Honors and Awards
2013: Academic All-Big Ten, consensus All-Big Ten honorable mention
2012: Academic All-Big Ten, consensus All-Big Ten honorable mention
2011: Academic All-Big Ten

Career: Set school record by playing in 54 games ... never missed a game in four-year career ... started 26 games over final two seasons ... recorded 94 tackles, including 15.0 TFLs and 8.0 sacks ... blocked two kicks ... recovered a fumble for a touchdown at Arizona State (Sept. 14, 2013) ... was starting NG in 3-4 scheme as a senior after playing DT in 4-3 alignment in first three seasons

2013: Earned fourth letter, starting all 13 games ... finished season with 20 total tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks ... recorded one tackle vs. South Carolina in Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1 ... made two tackles and blocked a field goal vs. Penn State on Nov. 30 ... saw action at Minnesota on Nov. 23, vs. Indiana on Nov. 16 and vs. BYU on Nov. 9 ... made three tackles, including 1.0 TFLs at Iowa on Nov. 2 ... had two tackles at Illinois on Oct. 19 ... tallied a sack vs. Northwestern on Oct. 12 ... made one tackle at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... registered two tackles and 0.5 sacks vs. Purdue on Sept. 21 ... made four tackles and recovered a fumble for his first career touchdown at Arizona State on Sept. 14 ... registered one tackle and a QB hurry vs. Tennesee Tech on Sept. 7 ... recorded two tackles and a QB hurry against UMass on Aug. 31

2012: Earned third letter, starting all 14 games ... ranked second among UW defensive linemen with 7.5 TFLs ... recorded four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... started in the Big Ten Championship Game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... recorded a career-high six tackles against Penn St on Nov. 24 ... tallied four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recored two solo tackles at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... collected five tackles, including 0.5 sacks and 0.5 for loss, against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... tallied two tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... blocked a punt and recorded a tackle at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... recorded three tackles, including one for a loss, one sack and forced one fumble against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... made two tackles at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... recorded two tackles, including 2.0 for loss, and 1.0 sacks against Utah State on Sept. 22 ... had one tackle against Utah State on Sept. 15 ... recorded two tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... earned first career start against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1, recording three tackles and breaking up one pass

2011: Earned second letter and played in all 14 games ... ranked second on the team with 4.0 sacks ... recorded two solo tackles vs. Oregon in the Rose Bowl ... one solo tackle against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3 ... broke up one pass against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... made two tackles at Illinois on Nov. 19 ... recorded a sack and had two tackles at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... finished with three tackles against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... had one tackle at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... posted one tackle against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... career-high five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... made two tackles and had one sack against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... picked up first sack of career and finished with two tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... made one tackle against UNLV on Sept. 1

2010: Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games ... recorded one tackle against TCU in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... made one tackle against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... posted three tackles at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... season-high four tackles against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... made one tackle at Purdue on Nov. 6 and at Iowa on Oct. 23 ... collected two tackles in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... recorded one tackle against Minnesota on Oct. 9 ... recorded first tackle of career against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... made Badger debut as a defensive tackle at UNLV on Sept. 4

High School: Rated as the No. 20 defensive tackle in the country by MaxPreps, No. 26 by Scout, No. 30 by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 80 by Rivals ... top-ranked defensive tackle in Minnesota according to ESPN/Scouts Inc. and fifth-best player in the state according to Rivals ... named to 2010 Star Tribune Super Preps ... as a senior, posted team-high 89 tackles (65 solo), 12 tackles for loss, seven sacks, three forced fumbles, two blocked field goals and one blocked punt ... all-conference and all-metro honoree ... named all-state by Associated Press and Minnesota Vikings ... finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Football ... Gatorade Player of the Year nominee ... four-time Star of the Week by the Excelsior and Shorewood Sun Sailor ... team MVP ... named Minnetonka's Defensive Player of the Week three times ... as a junior, named all-metro, all-conference and all-state ... in sophomore season, recorded 36 tackles (19 solo) and three sacks, forced four fumbles and scored one touchdown ... as a freshman, made 42 tackles ... started at nose guard all four seasons ... earned four letters in football, four in track and two in lacrosse ... played on 2009 state champion lacrosse team ... four-year winner of Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for football ... named to 2009 All-State Academic Team ... high school coach was Dave Nelson

Personal: Parents are Matt and Susie Allen ... grandfather, Fred T. Westphal, was six-time All-American as member of UW swim team from 1956-59, charter inductee into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame and member of the Wisconsin Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame ... uncle, John Westphal, was two-year letterwinner in football at UW from 1980-81 ... relative Brett Westphal played football UW-Eau Claire from 1977-80 ... enjoys wakeboarding, basketball, weightlifting and reading ... major is business with a focus in management and human resources

Game-by-Game Tackles
2010 SEASON: San Jose State (0-1=1); Minnesota (1-0=1); Ohio State (0-2=2); at Iowa (1-0=1); at Purdue (0-1=1); at Indiana (1-3=4); at Michigan (2-1=3); Northwestern (0-1=1); vs. TCU (1-0=1)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (0-1=1); Oregon State (2-0=2); South Dakota (1-1=2); Nebraska (1-4=5); Indiana (1-0=1); at Ohio State (1-0=1); Purdue (1-2=3); at Minnesota (1-1=2); at Illinois (0-2=2); vs. Michigan State (1-0=1); vs. Oregon (2-0=2)

2012 SEASON: Northern Iowa (1-2=3), at Oregon State (1-1=2), Utah State (0-1=1); UTEP (2-0=2); at Nebraska (0-2=2); Illinois (2-1=3); at Purdue (1-0=1); Minnesota (0-2=2); Michigan State (2-3=5); at Indiana (2-0=2); Ohio State (2-2=4); at Penn State (3-3=6); vs. Stanford (2-2=4)

2013 SEASON: UMass (2-0=2); Tennessee Tech (0-1=1); Arizona State (2-2=4), Purdue (2-0=2); at Ohio State (0-1=1); Northwestern (1-0=1); at Illinois (0-2=2); at Iowa (0-3=3); Penn State (2-0=2); vs. South Carolina (1-0=1)