2026 Football Newcomers Roster
Roster
Carson Van Dinter
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- S
- Hometown:
- Kaukauna, Wis.
- High School:
- Kaukauna
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
Honors and Awards
2025: Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024: Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year
2025 (Redshirt freshman at Iowa State): Played in 10 games, making one start at safety for Iowa State in 2025 … totaled 180 snaps on defense, including 88 across his final two games of the season … made 18 total tackles, including 11 solo stops … tallied three tackles in the season opener versus Kansas State (Aug. 23) … made two tackles in back-to-back games against Arizona (Sept. 27) and Cincinnati (Oct. 4) … made a career-high six tackles and broke up a pass against Kansas, his first career start (Nov. 22)
2024 (Freshman at Iowa State): Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year ... redshirted after playing in two games ... saw action against Baylor and UCF.
High School/Personal
- Prepped at Kaukauna for head coach Matt Binsfeld
- Three-star safety by ESPN, 247Sports, On3 and Rivals
- Listed as the No. 13 player in the state by 247Sports Composite
- Rated as a top-150 safety nationally and No. 11 player in Wisconsin by ESPN
- 2023 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association First Team All-State and All-Region selection
- Fox Valley Association Defensive Back of the Year
- 2023 Jim Leonhard Award finalist
- Helped Kaukauna to an 11-2 record and Division 2 state semifinal appearance in 2023
- Finished his senior season with 64 tackles, four interceptions and three forced fumbles in 13 games - also recorded three TFL and a fumble recovery
- Made 52 tackles, including four for a loss, and intercepted one pass as a junior
- Three-sport athlete who also played basketball and ran track
- Part of Kaukauna’s 2023 state champion 4x100 meter relay team
