Grand Valley State University Athletics

2013: Earned first varsity letter...Played in all 15 games...Recorded 39 total tackles (6 solo/33 assisted)...Recorded 4.5 tackles for loss (-14) and one QB sack (-9)...Ranked third on the squad in QB hurries with four...Recorded three tackles (1 solo/2 assisted) and three QB hurries vs. Azusa Pacific (9/7)...Tallied seven tackles (1 solo/7 assisted) and 2.5 tackles for loss (-3) at Ferris State (10/12)...Notched a season-high eight tackles (2 solo/6 assisted), a tackle for loss and a QB sack (-9) at Northwood (10/26).

Prior to GVSU: Played one season at Garden City Community College in Kansas in 2012...Played in 10 games, tallying 23 total tackles, including 1.5 sacks (-14) and six tackles for loss (-25) to go with one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one pass break-up and two blocked kicks...Spent one season at Northern Illinois in 2011, where he redshirted...Honored as NIU's defensive work team Player of the Year at the team's annual award banquet...Selected as one of the Huskies' work team players of the week for the Minnesota (9-25) and Central Michigan (10-23) games.

High School: First team All-State honoree by the Chicago Tribune as a senior...Named to the Illinois all-state squad by EdgyTim and MaxPreps...Selected as the Aurora Beacon News Defensive Player of the Year...Earned all-area recognition from the Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Kane County Chronicle and Aurora Beacon News following his junior and senior years...Voted Western Sun Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year as a senior...Geneva's top defensive tackle in each of his last three seasons...Three-year starter at defensive tackle also saw action at fullback for the Vikings...Ranked fourth on the team with 73 tackles, 20 solo, in 10 games as a senior...Added five quarterback sacks and two fumble recoveries...In 11 games as a junior, compiled 61 tackles with two fumble recoveries and two sacks...Totaled 58 tackles, recovered three fumbles and collected six quarterback sacks his sophomore year...Career totals include 192 tackles, seven fumbles recovered and 14 sacks in 33 games...Geneva won the conference title in each of his last three years, two with an undefeated 9-0 record, and his Viking teams went 33-4 overall...Made a season-high 10 stops versus Wheaton Warrenville South in the 7A state quarterfinal game...2008 squad advanced to the state title game...As a sophomore, GHS went to the quarterfinals...Also competed in wrestling where he qualified for state as a sophomore, took sixth in the state meet in the shot put as a sophomore and junior.

Personal: Son of Patrice and Frank Boenzi.