Honors and Awards
2020: NFF National Scholar-Athlete, William V. Campbell Trophy finalist, Burlsworth Trophy semifinalist, CoSIDA Academic All-America first team, third-team All-Big Ten (consensus), Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, East-West Shrine Bowl, drafted by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft
2020: CoSIDA Academic All-America first team, Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019: All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches), Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2018: Academic All-Big Ten
Notable: Became first Wisconsin walk-on since at least 1990 to start a season opener as a freshman when he earned start vs. Western Kentucky on Aug. 31, 2018 ... was placed on scholarship during 2018 season ... graduated in December 2020 with a degree in Electrical Engineering ... pursuing master's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering, specializing in machine learning and signal processing
Career: Played in 42 games with 29 starts at defensive end ... 91 total tackles, including 13.0 TFLs and 8.0 sacks ... recovered 3 fumbles, including 2 for touchdowns
2021 Season: Earned third letter, starting all 13 games at defensive end ... career-high 8 tackles vs. Michigan ... 2.0 TFLs, including a sack, vs. Notre Dame ... 3 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and a sack vs. Northwestern
2020 Season: Played in 2 games with 1 start at defensive end vs. Michigan on Nov. 21 ... had 2 total tackles
2019 Season: Earned second letter, playing in all 14 games with 5 starts at defensive end ... scored 2 touchdowns on fumble recoveries ... recorded 24 total tackles, 5.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks ... recovered fumble and returned it 16 yards for a touchdown in season opener at South Florida on Aug. 30, adding 3 tackles and 1.0 sack ... recovered fumble in the end zone for a TD vs. Northwestern on Sept. 28, also logging 3 tackles and 1.0 sack ... recorded 1.0 sack each vs. Iowa on Nov. 9 and vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 7 ... had 5 tackles and a pass breakup at Ohio State on Oct. 26 ... made 3 tackles at Nebraska on Nov. 16 ... had 3 tackles at Illinois on Oct. 19
2018 Season: Earned first letter, playing in all 13 games with 10 starts at defensive end ... made 32 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack ... had 1 pass breakup ... notched career-high 6 tackles at Michigan on Oct. 13 … recorded 2 tackles, 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack vs. Illinois on Oct. 20 ... had 2 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. New Mexico on Sept. 8 ... logged 4 tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27 ... started and made Badgers debut vs. Western Kentucky on Aug. 31, recording 4 tackles
2017 Season: Redshirt season
High School: First-team all-state by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, both as offensive lineman and defensive lineman … second-team all-state by Associated Press … swept Greater Metro Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year awards as a senior … first-team All-Greater Metro Conference as an offensive lineman junior and senior seasons … also first-team all-conference as a defensive lineman as a senior … WFCA All-Region as a junior … two-time team captain … also lettered in basketball and track and field … team captain in basketball … four-year high honor roll student … named scholar athlete as a senior ... National Honor Society … National Spanish Honor Society … National Science Honor Society … coach was Dan Lutz
Personal: Parents are Peter and Helen Henningsen … volunteered with local football and basketball programs and helped raise money for the MACC Fund
