Kade Pietrzak
Nebraska Cornhuskers
85
Great

Kade Pietrzak

Nebraska CornhuskersSolid
RDEDefenseGreat
2nd String / Backup

Is Kade Pietrzak starting?

Kade Pietrzak is listed 2nd string at RDE for Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Sophomore · #93 · 6'5", 275 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Nebraska Cornhuskers

  1. 11591Anthony Jones Jr.Starter
  2. 29385Kade PietrzakYou
  3. 39470Jordan Ochoa

Nebraska Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Nebraska

Nebraska plays Illinois away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 08:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Sheyenne, ranked #385 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 16 tackles, 6 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #385 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile82th
West Fargo, ND
Jersey
#93
Class
SO
Height
6'5"
Weight
275 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251662

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8970
National Rank
#385
High School
Sheyenne
Hometown
West Fargo, ND

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 82th-percentile production (×0.95 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.95)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Nov 1LWASHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-10

Oct 18LORETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-14

Oct 3WMDTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 48-23

Sep 26WMSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-13

Sep 19WUNDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

Sep 5WOHIOTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 49-21

Kade Pietrzak's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

16 tkl · 6 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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