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• 2023 (Purdue): Third-team Associated Press All-American. FWAA Defensive Freshman of the Year. Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year. Second-team All-Big Ten. Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year finalist. Ranked sixth in the FBS with 74 solo tackles, tied for third with 6 INTs. Led team with 106 tackles. Started all 12 games (2 TFLs, 2 PBUs, 2 FFs). 
• 2024 (Purdue): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. Ranked fifth in the FBS with 70 solo tackles. Led team with 104 tackles, 7 PBUs. Started all 12 games (4.5 TFLs with 1 sack). 
• 2025: Second-team Associated Press All-American. First-team All-Big Ten. Started all 15 games (95 tackles, 3.5 TFLs with 1 sack, 2 INTs, 5 PBUs).
• Miscellaneous: Brothers, Jake and Brennan, played safety at Purdue. 

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2020: Redshirted.
• 2021: Played in 1 game as a reserve DL. Missed the first 10 games due to a knee injury.
• 2022: Started all 13 games at C. Moved from DL to C in the spring.
• 2023: Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Started 13 games at C. 
• 2024: Second-team All-Big Ten. Started 12 games at C. Did not play in the team's Music City Bowl loss to Missouri because of a broken right hand suffered in practice.
• 2025: First-team Associated Press All-American. First-team All-Big Ten. Won the Rimington Trophy (nation's top C). Team won the Joe Moore Award (nation's top OL). Started all 13 games at C.

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2022: Played in all 12 games as a reserve and on special teams (2-34-17.0).
• 2023: Played in all 12 games with 10 starts (28-288-10.3). 
• 2024: Started all 12 games (40-334-8.3, 2 TDs). 
• 2025: Second-team All-ACC. Started all 12 games (49-545-11.1, 2 TDs). 
• Miscellaneous: Father, Luke, played football at Duke. Mother, Brooke, played volleyball at Montana State. Maternal grandfather, Phil Olsen, played football at Utah State and in the NFL. Maternal great uncle is the late Pro Football Hall of Famer and actor Merlin Olsen. Paternal grandfather, John Roush, played football at Ohio. Cousin, Hans Olsen, played football at BYU.

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2022 (Mississippi State): Freshman All-American punt returner. Tied for fourth in the FBS with 13.5 yards per PR (15-202, TD). Played in 11 games as a reserve (2-4-2.0 receiving; 4-95-23.8 KR).
• 2023 (Mississippi State): Played in 11 games with 8 starts (40-503-12.6, TD receiving; 12-23-1.9 rushing; 6-202-33.7, TD KR; 14-163-11.6 PR). 
• 2024: Third-team All-SEC KR. Ranked second in the FBS with 699 combined return yards (24-633-26.4, TD KR; 14-66-4.7 PR) and 10th with 26.4 yards per KR. Played in all 13 games with 3 starts (23-218-9.5, 2 TDs receiving; 9-76-8.4 rushing).
• 2025: Played in all 13 games with 7 starts (41-488-11.9, 4 TDs receiving; 19-99-5.2, TD rushing; 1-22-22.0 KR; 17-153-9.0 PR).
• Miscellaneous: Distant relative of late Pro Football Hall of Fame RB Walter Payton.

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2023: Played in all 14 games with 2 starts (31 tackles, INT, 4 PBUs).
• 2024: Started all 16 games (36 tackles, TFL, 8 PBUs).
• 2025: Second-team All-SEC. Started 11 games (30 tackles, 2.5 TFLs with 1 sack, 2 INTs, 4 PBUs).
• Miscellaneous: Cousin, Jabbar, played CB at Oklahoma State and Washington. Cousin, EJ, played CB at Nevada. Cousin, Khairi, played safety at North Texas. Cousin, A.J. Green, played CB at Oklahoma State and in the NFL. Cousin, Billy Walton III, played DL at Texas and SMU and is now at Oklahoma State.

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2022 (New Mexico State): Played in 12 games with 1 start (27 tackles).
• 2023 (New Mexico State): Second-team All-Conference USA. Led team with 111 tackles, 10 TFLs (with 2.5 sacks). Played in all 15 games with 14 starts (6 PBUs, FF).
• 2024: Played in 13 games with 8 starts (65 tackles, 4 TFLs with 2 sacks, INT, 2 PBUs).
• 2025: Second-team All-Big 12 Conference. Led team with 14 TFLs, 7 sacks. Started 12 games (98 tackles, 2 PBUs). 
• Miscellaneous: Cousin, Lenvil Elliott, played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers, winning Super Bowl XVI with the latter.

-- by Chad Reuter

• 2020-21 (Iowa Western Community College): First-team JC All-American. 13 tackles, 4 TFLs in 6 games. School did not play in the fall due to COVID-19 concerns.
• 2021 (Penn State): Redshirted. Team's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Year. Played in 4 games as a reserve (6 tackles, 2 TFLs with 1 sack, FF).
• 2022 (Penn State): Played in all 13 games as a reserve (9 tackles, 1.5 sacks, FF).
• 2023 (Penn State): Played in 11 games as a reserve (11 tackles).
• 2024: Second-team All-ACC. Played in all 13 games with 7 starts (23 tackles, 5 TFLs with 1 sack).
• 2025: First-team All-ACC. Started all 13 games (44 tackles, 11 TFLs with 3 sacks, blocked kick).
• Miscellaneous: Played rugby as a youth in South Africa, family moved to America when he was 10 years old. Grandmother, Joan Rocci, won multiple national swimming records in South Africa. Grandfather, Francois van den Berg, placed sixth in the Medium division of the 1967 Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition (Arnold Schwarzenegger won his first Mr. Universe title that year).

-- by Chad Reuter