Early life
Catalano is from Richfield, Wisconsin. [1] At age five, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. [2] He attended Germantown High School where he played football as a linebacker, posting 11 tackles in his first game and finishing with 120 tackles and 11 tackles-for-loss (TFLs) as a freshman. [3] Described by coaches as a "tackling machine", he posted 147 tackles and 19 TFLs as a sophomore. [3] He was named honorable mention all-state as a junior in 2023, when he posted 138 tackles and 18 TFLs. [4] Catalano broke the state record for career tackles as a senior in 2024, finishing his high school career with 583 tackles. [2] [5] He had 178 tackles in his senior year and was named the Wisconsin large school defensive player of the year; he finished having been named all-conference in each of his four seasons, as well as won conference player of the year three times. [1] A three-star recruit, he committed to play college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. [6]
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