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September 21, 2024, Seattle, WA: A game between Northwestern Football and Washington at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA on Saturday, September 21, 2024. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)

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September 14, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Eastern Illinois at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL on Saturday, September 14, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

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October 26, 2024, Iowa City, IA: A game between Northwestern Football and Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

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September 30, 2023, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Penn State at Ryan Field in Evanston, IL on Saturday, September 30, 2023. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)

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July 21, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Football team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

Height:
6-3
Weight:
250
Position:
TE
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Deer Park, Ill.
High School:
Lake Zurich

2025 Graduate Student:
Earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention … Appeared in all 13 games with 10 starts at tight end … Became Northwestern's top pass catcher at the tight end position and logged 28 receptions for 296 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns … His 296 receiving yards on the year marked the most by a Wildcat tight end in the Braun era, and most since Garrett Dickerson had 401 in 2017 … Tallied his first catch of the year on a two-yard reception against Tulane (8/30) … Set a career high in receiving yards (34) and scored his first career touchdown on a six-yard connection with Preston Stone against Western Illinois (9/5) … Posted 19 receiving yards on two catches against Oregon (9/13) … Caught one pass for 22 yards against UCLA (9/27) … Registered a catch for his fifth consecutive game when he caught four receptions for 32 yards and returned two kickoffs for 13 yards against ULM (10/5) … Caught two passes for 29 yards at Nebraska (10/25) … Caught two passes for two yards at USC (11/7) … Hauled in four catches for a career-high 81 yards against Michigan (11/15), which marked the most yards by a NU tight end since Sept. 16, 2017, when Garrett Dickerson had 150 receiving yards against Bowling Green … Added three receptions for 29 yards against Minnesota (11/22) … Posted four catches for 15 yards at Illinois (11/29) … Caught one pass for 13 yards in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).

2024 Redshirt Junior:
Played in all 12 games … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Recorded his first-career reception with a 20-yard catch against Eastern Illinois (9/14).

2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in eight games, seeing action in 53 snaps, primarily on special teams … Named Academic All-Big Ten.

2021 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in four games and redshirted.

2020 First-Year:
Did not see game action.

High School:
Three-star prospect and the 25th-ranked player in Illinois by 247Sports … Committed to Northwestern on March 9, 2019 … Played three seasons of football after transitioning from hockey … Totaled 200 receiving yards and four touchdowns in five games before an injury ended his senior season … Earned All-Conference honors and Gazette News All-State Honorable Mention as a junior … All-Conference Academic Honor Roll member … Chose Northwestern over Western Michigan … Anticipated major is biology.