2024 Wartburg Knights football team

2024 Wartburg Knights football
ARC champion
ConferenceAmerican Rivers Conference
Ranking
AFCANo. 12
D3Football.comNo. 13
Record10–2 (8–0 ARC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Wheeler (14th season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Tschetter (4th season)
Home stadiumWalston-Hoover Stadium
2024 American Rivers Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 $^   8 – 0     10 – 2  
Coe ^   7 – 1     9 – 2  
Central (IA)   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Dubuque   5 – 3     5 – 5  
Simpson (IA)   4 – 4     5 – 5  
Nebraska Wesleyan   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Buena Vista   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Loras   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Luther   0 – 8     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

The 2024 Wartburg Knights football team represents Wartburg College as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Chris Winter, the Knights play home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.[1][2]

The Knights won their 20th conference championship and 3rd straight in 2024.[3] Their season would come to an end in the third round of the NCAA playoffs to Bethel (MN). Chris Winter was named the conference coach of the year for the 3rd straight year, along with Parker Rochford being named defensive player of the year(DPOY). The Knights have had the DPOY in the ARC 3 years running.

Schedule

Wartburg's 2024 regular season schedule consists of four home, with six on the road.[4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 77:00 p.m.at Monmouth (IL)*No. 4
W 38–243150
September 141:00 p.m.at No. 12 Saint John's (MN)*No. 5
L 13–359,529
September 211:00 p.m.at Central (IA)No. 13
W 10–61,500
September 281:00 p.m.Nebraska WesleyanNo. 13
W 34–02,301
October 121:00 p.m.at Buena VistaNo. 16
W 70–21520
October 191:30 p.m.SimpsonNo. 12
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 46–216,125
October 261:00 p.m.at CoeNo. 13
W 14–72,156
November 21:00 p.m.LutherNo. 12
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 49–104,250
November 91:00 p.m.at DubuqueNo. 12
W 24–141,250
November 161:00 p.m.LorasNo. 11
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 69–143,501
November 3012:00 p.m.No. 7 Wisconsin–Platteville*No. 11
W 19–143,715
December 712:00 p.m.No. 21 Bethel (MN)*No. 11
L 14–245,214

Rankings

Further information: 2024 NCAA Division III football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
D3football.com451313131612131212111113
AFCA461516151513121111111012

