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RS Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Waunakee, Wis.
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| High School:
Waunakee
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 234
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| Position:
RB
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| Experience:
1V
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2012: Saw action against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... recorded a tackle at Penn State on Nov. 24 ... saw action at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... made Badger debut against Minnesota on Oct. 20
2011: Redshirt season ... named UW's offensive scout team player of the week for the Oregon State game
High School: In high school career, rushed 134 times for 1,048 yards and 19 touchdowns and caught 27 passes for 628 yards and six touchdowns ... as a senior, named all-region and honorable mention all-state by the WFCA after rushing 90 times for 707 yards and 12 touchdowns and catching 19 passes for 371 yards and two touchdowns ... first-team all-conference on offense and defense as a senior and put on the Wisconsin State Journal's all-area team ... as a junior, rushed 39 times for 241 yards and five touchdowns and caught eight passes for 257 and four touchdowns ... set a state record with 127 receiving yards in the D-II Championship game during his junior year ... rushed five times for 100 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore ... two-time state champion in football ... lettered twice in football and baseball and once in hockey ... played three years with the Madison Capitols, an independent AAA hockey organization, during high school ... member of the National Honor Society ... head coach was Pat Rice
Personal: Parents are Kent and Michelle Straus ... father, Kent, played baseball at Wisconsin (1982-83) ... cousin, Jaquilyn Edwards, plays softball at Stanford ... hobbies are fishing and pond hockey ... volunteers at local food pantry and youth sport camps ... majoring in kinesiology
