2013: Second-Team FCS All-America Team selection by The Sports Network at longsnapper ... played in all 11 games and was not credited with a bad snap all season ... also added a tackle and recovered a fumble at North Dakota State.

2012: Saw action in all 13 games as the team's primary longsnapper ... was not credited with a bad snap all season ... recorded first career tackle against Missouri State.

2011: Played in two games as the team's backup longsnapper.

2010: Redshirted.

Bloomington Central Catholic HS: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Bobby Moews ... was the team's starting center and longsnapper and was named the team's lineman of the year ... all-conference honorable mention selection as a senior ... recorded six special teams tackles and recovered two fumbles ... also started at center and served as the team's longsnapper as a junior when it won the state championship ... was the team's longsnapper as a sophomore when BCC was the state runner-up ... also a standout baseball player ... named an all-conference honorable mention selection as a pitcher as a senior.

Personal: Born January 4, 1992, in Normal, Ill. ... son of Dan and Pam Highland ... has two sisters, Danielle and Kelli ... father, Dan, serves as a member of the bench crew at football and men's and women's basketball games at ISU... uncle, Tim, played baseball at Olivet Nazarene ... plans to major in broadcast journalism.