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2025 Football Roster

1 Michael Karlen

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Stanley, Wis.
  • Highschool Stanley Boyd

Biography

2024 (Junior)
  • Handled kicking duties in all 11 games
  • Finished 8-10 (80.0%) on field goals, with a long of 36 yards vs. Alma on 9/21/24
  • Notched all three of his kickoff touchbacks vs. Alma
  • Finished 20-21 on PAT's
  • Also saw punting action, recording 17 for a total of 657 yards (38.7 average)
2023 (Sophomore)
  • Named to the GLIAC Academic Excellence Team
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Saw action as the punter and kicker
  • Finished second in the conference in field goals made, converting on 11 of 15 (73.3%), with a long of 44 at UW-La Crosse
  • Made his last nine field goal attempts over an eight game span
  • Recorded 1,269 yards of punting on the season, with a long of 51 yards vs. Saginaw Valley
2022 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in three games, recorded two punts with one inside the 20
Before NMU
  • Attended Stanley-Boyd High School 
  • 2x WFCA All-State kicker 
  • 4x Cloverbelt All-Conference
Personal
  • Son of Mike and Misty Karlen, Lisa Karlen and Nando Melendez
  • From Stanley, Wisconsin
  • Hobbies include fishing, snowboarding, and golfing

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2022Freshman

    K
    5'9" 160 lbs
    33
  • 1

    2023Sophomore

    K/P
    5'9" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Junior

    K/P
    5'9" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    K/P
    5'9" 175 lbs
    1