Started all 13 games in 2021, helping the Cyclones record their fourth-best scoring average (31.3 ppg.) and fifth-best total offensive average (424.5) in school history…Started all 12 games at left guard in 2020, earning second-team All-Big 12…Helped team break school record for rushing touchdowns (31) and post the second-best scoring offense (32.9) in school history…Team also tallied over 400 yards of offense in eight of 12 games to average 436.3 yards per game, the third-best total offense total in school history…Paved the way for unanimous All-American Breece Hall, who led the nation in rushing (1,572) and broke the school record for touchdowns in a season with 23…Aided the line in allowing the fewest sacks in the Big 12 with 14…Appeared in three games in 2018…Member of the team, but did not appear in a game in 2017…Redshirted his first collegiate season…Food science and human nutrition major…Three-year starter at Plymouth (Wis.) HS…First-team All-Conference as a senior defensive lineman and offensive lineman in 2016…Named the East Central Conference Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the Lineman of the Year on both offense and defense…Also a first-team All-Area pick and honorable mention All-State selection on offensive line…Had 59 tackles, 12.0 stops for loss and 3.0 sacks to help team go 8-3 his senior season…Selected as team's most valuable lineman as both a sophomore and as a junior…Tallied 26 tackles in 2015…Lettered in both basketball and baseball, where he was a first-team All-Conference and honorable mention All-State selection as a pitcher…Derek Schweiger was born on  April 18, 1999 in Plymouth, Wis.
