Honors and Awards
2020: All-Big Ten first team (coaches), All-Big Ten second team (media), East-West Shrine Bowl invitee, signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bears
2021 Preseason: Nagurski Trophy watch list, Bednarik Award watch list, Butkus Award watch list, Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list, Lombardi Award watch list, Senior Bowl watch list, Big Ten Preseason Honors, preseason All-America (Athlon 4th, Phil Steele 4th)
2020: All-Big Ten third team (media), Duke's Mayo Bowl MVP
Career: Played in 45 games with 34 starts at inside linebacker ... tallied 230 total tackles, including 29.0 TFLs and 11.5 sacks ... recorded 1 fumble recovery, 3 forced fumbles, 4 interceptions and 7 pass breakups
2021 Season: Earned fourth letter, starting all 13 games at inside linebacker ... ranked second on the team with 91 tackles and 16.0 TFLs (4th in the Big Ten) ... had three double-digit tackle games -- 14 vs. Michigan, 12 vs. Army and 10 vs. Northwestern ... added 3.0 TFLs against Northwestern ... registered 1.5 sacks in Las Vegas Bowl win over Arizona State
2020 Season: Earned third letter, starting all 7 games at inside linebacker ... led the team with 52 total tackles and collected 4.0 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble and 1 interception ... had a career-high 14 tackles and 1.0 sack against Northwestern on Nov. 21 ... posted 9 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and forced a fumble at Indiana on Dec. 5 ... had 7 tackles at Iowa on Dec. 12 ... posted 5 tackles vs. Minnesota on Dec. 19 ... had 11 tackles, including 2 TFLs, and recorded an interception vs. Wake Forest in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Dec. 30 ... made first start of the year against Illinois on Oct. 23 and had 3 tackles ... posted 3 tackles at Michigan on Nov. 14
2019 Season: Earned second letter, starting all 14 games at inside linebacker ... led team with 80 total tackles, including 9.0 TFLs and 5.5 sacks ... matched team high with 3 interceptions and broke up 3 passes ... forced 1 fumble and recovered 1 fumble ... logged 13 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and broke up a pass vs. Northwestern on Sept. 28 ... forced a fumble and had 7 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and first career sack, vs. Michigan on Sept. 21 ... made 6 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack, at Minnesota on Nov. 30 ... made 9 tackles, including 1.0 sack, vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 5 ... had 8 tackles and intercepted a pass vs. Oregon in Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... logged career-high 2.0 sacks vs. Kent State on Oct. 5 ... made an interception and had 3 tackles at Nebraska on Nov. 16 ... grabbed first career interception and returned it 39 yards vs. Central Michigan on Sept. 7
2018 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 11 games … finished with 7 total tackles, including 4 solo stops, and recorded 1 forced fumble and 1 pass breakup … logged career-high 4 tackles and forced a fumble vs. Illinois on Oct. 20 ... had 1 tackle in Badgers debut vs. BYU on Sept. 15 ... recorded 1 tackle vs. Nebraska on Oct. 6 ... had 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup vs. Rutgers on Nov. 3
High School: Four-star recruit by 247 Sports and Rivals … three-star recruit by ESPN … first-team all-state by Illinois High School Football Coaches Association as a junior and senior … all-area as a junior and senior … All-North Suburban Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … led Lake Zurich to Class 7A state championship game and 13-1 record as a senior … finished three-year varsity career with 296 tackles and 13.0 sacks … had 120 tackles and 3.0 sacks as a senior … logged 80 tackles and 3.0 sacks as a junior … recorded 88 tackles and 7.0 sacks as a sophomore … two-year team captain … coach was Luke Mertens
Personal: Parents are Malinda and the late Paul Sanborn … father played football at Oregon from 1980-82 ... younger brother, Bryan, is an inside linebacker for the Badgers
