2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 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
Pronunciation: kuh-NAP-ick
2025 Senior
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
- 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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