AS A BULLDOG: Should figure quite prominently in UMD’s tight end plans this season ... lettered last fall in a supporting role and wound up with a pair of catches when all was said and done ... did not dress for two outings -- Upper Iowa (ankle) and Northern State (shoulder) -- on account of injuries ... spent two years (2008 and 2009) as a member of the University of Wisconsin football program before enlisting his services at UMD ... was redshirted his first season with the Badgers and saw no intercollegiate action the following fall. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 1 at St. Cloud State (10/29/11) and Winona State (10/8/11). Pass Reception Yards - 4 at Winona State (10/8/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 at Winona State (10/8/11). Longest Pass Reception - 4 yds. at Winona State (10/8/11). BEFORE UMD: Was a member of the University of Wisconsin football program in 2008 and 2009 ... was redshirted his first season with the Badgers and saw no intercollegiate action the following fall.