He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin. He now provides studio commentary for NFL coverage on Sky Sports in Britain.

While attending Auburndale High School (Auburndale, Wisconsin), Tauscher won three varsity letters in football and baseball along with two varsity letters in basketball, and went to state for basketball in 1992-93. In football, he was a two-time All-Conference honoree, while earning Honorable Mention All-State and team MVP honors as a senior. In basketball, he won All-Conference honors. He was also a member of the National FFA Organization.

Tauscher founded the Trifecta Foundation which stands for Tauscher's Reading Initiative for Every Child to Achieve. He states that he found reading to be very challenging as a young child and credits a third grade teacher and a Pizza Hut "Book It" program with helping build his confidence. Tauscher married Sarah Helgeson, a biologist at Covance, in early 2009. The couple resides in Madison, Wisconsin.

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