Owen Drexel

Position:
OL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
305
Hometown:
Montclair, NJ
High School:
Montclair

2022: Limited to six games (and five starts) at center due to injuries…started the initial two games (West Virginia and Tennessee) before sustaining an injury late in the second half of the Tennessee contest…returned to start the final three regular-season contests (Virginia, Duke and Miami)...played off the bench against UCLA in the Sun Bowl.

2021: Started 12 games at center, missing two contests (New Hampshire and Syracuse) due to injury…Honorable Mention All-ACC…instrumental up front for an offense that averaged a school-record 41.4 points and 486.6 yards per game…the Panthers ranked third nationally in scoring and eighth in total offense…named to the All-ACC Academic Football Team.

2020: Served as the top reserve at center for the second consecutive season…played in six games, making one start (at Boston College)…starting assignment came at center when senior starter Jimmy Morrissey shifted to right guard due to injuries on Pitt’s offensive front.

2019: Played in one game (Boston College).

2018: Played in two games (Virginia Tech and Miami).

2017: Redshirted as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Considered one of the top three center prospects in the East region according to Scout…a four-year varsity starter, including his final three at Montclair under Coach John Fiore…was a starter as a freshman at Glen Ridge…All-New Jersey Group 5…All-North Jersey Super Football Conference (NJSFC) Liberty Blue Division…NJ.com “Top 50”…rated the nation’s No. 13 center prospect by ESPN and No. 19 by Scout and 247Sports…rated the No. 7 overall prospect in New Jersey by Scout, No. 29 by 247Sports and No. 33 by ESPN…selected to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl held in the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium…National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Owen Charles Drexel, born 6/4/99, is the son of Paul Drexel and Diane Lyon Sillup…has one brother and one sister…earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and enrolled in Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business.