#17 Alex Eichmann Season 2026-27

2025 Honors -- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar... Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List (2025 fall). 2025 -- Played in atll13 games... caught first career pass for two yards in 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin... collected first solo tackle in 25-24 win over Penn State... recorded a career-high three assisted tackles in 40-16 win at Nebraska... letterwinner.

2024 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... Next Man In Award, offense... Dean's List student (2025 spring)... 2024 -- Played in 12 games, but had no statistics... letterwinner.

2023 -- Did not see any game action.

2022 -- Redshirted… did not see any game action.

 

 

 

High School Honors -- Earned first-team all-conference honors as senior wide receiver and defensive back… named first-team all-region as a defensive back… National Honor Society member and Academic High Honor Roll student. Career -- Played both wide receiver and defensive back… helped team post 10-2 record as a senior, advancing to second round of Division 1 playoffs… 47 receptions for 1,030 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior, along with 52 tackles and two interceptions on defense… rushed 52 times for 202 yards and two touchdowns as a junior… team captain as a junior and senior… also competed in basketball and track as a prep.

Personal -- Born 12/19/2003… business analytics and information systems major… parents are Kirstin and Chris Eichmann… grandfather Dick Gibbs was two-year football letterman at Iowa, earning team MVP honors and being named team captain as a senior in 1966 when he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors… high school coach was Justin Gumm.