• Minnesota native who played high school football at perennial power Eden Prairie under head coach Mike Grant, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame Vikings coach Bud Grant.
• Earned degree in economics at UW in December 2018.
• Cousin, Anders Lee, plays in the NHL with NY Islanders.
• Joins fellow Minnesotans Adam Thielen (Detroit Lakes), Shane Zylstra (New London-Spicer) and C.J. Ham (Duluth) on the 2021 Vikings roster.
• Played with 2021 Vikings free agent Dalvin Tomlinson while with NY Giants in 2019.
• Was productive in final 2 games he played as a rookie for NY Giants, at Tampa Bay and vs. Washington, starting both and notching 12 tackles, 2 INTs and a sack.
• Was the 1st Giants LB to record a sack and INT in the same game since Kawika Mitchell in 2007 at Buffalo.
• Originally a 5th-round pick (#143) by NY Giants in 2019.
• Acquired by Vikings off waivers from NY Giants on 9/6/20.
• Played in career-high 14 games and had 6 special teams stops.
• Made Vikings debut at Indianapolis (9/20), recording 1 special teams tackle.
• Recorded 2 special teams tackles at New Orleans (12/25).
• Played in opening 4 games of the season and started final 3 he played in before suffering season-ending knee injury.
• Made NFL debut in season opener at Dallas (9/8) where he had 2 solo tackles.Â
• Started 1st career game vs. Buffalo (9/15) and posted 6 tackles.Â
• Had INTs in consecutive games at Tampa Bay (9/22) and vs. Washington (9/29), adding a sack against Washington.Â
• Notched 1st INT of career off Jameis Winston at Tampa Bay (9/22) and returned it 13 yards. Added career-best 7 tackles in game and helped team to a 32-31 win, the 1st of the season. The INT was the 1st by a Giants rookie LB since Bryan Kehl snared a Ben Roethlisberger pass in 2008.
• Had most productive game of season vs. Washington (9/29) before suffering injury. Grabbed an INT off Case Keenum on the 3rd play of the game that set up a Giants TD. Sacked Keenum for a 2-yard loss on the next series and ended day with 5 tackles.Â
• Capped Badgers career with 246 tackles (156 solo), 29 TFL, 6.0 sacks and 2 INTs in 52 games with 26 starts.Â
• Originally a walk-on at UW, earned a scholarship before his 2nd season with the club.
• Started all 12 games he played as a senior in 2018, served as a team captain and was 3rd-Team All-Big Ten by league coaches.Â
• Helped Badgers go 4-0 in bowls, highlighted by a 13-1 season in 2017 that ended with a win over Miami in the Orange Bowl.
• UW played in the Big Ten Championship Game in 2016 and 2017, falling to Penn State and Ohio State respectively.
• Led team in tackles as a junior in 2017 with 88 stops and ranked 2nd on team as a senior with 89.
• Honorable Mention All-Big Ten as a junior and Academic All-Big Ten as a junior and senior.
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week as a sophomore in 2016 for 11-tackle day against Nebraska.
• Played in 14 games with 6 starts as a sophomore.
• Redshirted in 2014 and played in 12 games in 2015.
• Helped Eden Prairie to 3 straight Class 6A state football titles as a sophomore, junior and senior.
• Helped lacrosse team to state titles as a junior and senior.
