#16 Ryan Fitzgerald Season 2025-26

High School Honors -- Two-time all-conference honoree... team captain as a senior. Career -- Lettered two years in football at quarterback... team won three state titles (2022, 2023, 2024)... completed 136-of 214 passes for 2,056 yards and 20 touchdowns, while throwing only one interception junior year, helping team to a 14-0 season record... also rushed 107 times or 634 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior... completed 146-of-209 passes for 1,779 yards and 25 touchdowns with three interceptions senior year, helping team to a 12-2 record... also rushed 76 times for 354 yards and one touchdown senior year.

Personal -- Born 9/20/2006... pre-business major... parents are Stacy and Pat Fitzgerald... his father, Pat, was the head football coach at his alma mater Northwestern for 17 years (2006-23)... Pat was a two-time first-team All-American at Northwestern, becoming the first two-time winner the Nagurski and Bednarik Awards... has two siblings... high school teammate of fellow Hawkeye Drew MacPherson... high school coach was Beau Desherow.