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Jersey Number 19
Thomas Heiberger
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Sioux Falls, S.D.
- High School:
- Jefferson
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 237
Honors and Awards
2025: Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Season: Played in 11 games, making three starts at linebacker … made seven tackles on the year, finishing the season out by making tackles in five straight games … played 95 defensive snaps … posted first career tackle at Oregon (Oct. 25) … tallied two solo stops against Minnesota (Nov. 29)
High School
- Earned three-star composite status
- Made 39 tackles, including 5.0 sacks as a senior while also scoring five touchdowns on offense
- Earned all-state and all-conference honors in 2023, along with Argus Leader Elite 45 recognition
- Made 44 tackles as a junior, including 10.0 TFLs, on the way to a 12-0 team record and a state title
- Named all-state and all-conference in 2022
- Played quarterback as a freshman at Roosevelt High School
- High school coach was Vince Benedetto
- Also competed in Baseball, basketball and track
- Has five siblings, Liv, Preston, Ellie, Sam and Luke
- His father played baseball for Trinidad State and South Dakota State
- Parents are Megan and Dave Ver Steeg and Jake and Kristen Heiberger
- Favorite Badger of all-time is J.J. Watt
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