Konnor Near

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
231
Hometown:
St. Johns, Mich.
High School:
Ferris State University

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	TOTAL	TFL	SACKS	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2019*	REDSHIRTED
2020*	SEASON CANCELED
2021*	13-0	17	10	27	2.0-7	0.0-0	0-0	0	0-0	0
2022*	15-15	34	32	66	10.5-28	3.0-15	0-0	0	1-6	2
2023	12-0	5	2	7	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0-0	0
Career	40-15	56	44	100	12.5-35	3.0-15	0-0	0	1-6	2

2023
Played in all 12 regular season games (primarily on special teams) and totaled seven tackles … recorded a tackle at BYU (11/18) … made one solo stop vs. West Virginia (11/11) … notched a solo tackle at Oklahoma State (11/4) … made two tackles vs. Iowa State (9/30) … recorded two stops at Tulsa (9/16).

2022 (AT FERRIS STATE)
Played in and started all 15 games … a first-team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection ... totaled 66 tackles (34 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and one fumble recovery for Division II national champions (finished 14-1) … posted a pair of tackles and a sack in national championship win over Colorado School of Mines (12/17) … made six stops (two solo) along with 1.5 tackles for loss in Division II semifinals vs. West Florida (12/10) … tied his career high with nine tackles (three solo) with one sack and three TFLs at Grand Valley State (12/3) … notched eight stops (six solo) vs. Pittsburg State (11/26) … recorded five tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss vs. Davenport (11/5) … tallied a pair of tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Grand Valley State (10/15) … set a career high with nine tackles (three solo) and 0.5 TFL at Saginaw Valley State (10/8) … registered two tackles and a sack at Findlay (10/1) … opened the season with five stops (one solo) and 0.5 TFL against Central Washington (9/1).

2021 (AT FERRIS STATE)
Played in 13 of team's 14 games … totaled 27 tackles (17 solo) and two tackles for loss … notched a season-high five tackles (one TFL) against Grand Valley State (11/27) … registered three tackles (one TFL) in win over Northern Michigan (10/30).

2020 (AT FERRIS STATE)
Division II season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (AT FERRIS STATE)
Redshirted … did not play.

HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time all-state and three-time all-conference selection at St. Johns High School … an Academic All-State honoree … also played basketball.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in June 2023 … graduated from Ferris State with a degree in construction management and is pursuing an OU master's degree in intercollegiate athletics administration.