Dylan Wudke
Prior to Kansas: Started 35 games over five seasons at Youngstown State, including 30-straight over his final three years…Two-time Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) selection…In 2023, finished with 32 tackles (13 solo, 19 assist), 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks to earn all-conference honors…Third on the team with 43 tackles in 2022, earning his first all-conference selection…Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team in 2022…Chosen as MVFC Defensive Player of the Week after totaling five tackles and two sacks against South Dakota…Totaled 114 tackles, 25.5 TFL and 12.5 sacks in 42 career games at Youngstown State…2019 graduate of Miamisburg HS in Ohio…Special-Mention Division I All-Ohio selection as a senior…First-team Division I All-Southwest District honoree as a defensive end…Also a first-team All-GWOC National League honoree…Credited with 48 total tackles, 20 of which were solo stops, and had three sacks…As a tight end, caught five passes for 96 yards, including two touchdowns…During his junior season, had 55 total tackles, including 21 solo stops and 2.5 sacks…Second-team all-conference selection as a junior…Coached was Steve Channell…Also played baseball.
2022 (RS-Jr.): Second-team All-MVFC selection along the defensive line…selected to the CSC Academic All-District team…started all 11 games at defensive end…finished third on the team with 43 total tackles, including 23 solo stops…had 12 TFLs and five sacks…in MVFC play, had 30 tackles…had a high of eight at Illinois State…against South Dakota, had five solo tackles, including two sacks to be named the MVFC Defensive Player of the Week…had a TFL in eight contests…at Kentucky was credited with seven total tackles, including six solo stops…had 3.5 TFLs and a sack against the Wildcats…at North Dakota State, registered six tackles (three solos, three assists)…had a sack for a seven-yard loss vs. the Bison…credited with four solo tackles against Dayton, including a sack…against Southern Illinois had four tackles (two solos, two assists)…had three tackles at Western Illinois.
2021 (RS-So.): Played in 10 games and made eight starts…was credited with 24 total tackles, including 13 solo stops…had four sacks on the season…of the 24 tackles, 23 came in MVFC play…had a season-high five tackles at UNI…posted a season high three solos against the Panthers…recorded a sack for a 13-yard loss against UNI…had four assisted tackles against North Dakota State…had four tackles, including two solos, against Western Illinois…had a sack for a six-yard loss vs. WIU…had three tackles (two solos) at Southern Illinois…had a sack for a three-yard loss vs. the Salukis to go along with two QB hurries…had two tackles against Missouri State, Indiana State and South Dakota State…had a sack for a six-yard loss vs. SDSU.
2021 Spring (RS-Fr.): Played in six games and made five starts at defensive end…credited with 11 total tackles, including eight solo stops…had a TFL, two QB hurries and a fumble recovery…had a season-high four tackles at South Dakota State…had a TFL for an eight-yard loss and recovered a fumble on a punt return…credited with three solo stops against Southern Illinois…had a pair of solo tackles at Missouri State…had solo tackles against UNI and South Dakota.
2019 (Fr.): Redshirted…appeared in two games as a defensive line reserve…recorded two tackles against Western Illinois…assisted on a tackle for loss against the Leathernecks.
High School: Special-Mention Division I All-Ohio selection as a senior…was a first-team Division I All-Southwest District honoree as a defensive end…was also a first-team All-GWOC National League honoree…credited with 48 total tackles, 20 of which were solo stops…had three sacks…as a tight end, caught five passes for 96 yards, including two touchdowns…as a junior, had 55 total tackles, including 21 solo stops…had 2.5 sacks…was a second-team all-conference selection as a junior…coach was Steve Channell…also played baseball.