Owen Heinecke

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
227
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
Prev School:
Ohio State University

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	TOTAL	TFL	SACKS	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2022	DID NOT PLAY
2023	13-0	1	3	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2024	13-0	5	2	7	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0	0	0
2025	13-5	34	40	74	12.0-41	3.0-16	0	1	0	4
Career	39-5	40	45	85	12.0-41	3.0-16	0-0	1	0	4

2025 (OKLAHOMA)
An All-SEC Second Team selection by the Associated Press … a recipient of OU’s Don Key Award (program’s highest annual honor) … played in all 13 games and made five starts at linebacker … started each of the final five games of the season … ranked second on the team with his 74 tackles and totaled 12.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, four pass breakups, one forced fumble and two QB hurries … registered seven tackles, including one sack and two TFLs, and a QB hurry in the CFP First Round vs. Alabama (12/19) … recorded seven tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. LSU (11/29) … logged 10 tackles (1.0 TFL) and one QB hurry vs. Missouri (11/22) … made his first career start at Tennessee (11/1) and registered a career-high 13 tackles (1.5 TFL), one sack-fumble (that was returned 71 yards for a touchdown by teammate R Mason Thomas) to earn SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors … recorded eight tackles (2.0 TFL) and two pass breakups vs. Ole Miss (10/25) … posted four tackles (0.5 TFL) vs. Kent State (10/4) … tallied three tackles and two sacks vs. Auburn (9/20) … totaled seven tackles (1.0 TFL) and one pass breakup vs. Michigan (9/6).

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 13 games on special teams and in a reserve linebacker role … totaled seven tackles … notched a career-high two tackles in season opener vs. Temple (8/30) … also made one stop against Texas (10/12), vs. South Carolina (10/19), vs. Maine (11/2), at LSU (11/30) and in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27).

2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 13 games, primarily in a special teams role … totaled four tackles … made one tackle in each game vs. Arkansas State (9/2), SMU (9/9), TCU (11/24) and in Alamo Bowl vs. Arizona (12/28).

2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Did not play.

2021 (OHIO STATE)
Played one season of lacrosse at Ohio State … competed in three games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Dual-sport athlete in football and lacrosse at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa … played running back and safety for the Comets … named the District 5A-III player of the year in 2020 and helped team to a state runner-up finish … was one of the top lacrosse recruits in Oklahoma, scoring 40 goals in his first year on varsity in 2018 before helping the Comets to a playoff appearance in 2019 and a 3-0 record his senior year before the season was canceled (COVID) … held football offers from Army, Navy, Northeastern Oklahoma State and Central Oklahoma before choosing Ohio State for lacrosse.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in June 2022 ... father (Justin) was an offensive lineman at Tulsa ... grandfather (David Heinecke) played football at Wisconsin-La Crosse … uncle (Cory Heinecke) was an OU defensive end from 1999-2001 and member of Sooners' 2000 national championship team ... graduated from OU in December 2024 with a degree in accounting ... pursuing a master's degree in accountancy.