#43 Karson Sharar Season 2025-26

2025 Honors -- Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches, media)... Hustle Award, defense. 2025 -- Started linebacker in all 12 games... leads the team with 79 tackles (39 solo, 39 assists), including 10 tackles for a loss of 41 yards and two QB sacks for 14 yards, five QB pressures, one forced fumble, and one pass break-up on the season while Iowa's defense is ranked seventh in the nation in passing defense (158.2), eighth in total defense (270.6) and scoring defense (14.7), and ninth in first down defense (183)... the 10 tackles for loss leads the team and ranks 15th in the Big Ten... led team with a career-high 10 tackles (career-high nine solo, one assist), including a career-high three tackles for a loss of 18 yards and one QB sack for 11 yards), and matched a career-high two QB pressures in 20-17 win over Michigan State... led team with a career-high 10 tackles (three solo, career-high seven assists) and collected his first career QB sack for three yards in 38-28 win at Rutgers... led team with a career-high 10 tackles (four solo, six assists), including one tackle for a loss of two yards, in 16-18 loss to #9 Oregon... recorded nine tackles (four solo, five assists), including 2.5 tackles for a loss of six yards, and one QB pressure in 25-24 win over Penn State... collected seven tackles (four solo, three assists) and his first career pass break-up in 21-26 loss at #17 USC... led team with seven tackles (four solo, three assists), including one tackle for a loss of nine yards in 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin... collected seven tackles (three solo, four assists) in 13-16 loss at Iowa State... collected five tackles (one solo, four assists), including 1.5 tackles for a loss of three yards, in 47-7 win over UMass... recorded five tackles (two solo, three assists) and forced his first career fumble in 40-16 win at Nebraska... collected three tackles (one solo, two assists) and his first two career QB pressures in 15-20 loss to #11/12 Indiana.

2024 Honors -- Team Hustle Award, defense... Dean's List student (2025 spring). 2024 -- Played in 10 games... had 12 tackles (seven solo, five assists) on the season... collected a season-high five tackles (two solo, three assists) in 40-16 win over Washington... recorded two solo tackles as defense allowed just 189 yards in season-opening 40-0 shutout of Illinois State... collected two assisted tackles in 31-14 win at Minnesota... letterwinner.

2023 -- Played in all 14 games... recorded two solo tackles in 15-6 win at Wisconsin and in 12-10 loss vs. Minnesota... recorded one solo tackle and recovered his first career fumble in 13-10 win at Nebraska... had first career solo tackle and returned one kickoff for three yards in 20-14 win over Purdue... had one assisted tackle for a loss of one yard in 41-10 win over Western Michigan... had one assisted tackle in 26-16 win vs. Michigan State... letterwinner.

2022 -- Played in first seven games before injury... recorded one assisted tackle in 7-3 opening win over South Dakota State... letterwinner.

2021 -- Redshirted... played in four games, but had no statistics.

High School Honors -- Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior... second-team all-state as a junior... earned first-team all-district honors as a sophomore, junior and senior. Career -- Three-year football letterman... recorded 81 tackles as a senior, along with 1,325 all-purpose yards and 15 total touchdowns... totaled 41 tackles as a junior, along with 1,115 all-purpose yards and 17 touchdowns... 32.5 tackles as a sophomore, along with 585 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns... team captain as a senior... also competed in basketball as a prep, earning all-state honors.

Personal -- Born 3/7/2003... sport and recreation management major... parents are Kim and Lincoln Sharar... high school coach was Don Anderson.