Roster

2024 Wartburg Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Brock Califf Sr
WR 2 Ben Wymer So
WR 3 Declan Fortuna Fr
WR 4 Drake George Sr
WR 5 Trey Eagle Sr
WR 6 Caleb Egesdal So
QB 7 Carter Markham Sr
QB 7 Zachary Randl Fr
WR 8 Justis Bachman So
WR 8 Carter Reinbold Fr
QB 8 Tyler Shaner Fr
WR 10 Carter Henry Sr
WR 10 Preston Moriarity Fr
QB 10 Charlie Zimmerman Fr
QB 11 Riley Richards Sr
QB 11 Jett Scott Fr
QB 12 Josh Papesh Fr
WR 15 Ty Gardner Fr
WR 16 Jagger Schmitt Jr
WR 17 Dylan Swanstrom So
QB 18 Leo Dodd Jr
RB 20 Chris Heard Fr
RB 21 Ben Bryant Sr
RB 22 Dakota Johnson Fr
RB 23 Theodor Kolie Fr
RB 25 Nahir Aguirre Fr
WR 25 Blake Ferris Fr
RB 26 Spencer Zinn Jr
RB 27 Dylan Marti So
RB 28 Bricen White Sr
RB 31 Joey Anderson Jr
RB 34 Carson Bruns Fr
RB 35 Levi Pingel Jr
RB 36 Gavin Barta Fr
RB 36 Dawson Rud So
TE 38 Simon Ott So
TE 41 John McConohy Sr
TE 43 Micah Holmberg Jr
RB 44 CJ Hisler So
TE 46 Austin Barta Sr
TE 48 Thaden Abbas Fr
RB 48 Mario D'Orazio Fr
OL 50 Cole Hotz Jr
OL 51 Will Conlan Sr
OL 52 Ben Petlon Sr
OL 55 Carter Seliger Fr
OL 57 Caden Hankins Fr
OL 57 Andrew Kato Fr
OL 60 Max Rossow So
OL 60 Brady Weepie So
OL 61 Braden Plotz Fr
OL 61 Samuel Wirstrom Fr
OL 62 Drew Streb Fr
OL 63 Reese Theobald Jr
OL 64 Jason Koopmann Jr
OL 65 Brandt Reints So
OL 65 Cooper Smock Sr
OL 66 Cade Carpenter Sr
OL 67 Kellen Kpogli So
OL 68 Ethan Stockwell Sr
OL 69 Nathan Lorenzen Jr
OL 70 Josh Reichard So
OL 72 Jaydon Boynton Fr
OL 72 Lars Landa Fr
OL 73 Xander Bradley Sr
OL 74 Jackson Woodley So
OL 75 Isaac Bender Sr
OL 75 Brady Robinson So
OL 76 Clayton Bockhoven So
OL 76 Isaiah Corbin Sr
OL 77 Tucker Kinney Sr
OL 77 Jesse Nevarez So
OL 78 Cole Mahnke So
OL 79 Wyatt Miles Fr
TE 80 Kaden Behrens Jr
WR 80 Elijah Mendoza So
WR 81 Topher Bigalk So
TE 81 Jake Schulz Fr
WR 82 Caleb Beck So
WR 82 Tai Streets Jr
WR 83 Kaiden Griffith Fr
WR 83 Henry Morris Fr
WR 83 Max Solis Sr
WR 84 Tucker Mumford Sr
TE 85 Matt Dufoe Jr
WR 85 Brayden Lane So
TE 86 Matthew Hilleman So
WR 87 Jack Eddy So
WR 87 Cade Hughes Jr
WR 88 Carter Bussanmas Sr
WR 89 Tyler Ott Sr
TE 96 Olin Stockwell Fr
QB Quintin Loeb So
QB Lincoln Sauser Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 2 Grant McCallips Sr
LB 3 Nate Link Sr
DB 3 Jack Wilson So
DB 4 Cam Stephens Fr
DB 5 Kaleb Lamphier Sr
DB 6 Blake Janssen Jr
DB 7 Matthew Tarr Fr
DB 9 Ben Parker Sr
DB 11 Kaden Kobliska Fr
DB 12 Kaiden Knaack Fr
DB 12 Tyge Lyon Fr
DB 13 Thane Alexander Sr
DB 14 Parker Rochford Sr
DB 15 Grant Larson Sr
DB 15 Carter Lavender Fr
DB 19 Jason O'Boye So
DB 20 Conner Grover Jr
DB 20 Jordan Juma Fr
DB 21 Dylan McCaulley So
LB 22 Sam Conway Jr
DB 22 Rory Prazak II Fr
DB 23 Ryan Folkerts Jr
LB 24 Adam Link So
DB 25 Calem Maclearn Sr
DB 27 Korbin Barck Jr
DB 28 Logan Jungling So
DB 29 Sam Roose So
DB 30 DJ Witt Sr
DB 32 Ryan Doyle So
LB 33 Keenan Tyler Jr
LB 34 Tyler Gayer So
LB 34 Andrew Kline Fr
LB 36 Christian Pettinger Fr
LB 37 McKade Munn Jr
DB 39 Nick Woods Fr
LB 40 Mac Watts Jr
DL 42 Justin Grieff Sr
DB 45 Brandon Christofferson Fr
LB 45 Zack Crawford So
LB 47 Colin Snitker Jr
LB 48 Alex Koch Jr
LB 49 Seth Madden So
DL 51 Aiden Mauer So
LB 52 Tyler Bark Fr
LB 52 Cole Wiemers Fr
LB 53 Jack Heinberg Jr
LB 54 Trent Roberts Jr
LB 54 Kale Rodgers Sr
LB 55 Derek Hoerner Fr
DL 55 Conner McDonald So
LB 56 Kaden Bibler Jr
DL 56 Luke Dunlap Fr
LB 56 Colin Patterson Fr
LB 58 Brady Cannon Fr
DL 58 Collin Schulz Fr
DL 59 Rune Boyd Fr
LB 59 AJ Phelps Fr
DL 62 Jacob Stolz Fr
DL 63 Drew Jackson So
DL 68 Ethan Berding So
DL 71 Kale Folkerts Sr
DL 72 Ethan Schellhorn Sr
DL 73 Aiden Roberson So
DL 74 TJ Webber So
DL 79 Andrew Rhodes Fr
DL 90 Jack Drahos Jr
DL 91 Walker Hermeier Sr
DL 91 Reese Trepanier Fr
DL 93 Parker Ehrenfelt Fr
DL 93 Nolan Lamphier Fr
DL 93 Griffin Neal Sr
DL 94 Grant Higgins Sr
DL 95 Cooper Johnston Jr
DL 95 Brady Peterson So
DL 96 Indiana Ferguson Fr
DL 96 Cam Stalzer Jr
DL 97 Owen Hatcher Sr
DL 98 Jake Walker So
DL 99 Christian Nunley Sr
DL Landon Coleman Fr
LB Alex Jansen Fr
DL Charlie Niegsch Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 0 Cael O'Neill Sr
K 4 Keegan Weber Fr
K 23 Jackson Othmer Fr
K/P 39 Jaxson Hoppes Jr
K 39 Jacob Kamara Fr
K 45 Andrew Tollefson Fr
P 52 Ben Petlon Sr
LS 58 Austin Souhrada Fr
LS 79 Parker Sperfslage So
LS 91 AJ Hallman Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Matt Wheeler – Offensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks
  • Matt Tschetter – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers/Recruiting Coordinator
  • Luke Summers – Offensive Line
  • Ethan Lape – Defensive Line
  • Matt Buckner – Wide Receivers
  • Jawanza Holmes – Running Backs
  • Jeff Beck – Offensive Assistant
  • Paul Mugan – Tight Ends
  • Steve Kingery – Specialists
  • Alex Pollock – Linebackers
  • Tom Butters – Tight Ends
  • Jason Splitt – Defensive Assistant/Student Coach
  • Grant Halverson – Offensive Assistant/Student Coach
  • Dakota Stevenson – Defensive Assistant/Student Coach
  • Mac Smigielski – Offensive Assistant/Student Coach
  • Jacob Lord – Offensive Assistant/Student Coach
  • Danny Drees – Athletic Trainer
  • Jessica Albright – Athletic Trainer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 4, 2025

