in the win over Army, including teaming up with Diego Fagot for the stop on Army’s final play of the game, a 2-yard run by Christian Anderson on 4th-and-3 at the Navy 48 ... his lone tackle against Temple went for a loss ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 182 yards of total offense, the fewest by an opponent on the year ... the 14 points by Temple are the fewest by the Owls in the series since losing to Navy 42-6 in Annapolis on Nov. 18, 2006 ... chipped in a tackle against East Carolina ... turned in 2 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Notre Dame, and also broke up a pass, the first of his career ... recorded 3 tackles at Tulsa that including 1.5 tackles for loss and his second-career sack ... part of a defense that held #2 Cincinnati to just 271 yards (95R, 176P), the fewest yards by the Bearcats since Nov. 17, 2019 vs. Temple (stretched 19 games) ... the 271 yards of total offense by Cincinnati were the second fewest by a Navy opponent this season (225 by Air Force), while the 95-yard ground gain was the second-fewest rushing yards by an opponent this season (80 by SMU) and the 176 yards passing also marked the second fewest by an opponent in 2021 (49 by Air Force) ... also held Cincinnati to 27 points, the second fewest by the Bearcats in the regular season (beat Notre Dame 24-13) ... the Bearcats came into the game averaging 43.5 points (No. 6 nationally) ... his lone tackle against Cincinnati also marked his first-career sack ... made a solo stop at Memphis ... part of a defensive unit that held UCF scoreless in the fourth quarter and allowed Navy to rally from 13 points down to earn its first win of the season ... made a huge play on UCF’s final drive of the game ... on third-and-10, he dropped Amari Johnson for a loss of 5 yards in what was just his first-career tackle for loss ... UCF QB Mikey Keene would throw an interception on the ensuing play ... recorded a pair of tackles against Air Force ... made his first-career start in what also was his first-collegiate game in the Mids’ opener against Marshall ... turned in 3 tackles, including 2 solo stops, and also had a QB hurry.
• 2020: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2019 graduate of Westminster High School in Westminster, Md., Busic attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2019-20 academic year ... two-sport standout who earned letters in basketball (2) and football (3) ... three-time (2016, ‘17, ‘18) all-county football selection, who served as team captain his senior year ... led the football team to the 2017 Carroll County Athletic League Championship and an appearance in the Class 3A West final ... also served as captain of the basketball team his senior year ... received 17 FBS and FCS offers, including Army, Navy, Connecticut, UMass and Western Michigan ... high school teammate of fellow Navy football senior and kicker Evan Warren ... son of Kenneth and Patricia Busic ... majoring in quantitative economics.
