He was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks during their Super Bowl XLVIII championship season and the Atlanta Falcons.

As a fifth year redshirt senior defensive end for the 2009 Wisconsin Badgers he ranked second in the nation in tackles for a loss (TFLs) and second in the Big Ten Conference in quarterback sacks.

For the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, he earned several second-team and honorable mention All-American recognitions by various publications.

He earned the defensive MVP award at the 2010 East–West Shrine Game, but was injured during practice for the 2010 Senior Bowl the subsequent week.

He recorded his first tackle on September 15 for the 2007 Badgers against The Citadel Bulldogs and his first sack and TFL on August 30 for the 2008 team against the Akron Zips.

[12] He concluded his career for Wisconsin Badgers football with the 2009 team in the December 29, 2009 Champs Sports Bowl.

[19][20] During the week of practice at the Shrine Game, he performed with the linebackers in order to demonstrate his NFL potential for scouts.

However, in the subsequent week of practice for the January 30, 2010, Senior Bowl, Schofield tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

He was expected to begin the 2010 NFL season on the physically unable to perform list but return late in the year as an outside linebacker.

[32] In the Cardinals January 2, 2011, regular season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, Schofield sacked QB Alex Smith for a 5-yard loss.

[33] He had his first two-sack game on December 18, 2011, against Seneca Wallace on back-to-back fourth quarter plays of an overtime victory over the Cleveland Browns.

[6] Schofield is a cousin of both Vonnie Holliday and Bobby Engram who both have had long National Football League careers.