Danny Hernandez

Inside Linebacker
Senior
6-0, 214, Pleasant Prairie, Wis. (Kenosha-St. Joseph)

We’re expecting a great senior year out of Danny…he plays as hard as anyone, he’s one of those guys that everyone notices on the field, and he always seems to be around the football.
- Coach Rucks

2007:  Played in nine-of-10 games and started all nine games…collected 39 tackles (29 solo, 10 assisted), including three tackles-for-loss…returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown in the Sept. 1 Carroll (Wis.) game.

2006:  Started all 10 games at inside linebacker…team’s third-leading tackler with 49 (44 solo, 5 assisted), including a team-leading 12 tackles-for-loss and three sacks…intercepted one pass and broke up two others.

2005:  Played in eight-of-10 games…credited with seven tackles, including one tackle-for-loss.

High School:  Named first-team All-Lakeshore Conference and first-team Kenosha News All-Kenosha County both his junior and senior seasons…all-region as a senior…his junior-year team went 13-1 and reached the state semifinals…coached by Bob Freund…also a member of a state-championship track and field team his junior year…played baseball as a freshman.

Personal:  Elementary education major…born May 5, 1987.