2021 Football Roster
Roster
Riley Nowakowski
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- OLB
- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- High School:
- Marquette University HS
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 244
- Major:
- Industrial Engineering
Honors and Awards
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2023: Academic All-Big Ten
2022: Academic All-Big Ten
2021: Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Season: Played in all 12 games as a captain for UW, starting nine at tight end … posted 11 catches for 74 yards … hauled in two receptions for 22 yards against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) … tallied two catches for 21 yards against Purdue (Oct. 5)
2023 Season: Played in nine games, making one start at tight end … earned second letter ... made seven catches for 57 yards and a touchdown ... made his first career catch versus Illinois (Oct. 21) ... caught two passes for 31 yards at Indiana (Nov. 4) … caught two passes, including a five-yard TD, his first career touchdown, at Minnesota (Nov. 25)
2022 Season: Played in 13 games on special teams … made three tackles
2021 Season: Played in 2 games, seeing action vs. Northwestern and in Las Vegas Bowl vs. Arizona State
2020 Season: Redshirt season ... saw action in 4 games ... made UW debut against Illinois on Oct. 23 and collected 1 tackle
High School• First-team all-state by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association as a senior in 2019
• John Anderson Award as state’s top senior linebacker
• Had 126 tackles, 29 TFLs, 3 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions as a senior
