#87 Addison Ostrenga Season 2026-27

2026 Honors -- One of eight seniors named to 2026 Player Council... 2026 -- Played in first five games, starting at tight end twice... has seven catches for 70 yards (long of 29 yards) and one touchdown on the season... caught three passes for 36 yards, including a career-high long of 29 yards where he tipped the ball to himself with two seconds remaining and helped set up the winning walk-off touchdown in 20-19 come-frome-behind win at #18 Michigan... caught three passes for 20 yards (long of 11 yards) in 40-0 season-opening shutout vs. Northern Illinois... caught one pass for 14 yards and his first touchdown of the season in 55-0 shutout over UNI.

2025 Honors -- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar... Academic All-Big Ten... President's List student (2026 spring)... Dean's List (2025 fall, 2026 spring)... named to 2025 Player Council. 2025 -- Started at tight end in 34-7 season-opening win over UAlbany, marking his 11th career start... caught one pass for eight yards vs. UAlbany... played in 13-16 loss at Iowa State, but had no statistics and left game due to injury.

2024 Honors -- Team Hustle Award, offense... Next Man In Award, offense... Academic All-Big Ten... Dean’s List student (2024 fall, 2025 spring)... only junior named to 2024 Player Council. 2024 -- Played in eight games, starting in four games to mark his 11th career start... had 15 receptions for 114 yards (7.6 yards per catch avg.), and one touchdown, with a long catch of 29 yards on the season... caught five passes for nine yard (long of six yards) and his third career touchdown in 38-21 win over Troy... caught three passes for 25 yards in season-opening 40-0 shutout of Illinois State... caught two passes for 20 yards (long of 20 yards) in 31-14 win at Minnesota... caught one pass for a season-long 29 yards in 24-27 Music City Bowl loss to Missouri... letterwinner.

2023 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List student (2023 fall, 2024 spring)... Team Hustle Award, offense; Next Man in Award, offense. 2023 -- Played in 12 games, starting at tight end in six... tallied 31 catches for 192 yards (6.2 yards per catch avg. and 16.0 yards per game avg.) and two touchdowns on the season... caught a career-high and team-leading eight passes (eight targets) for 47 yards, including a long reception of 13 yards, in 22-0 win over Rutgers... caught a team-leading seven passes for 50 yards (long of 19 yards) in 26-0 loss to Michigan... caught five passes for 46 yards and his second career touchdown in 15-13 win over Illinois... caught a team-leading three passes for 15 yards and his first career touchdown in 10-7 win at Northwestern... caught three passes for 12 yards in 13-10 win at Nebraska... caught two passes for 14 yards (long of nine yards) in 35-0 loss to Tennessee... letterwinner.

2022 Honors -- Dean’s List student (2023 spring). 2022 -- Saw action in all 13 games... recorded first career reception for six yards in 13-10 win at Minnesota... tallied two tackles (one solo, one assist) on special teams vin 24-10 win over Wisconsin... one of eight true freshmen to see game action... letterwinner.

High School Honors -- Earned first-team all-state, all-area and all-conference honors as a senior... honorable mention all-state as a junior, while earning first-team all-area and all-conference honors... second-team all-conference as a sophomore... National Honor Society member... three-year Honor Roll student... academic all-state. Career -- Three-year football letterman while playing tight end, wide receiver and outside linebacker... team reached state championship game as a senior after reaching level 3 playoffs as a sophomore... team posted 13-1 record in senior season and 27-5 record over three seasons... as a senior recorded 46 receptions for 664 yards and eight touchdowns... on defense recorded 57 tackles, with 17 tackles for loss and nine sacks, three recovered fumbles, two forced fumbles and one interception, with two defensive touchdowns and two safeties... as a junior collected 19 receptions for 328 yards and three touchdowns, with 29 tackles (three tackles for loss) on defense... as a sophomore gained 99 yards on nine receptions, while recording 68 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, four sacks, four fumble recoveries and one interception... team captain as a senior... also competed in basketball and baseball as a prep.

Personal -- Born 11/22/2003... criminology, law, and justice major... parents are Jenny and Jason Ostrenga... high school coach was Brian Kaminski.