2021 Football Roster
Duke Olges
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 260
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Winnetka, Ill.
- High School:
- New Trier
2024 Graduate Student:
Appeared in 12 games and made four starts as a graduate student ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Recorded a catch for six yards against Duke (9/6)
2023 Redshirt Senior:
Played in nine games and made three starts ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Had one catch for two yards against Penn State (9/30) ... Primarily a blocking tight end that played 145 snaps and recorded a team-high run blocking grade of 82.0, according to Pro Football Focus
2022 Redshirt Junior:
Appeared in 10 games, starting three, and recorded three receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown after making the switch to tight end
2021 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in four games
2020 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in season opener against Maryland (10/24) and regular season finale vs. Illinois (12/12)
2019 First-Year:
Redshirted in his true first-year season
High School:
Three-star prospect verbally committed to Northwestern on May 25, 2018 ... No. 13 player in Illinois (247sports) ... Team Captain in Football and Baseball ... Finished senior season with 102 tackles, 15 TFL, five sacks, 15 QB hurries and four pass deflections ... Earned All-Area as a junior and senior ... Also earned All-Area honors as a designated hitter in baseball as a junior after hitting .400 with nine home runs, 56 RBI, 90 hits and 45 runs ... Honor Roll Student, Illinois State Scholar and All CSL/Area/State Scholar ... Studied Shodokan Karate for 12 years and is a fifth-degree black belt ... Chose Northwestern over Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Michigan State and Iowa
Pronunciation: OHL-giz
