Photos from the Badgers' game against Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (Neil Ament photo)
2011: Earned second letter and played in all 14 games ... ranked second on the team with 4.0 sacks ... recorded two solo tackles vs. Oregon in the Rose Bowl ... one solo tackle against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3 ... broke up one pass against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... made two tackles at Illinois on Nov. 19 ... recorded a sack and had two tackles at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... finished with three tackles against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... had one tackle at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... posted one tackle against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... career-high five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... made two tackles and had one sack against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... picked up first sack of career and finished with two tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... made one tackle against UNLV on Sept. 1
2010: Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games ... recorded one tackle against TCU in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... made one tackle against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... posted three tackles at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... season-high four tackles against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... made one tackle at Purdue on Nov. 6 and at Iowa on Oct. 23 ... collected two tackles in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... recorded one tackle against Minnesota on Oct. 9 ... recorded first tackle of career against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... made Badger debut as a defensive tackle at UNLV on Sept. 4
High School: Rated as the No. 20 defensive tackle in the country by MaxPreps, No. 26 by Scout, No. 30 by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 80 by Rivals ... top-ranked defensive tackle in Minnesota according to ESPN/Scouts Inc. and fifth-best player in the state according to Rivals ... named to 2010 Star Tribune Super Preps ... as a senior, posted team-high 89 tackles (65 solo), 12 tackles for loss, seven sacks, three forced fumbles, two blocked field goals and one blocked punt ... all-conference and all-metro honoree ... named all-state by Associated Press and Minnesota Vikings ... finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Football ... Gatorade Player of the Year nominee ... four-time Star of the Week by the Excelsior and Shorewood Sun Sailor ... team MVP ... named Minnetonka's Defensive Player of the Week three times ... as a junior, named all-metro, all-conference and all-state ... in sophomore season, recorded 36 tackles (19 solo) and three sacks, forced four fumbles and scored one touchdown ... as a freshman, made 42 tackles ... started at nose guard all four seasons ... earned four letters in football, four in track and two in lacrosse ... played on 2009 state champion lacrosse team ... four-year winner of Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for football ... named to 2009 All-State Academic Team ... high school coach was Dave Nelson ... undeclared major in College of Letters & Science
Personal: Parents are Matt and Susie Allen ... grandfather, Fred T. Westphal, was six-time All-American as member of UW swim team from 1956-59, charter inductee into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame and member of the Wisconsin Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame ... uncle, John Westphal, was two-year letterwinner in football at UW from 1980-81 ... relative Brett Westphal played football UW-Eau Claire from 1977-80 ... enjoys wakeboarding, basketball, weightlifting and reading
Career Defensive Statistics
Season
GP/GS
UT
AT
Tot.
TFL
QBS
FC
FR
INT
PD
2010
12/0
6
9
15
0.0-0
0.0-0
0
0
0
0
2011
14/0
11
11
22
4.5-21
4.0-21
0
0
0
1
Totals
26/0
17
20
37
4.5-21
4.0-21
0
0
0
1
Game-by-Game Tackles 2010 SEASON: San Jose State (0-1=1); Minnesota (1-0=1); Ohio State (0-2=2); Iowa (1-0=1); Purdue (0-1=1); Indiana (1-3=4); Michigan (2-1=3); Northwestern (0-1=1); TCU (1-0=1)
2011 SEASON: UNLV (0-1=1); Oregon State (2-0=2); South Dakota (1-1=2); Nebraska (1-4=5); Indiana (1-0=1); Ohio State (1-0=1); Purdue (1-2=3); Minnesota (1-1=2); Illinois (0-2=2); Michigan State (1-0=1), Oregon (2-0=2)
