Neal Likens

2024: Key contributor in multiple phases of the game as the team's main long snapper and a rotation player on the defensive line, appearing in all 11 games and starting the final three...recorded a career-high eight tackles, 1.5 for loss in Hillsdale's upset win over Tiffin (Nov. 9)...recorded a sack and was named the team's Special Teams Player of the Week against Thoms More (Nov. 2)...also had five tackles and a sack against Kentucky Wesleyan (Oct. 26)...named to the team's One Play Warrior Club for his work on special teams in the 2024 season...will battle for a full-time starting spot in 2025. 2023: Carved out a role as the team’s long snapper and also as part of the defensive line rotation…twice named the team’s Special Teams Player of the Week for his play – against Kentucky Wesleyan on Oct. 14 and against Ohio Dominican on Nov. 11…recorded a career-high two tackles in the contest against ODU…named to the One Play Warrior Club for his work on special teams throughout the season. 2022: Redshirted...named Hillsdale College Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 18-24...will have four seasons of eligibility remaining entering the 2023 season. High School: Star lineman for a Columbus North team that won back-to-back Conference Indiana titles and made the IHSAA 6A state playoffs all three years he was on the varsity...earned back-to-back IHSAA all-state honors in his career, was named an IFCA Region 10 All-Star and earned All-Conference honors...team captain in 2021, finishing the season with 41 total tackles, 3.5 sacks and seven QB hurries...solid student was named Academic All-State by the IFCA, and was on the honor roll every semester of his high school career...active volunteer with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, as well as through St. Bartholomew Catholic Church...member of Multicultural Club at Columbus North, as well as on the Student Athletic Board...parents are Dale and Alison Likens.