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2023 Football Roster

Erik Schelkun

51 Jackson Ward

  • Position OL
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 265
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Highschool Walnut Hills

Biography

2023 (R-Junior)
• Appeared in three games
• Was a member of the 2023 PFL Academic Honor Roll
• Named to the 2024 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's Hampshire Honor Society

2021 (R-Freshman)
• Appeared in four games
• Member of the 2022 PFL Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Freshman)
• Redshirted the 2021 season
• Member of the 2021 PFL Academic Honor Roll

PRIOR TO UD: 
High School
•  All-Conference 
• Team captain
• Three-year varsity player
• Had never seen a football game until he began playing in the eighth grade

Personal
• Son of Laura and David Ward 
• Majoring in Business Economics
• Was born on base at Ft. Knox
• Plays multiple musical instruments
• Is a "big Star Wars fan"

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 50

    2020Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 240 lbs
    50
  • 51

    2021Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 266 lbs
    51
  • 51

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 266 lbs
    51
  • 51

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 265 lbs
    51