Grinnell College Athletics

Background:
Born in Illinois .... son of Mike and Carrie .. has one sibling, Stephanie Slager.

High School:
Graduated from Stagg High School, where he participated in football, wrestling and baseball ... played football since age 6, and in high school played three years of varsity without missing a game ... was a four-year captain and named All-Conference twice ... was team captain in 2014 and team MVP ... played two years of baseball and wrestled four years, earning All-Conference honors twice and winning three tournaments without missing a match ... outside of athletics, was in National Honor Society.

College:
2017: Led NCAA in tackles per game with 15.9 and solo tackles per game with 8.7 ... was the overall NCAA leader for tackles in a game, regardless of division ... his 159 tackles ranks second-most at Grinnell in a season and he broke the school's career record for tackles with a season to play ... has never missed a game and currently has 433 career tackles ... named to D3football.com All-Region Team, was an All-Midwest Conference selection and was a nominee for the Cliff Harris Award while also being named to the HERO Sports Team ... won Dick Ullrich Award for second year in a row.
2016: Led NCAA Division III in tackles with 15.4 per game ... All-Midwest Conference second-team selection ... was named to the HERO team and won Dick Ullrich Award ... was a nominee for the Cliff Harris Award.
2015: Was the second-leading tackler in the country and won the Troy Barboza Award.