Kyle Lichtenberg

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-6
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Bettendorf, Iowa
High School:
Bettendorf

Awards and Honors
First-team Academic All-Big 12 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

2013
Dealt with many injuries … played in six games and started two … suffered a season-ending elbow injury vs. Baylor … ended career with 19 starts … named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 for the fourth time.

2012
Started every game of the season at right guard.

2011
Earned Iowa State’s Academic Award for team’s highest GPA … played in all 13 games, earning three starts … started at right guard in season-opening victory over Northern Iowa … started at right tackle in place of Brayden Burris at Baylor and Missouri.

2010
Played in all 12 games.

2009
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Fifth-ranked player in Iowa ... 86th-rated offensive tackle ... chose Iowa State over offers from Illinois, Iowa and Colorado State ... coached by Randy Scott and Aaron Wiley ... two-year letterwinner in football ... led team to a 13-0 record and a Class 4A state title as a junior ... team was 11-1 as a senior and advanced to the Class 4A Quarterfinals ... team captain ... first-team all-state by The Des Moines Register ... unanimous first-team all-conference ... captain of the all-metro team ... lettered twice in baseball, twice in track and field and in basketball ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Born Nov. 23, 1990 in Bettendorf ... son of Diane (Doles) and Mark Lichtenberg ... electrical engineering major ... father played football for Iowa State (1980-82) ... mother played volleyball for Iowa State (1980-84) and is a member of the Iowa State Letterwinner’s Hall of Fame ... his great uncle, Max Burkett, was a first-team all-conference back at Iowa State in 1953 ... sister Ashley played volleyball for Northern Colorado.