2026 Football Roster
Cole Dutkovich
- Position:
- ILB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Neuqua Valley
- Prev School:
- College of DuPage
2025: Participated in 12 games and started seven of the final eight contests of the season…Ranked third on the team with 50 tackles, including 21 solo and 29 assisted…Notched six tackles for a loss of 24 yards…Tied for third on the team with three sacks and added three quarterback hurries…Ranked 38th in the Ohio Valley Conference in tackles…Posted seven tackles in his NCAA Division I debut at Arkansas State (8/30)…Had eight tackles in his first career start at UT Martin (9/27)…Tallied a season-high 11 tackles in the first double-digit tackle game of his career at Western Illinois (11/15)…Also registered 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks against the Leathernecks.
College of DuPage: Appeared in 10 games for the NJCAA Champion DuPage Chaparrals...Tied for sixth on the team with 30 solo tackles...Finished the 2024 season with 42 tackles, four tackles for loss, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries...Earned NJCAA Defensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts vs. Iowa Central.
Northern Iowa: Redshirted in 2023.
Prep: Two-time All-State Class 8A linebacker at Neuqua Valley High School...Selected as an All-DuPage Valley Conference linebacker his junior and senior years...Named DVC Defensive Player of the Year and Naperville Sun Player of the Year in 2022...Registered 127 tackles, five sacks, three forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries as a senior...Made 106 tackles, notched eight sacks and forced four fumbles as a junior...Member of National Business Society.
Personal: Born October 28, 2004...Majoring in Professional Studies...Son of Tony and Meg Dutkovich.
