2002: Earned first varsity letter ... played in all 14 games and started 10 times (seven at weakside LB and three at strongside LB) … team-high 11 TFLs … team’s third-leading tackler … six QB hurries ranked fifth on team … named Big Ten (and UW) Defensive Player of the Week after career-high 13 tackles (including four TFLs) and two forced fumbles at Iowa … career high-tying 13 stops and a 52-yard fumble return vs. Illinois … nine tackles, including a TFL, in Alamo Bowl win over Colorado ... blocked a punt vs. Arizona (named UW’s special teams P.O.W. that game)

Before Wisconsin: Conference Defensive Player of the Year at SUNY-Morrisville … recorded 100 tackles and 10 sacks while earning all-conference honors … junior college track and field All-American in discus, shot put and javelin … all-league football pick twice in high school … group II state track champ two times in high school career … wrestling district champion as a prep … team captain in both football and track … biggest sports thrill was throwing discus at the Penn Relays in high school … played for Coach Terry Dow in junior college and Pete Miles at Delran High

Personal: born 6/11/81 ... mother is Belva Lewis-Taylor … major is agricultural journalism.