Hunter Welcing

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
246
Hometown:
Deer Park, Ill.
Last School:
Lake Zurich / Northwestern
Year:
Redshirt Senior

Career Highs

4 Receptions (Three Times – last time on Nov. 29, 2025)

81 Receiving Yards vs. Michigan (Nov. 15, 2025)

1 Receiving Touchdown (Two times – last vs. Purdue on Oct. 18, 2025)

Honors and Awards

2025: All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, Academic All-Big Ten

2024: Academic All-Big Ten

2023: Academic All-Big Ten

Prior to Ohio State
Redshirt Junior at Northwestern (2025)
Appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt junior with 10 starts, totaling 502 snaps at tight end and on special teams... Became Northwestern's top pass catcher at the tight end position and logged 28 receptions for 296 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns … His 296 receiving yards on the year marked the most by a Wildcat tight end in the Braun era, and most since Garrett Dickerson had 401 in 2017.

at TULANE (8/30): Appeared in the season opener, recording one reception for two yards, playing 28 plays.

WESTERN ILLINOIS (9/5): Gained 34 yards and a touchdown on two receptions, totaling 31 snaps.

OREGON (9/13): Totaled 19 yards on two receptions while also having a tackle on 26 snaps.

UCLA (9/27): Played a total of 32 snaps, grabbing one reception for 22 yards.

LOUISIANA-MONROE (10/4): Tallied 32 yards on four recptions while also having two kick returns for 13 yards on 28 snaps.

at PENN STATE (10/11): Finished the game with 47 snaps.

PURDUE (10/18): Posted two receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown on 49 plays.

at NEBRASKA (10/25): Grabbed two receptions for 29 yards while also having a tackle on 37 snaps.

at USC (11/7): Recorded two receptions for two yards on 43 plays.

MICHIGAN (11/15): Totaled a career-high 81 yards on four receptions, tallying 36 total snaps.

MINNESOTA (11/22): Ended the game with 45 snaps, grabbing three receptions for 29 yards while also having a tackle.

at ILLINOIS (11/29): Registered a season-high 57 plays, securing four receptions for 15 yards.

vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (12/26): Tallied 43 plays in the game, grabbing one reception for 13 yards.

Redshirt Sophomore at Northwestern (2024)
Appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt sophomore, totaling 117 snaps at tight end and on special teams... Tallied one reception for 20 yards.

MIAMI OH (8/31): Made an appearance on seven snaps.

DUKE (9/6): Recorded eight snaps.

EASTERN ILLINOIS (9/14): Recorded first career reception for 20 yards while also playing in eight snaps.

at WASHINGTON (9/21): Had 10 plays in the game.

INDIANA (10/5): Tallied 13 plays in the game.

at MARYLAND (10/12): Totaled seven plays in the game.

WISCONSIN (10/19): Recorded seven snaps.

at IOWA (10/26): Notched 11 plays in the game.

at PURDUE (11/2): Registered eight snaps.

OHIO STATE (11/16): Finished the game with seven snaps.

AT MICHIGAN (11/23): Notched 15 plays.

ILLINOIS (11/30): Tallied 16 snaps in the game.

Redshirt Freshman at Northwestern (2023)
Appeared in eight games as a redshirt sophomore, totaling 53 snaps at tight end and on special teams.

at RUTGERS (9/3): Made an appearance in five snaps.

UTEP (9/9): Tallied 10 snaps.

at DUKE (9/16): Totaled seven plays.

MINNESOTA (9/23): Finished the game with six snaps.

PENN STATE (9/30): Ended the game with a season-high 17 snaps.

HOWARD (10/7): Recorded six snaps.

PURDUE (11/18): Saw action.

at ILLINOIS (11/25): Tallied two snaps.

Redshirt Freshman at Northwestern (2022)
Missed the season due to injury...Earned a medical redshirt.
Redshirt Freshman at Northwestern (2021)
Appeared in four games as a freshman at tight end and on special teams, tallying 32 plays...Redshirted.