The Scouting Report: Begins the year as the backup offensive left guard ... A steady player who adds depth to the offensive line.

2001: Did not see any game action.

2000: Redshirted.

High School: Chicago Tribune second-team all-state … Daily Herald all-area … Naperville Sun all-city … All-DuPage Valley Conference as a senior … Team won Illinois Class 6A title his senior year and was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest and No. 5 nationally by USA Today … Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Coaches Association Academic All-State … Also lettered in wrestling, baseball and track … Played rugby his senior year on the Naperville Rugby Club … High school coach was Joe Bunge.

Personal: Born Donald Richard Baskin III on 3/22/82 … Son of Don and Barbara Baskin ... Communication studies major.

The Baskin File
Q: If you were to have your friends attribute a single quality to you, what would it be?
A: Kindness or Loyalty.
Q: If you could have composed one piece of music that already esists, which one would you choose?
A: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin or The Wind by Cat Stevens.
Q: Favorite Cartoon?
A: The Family Guy.