University of Maine Athletics

FALL 2021: Appeared in all 11 games ... registered 63 tackles (31 unassisted), third most on the team ... tallied 2.5 tackles for loss ... Accumulated one interception, one pass breakup, and one QB hurry ... Also had one blocked kick ... Best performances came vs. Merrimack (9/18) with eight tackles, four of them unassisted and vs. William & Mary (10/16) with seven tackles and an interception.

SPRING 2021: Started all four games ... registered 25 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and one pass breakup ... ranked fourth on the team in total tackles ... opened the season with 11 tackles at Delaware (3/6) ... made seven stops, with a half tackle for loss, at Stony Brook (3/20) ... made six tackles against Villanova (4/3).

PRESEASON 2020: Phil Steele 2020 Preseason All-CAA Third Team

2019: Started all 12 games ... Ranked second on the team with 83 tackles ... tallied career-high 5.0 tackles for loss and a career-best 3.0 sacks to go along with a pair of fumble recoveries and six pass deflections ... recorded four games with 10 or more tackles ... posted a career-high 12 tackles with a fumble recovery against William and Mary (10/26) ... posted a career-high three pass deflections at Colgate to go along with 10 tackles, 1.5 for loss, with a half sack (9/21) ... registered a career-high 2.0 sacks, with 11 total tackles, at Elon (11/9) ... notched 10 tackles against Rhode Island (11/16).

2018: Played in 13 games with one start ... Tallied 13 tackles on the year ... in the first game of his career, tallied six tackles in a win at Western Kentucky ... made three stops in Maine's NCAA playoff first round win over Jacksonville State.

BEFORE MAINE: Pennsylvania Football Writers 6A All-State ... 2017 District 2 Defensive Player of the Year and Wyoming Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... All-Area Standard Speaker, Citizens Voice, Times' Leader First Team LB ... Guided team to PIAA District 2/4 Subregion Championship in 2017.

PERSONAL:  Parents are Yesenia and Domingo Otero ... two siblings, one brother and one sister, Elizabeth and Jonathan Otero ... Played basketball for three years.