Pronunciation: EN-gull

2023 Redshirt Freshman

• Did not play in a game

2023 Freshman

• Did not play in a game and redshirted the season

High School

• Played for head coach Rick Arand at Lena-Winslow High School 
• Three-year letter winner in football (2020-22)
• Won three consecutive state championships (2019, 2021 and 2022) 
• Earned all-conference, all-area, and all-state honors as a senior in 2022
• Selected as a 2022 second-team small school All-American 
• Lettered four seasons in wrestling (2019-22) and three years in track & field (2020-22)
• Qualified for the state wrestling tournament as a senior in 2022
• Placed seventh at the state track & field meet in the shot put as a senior
• Earned recognition as an Illinois State Scholar
• Tabbed as academic all-conference, academic all-state, and named to the Presidential Honor Roll    

Personal

• Born on Sept. 4, 2004
• Son of Ryan and Tabitha Engel
• One sister, Emily
• Chose Illinois because, “The place felt like home and the people felt like FamILLy right from the get-go."
• Majoring in mechanical engineering