2007: Redshirted.

High School: Earned first-team all-state Class 3A honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association and Des Moines Register as a junior and senior ... first-team all-district selection as a junior and senior ... KGRN all-area first-team as a junior and senior ... 2007 Shrine Bowl All-Star game invitee ... all-conference basketball player ... state track qualifier in the shot put and discus ... all-conference and all-district baseball player ... high school coach: Jim Dunne.

Personal: Born Oct. 22, 1988, in Grinnell, Iowa ... son of Dave Eilert and Amy Graves ... has three siblings (Sara, Jesse, Melissa) ... major is undecided.