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2023 MIT Football Roster

John Kleba
John Kleba
Gil Talbot
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5 Brady Klein

  • Position RB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Washington, Ill.
  • High School Washington Community

Biography

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)
- New England Football Writer's Golden Helmet Award (Oct. 22)
- Swede Nelson Award for D2/D3 by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston (2023)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023)


2023:
- Appeared in nine games
- Posted 167 rush attempts for 781 yards and eight touchdowns
- Caught 10 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown
- Had three games with two rushing touchdowns
- Posted 100+ yards three times


2022:
- Appeared in seven games, finishing with 197 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 51 attempts
- Added seven kick returns for 125 yards


2021:
- Appeared in all nine games
- Ranked second on the team with 63 rushes for 396 yards and a team-best seven touchdowns
- Posted a season-best 10 rushes for 95 yards and a touchdown at Dean on 9/25
- Had two touchdowns at Coast Guard on 10/30


2020:
- Did not play as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete?
- The bus rides


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in artificial intelligence with a concentration in Spanish
- Interned at Caterpillar, Inc. and Northrop Grumman
- Researcher at the MIT Sports Lab
- Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon


High School:
- 2019 Illinois High School Association Academic All-State
- 2019 Mid Illini First Team All-Conference
- MTI Defensive Player of the Week in 2018
- 2019 Peoria Journal Star Large-School All-Area Football Team honoree
- Earned four varsity letters in football, along with two in baseball and one in track and field
- Class salutatorian
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Student Council – Treasurer
- Class Executive Board
- Washington Leadership and Community Service Club
- Peer Tutor
- Senator Bill Brady’s Youth Advisory Council
- Mathletes
- Fitness Club
- Pep Club
- School Newspaper
- Powderpuff Football coach
- 2019 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
- 2020 Illinois Student Assistance Commission State Scholar
- Honor Roll, 2016-2020
- 2018 Illinois Leadership Seminar Representative
- 2019 Boys State Representative

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 37

    2020First Year

    DB
    5'11" 190 lbs
    37
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    RB
    6'0" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    RB
    6'0" 195 lbs
    5