Honors and Awards
2015: First-team All-America (FWAA, ESPN), second-team All-America (AP, Walter Camp, Sporting News), Butkus-Fitzgerald Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten (consensus), Bednarik Award semifinalist, Lombardi Award semifinalist, Burlsworth Trophy semifinalist ... Jimmy Demetral Team MVP
2014: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (consensus)
2012: UW Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year
Career: Played in 45 games with 28 starts ... finished with 172 total tackles ... recorded 35.5 tackles for loss, 13th-most in school history ... made 13.5 sacks, 14th-most in school history ... forced seven fumbles, tying for the second-most in UW annals ... third linebacker in school history to earn first-team All-America honors, joining Hal Faverty (1951) and Chris Borland (2013) ... received no FBS scholarship offers and joined team as a walk-on for training camp in 2012, eventually earning a scholarship
2015 Season: Earned fourth letter, starting all 13 games at outside linebacker ... named a team captain ... voted Jimmy Demetral Team MVP ... invited to Senior Bowl ... logged 19.5 tackles for loss, ninth-most in school history and tied for the eighth-most in the nation ... recorded 9.5 sacks, the ninth-best total in school history ... forced five fumbles, matching Chris Borland's single-season school record ... finished with 79 total tackles ... recorded 14 quarterback hurries ... named Big Ten co-Defnesive Player of the Week after logging 3.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 5 quarterback hurries vs. Iowa on Oct. 3 ... recorded a career-high 13 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks in season opener vs. No. 3 Alabama on Sept. 5 ... made 6 total stops, including 2.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack, while forcing a fumble and recording 2 QB hurries vs. Troy on Sept. 19 ... finished with 2.0 TFLs (both sacks) vs. Hawai'i on Sept. 26 ... had 6 tackles, including 1.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack, to go with a forced fumble and 2 quarterback hurries vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12 ... logged 7 tackles, including 1.0 TFLs and 0.5 sack, vs. Purdue on Oct. 17 ... matched his career high with 13 total tackles, including 3.0 TFLs, vs. No. 20 Northwestern on Nov. 21
2014 Season: Earned third letter, starting all 14 games at outside linebacker ... finished with 69 total tackles to rank fourth on team ... ranked second on team with 13.5 tackles for loss, including 3.0 sacks ... tallied a team-high seven pass breakups ... forced two fumbles and reocvered another ... contributed to Badgers unit that ranked No. 4 in total defense (294.1 yards per game) and No. 17 in scoring defense (20.8 points per game) ... was the difference-maker in overtime of win over Auburn in Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, logging tackles on all three of the Tigers' offensive plays for a loss of 2 yards, no gain and a loss of 1 ... finished game with six tackles, including 3.0 TFLs ... recorded career-high 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks, while also defending a pass and recovering a fumble vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, earning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors ... started season opener vs. LSU on Aug. 30 and recorded eight tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack ... logged seven tackles and one pass breakup at Northwestern at Oct. 4 ... made six tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and defended a pass at Purdue on Nov. 8 ... logged six tackles and a QB hurry vs. Illinois on Oct. 11 ... made five tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Maryland on Oct. 25 ... made two tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 6 ... tallied four tackles and defended a pass vs. Minnesota on Nov. 29 ... tallied three tackles at Iowa on Nov. 22 ... tallied three tackles and defended a pass at Rutgers on Nov. 1 ... registered three QB hurries and two tackles vs. South Florida on Sept. 27 ... . tallied four tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 ... recorded three tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6
2013 Season: Earned second letter, playing in all 13 games with one start at outside linebacker ... totaled 24 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack, along with three pass breakups ... made first career start and tallied five tackles, including 1.0 TFLs, at Arizona State on Sept. 14 ... made five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and two pass breakups vs. BYU on Nov. 9 ... recorded four tackles vs. UMass on Aug. 31 ... recorded three tackles, including a sack, vs. South Carolina in Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1 ... had three tackles at Illinois on Oct. 19 ... made two tackles vs. Northwestern on Oct. 12 ... made one tackle vs. Penn State on Nov. 30 ... tallied one tackle at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... broke up a pass at Minnesota on Nov. 23 ... registered a QB hurry at Iowa on Nov. 2
2012 Season: Earned first letter, playing in five games ... saw action at Penn State on Nov. 24, at Indiana on Nov. 10, against Illinois on Oct. 6, vs. Utah State on Sept. 15 and at Oregon State Sept. 8 ... made Badgers debut against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1
High School: Two-time captain ... as a senior, earned all-state and all-region honors ... named county and conference player of the year ... as a junior, broke former UW running back John Clay's state championship game rushing record ... earned all-state, all-region and all-conference honors at running back and safety ... two-time MVP ... also earned letters in basketball, baseball and track ... two-time first team all-conference selection for basketball ... two-time track and field state meet qualifier in high jump ... finished third in the high jump at state as a senior ... member of the honor roll ... head coach was Steve Rux
Personal: Son of Randy and Christine Schobert ... enjoys playing sports, reading and video games ... majoring in forest science
Game-by-Game Tackles (Solo-Assist=Total)
2012 SEASON: --
2013 SEASON: UMass (1-3=4); at Arizona State (3-2=5); at #4 Ohio State (0-1=1); #19 Northwestern (1-1=2); at Illinois (2-1=3); BYU (2-3=5); Penn State (0-1=1); vs. #8 South Carolina (3-0=3)
2014 SEASON: vs. #13 LSU (5-3=8); Western Illinois (2-1=3); Bowling Green (1-3=4); South Florida (1-1=2); at Northwestern (7-0=7); Illinois (4-2=6); Maryland (4-1=5); at Rutgers (2-1=3); at Purdue (5-1=6); #11 Nebraska (5-6=11); at Iowa (2-1=3); #22 Minnesota (0-4=4); vs. #6 Ohio State (2-0=2); vs. #19 Auburn (4-2=6)
2015 SEASON: vs. #3 Alabama (8-5=13); Miami (Ohio) (2-4=6); Troy (4-2=6); Hawai'i (3-0=3); Iowa (5-3=8); at Nebraska (1-3=4); Purdue (4-3=7); at Illinois (1-5=6); Rutgers (1-2=3); at Maryland (1-1=2); #20 Northwestern (4-9=13); at Minnesota (4-1=5); vs. USC (1-2=3)
| Career Highs |
| Tackles | 13 (2x) MR vs. Northwestern, Nov. 21, 2015 |
| Tackles for Loss | 4.0 vs. Alabama, Sept. 5, 2015 |
| Sacks | 3.0 vs. Iowa, Oct. 3, 2015 |
| Interceptions | 1 vs. Minnesota, Nov. 28, 2015 |
| Passes Defended | 2 vs. BYU, Nov. 9, 2013 |
