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Boise State Athletics
2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 95
Max Stege
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Hometown:
- Cologne, Germany
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 269
- Prev School:
- Cologne (Germany)
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Psychology
CAREER HONORS
JUNIOR (2025)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Started all 14 games, finishing the season with 27 tackles, including seven for loss…notched four tackles at Air Force (Sept. 20)...recorded a solo TFL and two quarterback hurries against Fresno State (Nov. 1)...posted a pair of solo TFLs and forced a fumble at Utah State (Nov. 28)...tallied four tackles, including two for loss, in the MW Championship win over UNLV (Dec. 5).
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Saw action in all 14 games…tallied a pair of tackles against Portland State, including 0.5 sacks (Sept. 21)...made a career-high four tackles against Utah State, notching 0.5 sacks (Oct. 5)...posted a solo TFL in a win at Hawai’i (Oct. 12)...recorded a solo sack against Nevada (Nov. 9)...added another solo sack at Wyoming (Nov. 23)...registered three tackles in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Penn State, including 0.5 sacks (Dec. 31).
FRESHMAN (2023)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Appeared in 10 games, making his collegiate debut at Washington (Sept. 2)...recorded two tackles at Utah State, including a half sack (Nov. 18).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247Sports…rated the No. 1 prospect in Germany per 247Sports…captain on Germany’s U19 National Team…stepfather Khalid Khatib was a seven-time national boxing champion in Germany.
- 3x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2023, 2024, 2025)
JUNIOR (2025)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Started all 14 games, finishing the season with 27 tackles, including seven for loss…notched four tackles at Air Force (Sept. 20)...recorded a solo TFL and two quarterback hurries against Fresno State (Nov. 1)...posted a pair of solo TFLs and forced a fumble at Utah State (Nov. 28)...tallied four tackles, including two for loss, in the MW Championship win over UNLV (Dec. 5).
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Saw action in all 14 games…tallied a pair of tackles against Portland State, including 0.5 sacks (Sept. 21)...made a career-high four tackles against Utah State, notching 0.5 sacks (Oct. 5)...posted a solo TFL in a win at Hawai’i (Oct. 12)...recorded a solo sack against Nevada (Nov. 9)...added another solo sack at Wyoming (Nov. 23)...registered three tackles in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Penn State, including 0.5 sacks (Dec. 31).
FRESHMAN (2023)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Appeared in 10 games, making his collegiate debut at Washington (Sept. 2)...recorded two tackles at Utah State, including a half sack (Nov. 18).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247Sports…rated the No. 1 prospect in Germany per 247Sports…captain on Germany’s U19 National Team…stepfather Khalid Khatib was a seven-time national boxing champion in Germany.
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