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2024 Football Roster

61 Nate Hess

  • Position DT
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 267
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Hartland, Wisc.
  • Highschool Arrowhead

Biography

2024 (R-Junior)
• Second Team Academic All-Pioneer Football League 
• 2024 College Sport Communicators Academic All-District
• PFL Academic Honor Roll
• UD's Emil Karas Memorial Award winner (for leadership)
• Appeared in 11 games
• Tallied 35 tackles (10 solo) and three tackles for a loss
• Earned 1.5 sacks on the year

2023 (R-Sophomore)
• Named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year
• Was a member of the 2023 PFL Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in eight games and started in four of them 

2022 (R-Freshman)
• DId not see game action during the 2022 season
• Was named 2022 Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year
• 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 

• Two-time team captain in both football and hockey
• Two-time First Team All-Classic 8 Conference
• First Team All-Wisconsin
• Academic All-State
• Also played club rugby

Personal
• Son of Richard Hess and Heidi Storm
• Has a brother named Will
• Majoring in Pre-Dentistry

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 61

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 250 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 270 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 267 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 267 lbs
    61