in 2014, he was cast as the lead role in marcus nispel's "exeter" following that, he starred in charles olivier michaud's drama "4 minute mile" alongside richard jenkins, kim basinger, and analeigh tipton. he played drew jacobs, a talented high school runner who is mentored by his neighbor (jenkins) to escape a life of drugs alongside his brother (cam gigandet). the film premiered at the seattle international film festival in june, 2014.