One of three finalists for the Outland Trophy One of six captains for Wisconsin in 2010 First-team midseason All-American by Phil Steele and second team by Sports Illustrated Named first-team All-Big Ten by media and second-team All-Big Ten by coaches in 2009 Academic All-Big Ten selection, majoring in civil engineering Has started 42 games at left tackle after taking over for Outland Trophy winner and No. 3 overall NFL draft pick Joe Thomas Spearheads on offensive line that has paved the way for the No. 12 rushing team in the country (239.9 ypg.) and given up just 12 sacks in 11 games UW is only team in the country with three different RBs with at least 600 yards
Season Statistics
Season
GP/GS
2010
11/11
One of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award 2nd-team midseason All-American by SI.com and Phil Steele Big Ten co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11) 3rd in the Big Ten and 18th in the country with 103.2 rushing yards per game Tied for the Big Ten lead and ranks 10th in the country with 13 rushing TDs 104 yards and two TDs in win over No. 1 Ohio State (first RB in 29 games to go over 100 yards vs. OSU) 2009 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
Rushing Statistics
Season
GP/GS
Att.
Yds.
TD
Yds/Att
Long
2010
9/9
172
929
13
5.4
40
One of three finalists for the Mackey Award Two-time John Mackey Tight End of the Week (Sept. 20 and Sept. 27) 1st-team midseason All-American by Phil Steele, 2nd-team by SI.com Leads Badgers in receptions (35), receiving yards (547) and receiving TDs (4) Needs 30 yards to be 23rd player in UW history with 1,000 career receiving yards Tremendous blocker, integral part of UW's outstanding rushing attack One of six captains for Wisconsin in 2010
Receiving Statistics
Season
GP/GS
Rec.
Yds.
TD
Yds/Rec
Long
2010
11/9
35
547
4
15.6
34
Started all 11 games at left guard in 2010 1st-team midseason All-American by SI.com, 3rd-team by Phil Steele Consensus first-team All-Big Ten in 2009 Has started 25 career games at left guard and 15 at center Offensive line has paved the way for the 12th-ranked rushing offense in the country (239.9 ypg.) and given up just 12 sacks in 10 games One of six captains for Wisconsin in 2010 UW is only team in the country with three different RBs with at least 600 yards
Season Statistics
Season
GP/GS
2010
11/11
One of five finalists for the Unitas Golden Arm Award National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Manning Award "Performer of the Week" (Nov. 15) Badgers are 20-4 with Tolzien as the starting QB over the past two seasons Ranks seventh in the country in pass efficiency (163.04) Leads the country in completion percentage (.739), which would be a Big Ten single-season record Completed 24 consecutive passes from the end of the Indiana to the beginning of the Michigan game One of six captains for Wisconsin in 2010
Passing Statistics
Season
GP/GS
Comp.
Att.
Pct.
Yds.
TD
INT
LG
2010
11/11
167
226
.739
2070
12
6
45
One of eight semifinlists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy Ted Hendricks Award midseason Watch List 2nd-team Midseason All-American by SI.com and Phil Steele Two-time Lott IMPACT Player of the Week (Oct. 18 and Oct. 25) Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25) Big Ten co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25) 2nd in the Big Ten and tied for 7th in the country with 18.0 TFLs Recorded his first career interception against Michigan and tied for 2nd on the team and 8th in the Big Ten with eight passes defensed Against the No. 1 and No. 13 teams in the country in the consecutive weeks (Ohio State and Iowa), had nine tackles, 3.0 sacks, 5.0 TFLs, a quarterback hurry and a blocked kick
Defensive Statistics
Season
GP/GS
UT
AT
Tot.
TFL
QBS
FC
FR
INT
PBU
2010
11/11
33
19
52
18.0-72
6.0-44
1
2
1
7
Four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Nov. 15, Nov. 22) 3rd among freshman in the country (RBs and QBs) with 89.5 rushing ypg. Averaging 104.3 yards per game in Big Ten play (despite just six carries for 10 yards vs. Iowa) Tied for 2nd among all freshman in the country with 13 rushing TDs 6.99 ypc. is 2nd-best in the country among RBs with at least 100 carries and is best in school history 75 rushing yards and a TD in win over No. 1 Ohio State In two games in the state of Michigan (at MSU and at Mich.), compiled 481 all-purpose yards and four TDs 2nd freshman in school history to score four rushing TDs in a game (joining Ron Dayne) Leads the Badgers and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 130.7 all-pupose yards per game Rushing total of 895 yards is 4th-best among freshmen in school history (trailing Ron Dayne, P.J. Hill and Anthony Davis)