he attended the university of northern iowa, where he has played football in the defensive line for the panthers. he started only 20 of 51 games for the panthers. he started only eight of 15 in 2008. pedescleaux had 54 tackles, 11.5 tackle-for-loss and 6.5 quarterback sacks and blocked six kick for the panthers in 2008 and was named all-missouri valley football conference first-team.