Honors and Awards
2017: Second-team All-Big Ten (coaches), third-team All-Big Ten (media)
2016: Third-team All-Big Ten (coaches), All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
2015: Academic All-Big Ten
Notable: Invited to 2018 East-West Shrine Game
Career: Played in 54 games with 33 starts … logged 95 tackles, including 13.5 TFLs and 6.0 sacks ...  part of winningest senior class in school history, posting four-year record of 45-10 that included 29-5 mark in Big Ten play and 11-1 record in rivalry games … part of four consecutive bowl game wins, four straight seasons of 10-plus wins and three Big Ten West Division titles … contributor to one of the of nation’s elite units, with UW ranking No. 2 nationally in scoring defense (16.0 ppg), No. 2 in rushing defense (104.8 ypg), No. 2 in pass efficiency defense (103.9) and No. 3 in total defense (281.7 ypg) over the span of his four-year career
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2017 Season: Earned fourth letter, starting all 14 games at defensive end ... made 35 tackles, including 5.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks ... shared Jimmy Demetral Team MVP award with fellow senior teammates … contributed to unit that ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (262.1 yards per game), No. 3 in scoring defense (13.9 points per game), No. 3 in rushing defense (98.4 ypg) and No. 1 in pass efficiency defense (96.4) … racked up career-high 6 tackles vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 2 ... made 4 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, vs Maryland on Oct. 21 ... recorded 4 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs vs. Michigan on Nov. 18 ... logged 4 tackles vs. Illinois on Oct. 28 ... had 4 tackles, including 3 solo stops, at BYU on Sept. 16 ... made 3 tackles vs. Northwestern on Sept. 30 ... notched 2 tackles, including 1.0 sack, vs. Purdue on Oct. 14 ... made 2 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Iowa on Nov. 11
2016 Season: Earned third letter, playing in 13 games with 11 starts … logged 27 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, as well as 1 forced fumble … recorded 5 tackles, including career-high 4 solo stops, vs. Northwestern on Nov. 5, adding 1.0 sack and a forced fumble … had 3 tackles, including a sack, against Ohio State on Oct. 15 … recorded 3 tackles against Minnesota on Nov. 26
2015 Season: Earned second letter, playing in all 13 games with six starts at nose tackle and two starts at defensive end … made 31 total tackles, including 3.0 for loss and 2.0 sacks … also had one pass breakup … logged career-high five tackles vs. Northwestern on Nov. 21 … had four tackles, including 0.5 TFL, at Illinois on Oct. 24 … finished with three tackles, including 1.0 sack, vs. Troy on Sept. 19 … made three tackles, including 0.5 sack, vs. Iowa on Oct. 3 … recorded three total stops at Nebraska on Oct. 10 … made two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, in Holiday Bowl vs. USC on Dec. 30 … had two tackles, including 0.5 sack, vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12 … also recorded two tackles vs. Hawai’I on Sept. 26, vs. Purdue on Oct. 17, vs. Rutgers on Oct. 31 and at Maryland on Nov. 7
2014 Season: Earned first letter, playing in all 14 games ... finished with two total tackles, including 1.0 TFL ... made his Badgers debut and recorded first career tackle in season opener vs. LSU on Aug. 30 ... had one tackle vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6
High School: Four-star recruit by Scout ... three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals and 247 Sports ... finished career with 218 total tackles, 43 TFLs, 14 sacks and three forced fumbles ... first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association as a senior ... named Greater Metro Conference Defensive Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year ... finished senior season with 100 tackles, 20 TFLs and four sacks ... earned WFCA all-state honors as a junior, finishing with 70 tackles, 20 TFLs and eight sacks ... two-time all-area, all-region and all-conference first team selection ... named second-team all-conference as a sophomore after recording 48 tackles, three TFLs and two sacks ... took second place in national powerlifting competition as a sophomore ... also competed in baseball, track and field and wrestling ... head coach was Jeff Mazurczak
Personal: Parents are Tim and Elizabeth Sheehy ... father played baseball at Wisconsin from 1977-78 ... sister Anna competed in crew at Duke from 2009-10Â ... personal finance major
Career Highs |
Tackles |
6 vs. Ohio State, Dec. 2, 2017 |
Tackles for Loss |
2.0 vs. Maryland, Oct. 21, 2017 |
Sacks |
1.0 (4x) MR 2 vs. Purdue, Oct. 14, 2017Â |
Interceptions |
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Passes Defended |
1 (2x) MR 2 vs. Purdue, Oct. 14, 2017Â |