Mike Zimmer

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Class: Senior Hometown: Wheeling, Ill. High School: Wheeling HS

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 230 Position: LB Experience: 3L

2011: Played in all 11 games and started two at weakside linebackers ... finished the season with 29 tackles, including 23 solo stops, and added a tackle-for-loss and a pass breakup ... recorded a season-best nine tackles, including eight solo stops at Youngstown State ... tallied eight tackles, including seven solo takedowns against Morehead State.

2010: Played in all 11 games, with nine starts at outside linebacker ... ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 65 tackles, 31 of which were solo stops ... also credited with a sack, 1.5 tackles-for-loss and two quarterback hurries ... had three tackles, a half TFL and recovered a fumble in the season opener against Central Missouri ... recorded 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, at Northwestern ... posted 11 tackles against No. 23 Southern Illinois ... recorded a sack and a career-high 13 tackles in a win over Youngstown State.

2009: MVFC All-Newcomer Team selection ... played in nine games, with five starting assignments, and still ranked fourth on the team with 48 tackles, including 25 solo stops ... also credited with a sack, four tackles-for-loss, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry on the season ... tallied a career-high two tackles-for-loss against No. 15 South Dakota State ... recorded first-career sack and four tackles in a win over Western Illinois ... collected a career-high 11 tackles and a tackle-for-loss at Youngstown State ... picked off a pass and returned it 19 yards against No. 9 Northern Iowa.

Wheeling HS: A three-sport athlete that competed in football, basketball and track and field ... a 2008 All-Mid-Suburban Conference selection ... named to the Chicago Sun-Times Chicago 100 Team as a senior ... earned Rivals.com All-State honors as a senior, as well as Chicago Tribune All-State Honorable mention accolades ... selected to the Daily Herald All-Area Team in 2008 ... named the Wheeling High School team captain and team MVP senior year ... was a member of Wheeling High School's two-straight IHSA State Playoff teams, the first Wheeling football squad in school history to make the state playoffs in consecutive years ... recorded 70 tackles as a senior, along with seven defensive touchdowns ... also recruited by Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan and South Dakota ... coached by Dave Dunbar.

Personal: Born September 23, 1990, in Prospect Heights, Ill. ... son of Brian and Cindy Zimmer ... one of four children ... major: undeclared.