Lincoln Kienholz

Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Position:
QB
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pierre, S.D.
High School:
T.F. Riggs
Prev School:
Ohio State

2025: Named Academic All-Big Ten Conference ...competed for Ohio State's starting quarterback duties throughout the spring and fall camps in 2025 ...appeared in seven contests ... completed 11-of-14 passes for 139 yards and one touchdown ... rushed for 66 yards in 2025 and scored two touchdowns ... opened the season by completing 6-of-7 passes for 71 yards against Grambling ... tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to Jelani Thurman ... was a perfect 3-of-3 for 34 yards in a win over UCLA.

2024: Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete Award ... named Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... didn't see game action.

2023: Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete Award ... threw for 86 yards on 6-of-17 passing in the Cotton Bowl versus Missouri.

High School: Part of Ohio State's 2023 class of recruits ... stayed in high school to play his senior seasons in basketball and baseball, and then he joined the team in June of 2023 ... rated the nation’s No. 13-ranked quarterback as a senior in 2022 and No. 172 overall player according to 247Sports ... only the second-ever player from the state of South Dakota to sign with Ohio State (Grant Schmidt in 2015; transferred without playing in a game) ... completed 66 percent of his passes for 3,422 yards and 46 touchdowns as a senior while being named the state’s 11AA Player of the Year ... added 1,435 yards rushing with 24 TDs in leading T.F. Riggs High School to its third consecutive state championship ...threw for 9,100 yards and 104 touchdowns over his career at T.F. Riggs where he was a three-year starter ... became South Dakota high school football’s all-time passing leader in 2022 ... named the Most Valuable Player of the 11AA state championship game for three consecutive years ... threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 121 yards and two scores in this year’s state title game ...three-sport athlete who also excelled in basketball and baseball ... batted .472 with six home runs and went 3-0 with a 1.24 ERA as a pitcher ... first team selection on the Class AA all-state basketball team after averaging 19.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a junior ... son of Kacy and Peter Kienholz, and he has three siblings: a brother, Brogan, and sisters Lola and Miah.