Career Notes: Played 38 contests for the Green and Gold, starting 35 games at center.
2014: Earned membership into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... selected as WSU's Randy Guzowski Award winner, which goes to the individual who has demonstrated team leadership and shown exemplary school and community citizenship ... WSU's nominee for the 2014 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ... named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award (
William Campbell Trophy) ... selected as a team captain ... started all seven games played until the season finale ... saw action at left guard on the final play of the Hillsdale contest for his eighth game played of the season ... played on the PAT/FG unit in the first three games ... missed three contests (Northern Michigan, Walsh and Lake Erie) due to injury ... helped WSU rank third nationally in red zone offense (90.5 percent) ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2013: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... served as one of the team captains ... started all 10 games played at center ... missed Saginaw Valley game due to injury ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2012: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... started at center in all eight games played ... missed two games (Lake Erie and Malone) with an injury ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2011: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... played in 12 contests, starting 10 times ... started the first seven games at center, making collegiate debut vs. Urbana ... did not travel to Hillsdale due to illness ... started the next two games at center ... played center against Findlay after senior Ryan Moulding started ... started at center in NCAA playoff game at St. Cloud ... did not travel for the next three playoff games due to injury ... saw playing time against Pittsburg State in the national championship game ... blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers and helped the squad average over 200 rushing yards per game ... WSU was ninth nationally in fewest sacks allowed (0.94 per game) and 23rd in scoring offense (34.4 ppg) ... recipient of the WSU Offensive Rookie of the Year award ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2010: Dressed for all the home games, but did not see any playing time ... was redshirted ... selected WSU's Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week for the Lake Erie game.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Milan High School ... earned three varsity letters for the Big Reds ... named to the
Detroit Free Press Division 3 All-State First Team ... selected to both the 2009
Associated Press and
Detroit News Division 3-4 All-State honorable mention team after recording 10 tackles for loss and 55 total tackles … voted to the 2009 All-Huron League First Team as a guard … recorded 55 tackles including 29 solo as a senior with two sacks for coach Steve Robb … named to the
Monroe Evening News 2009 All-Region Special Mention squad ... made 66 tackles (14 solo, 52 assisted) as a sophomore in 2007 helping the Big Reds to a 9-3 mark … was a 2008 All-Heritage Newspapers West football team selection … served as a team captain in 2009 … played in the 2010 MHSFCA All-Star game at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing ... also earned three varsity letters in track ... was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name--Thomas R. Box ... born March 20, 1992, in Ann Arbor ... son of Andy and Beth Box ... has one older brother, David, who was a defensive tackle at Western Michigan, and was a
wrestler at Eastern Michigan ... is a kinesiology major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Winter 2011, Winter 2014 and Winter 2015 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013 and Fall 2014 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... has been a member of the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation since 2010.
