Wisconsin Badgers

2013: Earned second letter, playing in 8 games... made two tackles vs. Indiana on Nov. 16 ... had one tackle at Illinois on Oct. 19 ... saw action vs. Northwestern on Oct. 12 and at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... had one sack vs. Purdue on Sept. 21 ... saw action at Arizona State on Sept. 14 ... made one tackle vs. Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7 ... recorded two tackles vs. UMass on Aug. 31

2012: Earned first letter, playing in 13 games ... recorded one tackle against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... made one tackle in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... recorded a career-high four tackles at Penn St on Nov. 24 ... saw action against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded one tackle at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... saw action against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... tallied one tackle against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... saw action against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... recorded one tackle at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... played against UTEP on Sept. 22 and against Utah St. on Sept 15 ... recorded a tackle at Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... saw action against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1

2011: Appeared in four games ... made one tackle against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... recorded two tackles, first of career, against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... saw playing time against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... made Badger debut against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... named UW's co-defensive scout team player of the week for the Nebraska game ... named UW's defensive scout team player of the week for the Oregon State game

2010: Redshirt season

High School: Ranked as No. 60 defensive tackle in the country by Scout and No. 113 defensive tackle by ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... top defensive tackle in Wisconsin (ESPN/Scouts Inc.) and seventh-best player in Wisconsin according to Rivals ... in senior season, named first team all-conference, all-area and all-state ... also named Greater Metro defensive lineman of the year ... served as team captain and was named team MVP as a senior ... made 23 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, nine sacks, while also forcing four fumbles and blocking two kicks ... as a junior, named first team all-conference and all-suburban after recording 20 tackles, seven sacks and four tackles for loss ... letterwinner in football, wrestling and track ... coach was Doug Lange

Personal: Mother is Brenda Linneman ... aunt, LeAnne Gilbert, played basketball at University of Northern Iowa from 1978-79, while uncle, Rich Gilbert, played basketball at Upper Iowa University from 1983-87 ... aunt, Lori Gilbert Gee, played softball at Minnesota State University Mankato from 1988-90 ... hobbies include hanging out with friends and working out ... majoring in history

Game-by-Game Tackles
2011 SEASON: Indiana (0-2=2); Penn State (1-0=1)

2012 SEASON: OSU (0-1=1); NEB (0-1=1); MSU (0-1=1); IND (0-1=1); Penn St (4-0=4), Nebraska (0-1=1); Stanford (0-1=1)

2013 SEASON: UMass (1-1=2); Tennessee Tech (1-0=1); Purdue (1-0=1); at Illinois (1-0=1); Indiana (1-1=2)