Honors and Awards
2023: Academic All-Big Ten, CSC Acadmic All-District
2022: Third team All-Big Ten (Media), Academic All-Big Ten
2021: Academic All-Big Ten
2020: Academic All-Big Ten
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2023 Season: Played in all 13 games, making 10 starts at inside linebacker … ranked fifth on the team with 59 total tackles … posted 8.5 TFLs, the most for an inside linebacker and third-most on the team … made three sacks … recovered three fumbles … posted four 10-tackle performances … tallied 10 tackles, three for loss, at Washington State (Sept. 9) … made 12 tackles and one sack at Illinois (Oct. 21) … made 10 tackles and a sack versus No. 3 Ohio State (Oct. 28) … posted a 10-tackle performance in the ReliaQuest Bowl versus No. 13 LSU (Jan. 1)
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2022 Season: Played in 13 games, making 11 starts at linebacker … led the Badgers with 95 tackles … added 12.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks and an interception … logged sacks in four straight games to close the regular season … recorded at least 8 tackles in 7 of 12 regular season games … totaled eight tackles, one for loss, in his first career start vs. Illinois State (9/3) … made three tackles and picked off a pass vs. New Mexico State (9/17) … totaled 11 tackles at Michigan State (10/15) … logged 11 total tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a sack at Iowa (11/12) … posted nine solo tackles, 12 total, 2.5 TFLs and half a sack vs. Minnesota (11/26) … Totaled seven tackles and a TFL in the bowl win over Oklahoma State (12/27)
2021 Season: Played in 6 games and made 4 tackles ... season-high 3 tackles in win at Rutgers ... also had a tackle the following week in win over Northwestern
2020 Season: Saw action in 1 game ... made UW debut against Wake Forest in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Dec. 30
2019 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Four-star recruit by ESPN … three-star recruit by 247 Sports and Rivals ... first-team all-state by Illinois High School Football Coaches Association as a senior, finishing with 131 tackles, 23 TFLs, 10 sacks and 2 forced fumbles ... All-North Suburban Conference as a junior and senior … two-time all-area selection ... team MVP as a senior ... team captain ... had 88 tackles, 13 TFLs and 12 sacks as a junior ... two-time IHSFCA Academic All-State ... coach was Josh Hjorth
Personal: Parents are Leo and Lynda Njongmeta
