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Jersey Number 68
Dan VanOpstall
- Position:
- OT
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 305
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Jenison, Mich.
- High School:
- Jenison
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in all 13 games to earn his second letter . . . saw action on 68 plays on special teams . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree for the second year in a row.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in six games on special teams to earn his first letter . . . saw action on a total of 34 special teams plays . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not see game action.
2018 SEASON: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played both on the offensive and defensive line for Coach Steve Uganski at Jenison High School . . . two-time OK Conference all-league selection . . . helped lead Jenison to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in more than a decade . . . named to The Associated Press Division 1-2 honorable mention all-state team as a senior . . . also earned honorable mention all-state accolades by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association . . . first-team honoree on the Advance Newspapers 2017 All-Area West Team as an offensive lineman . . . also wrestles . . . son of Earn and Patricia VanOpstall . . . economics major . . . his brother, Matt, played Division II football at Hillsdale College.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in six games on special teams to earn his first letter . . . saw action on a total of 34 special teams plays . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not see game action.
2018 SEASON: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played both on the offensive and defensive line for Coach Steve Uganski at Jenison High School . . . two-time OK Conference all-league selection . . . helped lead Jenison to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in more than a decade . . . named to The Associated Press Division 1-2 honorable mention all-state team as a senior . . . also earned honorable mention all-state accolades by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association . . . first-team honoree on the Advance Newspapers 2017 All-Area West Team as an offensive lineman . . . also wrestles . . . son of Earn and Patricia VanOpstall . . . economics major . . . his brother, Matt, played Division II football at Hillsdale College.
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