Honors and Awards
2016: Jimmy Demetral Team MVP ... third-team All-Big Ten (media), honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches), Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, Academic All-Big Ten
2015: Academic All-Big Ten
2014: Academic All-Big Ten
2013: Academic All-Big Ten
Career: Played in 52 games with 17 starts ... recorded 8 interceptions, broke up 2 passes and recovered 2 fumbles, including ` returned for touchdown ... logged 108 total tackles, including 66 solo stops and 4.0 TFLs ... part of defense that allowed just 16.6 points per game and 292.5 total yards per game over his four-year career, the No. 2 marks in the FBS over that span (Alabama: 15.1 ppg, 287.6 ypg) ... part of winningest senior class in school history, posting a record of 41-13 (.759), including a 26-7 (.788) mark in Big Ten play and three consecutive bowl wins ... voted team MVP as a senior … four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
2016 Season: Earned fourth letter, starting all 14 games at safety ... voted recipient of Jimmy Demetral Team MVP award ... posted team-high 5 interceptions for unit that ranked No. 1 among Power Five programs with 22 total INTs ... recorded 74 total tackles, including 50 solo stops ... logged 3.0 tackles for loss ... recorded 5 tackles and returned a recovered fumble 66 yards for a touchdown at Michigan State on Sept. 24 ... intercepted 2 passes and made 4 tackles vs. Illinois on Nov. 12 ... recorded an interception and made 6 tackles vs. Minnesota on Nov. 26 ... had 1 interception and 2 tackles at Purdue on Nov. 19 ... made 1 interception and logged 1 tackle vs. Akron on Sept. 10 ... logged career-high 9 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, at Northwestern on Nov. 5 ... matched career high with 9 total tackles vs. Western Michigan in Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 2 ... had 7 tackles, including 0.5 TFL, and broke up a pass at Michigan on Oct. 1 ... logged 6 tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Penn State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 3 ... made 6 tackles vs. Nebraska on Oct. 29 ... had 5 tackles in season-opening win over LSU in Lambeau Field College Classic on Sept. 3 ... had 4 tackles at Iowa on Oct. 22
2015 Season: Earned third letter, playing in all 13 games with two starts at safety … recorded eight total tackles … defended career-best three passes vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12, recording career-high two interceptions and a pass breakup … made four tackles in season opener vs. Alabama on Sept. 5 … finished with two tackles vs. Hawai’I on Sept. 26 … recovered fumble on game’s final play vs. Nebraska on Oct. 10
2014 Season: Earned second letter, playing in 12 games ... missed first two games of season with injury ... finished with 11 total tackles, including six on special teams ... logged two tackles vs. Minnesota on Nov. 22 as Badgers secured Big Ten West Division title ... also recorded two tackles at Rutgers on Nov. 1, vs. Maryland on Oct. 25 and vs. Illinois on Oct. 11 ... made one stop vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 6 ... saw action at Iowa on Nov. 22, vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, at Purdue on Nov. 8, at Northwestern on Oct. 4, vs. South Florida on Sept. 27 and vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20
2013 Season: Earned first letter, playing in all 13 games and making one start at free safety at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... finished season with 15 tackles, including 1.0 TFL ... tallied career-high five tackles, including first career TFL, at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... registered two tackles and first career interception vs. Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7 ... made one tackle and blocked a punt vs. Penn State on Nov. 30 ... had three tackles vs. Purdue on Sept. 21 ... made one tackle vs. Indiana on Nov. 16 ... had one tackle at Iowa on Nov. 2 ... recorded one tackle at Arizona State on Sept. 14 ... made one tackle in his Badgers debut vs. UMass on Aug. 31
2012 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Two-star recruit by Scout and Rivals ... No. 8-ranked player in Wisconsin according to Rivals ... part of three consecutive Division 2 state championship teams at Waunakee (2009-11) ... in his career, rushed for 5,531 yards and 87 touchdowns (scored 93 total TDs) ... as a senior, named first-team all-state by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and Associated Press and named unanimous first-team All-Badger Conference ... winner of Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch Running Back of the Year Award after rushing for 2,398 yards and 39 touchdowns ... named first-team all-state by WFCA and second-team all-state by the AP as a junior, also unanimous first-team all-conference ... ran for 2,005 yards and 35 touchdowns and passed for three touchdowns ... first-team all-conference as a sophomore after rushing for 1,128 yards and 13 touchdowns and throwing for two more scores ... also lettered in track and field ... head football coach was Pat Rice
Personal: Mother is Teresa Musso ... volunteered with the Waunakee Neighborhood Connections as a present wrapper and food pantry worker ... spoke at elementary and middle schools and was a weightlifting supervisor at middle schools ... high school teammate of former Badgers Austin Maly, Jack Russell and Derek Straus ... majoring in community and nonprofit leadership
Game-by-Game Tackles (Solo-Assist=Total):
2013 SEASON: UMass (0-1=1); Tennessee Tech (1-1=2); at Arizona State (0-1=1); Purdue (1-2=3); at #4 Ohio State (4-1=5); at Iowa (0-1=1); Indiana (1-0=1); Penn State (0-1=1)
2014 SEASON: Illinois (2-0=2); Maryland (0-2=2); at Rutgers (1-1=2); #22 Minnesota (1-1=2); vs. #6 Ohio State (0-1=1)
2015 SEASON:Â vs. #3 Alabama (2-2=4); Miami (Ohio) (1-0=1); Troy (0-1=1); Hawai'i (2-0=2)
2016 SEASON:Â vs. #5 LSU (2-3=5); Akron (1-0=1): Georgia State (4-1=5); at #8 Michigan State (5-0=5); at #4 Michigan (3-4=7); #2 Ohio State (2-3=5); at Iowa (3-1=4); #7 Nebraska (4-2=6); at Northwestern (9-0=9); Illinois (2-2=4); at Purdue (1-1=2); Minnesota (4-2=6); vs. #8 Penn State (4-2=6); vs. #12 Western Michigan (6-3=9)
Career Game Highs |
Tackles |
9 (2x) MR vs. Western Michigan, Jan. 2, 2017 |
Tackles for Loss |
1.0 (3x) MR vs. Penn State, Dec. 3, 2016 |
Sacks |
-- |
Interceptions |
2 (2x) MR vs. Illinois, Nov. 12, 2016 |
Passes Defended |
3 vs. Miami (Ohio), Sept. 12, 2015 |