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2025 Football Roster

82 Max Ziebarth

  • Position TE
  • Hometown Hudson, Ill.
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 235
  • High School Normal West HS
  • Class Junior

Biography

2024: Saw action in all 14 games, mostly on special teams and as a reserve tight end ... caught lone pass of the season for 7 yards against North Dakota State.

2023: Played in all 11 games as a reserve tight end and on special teams ... caught lone pass of the season against Lindenwood, running seven yards for first career touchdown reception.

2022: Redshirted.

Normal West HS: Started three years on varsity for head coach Nathan Fincham … named an IHSFCA Class 6A First-Team All-State selection following senior season … also named an All-Big 12 Conference First-Team selection, after recording 29 catches for 461 yards with four touchdowns … averaged 15.9 yards per catch and helped lead team to the state playoffs … caught 16 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns for West in the five-game spring season in 2021, which earned him first-team all-conference honors as a team captain … team qualified for the state playoffs … as a sophomore, tallied 220 yards receiving and scored five touchdowns to earn all-conference honorable mention plaudits … was a two-time IHSA All-State Academic Team selection … also a standout on the basketball court at West, earning all-conference honors.

Personal: Born October 27, 2003 in Bloomington, Illinois …  son of Andy and Jill Ziebarth … one of two children … his father, Andy, was a three-time all-conference selection in the 1990’s for the Redbirds … his great grandfather, Hank Keiser, was a pitcher for Navy … was a three-time conference scholar-athlete selection. 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 82

    2022Freshman

    TE
    6'5" 240 lbs
    82
  • 82

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    TE
    6'5" 240 lbs
    82
  • 82

    2024Sophomore

    TE
    6'5" 235 lbs
    82
  • 82

    2025Junior

    TE
    6'5" 235 lbs
    82