Hawk Item — Completed career in 2014.
2014 Honors – – Next Man In Award, offense . . . 2014 – – started at center in final seven games . . . saw action at center in 45-29 win over Indiana . . . entered the game on first offensive series and played every offensive down the remainder of the game as offense gained 426 yards total offense . . . started at center and played every offensive down in 38-31 loss at Maryland as offense gained 433 yards total offense in his first career start . . . started at center and played every offensive down in 48-7 win over Northwestern as offense gained 483 yards total offense . . . started at center in 51-14 loss at Minnesota . . . started at center in 30-14 win at Illinois as offense rushed for 304 yards and gained 587 yards total offense . . . started at center and played every offensive down in 26-24 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin as offense gained 412 yards total offense against the top-ranked defense in the nation . . . started at center and played every offensive down in 37-34 overtime loss to Nebraska, while also recording two solo tackles . . . started at center and played every offensive play in 45-28 TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee.
2013 – – Saw action in the offensive line in two games . . . did not see action in 30-27 opening loss to Northern Illinois . . . did not see action in 28-14 win over Missouri State . . . did not see action in 27-21 win at Iowa State . . . did not see action in 59-3 win over Western Michigan . . . did not see action in 23-7 win at Minnesota . . . did not see action in 26-14 loss to Michigan State . . . did not see action in 34-24 loss at Ohio State . . . did not see action in 17-10 OT win over Northwestern . . . did not see action in 28-9 loss to Wisconsin . . . saw action in 38-14 win at Purdue as offense rushed for 318 yards and gained 509 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 24-21 win over Michigan . . . saw action in 38-17 win at Nebraska . . . did not see action in 21-14 Outback Bowl loss to LSU.
2012 – – Did not see any game action.
2011 – – Saw first action of career in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech . . . did not see action in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State . . . did not see action in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh . . . did not see action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe . . . did not see action in 13-3 loss at Penn State . . . did not see action in 41-31 win over Northwestern . . . did not see action in 45-24 win over Indiana . . . 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 . . .did not see action in 20-7 loss at Nebraska . . . did not see action in Insight Bowl.
2010 – – Redshirted after joining the team as a walk-on.
High school honors – – Earned first team all-state and all-conference honors as a senior and selected to compete in Iowa Shrine Bowl . . . honorable mention all-conference as a junior . . . team captain as a senior . . . Career – – recorded 69 tackles as a senior, including 18 tackles for loss . . . as a junior had 41 tackles, including eight tackles for loss, along with one fumble recovery and a touchdown . . . collected 27 tackles as a sophomore, including two tackles for loss and two QB sacks . . . helped prep team reach state semi-finals as a senior and quarter-finals as a junior, posting 21-4 record in two seasons . . . earned three letters in football as offensive and defensive lineman . . . also earned three letters in baseball and basketball.
Personal – – Born 7/12/91 . . . economics major . . . winner of Bernie Saggau Award . . . received Academic Letter, Academic Medal and Aquinas Key . . . member of National Honor Society . . . parents are Elaine and Ted Gaul . . . attended same high school as TE Jon Wisnieski and WR Drew Zahn . . . high school coach was Tom Wilson.