Photos from the Badgers' game against Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (Neil Ament photo)
Started career as a walk-on ... missed the 2012 spring season due to injury ... awarded scholarship during Fall Camp of 2012 season
Honors and Awards 2010: Academic All-Big Ten
2012: Recorded four tackles against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... tallied 6 tackles in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... set a new career high in tackles with 12 at Penn St. on Nov. 24 ... tied a career-best with 10 tackles against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded five tackles, four solo, against Indiana on Nov. 10 ... collected eight tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... recorded his first-career interception against Minnesota on Oct. 20, finished the game with five tackles ... tallied two tackles at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... tied a career-best with 10 tackles and broke up one pass against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... finished with five tackles at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... made six tackles and broke up two passes against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... recorded seven tackles and broke up one pass against Utah State on Sept. 15 ... led the Badgers with a career-high 10 tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... earned start and recorded three tackles against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1
2011: Earned second letter ... played in 12 games with two starts at linebacker ... missed the Big Ten Championship game and Rose Bowl due to injuries ... made three tackles at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... finished with five tackles and one pass breakup against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... recorded two tackles at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... tallied four tackles at Michigan State on Oct. 22 ... posted two tackles against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... career-high six tackles against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... started at linebacker against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... made first start of career and picked up first sack of career along with four tackles against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 ... had two tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... recorded one tackle for loss against UNLV on Sept. 1
2010: Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games ... recovered first fumble of career and added one tackle against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... posted one tackle with 0.5 TFL against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... recorded one tackle at Purdue on Nov. 6 ... made two tackles in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... season-high five tackles with 2.0 TFLs against Austin Peay on Sept. 25 ... tallied four tackles in Badger debut at UNLV on Sept. 4
2009: Redshirt season ... named UW's scout team defensive player of the week for the Indiana game
High School: First-team all-state and all-conference as a senior ... state and conference all-academic team member ... team MVP and captain ... winner of team's coaches award ... Times Area Player of the Year ... two-time winner of the Media.com "Iron Man Award" as a senior ... first-team all-state and all-conference as a junior ... conference all-academic team ... team defensive MVP ... Times Area Player of the Year ... head coach was Trent Swords
Personal: Parents are Bradley and Karla Armstrong ... majoring in economics
2011 SEASON: UNLV (1-0=1); Oregon State (0-2=2); Northern Illinois (3-1=4); Nebraska (3-3=6); Indiana (1-1=2); Michigan State (3-1=4); Ohio State (0-2=2); Purdue (2-3=5); Minnesota (1-2=3)
2012 SEASON: UNI (1-2=3), OSU (6-4=10), USU (5-2=7); UTEP (4-2=6); NEB (1-4=5); ILL (4-6=10); PUR (2-0=2); MIN (4-1=5); MSU (4-4=8); IND (4-1=5); Ohio State (5-5=10); Penn St (9-3=12); Nebraska (2-4=6); Stanford (3-1=4)
