Gabe Carimi Class: RS Senior Hometown: Cottage Grove, Wis. High School: Monona Grove Height / Weight: 6-7 / 315 Position: OL Experience: 2V

Honors and Awards: 2009: First-team All-Big Ten by media and second-team All-Big Ten by coaches ... fourth-team All-American by Phil Steele ... preseason first-team All-Big Ten selection by Lindy's ... named first-team Midseason All-Big Ten by Phil Steele ... Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List ... preseason second team by Phil Steele and third team by Athlon ... Academic All-Big Ten 2008: Honorable mention Sophomore All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com ... Academic All-Big Ten 2007: Second-team Freshman All-American by Rivals.com and The Sporting News ... honorable mention Freshman All-American by CollegeFootballnews.com ... first-team Freshman All-Big Ten honors from The Sporting News ... UW co-Rookie of the Year ... Academic All-Big Ten

2009: Started all 13 games at left tackle

2008: Earned second letter ... played in 10 games and started all 10 ... started his 23rd career game against Florida State in the Champs Sports Bowl ... returned to the starting lineup at Michigan State on Nov. 1 after missing games vs. Penn State, at Iowa and vs. Illinois due to injury ... had started 18-straight games at left tackle before sustaining a knee injury in the first quarter against Ohio State on Oct. 4 ... named UW's co-offensive player of the week against Akron on Aug. 30 ... Preseason: named second-team All-Big Ten by Lindy's and Athlon Sports ... third-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

2007: Earned first letter ... started at left tackle in all 13 games, taking over the position from 2006 Outland Trophy winner and No. 3 overall NFL Draft choice Joe Thomas ... fasted for 24 hours prior to Iowa game on Sept. 22 in observance of Yom Kippur

2006: Redshirted ... named UW's scout team offensive player of the week for Western Illinois game

High School: Parade All-American ... rated by Rivals.com as No. 3 player in Wisconsin and No. 30 offensive tackle in the nation ... PrepStar All-American ... ranked among top 65 players in the Midwest by Superprep ... Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year ... first-team all-state choice on both sides of the ball in 2005 (offensive and defensive line) ... two-time, first-team all-conference offensive tackle ... team MVP as a senior ... earned four letters in football and track (captained both teams his senior year) ... football coach was Mike Stassi

Personal: Parents are Sanford and Alayne Gardner-Carimi ... major is civil engineering