HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Andover High School saw action in just two games as a senior, before suffering a season-ending injury earned all-state honorable mention following his junior season named to the all-metro third team in 2010 after recording 61 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 21 tackles-for-loss honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore when he recorded 53 tackles, 5.5 sacks and nine tackles-for-loss in 2009 coached by Rich Wilkie.
PERSONAL: Both his parents were student-athletes at Minnesota his father, Brian, played baseball at the U, while his mother, Eileen, ran cross country.