Abbrederis and Ball, Taylor and Borland named team's most valuable players
HONORS AND AWARDS 2012: Academic All-Big Ten
2012: Made one tackle against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... recorded one catch for 10 yards in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... made a tackle and had two receptions for 45 yards at Penn State on Nov. 24 ... tallied two tackles, one catch for three yards and ran once for 13 yards against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded one catch for 17 yards and made one tackle at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... made a seven yard catch against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... caught a two-yard pass against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... recorded a tackle at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... made two catches for 35 yards, including a career-long 26 yard catch, in first career start against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... recorded a tackle at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... finished with two tackles and forced one fumble against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... made two tackles at Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... had two catches for 14 yards in Badger debut against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1, recorded one tackle
2011: Redshirt season ... named UW's defensive scout team player of the week for UNLV game
High School: Three-star recruit by ESPN/Scouts Inc., Rivals and Scout ... No. 74 outside linebacker in the country by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 110 by Scout ... sixth-ranked player in Wisconsin by Rivals and ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 14 by Scout ... during his high school career, rushed for 2,685 yards and 44 touchdowns, had 625 receiving yards and five touchdowns, forced five fumbles, had 140 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, three interceptions, one kick return for a touchdown and one punt return for a touchdown ... second-team USA Today All-American at linebacker as a senior ... A.P. State Player of the Year as a senior and named first-team all-state at linebacker and honorable mention all-state as a running back ... named conference player of the year on both sides of the ball and named Waukesha County Player of the Year, as well as earning all-region honors ... in senior campaign, rushed for 1,506 yards and 25 touchdowns, recorded 277 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and made 80 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, forced two fumbles, converted 32 extra points and returned a punt for a touchdown ... first-team all-conference on both sides of the ball as a junior and named to all-county team, recording 665 yards rushing with 11 touchdowns and recording 266 yards receiving and catching three touchdowns ... on defense as a junior, made 60 tackles with 12 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and a fumble returned for a score ... honorable mention all-conference honors as a sophomore running back after rushing for 514 yards and eight touchdowns with 82 yards receiving ... lettered in football and basketball three times and in track and field four times ... member of the National Honor Society and high honor roll and was named academic all-conference in all three sports he played ... head coach was Clay Iverson
Personal: Parents are John and Connie Watt ... has one older brother, J.J., and a younger brother, T.J. ... brother, J.J., was a second-team All-American at Wisconsin, lettering in 2009 and 2010 and a first round draft pick of Houston in the 2011 NFL Draft ... member of the Leadership Club and coached at youth developmental camps ... also volunteered with Special Olympics bowling, unloading gifts for Christmas Clearing House and helping people in need in the community ... undeclared major
Career Receiving Statistics
Season
GP/GS
Rec.
Yds.
TD
Yds/Rec
Long
2012
14/5
12
150
0
12.5
33
Totals
14/5
12
150
0
12.5
33
Game-by-Game Receiving (Rec.-Yds., TD) 2012 SEASON: UNI (2-14); NEB 1-7); ILL (2-35); MINN (1-2=2); IND (1-17); Ohio State (1-3); Penn St (2-45); Nebraska (1-10)
Career Defensive Statistics
Season
GP/GS
UT
AT
Tot.
TFL
QBS
FC
FR
INT
PD
2012
14/5
10
3
13
0.0-0
0.0-0
1
0
0
0
Totals
14/5
10
3
13
0.0-0
0.0-0
1
0
0
0
Game-by-Game Tackles 2012 SEASON: UNI (1-0=1); OSU (1-1=2); UTEP (1-1=2); NEB (1-0=1); ILL (1-0=1); PUR (1-0=1); IND (0-1=1); Ohio State (2-0=2); PSU (1-0=1); Stanford (1-0=1)
