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Joe Thomas
2006 Outland Trophy Finalist
2006 Lombardi Award Semifinalist
2006 Consensus First-Team All-Big Ten
Career
* Has appeared in 47 games, including 38 starts (one was as a DE vs. Auburn in 2003 Music City Bowl)
* three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 and Academic All-Big Ten selection
2006
* One of three finalists for the Outland Trophy (college football’s top interior lineman)
* First-team All-American according to American Football Coaches Association and Rivals.com
* Second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American as selected by CoSIDA
* consensus first-team All-Big Ten choice
* one of 11 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy (community service, academic and athletic achievement)
* named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 team (as voted by CoSIDA)
* a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award
* named to Mid-Season All-America teams by SI.com and collegefootballnews.com
* winner of National Football Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship ($18,000) and finalist for the Draddy Trophy as college football’s top scholar-athlete
* made 38th start vs. Buffalo on Nov. 18
* named UW’s offensive player of the week for Michigan game
* team captain
* projected to be among the top three overall selections in the 2007 National Football League Draft by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and by Scouts, Inc.
* named to 2006 Playboy All-America team
* 2006 preseason first-team All-American and the nation’s No. 2 offensive tackle according to The Sporting News
* second-team preseason All-American according to Lindy’s and Street & Smith’s
* selected to 2006 preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Lombari Award
2005
* First-team All-American according to Pro Football Weekly
* second-team All-American by Walter Camp, SI.com and Rivals.com
* consensus first-team All-Big Ten
* Lombardi Award semifinalist
* ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 honoree
* Academic All-Big Ten choice
* started all 13 games at left tackle
* started all 13 games at left tackle
* named UW’s co-offensive player of the week vs. Bowling Green and Penn State
* earned third varsity letter
* injured right knee while filling in on depleted defensive line in Capital One Bowl game vs. Auburn
2004
* Earned second varsity letter
* started all 12 regular season games at left tackle
* consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten pick
* named Academic All-Big Ten and first-team academic all-district
* set UW indoor record in shot put with throw of 62-0 ¼ feet, set in 2005
* 2005 NCAA indoor and outdoor qualifier in shot put
2003
* Earned first varsity letter
* played much of season as a blocking TE (wearing No. 82)
* first true freshman OL to see action during the Alvarez era
* started at DE vs. Auburn in Music City Bowl and assisted on seven tackles
High School
* No. 4 offensive tackle in the nation according to Tom Lemming
* among top 20 offensive tackles nationally, top 25 players in the Midwest and No. 3 player in Wisconsin according to Rivals.com
* PrepStar All-American
* second-team All-America offensive tackle according to USA Today
* member of Detroit Free Press All-Midwest team
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first-team all-state defensive lineman and second-team all-state offensive tackle as a senior
* also first-team all-state honors at DE from Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and Associated Press
* WFCA 2002 Defensive Player of the Year with fellow Badger Justin Ostrowski
* 85 tackles and 12 QB sacks as a senior and 70 tackles and eight sacks as a junior
* three-time all-conference selection
* four-year letterwinner in football, track and basketball
* captained football and basketball teams his senior year
* finished fifth in nationals in shot put as a junior
* all-conference, all-area and all-state selection in shot put and discus
* four-year honor roll student
* U.S. Army Academic All-America team
* coached in football by Rick Synold at Brookfield Central High