Named to the 2004 ESPN The Magazine University Division Academic All-America® second team...Earned Academic All-Great West and CoSIDA Academic All-District first team honors as a senior...Transfer from Division I Northwestern University of the Big Ten Conference...Called smart, mechanically sound dropback passer with a strong arm...Has very strong leadership skills...Honorable mention to the preseason All-Great West Football Conference team prior to senior year...In 20 career games, Stauss completed 345 of 520 passes for 3,457 yards, 26 touchdowns and 18 interceptions...He left NDSU ranked No. 1 in completions, No. 4 in TD passes and No. 5 in passing yards on the school's career charts...2004 SEASON (SENIOR): Completed 125 of 195 passes for a 64.1 percent completion rate...Threw for 1,323 yards with 11 TDs and 11 interceptions...Completed 20 of 26 passes for 236 yards and three TDs in win over Carson-Newman (9-18-04)...Tied school record with five interceptions at Northern Colorado (9-4-04)...2003 SEASON (JUNIOR): Led a very efficient passing game in his first year under center for the Bison... Completed 220 of 325 passes for a 67.7 percent completion rate...The 220 completions set a new single-season school record...His 26 completions against North Dakota were second best single-game effort in school history...Intercepted only seven times during season...Threw 15 touchdown passes including a school record five TDs in the 35-3 home win over South Dakota...2002 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in six games for the Northwestern Wildcats, starting in contests against Air Force, Penn State and Purdue...Completed 29 of 42 passes for 193 yards in a loss to Penn State and completed 18 of 34 passes for 150 yards and a TD against Purdue...Finished the season with 69 completions in 113 attempts for 535 yards and two TDs with just three interceptions...2001 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in four games for Northwestern in a reserve role...Completed 23 of 38 passes with one intercept for 136 yards and one TD...Completed 8 of 13 passes for 55 yards and ran for 27 yards at Indiana...Completed 11 of 14 passes for 50 yards and one TD and ran for 15 yards against Iowa...2000 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Northwestern University (IL) program...HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Horlick High School in Racine where he was a three-year starter at quarterback...Earned a bucket-load of honors including SuperPrep All-American, USA Today honorable mention All-American, National Blue Chip All-American, Prep Football Report Top 100 and All-American and unanimous first team All-State pick in Wisconsin by the Associated Press Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...His senior numbers included 303-for-505 passing for 3,181 yards in 11 games, 29 TDs, and 13 interceptions...Two-time first team all-conference and all-county...Team captain and team MVP his final two years...Also lettered in baseball, basketball, and golf...PERSONAL: Majoring in mathematics...Enjoys ice fishing and training in his spare moments...Family includes two younger sisters...Younger sister Lindsey plays tennis at Georgia Tech...Son of Thomas and Kimberly Stauss of Racine...Father was the captain and MVP of the 1979 University of Wisconsin football team.
RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G
2003 11 28 -154 0 3 -5.5 -14.0
2004 9 9 -49 0 3 -5.4 -5.4
TOTAL 20 37 -203 0 3 -5.5 -10.1
PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic
2003 11 325 220 7 2134 15 43 67.7 6.6 194.0 133.8
2004 9 195 125 11 1323 11 42 64.1 6.8 147.0 128.4
TOTAL 20 520 345 18 3457 26 43 66.3 6.6 172.9 131.8
TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G
2003 11 -154 2134 1980 180.0
2004 9 -49 1323 1274 141.6
TOTAL 20 -203 3457 3254 162.7
RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2003 11 1 -8 0 0 0.1 -8.0 -0.7
2004 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 20 1 -8 0 0 0.1 -8.0 -0.4
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G
2003 11 -154 -8 0 0 0 -162 -14.7
2004 9 -49 0 0 0 0 -49 -5.4
TOTAL 20 -203 -8 0 0 0 -211 -10.6
