Tanner Heckel

2025 SOPHOMORE Academic All-Big Ten Played in all 12 regular season games with eight starts 34 tackles (24 solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, one interception, two pass breakups, and one forced fumble Four tackles (three solo) and a pass breakup at Washington (10/25/25) Career-high-tying five tackles (three solo) in win vs. #21 USC (9/27/25) Career-high five tackles (four solo) at #19 Indiana (9/20/25) First-career sack and interception in Illinois win at Duke (9/6/25) 2024 FRESHMAN Played in all 13 games as a true freshman, primarily on special teams Two tackles (one solo) on the season HIGH SCHOOL Played for head coach Michael Massey at Lyndon Led Lyndon to a 13-0 record and the program's first-ever Kansas Eight-Man Division I State Championship as a senior, while outscoring opponents 267-46 during five state playoff wins 2023 Kansas 8-Man Offensive Player of the Year 2023 Kansas 8-Man Division I All-State 81 tackles and seven interceptions as a senior, while also adding 2,313 rushing yards, 1,062 passing yards, and 69 total touchdowns (50 rushing, 19 passing) Won the Kansas state title in the long jump (22 feet, 11.5 inches) and triple jump (45 feet, 2.75 inches), while also finishing second in the 100-meter dash (10.96), and third in the javelin as a junior Led Inman High School to two straight Class 1A state runner-up finishes before transferring to Lyndon, after his mother, Megan, took the girls’ basketball head coaching job at Lyndon Three-time all-state in basketball PERSONAL Majoring in accountancy