Julius Welschof

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
EDGE
Height:
6-7
Weight:
266
Hometown:
Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany
High School:
FOS Altoetting

CAREER HIGHS

• Tackles: 3 - vs. Northern Illinois (Sept. 18, 2021)
• Solos: 2 - vs. Northern Illinois (Sept. 18, 2021)
• Asst: 2, 4x - last vs. Colorado State (Sept. 3, 2022)
• TFLs: 0.5, 2x - last at Penn State (Nov. 13, 2021)
• Sacks: 0.5, 2x - last at Penn State (Nov. 13, 2021)
• Int: none
• FR: none
• PBUs: none

At Michigan
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2021, '22)
• Four-time letterman (2019-20-21-22)
• Appeared in 35 games during his career

Graduate Student (2022)
• Appeared in all 14 games on special teams including three along the defensive line; made six tackles to earn his fourth varsity letter
• Named Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance at Rutgers
• Assisted on a pair of tackles playing along the defensive line against Colorado State (Sept. 3)
• Made one solo tackle playing against Hawaii (Sept. 10)
• Played on the defensive line and on special teams against UConn (Sept. 17)
• Contributed on special teams against Maryland (Sept. 24), Michigan State (Oct. 29), Nebraska (Nov. 12), Illinois (Nov. 19), at Iowa (Oct. 1), at Indiana (Oct. 8), at Ohio State (Nov. 26), against Purdue in the Big Ten Championship (Dec. 3), and against TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)
• Assisted on a tackle as part of the teams units against Penn State (Oct. 15)
• Made a pair of solo tackles on kickoff coverage at Rutgers (Nov. 5)

Senior (2021)
• Appeared in all 14 games along the defensive line and on special teams with one start; made 13 tackles inclduing a shared tackle for loss, a shared sack, and one pass breakup to earn his third varsity letter
• Recorded a pass breakup, the first of his career, playing along the defensive line and on special teams against Western Michigan (Sept. 4)
• Played snaps along the defensive line and on special teams against Washington (Sept. 11), at Nebraska (Oct. 9), and against Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)
• Made his first stops of the season; three tackles (two solo) against Northern Illinois (Sept. 18)
• Credited with one assisted stop against Northwestern (Oct. 23)
• Made one solo tackle playing along the interior at Michigan State (Oct. 30)
• Assisted on one tackle playing against Indiana (Nov. 6)
• Shared his first sack of the season among two assisted stops at Penn State (Nov. 13)
• Made one solo tackle playing along the defensive line at Maryland (Nov. 20)
• Assisted on two tackles playing end and tackle against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game (Dec. 4)
• Made two assisted stops against Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)

Junior (2020)
• Appeared in all six games along the defensive line; made six tackles with a half-sack and one quarterback hurry to earn his second varsity letter
• Assisted on two stops at Minnesota (Oct. 24), including his first split-sack
• Credited with two tackles playing along the defensive line against Michigan State (Oct. 31)
• Credited with one quarterback hurry playing along the defensive line at Indiana (Nov. 7)
• Made a solo tackle playing along the defensive line against Wisconsin (Nov. 14)
• Registered one solo stop playing along the line at Rutgers (Nov. 21)
• Played along the defensive line against Penn State (Nov. 28)

Sophomore (2019)
• Appeared in one game to earn his first varsity letter
• Played along the defensive line against Notre Dame (Oct. 26)

Freshman (2018)
• Did not see game action

Prep
• Graduated from FOS Altoetting in Germany

Key Statistics
• Played for the Munich Cowboys, a club team in Germany, seeing action at defensive end and tight end

Honors and Rankings
• 247Sports Composite grades as a three-star prospect and the 26th-rated strong-side defensive end nationally
• ESPN three-star prospect and the No. 64 overall player at defensive end
• Rated as the top prospect in Germany by 247Sports and ESPN
• Rivals.com three-star prospect

Personal
• Julius Welschof was born on March 12, 1997
• Earned his degree in sociology from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Pursuing his graduate degree from the School of Social Work