Andrew Behm

Position:
ILB
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
212
Hometown:
Appleton, Wis.
High School:
Fox Valley Lutheran | Ellsworth CC

2022: Appeared in all 12 games for the Akron, including one start...recorded 29 tackles, including 11 solo stops and 18 assisted tackles...posted 0.5 tackles for a loss, two pass breakups and one forced fumble...collected a season-high four tackles at Michigan State...tallied a season-high three solo tackles at Tennessee...added a forced fumble at Buffalo.

2022 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC.

2021: Appeared in 11 games for the Zips, including six starts...ranked third on the squad in tackles (63), while tallying 26 solo tackles, 37 assisted tackles, one sack and one fumble return...posted four games with 10 or more tackles, including a season-best 14-tackle performance against Buffalo (Oct. 23)...recorded 10 tackles, with five solo tackles, in Akron’s win at Bowling Green (Oct. 9)...collected a sack and a fumble recovery on the strength of a six-tackle effort at Miami (Oct. 16)...registered back-to-back 11-tackle performances against Kent State (Nov. 20) and at Toledo (Nov. 27)...added five tackles versus Ball State (Nov. 2) and at Western Michigan (Nov. 9)...ranked 17th in the Mid-American Conference in league-only affairs in tackles per game (7.75) and 30th overall in tackles per outing (5.73).

PRIOR TO AKRON: Garnered honorable mention NJCAA All-America, all-region and all-conference accolades as a freshman at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, on the strength of 70 total tackles, including 45 solo stops, 2.5 sacks, 12 tackles for a loss and three forced fumbles during the 2021 spring campaign...tabbed an academic All-America honoree maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA en route to earning an associate of arts degree...was a three-year letterwinner at Fox Valley Lutheran High School...registered a school-record 255 tackles, including a program-best 169 solo tackles during his prep career, while posting 25 tackles for a loss, two interceptions...as a senior, garnered first-team all-conference accolades at linebacker and second-team honors at running back on the strength of 96 total tackles, three sacks, one interception and tallied 945 rushing yards, 11 rushing touchdowns, 106 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown...a team captain, he was tabbed an all-region selection and was selected as team most valuable player as a senior...honored as a first-team all-conference selection on defense as a junior after pulling in honorable mention laurels as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sports business...son of Todd and Janet Behm.