2025 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
Riley Nowakowski
- Position:
- TE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 249
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior +
- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- High School:
- Marquette University High School
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Earned his degree industrial engineering from Wisconsin .... Pursuing a certificate in business analytics from Indiana ... Appeared in 41 career game with 11 starts ... Played in 40 games with 10 start over five seasons at Wisconsin (2020-24) and redshirted initial collegiate season ... Has played linebacker, fullback and tight end in collegiate career ... First collegiate start came against Ohio State (10/28) in 2023.
2025 (Redshirt-Senior+ Season)
Season: Started one game.
Old Dominion (8/30): Made Indiana debut with a start at tight end ... Caught two passes for 15 yards.
2024 (Senior Season - Wisconsin)
Season: Appeared in all 12 games with nine starts.
Western Michigan (8/30): Caught two passes for 22 yards. at USC (9/28): Gained 9 yards on lone reception. Purdue (10/5): Had two receptions for 21 yards. at Rutgers (10/12): Caught two passes for 4 yards. Penn State (10/26): Lone reception went for 8 yards. at Iowa (11/2): Posted two catches for 2 yards. at Nebraska (11/23): Logged one catch for 8 yards.
2023 (Junior Season - Wisconsin)
Season: Appeared in nine games with one start ... First collegiate start came against Ohio State (10/28) ... Caught first-career touchdown at Minnesota (11/25).
at Illinois (10/21): Caught one pass for 14 yards. Ohio State (10/28): Made first collegiate start. at Indiana (11/4): Caught two passes for 31 yards. Northwestern (11/11): Lone reception went for 5 yards. at Minnesota (11/25): Pulled in two passes for 6 yards ... First-career touchdown came on a 5-yard reception in the third quarter. vs. LSU (1/1): Lone catch gained 1 yard.
2022 (Sophomore Season - Wisconsin)
Season: Appeared in 13 games ... Saw time on offense and special teams ... Logged 147 snaps on special teams units ... Added 120 offensive snaps, mainly at fullback.
Washington State (9/10): Mad two tackles on special teams.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Wisconsin)
Season: Appeared in two games ... Saw time against Northwestern (11/13) and in the Las Vegas Bowl versus Arizona State (12/30)
2020 (Freshman Season - Wisconsin)
Season: Appeared in four games and redshirted initial collegiate season ... Made collegiate debut versus Illinois (10/23).
Illinois (10/23): Made collegiate debut ... Chipped in one tackle on special teams.
Prep/Personal
Linebacker and running back for head coach Jeffrey Mazurczak at Marquette University High School ... Selected first-team all-state by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association as a senior ... Earned John Anderson Award as Wisconsin’s top linebacker ... Nominated as the Wisconsin representative for the National Football Foundation Team of Distinction ... Totaled 126 tackles with 29.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks as a senior ... Added four forced fumbles and two interceptions ... Also lettered in basketball and track and field ... Helped MUHS set the program record in the 4x400m relay.
