High School: Three-year varsity football letterwinner, earning all-state and all-region honors as a defensive end for Pewaukee ... Named Woodland Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... Also an all-conference choice as a tight end ... Team MVP ... Helped Pewaukee to conference championships in 2011 and 2012 ... Also a three-year varsity letterwinner in basketball ... Two-sport team captain ... Co-president of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Eric Taylor Lutzen in Waukesha, Wis. ... Son of Bill and Sharon Lutzen ... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota State and Wayne State University ... Plans to major in mechanical engineering.