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2024 Football Roster

Tim Sanger
Jacob Reiner
Tim Sanger
Benjamin Dishong

56 Loshiaka Roques

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 236
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maple Grove, Minn.
  • High School Wayzata HS

Biography

* 2021 MVFC All-Newcomer Team

2024 SEASON (SENIOR):
Started all 16 games at defensive end...Made 39 tackles with 5.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks...Season-high five tackles in the Dakota Marker game against South Dakota State...Registered at least a half-sack in six different games...His seven quarterback hurries were the most on the team...Had a momentum-changing fumble recovery in the NCAA semifinal win against South Dakota State that gave the Bison the ball deep in SDSU territory and set up a game-tying touchdown in the second quarter.

2023 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 15 games including one start at defensive end...Made 17 total tackles including 2.0 tackles for loss...Credited with a solo TFL against Western Illinois and half-sacks against Murray State and Northern Iowa...Finished with a career-high five tackles against Murray State...Had four stops in the NCAA semifinal game against Montana.

2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 14 of 15 games and made two starts at defensive end...Missed the national championship game with an injury...Totaled 21 tackles including 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks...Credited with one quarterback hurry...Recovered two fumbles, including one in the red zone during the NCAA semifinal win over Incarnate Word...Season-high four tackles in conference games against South Dakota State and Southern Illinois.

2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Selected to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team...Played in 14 of 15 games for the NCAA Division I FCS national champions...Made 11 total tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks...Broke up two passes...Season-high two tackles in games against Illinois State, Indiana State and Youngstown State.

2020-21 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year in the Bison program...Played in one game at Missouri State...Made a career-high three tackles including a solo sack on the final play of the 25-0 win.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2020 graduate of Wayzata High School...Three-year letterwinner, two-year starter, and team captain his senior year...Played linebacker and defensive line for coach Lambert Brown...Star Tribune and KARE 11 all-metro honoree...Minnesota Vikings all-state performer...Had 87 tackles including 20 tackles for loss, 18 sacks and one forced fumble his senior year...Helped Wayzata to a 13-0 record and the Class 6A state championship...Totaled 147 tackles and 40 TFLs in his career.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology...Son of Patrick Roques and Esther Kamara...Has two brothers, Patrick and Eugene, and a sister, Famata.

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2020Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'2" 217 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'3" 220 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'3" 227 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2023Junior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 232 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2024Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 236 lbs
    56