2021 Football Roster
Roster
Max Michel
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Elizabeth, NJ
- High School:
- Elizabeth
- Major:
- Health and Human Services
Graduate (2023): Started 11 games... led the team with five sacks... added 46 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery... had three tackles and a sack at Wisconsin (9/2)... had three tackles, a tackle for loss and a pass breakup against Fordham (9/9)... had seven tackles, a sack and two pass breakups at Louisiana (9/23)... had four tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at Akron (9/30)... had six tackles and a forced fumble against Bowling Green (10/14)... had four tackles and a sack at Kent State (10/21)... had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles at Toledo (10/31)... had four tackles and a sack against Ohio (11/7)... had four tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Miami (OH) (11/15).
Senior (2022): Appeared in 10 games… had 16 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble… had two tackles and a sack at Bowling Green (10/8)… had two tackles at Massachusetts (10/15)… had two tackles and a half tackle for loss at Ohio (11/1)… had three tackles against Kent State (11/26)... had four tackles against Georgia Southern (12/27).
Junior (2021): Started the first eight games at defensive end before missing the remainder of the season with an injury… had 36 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, four sacks two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery on the season… had five tackles, including a tackle for loss at Nebraska (9/11)… had a season-high 10 tackles and a sack at Old Dominion (9/25)… had seven tackles and a sack against Western Michigan (10/2)… had five tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble against Ohio (10/16)… had 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against Akron (10/23).
Sophomore (2020): Appeared in seven games and made one start… had 17 tackles, four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks on the season… had three tackles and a sack against Northern Illinois (11/4)… had three tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack against Akron (12/12)… had three tackles against Ball State (12/18)… had six tackles, a sack and a forced fumble against Marshall (12/25).
Redshirt-Freshman (2019): Appeared in 13 games primarily on special teams… had 14 tackles and a sack on the season… had a season-best three tackles against Robert Morris (8/29)… had a fumble recovery at Akron (10/19)… had two tackles and a sack against Eastern Michigan (11/2).
Freshman (2018): Redshirted in his first season at Buffalo... did see action in three games... did not register a tackle.
High School: Linebacker from Elizabeth High School in New Jersey. Had 19 tackles and 11 sacks as junior. Had 34 tackles, 14 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery his senior season. Had four separate three-sack games his senior year. Named Star-Ledger All-Group 5 First Team and All-District First Team as a senior. Named Star-Ledger All-Group 5 Third Team as a junior. Also a standout track performer. Conference champion in the high jump and long jump.
