Kansas State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster

Jersey Number 49
Drew Schmelzle
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sabetha, Kan.
- High School:
- Sabetha
2024: Did not see any game action.
2023: Carded one tackle as a reserve defensive end against SEMO.
2022: Did not see any game action.
2021: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Sabetha under head coach Garrett Michael... Carded 184 career tackles – including 79 stops his senior season – and a pair of sacks... Also rushed for 806 yards and five touchdowns in his career to go along with 618 receiving yards and seven more scores... Earned all-state honors each of his final two years from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, including first-team honors from the former as a senior... Helped the Bluejays earn a state championship as a sophomore... Also competed in baseball and basketball.
PERSONAL: Drew Schmelzle was born December 12, 2002, in Shawnee, Kansas... Son of Harold and Shelley Schmelzle, both of whom attended K-State... Has two siblings, Harper and Aubrey... Majoring in business administration.
2023: Carded one tackle as a reserve defensive end against SEMO.
2022: Did not see any game action.
2021: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Sabetha under head coach Garrett Michael... Carded 184 career tackles – including 79 stops his senior season – and a pair of sacks... Also rushed for 806 yards and five touchdowns in his career to go along with 618 receiving yards and seven more scores... Earned all-state honors each of his final two years from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, including first-team honors from the former as a senior... Helped the Bluejays earn a state championship as a sophomore... Also competed in baseball and basketball.
PERSONAL: Drew Schmelzle was born December 12, 2002, in Shawnee, Kansas... Son of Harold and Shelley Schmelzle, both of whom attended K-State... Has two siblings, Harper and Aubrey... Majoring in business administration.
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