2005 Honors - - "Win During The Week" Award, offense.

2005 - - Listed as first team left guard following spring practice . . . saw action in opening win over Ball State as offense gained 441 yards total offense . . . saw action at Iowa State as offense gained 173 yards rushing . . . saw action in win over Northern Iowa as offense gained 496 total yards . . . did not see action at Ohio State . . . saw action in win over Illinois as offense gained 301 rushing yards and 476 yards total offense . . . saw action in win at Purdue as offense gained season-best 535 total yards . . . saw action in win over Indiana as offense gained 425 yards total offense . . . did not see action vs. Michigan . . . did not see action at Northwestern . . . did not see action in win at Wisconsin . . . saw action in win over Minnesota as offense gained 613 yards total offense . . . did not see action in Outback Bowl vs. Florida.

2004 - - Listed as first team right guard following spring practice . . . started at center in win at Minnesota . . . saw action in opening win over Kent State as offense rushed for 214 yards and gained 437 yards total offense . . . saw action in win over Iowa State . . . saw action on PAT team vs. Arizona State . . . saw action on PAT and field goal units at Michigan . . . saw action in win over Michigan State as offense gained season-best 464 yards total offense . . . saw action in win over Ohio State as offense gained 448 yards total offense . . . did not see action in win at Penn State . . . did not see action in win at Illinois . . . saw action at center in win over Purdue, taking over in the second period and playing the rest of the way in 23-21 win . . . started at center and played every offensive down in win at Minnesota, starting for the first time in his career . . . saw action in win over Wisconsin to clinch a share of Big Ten title . . . saw action in Capital One Bowl win over LSU . . . saw action at center for injured Mike Elgin in scoring drive that gave Iowa a 24-12 fourth quarter advantage.

2003 - - Did not see action in opening win over Miami . . . saw limited action vs. Buffalo, Iowa State, Arizona State, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State, primarily on special teams . . . did not see action in final four games of the regular season . . . returned to action in Outback Bowl win over Florida as Iowa offense rushed for 238 yards and gained 408 yards total offense.

2002 - - Saw limited action in opening win over Akron . . . part of Iowa offense that totaled 593 yards total offense, including 376 net rushing yards and 217 passing yards . . . saw action in win over Utah State as Iowa rushed for 300 yards and had 518 yards total offense.

2001 Honors - - Earned Team Leader Award on offense . . . 2001 - - redshirted.

High school honors - - Two-time first-team all-state selection by Iowa Newspaper Association . . . Des Moines Register Elite all-state selection . . . rated as a four-star player by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming . . . USA Today all-American honorable mention as a junior . . . PrepStar all-American as a senior . . . Chris Pool's all-Midwest second team all-American . . . 2000 Iowa Shrine Bowl selection . . . first team all-conference as a junior and senior . . . all-conference honorable mention as a sophomore . . . Career - - started 31 varsity games in three-year career . . . led team in tackles as a junior . . . team captain as a senior and offensive line MVP as junior and senior . . . helped prep team post three-year record of 22-10 . . . as a sophomore helped prep team reach state semi-finals . . . also earned three letters in track and field . . . won Class 4-A state title in the shot put with a toss of 56-5 as a senior.

Personal - - Born 9/24/82 . . . pre-business major . . . parents are Sue and Bill Cronin . . . earned academic all-conference honors for three years . . . high school coach was Jim Burrow.