#48 Max Llewellyn Season 2025-26

2025 Honors -- Athlon preseason third-team All-Big Ten... 2025 -- Started at defensive end in all eight games... has 15 tackles (10 solo, five assists), including nine tackles for a loss of 43 yards and six QB sacks for 37 yards, four QB pressures, three pass break-ups, and two forced fumbles on the season while Iowa's defense is ranked second in the nation in total defense (234.9), fourth in scoring defense (12.4), fifth in first down defense (110) and passing defense (151.0), and eighth in rushing defense (83.4)... the six QB sacks leads the team and ranks sixth in the Big Ten... the nine tackles for loss leads the team and ranks fourth in the Big Ten... the two forced fumbles ranks fourth in the Big Ten... collected three tackles (two solo, one assist), including a career-high 2.5 tackles for a loss of 12 yards and a career-high two QB sacks for a loss of 11 yards, in 47-7 win over UMass... collected three tackles (one solo, two assists), including one QB sack for six yards, one QB pressure and broke up a fourth-quarter pass that led to a Iowa's first interception of the season and the game-clinching touchdown in 38-28 win at Rutgers... his two solo tackles in 41-3 win over Minnesota were both tackles for a loss of 10 yards, with one being a QB sack for seven yards... also forced a fumble vs. Minnesota... recorded two solo tackles, including one QB sack for seven yards, matched a career-high two QB pressures and one forced fumble in 15-20 loss to #11/12 Indiana... his one solo tackle vs. UAlbany was a QB sack for six yards... his one solo tackle in 25-24 win over Penn State was a tackle for a loss of one yard... also had one pass break-up and one QB pressure vs. Penn State... recorded two assisted tackles, including 0.5 tackle for a loss of one yard in 13-16 at Iowa State... collected one solo tackle and one pass break-up in 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin.

2024 Honors -- Team Hustle Award, defense... 2024 -- Played in all 13 games... had 22 tackles (14 solo, eight assists), including 5.5 QB sacks for 38 yards and eight tackles for a loss of 43 yards, three pass break-ups, a team-leading eight QB pressures, recovered two fumbles, forced one fumble, and scored team's only safety of the season... collected a career-high three assisted tackles in 7-35 loss at #3/3 Ohio State... recorded three tackles (one solo, two assists), including 0.5 tackles for a loss of two yards, recovered his first career fumble and had one QB pressure in 40-16 win over Washington... collected three tackles (two solo, one assist) in 20-32 loss at Michigan State... recorded two solo tackles, including one QB sack for seven yards, and forced and recovered a fourth-quarter fumble that lead to Iowa's game-winning field goal in 13-10 win over Nebraska... recorded two solo tackles, including one QB sack for a loss of seven yards, and two QB pressures in 29-13 win at Maryland... recorded two tackles (one solo, one assist), including 1.5 tackles for a loss of two yards, as defense allowed just 189 yards in season-opening 40-0 shutout of Illinois State... recorded two tackles (one solo, one assist), including one QB sack for seven yards, and one pass break-up in 19-20 loss to Iowa State... his one solo tackle was a QB sack for six yards that resulted in a safety as defense allowed just 163 yards in 40-14 win over Northwestern... also had one QB pressure vs. Northwestern... recorded one solo tackle - a QB sack for nine yards, one pass break-up, and one QB pressure in 38-21 win over Troy... collected one solo tackle for a loss of three yards in 42-10 win over Wisconsin... collected one pass break-up in 31-14 win at Minnesota and a career-high two QB pressures in 17-20 loss at UCLA... letterwinner.

2023 -- Played in all 14 games... posted career-high five tackles (career high four solo, one assist) in 35-0 loss to Tennessee... had two solo tackles in 41-10 win over Western Michigan... collected two tackles (one solo, one assist) in 31-0 loss at Penn State... had two tackles (one solo, one assist), including one QB sack for six yards, in 12-10 loss vs. Minnesota... had one QB sack for 16 yards in 26-0 loss to Michigan... recorded 0.5 QB sacks for one yard in 20-14 win over Purdue... recorded one pass break-up and one QB pressure in season-opening 24-14 win over Utah State... letterwinner.

2022 -- Saw action in four games… collected season-high two tackles in 27-0 win over Nevada, including one solo tackle and one assist, along with one QB pressure… posted one assisted tackle in 33-13 win over Northwestern, a shared tackle for loss.

2021 Honors -- Team Leader Award, defense… 2021 -- Redshirted… did not see any game action.

High School Honors -- Named to Des Moines Register Elite All-State team as a senior… first-team all-state and all-district as a senior… academic all-state… Career -- Three-year letterman as a defensive end, helping prep team reach state playoffs as a junior and senior, with a two-year mark of 13-6… recorded 13 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks as a senior… made 13 receptions for 278 yards in seven games on offense as a senior… had 11 tackles for loss and four sacks as a junior, with seven receptions for 95 yards on offense… team captain as a senior.

Personal -- Born 8/16/2002… sport and recreation management major… parents are Amy Kintzie and Shawn Llewellyn… brother, Luke, is a member of the Iowa baseball program… high school coach was Sam Anderson.