High School Highlights: Three-star recruit by Scout, 247 Sports and ESPN.com … Ranked as the No. 9 kicker recruit in the nation and No. 2 in Florida by Scout … Ranked as the No. 16 kicker recruit in the nation by 247 Sports … Florida Class 7A Associate Press first-team All-State and All-Broward County in 2015 … Helped team to state championships in 2012, 2014 and 2015 … National Honor Society … Attended same high school as fellow 2016 Illinois signee Dom Thieman, current Illini LB James Crawford and former Illini punter Justin DuVernois … Also played lacrosse in high school (2 years).

Personal: Born Nov. 9, 1997 … Son of Ciaran and Margaret McCourt … Has one older sister, Ellen, and two younger brothers, Marcus and Alex … Lists rugby payer Brian O’Driscoll as his favorite athlete because of his “outstanding work ethic on and off the field.”