2011 Honors – – Academic all-Big Ten for third straight season . . . 2011 – – Saw action in six games, recording two solo tackles . . . saw action in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State . . . did not see action in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh . . . saw action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 59 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 13-3 loss at Penn State, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 41-31 win over Northwestern . . . saw action in 45-24 win over Indiana, recording one solo tackle . . . did not see action in 22-21 loss at Minnesota . . . did not see action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan . . . did not see action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State . . . did not see action in 31-21 win at Purdue . . . saw action in 20-7 loss at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma, but had no statistics.
2010 Honors – – Academic all-Big Ten . . . 2010 – – saw action in all 13 games, recording two solo tackles and three assists . . . saw action in 37-7 opening win over Eastern Illinois, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 35-7 win over Iowa State, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 34-27 loss at Arizona, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 45-0 win over Ball State, recording three assisted tackles as defense allowed just 112 yards total offense . . . saw action in 24-3 win over Penn State, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 54 net rushing yards and 301 yards total offense . . . saw action in 38-28 win at Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-30 loss to Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 18-13 win at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 21-17 loss at Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 20-17 loss to Ohio State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 27-24 loss at Minnesota, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 27-24 Insight Bowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri, but had no statistics.
2009 Honors – – Academic all-Big Ten . . . 2009 – – Saw action in all 13 games, recording four solo tackles and one assist . . . saw action on special teams in 17-16 win over Northern Iowa, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 35-3 win at Iowa State as defense collected six turnovers . . . recorded two solo tackles at ISU for first career stats . . . saw action in 27-17 win over Arizona as defense allowed just 253 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 21-10 win at Penn State, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 24-21 win over Arkansas State, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 30-28 win over Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 20-10 win at Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 15-13 win at Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 42-24 win over Indiana, recording one solo tackle and one assist as defense allowed just 79 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 17-10 loss to Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 27-24 overtime loss at Ohio State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 12-0 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-14 Orange Bowl win over Georgia Tech, but had no statistics.
2008 – – Redshirted.
High school honors – – First team all-state as a senior… News-Press Defensive Player of the Year as a senior… first team all-district as a sophomore and senior… honorable mention all-district as a junior… first team all-conference as a senior… honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore and junior… Career – – Collected 178 tackles, five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, six interceptions and nine pass break-ups… team captain… also lettered in track… named FHSAA 3A Citrus Bowl Scholar Athlete… four-time academic athlete.
Personal – – Born 8/8/89 . . . computer science major . . . named FHSAA 3A Citrus Bowl Scholar Athlete . . . four-time academic athlete . . . parents are Mary Ann and Mark Swanson . . . one of two players from Naples on Iowa roster . . . high school coach was Bill Kramer.