Awards and Honors
Iowa State Defensive Lineman of the Year (2012)
All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches - 2012)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Associated Press - 2012)
Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year Honorable Mention (Coaches - 2012)
Phil Steele’s College Football Preview All-Big 12 Second Team (2012)
2012
Started all 13 games … earned All-Big 12 First-Team honors … earned honorable mention from Big 12 coaches for Defensive Lineman of the Year … finished season 36 tackles, 5.5 for loss … had a pair of sacks … made season-high seven tackles at TCU … had five stops vs. Tulsa in the Liberty Bowl game … finished career with 89 tackles, 13 for loss and five sacks … broke up three passes.
2011 Played in all 13 games, starting 12 … finished with 34 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks … posted at least one tackle in every game … made career-high five tackles in win over Iowa … recorded sacks against Texas A&M and Kansas State … forced a fumble at Oklahoma … recorded four tackles against Northern Iowa.
2010 Played in every game last season, making one start … finished season with 17 tackles … made four tackles against Kansas State … in Iowa State’s 28-21 over Texas, made a huge fumble recovery of a batted ball one play after the Cyclones had turned it over … had two tackles for a loss and a sack against Northern Iowa.
2009 Played in one game.
2008 Redshirted initial collegiate season.
High School Committed to Iowa State over Iowa and Kansas ... had 63 tackles and nine sacks as a junior ... 2007 second-team 4A all-state defensive lineman ... 2007 first-team all-state by Iowa Newspaper Association ... 2006 second-team Des Moines Register Class 4A all-state defensive lineman ... 2007 first-team all-conference ... fourth-rated recruit in the state of Iowa according to Rivals.com ... 26th-rated player in Midwest region per Scout.com ... Scout.com 65th-rated defensive end recruit and Rivals.com 47th-rated defensive end ... earned four letters in football ... coached by Gary Swenson.
Personal Born Nov. 3, 1989 ... son of Erin and Scott McDonough ... kinesiology – health fitness management major.