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2025 Football Roster

72 Ayden Knapik

  • Position OL
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 305
  • Major Agribusiness, Markets, & Management
  • Hometown Kennewick, Wash.
  • High School Kennewick
  • Prev School Idaho
  • Instagram aydenknapik
  • Twitter AydenKnapik

Biography

Pronunciation: kuh-NAP-ick

2025 Senior

  • Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining
  • Signed with Illinois on Jan. 9, 2025

2024 Junior - Idaho

  • All-Big Sky First Team
  • Started all 14 games at left tackle
  • Helped Idaho to its second straight FCS Quarterfinals appearance
  • Idaho's top-rated offensive lineman against Oregon (8/31/24) according to PFF, allowing only two pressures in 48 snaps at left tackle

2023 Sophomore - Idaho

  • All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
  • Started all 13 games at left tackle
  • Helped Idaho to its first FCS Quarterfinals appearance since 1993
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-America Fourth Team

2022 Freshman - Idaho

  • All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
  • Hero Sports Freshman All-American
  • Played eight games with seven starts at right tackle
  • Joined Idaho as a walk-on before being awarded a scholarship during his first year

High School

  • Three-star recruit by 247Sports
  • Played at Kennewick High School
  • Offers included Eastern Washington and Portland State

Personal

  • Son of Bryan and Melissa 
  • Two siblings, Bryson and Nathan
  • Majoring in agribusiness, markets, & management 

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