Redshirt who performed well in spring drills ... opens training camp with a leg up on Smith and Tydlacka for PAT/FG duties ... showed an improvement in leg strength during spring practice.
2000: Did not see game action.
High School: Two-year letterwinner as a quarterback and placekicker at St. Joe H.S. ... completed 36 of 81 passes for 801 yards and eight scores as a senior ... ran for another 284 yards as St. Joe advanced to the first round of the Michigan State Playoffs ... converted seven of eight field goals as a senior with a long of 46 ... Associated Press first-team all-state honoree ... twice named to the All-Big 8 first team as a placekicker ... member of the South Bend Tribune Dream team in 1999 ... added second team all-league honors at QB as a senior ... four of five field goals and 27 of 28 PAT as a junior ... saw time as a nickel back in '98 registering three interceptions and 12 tackles ... drilled two of three field goals and nine of 10 PAT as St. Joe advanced to the state semis in '97... three-year letterman in basketball ... all-Big 8 in baseball as an outfielder, hitting .420 as a junior ... veteran of five off-season kicking camps.
Personal: Undeclared major ... son of Tom and Diane Filstrup ... born Dec. 2, 1981.