Height: 6'4   Weight: 320
College: Wisconsin
Position: OG   No: 62

Born: 10/26/1981
Hometown: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Professional:  Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft; started all 16 games at left guard… also started playoff game; one of four rookie offensive linemen in the NFL to start all 16 games; provided blocking to allow for NFL Rookie of the Year RB Carnell “Cadillac” Williams to break the team record with six 100-yard rushing performances and set a franchise rookie record with 1,178 rushing yards; in 2006, played in nine games with seven starts at left guard before being placed on injured reserve on November 27 because of a knee injury; Declared inactive for all 16 regular season games and one playoff game during the 2007 season;  was acquired by the Chicago Bears in 2008 but did not appear in any games.

College:  Four year starter playing in 51 games with 49 starts at Wisconsin; in 2004, named Second-Team All-American (AP), First-Team All-American (Pro Football Weekly), consensus First-Team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-American (Sports Illustrated); started all 12 games at left guard in 2004 and allowed only one pressure throughout the year and helped Wisconsin’s rushing offense to average 160.9 yards a game; in 2003, named Second-Team All-Big Ten after starting all 13 games at left guard; part of an offensive line that cleared the way for the Badgers to average 394.9 yards per game and score 45 touchdowns; in 2002, started 11 of 13 games at left guard; part an offense that averaged 354.7 yards per game and scored 47 touchdowns; in 2001, named Fourth-Team Freshman All-American (The Sporting News), and Big Ten All-Freshman team (The Sporting News) after starting all 13 games at left guard as a freshman; helped open holes for Wisconsin’s Big Ten-record ninth consecutive 1,000 yard rusher (RB Anthony Davis); redshirted in 2000.

Personal:  Married to the former Ashley Trantow; couple has one son, Sawyer; attended Bay Port (Green Bay, Wisconsin) High School where he was a USA Today All-American honorable mention; named to the Super Prep and Prep Star All-Region squads and was a WFCA First-Team All-State on both offense and defense as a senior; First-Team All-State (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and AP).