Round 7 - #224 Overall OG - Mark Tauscher 6'3" - 314 lbs Wisconsin The Lowdown...Late bloomer with outstanding quickness and agility...Team's fastest lineman...Recently timed at 5.03 in the 40-yard dash...Versatile blocker who can fill in at any position on the front wall... Shows good explosion coming off the snap and fights hard to prevent defenders from gaining inside leverage...Has the foot agility to smoothly backpedal in pass protection...Makes solid contact on the move and maintains position vs. the defenders second moves. 1999 Season...Replaced the departed Aaron Gibson at right tackle, collecting 64 knockdowns while grading 83.2% for blocking consistency as the Badgers gained 5006 yards, the third-best figure in school history. Ball State...Cut blocked linebacker Pete Smith to give QB Scott Kavanagh time to toss a 7-yard touchdown pass to Chad Kuhns as the Badgers gained 460 yards. Ohio State...Made six knockdowns, including one on Na'il Diggs upfield on an 11-yard scoring scamper by Ron Dayne as the offense gained 296 yards on the ground. Michigan State...Shoved defensive end Hubert Thompson out of the way on a 51-yard touchdown run by Dayne as the ground game piled up 301 yards. Northwestern...Followed with a timely block that contained defensive tackle Jeff Dyra long enough for QB Brooks Biollinger to connect with Chris Chambers on a 27-yard touchdown pass. Stanford (Rose Bowl)...Opened a hole used by QB Brooks Bollinger for a game-winning 1-yard scoring run in a 17-9 decision. 1998 Season...Academic All-Big Ten Conference selection...Valuable reserve seeing action at both tackle positions...Also performed in a three-tackle alignment later in the year. 1997 Season...Saw limited action behind Chris McIntosh at left tackle...Performed mostly as a blocker on the field goal and placement units. 1996 Season...Performed on the scout team as a reserve tackle. 1995 Season...Redshirted as a freshman after joining the program as a walk-on. High School...All-State honorable mention, adding All-League first-team and team Most Valuable Player honors as a senior at Auburndale, (Wisc.) High...Added All-League first-team accolades in baseball...Honor Roll student. Personal...Son of Dianne and Dennis Tauscher...Born 6/17/77...Resides in Auburndale, Wisconsin. BLOCKING STATISTICS STATS GM SGP PLAYS KB TDB DWF PRS SKA High Grade Game 1999 12 83.2 805 64 7 16 5 2 90% vs. Michigan State NOTE...Statistics are from review of game film by our scouting department...SGP-season grade percentage...GM-games played...PLAY-amount of snaps played in...KB-key blocks (pancake/ knockdowns)...TDB-touchdown resulting blocks...DWF-downfield blocks...PRS-pressures allowed...SKA-sacks allowed...High Grade Game-best graded game for the season. bio and stats courtesy NFL
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