#25 Kelby Telander Season 2024-25

Hawk Item –– Honored as an Iowa Kid Captain in 2009.

2024 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... 2024 -- Played in only two games on special teams due to suffering a season-ending right knee injury in the Iowa State game (torn ACL and lateral meniscus)... letterwinner. 

2023 Honors –– Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List student (2024 spring)… 2023 –– Played in two games.

2022 Honors –– Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List student (2023 spring)… 2022 –– Did not see any game action… Team Leader Award winner for special teams.

2021 Honors –– Dean’s List student (2022 spring)… 2021 –– Redshirted after joining the program as a walk-on.

High school honors – – Missed senior season after earning first-team all-district honors as a junior… honorable mention all-district as a sophomore… four-time academic all-conference honoree… Honor Roll student… National Honor Society member and National Honor Society Scholar… Career – – Three-year football letterman as defensive back, linebacker, wide receiver and quarterback… holds school workout records for hang clean (275) and bench press (225 x 6), 40-yard dash (4.52) and vertical jump (38.5)… recorded 34.5 tackles in seven games as a junior, with four interceptions, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and three total touchdowns… as a sophomore recorded 15.5 tackles, with two interceptions, one fumble recovery and one touchdown… team captain as a junior and senior… also competed in baseball and track as a prep… earned all-conference honors in both basketball and track… placed 15th at state track in 400-meter run (50.4).

Personal – – Born 12/24/2002… finance major… parents are Tina and Neil Telander… high school coach was Jerry and Jeff Gordon.