Awards and honors

Individual awards
Player Award
Parker Rochford ARC Defensive Player of the Year
AFCA 2nd team All-American
AP 1st team All-American
D3football.com 2nd team All-American
Tucker Kinney AFCA 1st team All-American
AP 1st team All-American
D3football.com 2nd team All-American
Coach Award
Chris Winter ARC Coach of the year
Reference:[5][6]


All-Conference
Player Position Team Year
Thane Alexander DB 1 SR
Justin Grieff DL 1 SR
Keenan Tyler LB 1 JR
Parker Rochford DB 1 SR
Ethan Stockwell OL 1 SR
Dawson Rud RB 1 SO
Tucker Kinney OT 1 SR
Ben Bryant RS 1 SR
Christian Nunley DL 2 SR
Will Conlan OL 2 SR
Carter Henry WR 2 SR
Carter Markham QB 2 SR
Cael O'Neill K 2 SR
Jaxson Hoppes P HM SO
Kaleb Lamphier DB HM SR
John McConohy TE HM SR
Austin Souhrada LS HM FR
Mac Watts LB HM JR
Jake Walker DL HM SO
HM = Honorable mention. Reference:[7]

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Jim (August 27, 2024). "College Football: With standards raised high, Wartburg embraces No. 4 ranking". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wartburg Facilities". go-knights.net. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Nelson, Jim (November 17, 2011). "College football: No. 11 Wartburg secures third consecutive ARC championship". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "2024 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Curry's Montie Quinn And Bethel's Matt Jung Headline The 2024 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Teams". AFCA. December 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Olson, Eric (December 19, 2024). "North Central (Ill.) QB Luke Lehnen wins top offensive honor on AP Division III All-America team". Associated Press. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Wartburg's Rochford and Winter, Coe's Barnes, and Simpson's Cracraft Headline A-R-C Football Postseason Selections". American Rivers Conference. November 22, 2024.
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