Honors: Team captain ... named to 2003 Bronko Nagurski (nation’s top defensive player) preseason watch list ... ranked by The Sporting News as the No. 13 free safety and No. 18 return man in the nation heading into 2003 campaign ... Lindy’s rates him the No. 4 safety in the nation ... second-team preseason All-American by Athlon’s and Lindy’s and honorable mention preseason All-American by collegefootballnews.com ... already ranks sixth all-time at Wisconsin in interceptions with 11

2002: earned second varsity letter as a walk-on ... started all 14 games at strong safety ... first-team All-American according to CNN/SI.com ... second-team Walter Camp All-American and third-team Associated Press All-American ... first-team All-Big Ten by media and second-team choice by coaches … voted by teammates as UW’s first sophomore team MVP since 1947 ... starter all season at strong safety … named team’s special teams player of the year ... led nation with Big Ten record-tying 11 interceptions (0.79 per game) … led Big Ten (and ranked 10th nationally) with school record-tying 25 pass breakups ... ranked No. 2 in Big Ten in punt return average (12.1) … set school record with 434 punt return yards … named to Verizon Academic All-District 5 team … Academic All-Big Ten ... No. 2 on team in tackles with 99 … intercepted two passes vs. Fresno State, Illinois and Minnesota … named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for performance vs. Fresno State (two INTs, six tackles, five pass breakups) … his five PBUs vs. Bulldogs tied for second-most ever in a game by a Badger … career-high 10 tackles vs. Penn State and Iowa … forced a fumble vs. Illinois and recovered a fumble at Michigan … also returned a punt 39 yards for touchdown at Michigan … three-time UW defensive player of the week and four-time special teams P.O.W. ... won starting job at SS during fall camp

2001: earned first varsity letter … true freshman walk-on who saw action in all 12 games on special teams … made 12 tackles … earned team’s special teams player of the week accolade for his performance vs. Michigan State … then career-high three tackles in season finale at Minnesota … had at least one stop in eight of 12 games

High School: a 2001 graduate of Flambeau High ... two-time first-team all-state selection who captained team as a junior and senior ... team MVP as a senior ... registered eight interceptions and made 120 tackles as a senior ... a WIAA scholar-athlete

Personal: born 10/27/82 ... kinesiology major ... parents are Don and Debbie.