Apollo Payne

2025 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List (2025 fall, 2026 spring)... Team Leader Award, offense. 2025 -- Saw first career action in 47-7 win over UMass, but had no statistics. High School Honors -- Two-time first-team all-conference and all-metro at Prairie High School... second-team all-state, first-team all-district and team MVP as a senior... team captain as a senior... Shrine Bowl Captain... two-time Academic All-Conference honoree. Career -- Competed in football (receiver and safety), basketball and track (sprints and high jump)... helped Prairie win a combined 12 games in two years and advance to the state playoffs as a junior and senior... caught 46 passes for 838 yards and eight touchdowns in 2023... had 35 receptions for 476 yards and two scores as a junior. Personal -- Born 2/20/2006... sport and recreation management major... parents are O.J. and Melissa Payne... has two siblings (O.J., Jr. and Naomi)... father, O.J., appeared in six Hawkeye football games for the 2002 Big Ten Champions... enjoys fishing and cooking... high school coach was Mark Bliss (junior year) and Kyle Knock (senior year).