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Daniel Grzesiak Season 2023

PositionOLB
Weight250 lbs
Height6-1
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownLos Angeles, Calif.
Previous SchoolNevada / Utah State
2023
Tallied 46 tackles with 6.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks and a career-high three pass break-ups over 12 starts at the outside linebacker…Recorded a season-high eight tackles, including one TFL at West Virginia…Finished with seven tackles and two TFLs against Eastern Kentucky and Iowa State…Had a season-high 2.0 sacks at Iowa State…Against EKU he forced and recovered his lone fumble of the year…He capped off his final colligate season with an invite to play in the Trillion Tropical Bowl…He played the first three years of their career at Nevada (2019-21) before a year stop at Utah State in 2022, where he recorded 13 TFLs and 8.5 sacks… He wrapped up his FBS career with 140 tackles29 TFLs, and 19.5 sacks over 59 career games.  

PRIOR TO CINCINNATI
Disruptive edge rusher who ranked the 20th-best available transfer prospect by the Athletic’s Max Olson…Spent his first four seasons at Nevada (2018-21), where he had 7.5 sacks and 42 tackles, before transferring to Utah State for the 2022 season…Led the Aggies with 8.5 sacks and added 52 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles last season…Was also credited with 34 QB hurries by Pro Football Focus, the fourth-most among all Mountain West defenders this past season…Comes to Cincinnati as a sixth-year graduate transfer… Before college, was named Defensive Lineman of the Year as a senior at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, Calif., where he helped the Cougars to a league and state championship in 2017.