Steve Bigach

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Class: Junior Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio High School: St. Ignatius

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 282 Position: DL Birthdate: 04/30/1990

2011 Honors - - Named to Capital One/CoSIDA District Six Academic All-America team . . . academic all-Big Ten for second straight year.

2011 - - Saw action in 12 games, with five starts, recording nine solo tackles and 15 assists, including one tackle for loss and one QB sack . . . also had one QB pressure and a recovered fumble . . . saw action in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State, recording one solo tackle . . . did not see action in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh . . . saw action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 59 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 13-3 loss at Penn State, recording one assisted tackle . . . started at defensive tackle for first career start in 41-31 win over Northwestern . . . career-best five tackles vs. Northwestern, including three solo stops and one QB sack . . . first career recovered fumble in the fourth quarter led to an Iowa field goal . . . started at defensive tackle in 45-24 win over Indiana, recording career-best six tackles, including two solo stops and four assists . . . started at defensive tackle in 22-21 loss at Minnesota, recording two assisted tackles . . . saw action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan as defense allowed just 323 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State, recording two solo tackles and one QB pressure . . . started at defensive end in 31-21 win at Purdue, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 282 yards total offense . . . started at defensive end in 20-7 loss at Nebraska, recording three assisted tackles . . . saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 275 yards total offense.

2010 Honors - - Academic all-Big Ten . . . 2010 - - not listed on depth chart following spring practice . . . saw action in 37-17 win over Eastern Illinois, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 335-7 win over Iowa State, recording one assisted tackle and one QB pressure for first career statistics . . . did not see action in 34-27 loss at Arizona . . . saw action in 45-0 win over Ball State, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 112 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 24-3 win over Penn State . . . did not see action in 38-28 win at Michigan . . . did not see action in 31-30 loss to Wisconsin . . . saw action in 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State, recording one solo tackle, which was an eight-yard QB sack, as defense allowed just 31 net rushsing yards and 258 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 18-13 win at Indiana . . . did not see action in 21-17 loss at Northwestern . . . did not see action in 20-17 loss to Ohio State . . . did not see action in 27-24 loss at Minnesota . . . did not see action in 27-24 Insight Bowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri.

2009 - - Listed as second team defensive tackle following spring practice . . . Did not see any game action.

2008 - - Redshirted.

High school honors - - Cuyahoga County Defensive Player of the Year as a senior... first team all-state and all-district as a senior... second team all-district as a junior... Career - - Collected 172 tackles, 12 sacks and 51 tackles for loss... team captain... also lettered in basketball, track and lacrosse... National Merit Commended Scholar... first academic honors every semester.

Personal - - Born 4/30/90. . . Intergrative Physiology major . . . parents are Margaret and Stephen Bigach. . . high school coach: Chuck Kyle.

Career Defensive Bests
Tackles:	6 vs. Indiana, 10/22/11
Solos:	        3 vs. Northwestern, 10/15/11
Assists:	4 vs. Indiana, 10/22/11
QB Sack:	1, twice, last vs. Northwestern, 10/15/11
QB Pressure:	1, twice, last vs. Michigan State, 11/12/11
Career Statistics
Defense	  Solo	Ast.	Total	T/Loss	Sacks	Int-Yds.	QBH	FF	RF
Freshman     0	   0	    0	   0/0	  0/0	     0-0	  0	 0	 0
Sophomore    1	   2	    3	   1/8	  1/8	     0-0	  1	 0	 0
Junior	     9	  15	   24	   1/6	  1/6	     0-0	  1	 0	 1
Career      10	  17	   27	 2/141	 2/14	     0-0	  2	 0	 1