#87 Addison Ostrenga Season 2023-24

2024 Honors - - Team Hustle Award, offense... Next Man In Award, offense... Academic All-Big Ten... Only junior named to 2024 Player Council... 2024 - - Played in seven games, starting in four games to mark his 11th career start... has 14 receptions for 85 yards (6.1 yards per catch avg.), and one touchdown, with a long catch of 20 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 (career-high long of 20 yards) in 31-14 win at Minnesota... caught two passes for eight yards in 13-10 win over Nebraska... caught one pass for 14 yards in 29-13 win at Maryland... caught one pass for nine yards in 19-20 loss to Iowa State. 

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.