2015-16 Football
1 Melvin Graham III DB
1-O Keenan Franz WR
2 Cody Cotton DE
3 Derrick Estell LB
4 J.J. Nunes DB
5 Alex Green LB
5-O Ryan Dugan WR
6 Idode Kerobo DB
7 Kye Hall LB
8 Vincent McPherson LB
9 Conner Smith QB
10 Jarrett Morgan WR
11 A.J. Bradley DB
12 Scott Staal QB
13 Dalton Stokes QB
14 Jalin LeAndre DB
15 Ryan Shea WR
15-S Josh Young P
16 Ryan Clarke QB
17 Brandon Riley DB
18 Christian Campbell DB
19 Jake Paliga QB
20 Cody Labanowitz DB
20-O Merek Pierce WR
21 Colin Marcott DB
22 Andrew Johnson DB
23 Kellan Hughes DB
24 Legend Choudhry RB
25 Grayson Bastin RB
26 Tim Foley DB
27 Brett Fox TE
28 Josmar Diaz-Martinez DB
29 Isaac Lane DB
30 Frank Catrine WR
31 Kyle Dye DB
31-O Brandon Hall RB
33 Alexander Kozlowski P
33-O Elias Earley WR
34 Jay Slone LB
36 Drew Snouffer LB
37 Gowan Baldwin LB
38 Jean Rene WR
40 Dominique Bobo DB
41 Charlie Hackett DL
42 John Antkiewicz DE
43 Aaron Brunner TE
44 Matt Mallon RB
45 Kenneth Floyd RB
47 Matthew Messler LB
48 Mike Wheeler LB
49 Jake Hutson RB
50 John Horan OL
51 Nick Turner LB
52 Johnathan Coyne LS
53 John Regan LB
54 Jesse Studyvin DE
55 Jake Iery DL
56 Tristan De La Rosa DL
57 Torrin Sallis LB
58 Jesse Slawnikowski LB
59 Keegan Stidam DL
61 Nate Koeneman OL
62 Houston Underwood OL
63 Jonathan Hammond OL
64 Connor Rettig OL
65 Jack Jarnigan OL
66 Alex Ng K/P
67 Eric Rentschler OL
68 Kyle Jones OL
69 Joseph Miggins OL
70 Brady Sullivan OL
71 Sam Manternach OL
72 Drew White DL
73 Tom Schofield OL
74 Brian Lang OL
75 Shannon Taliaferro OL
76 Alex Cotton OL
77 Terrance Roberts OL
78 Alex Helander OL
79 Andrew Lundberg OL
80 Tyrie Fuller WR
81 Chris Mercer WR
83 Colton Hill WR
84 Mason Sutter TE
85 Sam Savage WR
86 Sam Frelich WR
87-D Brandon Doepke DL
87 Griffin Norberg HB
88 Ryan Moore WR
88-S Jacob Newman K
89 JD Koehler WR
90 John Guilford DL
92 Matthew McGinnis DL
93 Nick Scoville DL
94 David Horak DL
96 Isaac Mercado P/K
97 Michael Penn DL
98 Jake Simpson K
99 Jakob Trumpower DE
Full Roster
JD Koehler

#89 JD Koehler

Pos. WR
Ht. 6-2
Wt. 205
Yr. Fr.
Hometown St. Charles, Mo.
High School (Prev. School) Francis Howell

2018: Started all 11 games and made seven receptions for 77 yards including a 20-yard catch… Recovered Valpo on-side kicks on Oct. 20 at Morehead State and Nov. 3 at Marist. Valpo hadn’t had an on-side kick recovery by any player since the start of the 2008 season (0-for-11 in that span) until the Koehler recovery on Oct. 20, then he went on to do it twice in three weeks… There were only five on-side kick recoveries in the entire PFL in 2018 and two of them were Koehler… Had a season-high two catches on Nov. 10 vs. Jacksonville including a season-long 17-yard reception… Member of PFL Honor Roll.

2017: After seeing action in just three games as a freshman, played in all 11 during his sophomore season… Finished with 71 receiving yards on eight receptions, good for 8.9 yards per catch and 6.5 yards per game… Had the first multi-catch game of his career with two grabs for 23 yards on Sept. 23 at Drake, including a career-long 18-yard grab… Had catches in four of the team’s final five games.

2016: Played in three games as a redshirt freshman for the Crusaders... Made his collegiate debut on Sept. 10 at Sacred Heart... Made his first career catch on Sept. 24 against Davidson... Member of the PFL Academic Honor Roll. 

2015: Redshirted in his first year at Valpo ... maintained four years of eligibility.

Prep: A four-year letter winner for the Vikings...named Most Improved Player following his freshman season...earned Offensive MVP honors for his sophomore campaign...also lettered four times in basketball and three times in baseball...earned the District Sportsmanship Award for basketball his junior season...member of National Honor Society, Student Council and served as Historian of his graduating class...graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors.

Personal: Jacob is the son of Stephen and Amy Koehler ... major is biology.