Chris Borland is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 for the Wisconsin Badgers

Wisconsin Badgers football

The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...

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2009

Borland was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year in 2009. Borland played in 13 games, starting six. He led the leam with five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He finished third on the team in tackles-for-loss (10.5) and sacks (5.0) and fifth in tackles (54). Borland also returned six kickoffs for 106 yards and made three extra points in the game against Hawaii

2009 Hawaii Warriors football team

The 2009 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. They were coached by Greg McMackin, his second season with the Hawaii Warriors as a Head Coach...

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2010

Borland played and started two games. He was injured in the second game of the season and missed the rest of the year with a shoulder injury. He was granted an injury redshirt for that season.

2011

Before the season, Borland was on the watchlist for the Butkus Award which is awarded to the nations best linebacker. Borland was also listed on the preseason watchlists for All-Big Ten, first-team by Phil Steele and second-team by Athlon.

College Stats

Year	Team	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sack	INT
2009	Wisconsin	36	18	54	10.5	5.0	1
2010	Wisconsin	5	2	7	2.0	1.0	0
2011	Wisconsin	53	71	124	16.5	1.5	2
College Totals		94	91	185	29.0	7.5	3

External links

• Wisconsin Badgers bio