Head coach Bret Bielema met the media Monday as Badgers begin preparations for Hoosiers
Honors and Awards 2012: Academic All-Big Ten 2011: Academic All-Big Ten
2012: Kicked kickoffs against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... Converted on six of six extra points and kicked nine of ten kickoffs for touchbacks in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... made three extra points at Penn St on Nov. 24 ... had two extra points and three kickoffs for 180 yards against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... converted on two field goal attempts and six extra points at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... scored two field goals, including one in overtime, against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... recorded five PAT and one field goal against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... made one field goal and five PAT at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... recorded a career-long 46 yard field goal and four PAT against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... made a PAT at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... scored one PAT against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... went 1-for-2 on field goals against Utah State on Sept. 15 .... scored an extra point against Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... had the first multiple field goal game of his career against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1, connecting from 32 and 35 yards out
2011: Appeared in seven games ... kicked off once against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... made a 29-yard field goal against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... kicked off one time for 61 yards against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... hit on 1-2 field goals and was perfect on all 8 extra point tries against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... made all 7 extra point attempts against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 ... converted on all five extra point tries against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... in Badger debut, made 29-yard field goal and was 6-of-7 on extra points against UNLV on Sept. 1
2010: Redshirt season High School: Ranked as the third-most accurate kicker by Rivals and the No. 8 overall kicker in the country by Rivals, No. 15 by Scout and No. 20 by ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... named as the No. 15 player in Wisconsin by Rivals ... for career, made 19-of-34 field goals and 76-of-80 extra points ... as a senior, first-team all-state selection by Associated Press and coaches ... also named first-team all-area, all-suburban and all-county (Waukesha County) ... won the seventh annual Chris Sailer National Event in Las Vegas ... converted 15-of-22 field goals, including long of 42 yards, and made 39-of-40 extra points ... posted average of 38 yards per punt, with long punt of 71 yards ... as a junior, named second-team all-conference and honorable mention all-suburban as a kicker and punter ... went 1-for-3 on field goals and 25-for-25 on extra points ... averaged 60 yards per kickoff ... as a sophomore, made 3-of-9 field goals with longest being 44 yards ... converted 12-of-15 extra points ... won three letters in football and one in soccer ... named to high honor roll all four years ... high school coach was John Baker
Personal: Parents are Ken and Loriann French ... uncle, Jan Popiel, played professional hockey in the WHA in the 1970s ... hobbies include working out and playing video games ... double majoring in personal finance and economics
Career Kicking Statistics
Season
GP/GS
FGM
FGA
FG Pct.
LG
PAT
PAT Pct.
2011
7/0
3
5
.600
29
26-27
.963
2012
13/0
10
16
.625
46
38-40
.950
Totals
20/0
13
21
.619
46
64-67
.955
Game-by-Game Field Goals (made field goals in (parentheses)) 2011 SEASON: UNLV (29); Northern Illinois 50; South Dakota (25), 50; Purdue (29)
2012 SEASON: UNI (32 & 35), USU (36), 19, ILL (46); PUR 44, (30), 36; Minnesota (33); MSU (39 & 43); IND (24 & 37); Ohio State 40; Penn State 44; Nebraska 45
