2024 Football Roster
Nygra, Pete

Jersey Number 50
Pete Nygra
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 300
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Brownsburg
- Prev School:
- Northern Illinois
Bio
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2025:Â Started 14th consecutive game at center for Louisville in the opener against Eastern Kentucky.
2024:Â Started all 13 games at center in his first season at Louisville ... Allowed just one sack in 848 snaps.
Before Louisville: Played three seasons at Northern Illinois …owns two seasons of eligibility … appeared in 28 career games, making 23 starts … started all 12 games at center for the No. 2 rushing team in the MAC in 2023 … named second team All-MAC by the Phil Steele … played every snap in 2023 … started 11 of 12 games at center in 2022; ranked second on the team in total snaps (758) as a redshirt freshman … did not allow a sack in 328 passing attempts while snapping to four different quarterbacks in 2022 … named NIU's Freshman of the Year at postseason banquet … allowed just one hit on the quarterback all season … led the NIU offensive line with a 95% effort grade for the season … NIU ranked second in the MAC and 34th nationally in rushing offense with 190.4 yards/game … led the MAC and ranked 10th in the country in fewest sacks allowed with just 12 surrendered all year for an average of 1.0/game … best performances came against Vanderbilt with an 84 % overall grade and 97 % effort and at Western Michigan with 84 % overall/96 % effort … PFF graded him at 80 % or higher three times, topped by an 83.4% mark against Ball State … earned Academic All-MAC and CSC Academic All-District honors … Saw action in three games in 2021 – at Buffalo (11-17), versus Western Michigan (11-23) and in the Cure Bowl (12-17) game versus Coastal Carolina in Orlando … used primarily as an extra blocker in Huskies' "jumbo" package.
High School: Ranked the No. 1 center in the state of Indiana by 247Sports … helped lead the Bulldogs to conference title in 2018 and state playoffs in 2020 … three-time varsity letterwinner and two-time team captain (2019 and 2020) … named team Most Valuable Player in 2020 and best offensive lineman in each of the last two years … member of the National Honor Society … active with Special Olympics, Beggars for the Poor and Family Promise … born on August 29 in Danville, Indiana … son of Susan and Mike Nygra.
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2025:Â Started 14th consecutive game at center for Louisville in the opener against Eastern Kentucky.
2024:Â Started all 13 games at center in his first season at Louisville ... Allowed just one sack in 848 snaps.
Before Louisville: Played three seasons at Northern Illinois …owns two seasons of eligibility … appeared in 28 career games, making 23 starts … started all 12 games at center for the No. 2 rushing team in the MAC in 2023 … named second team All-MAC by the Phil Steele … played every snap in 2023 … started 11 of 12 games at center in 2022; ranked second on the team in total snaps (758) as a redshirt freshman … did not allow a sack in 328 passing attempts while snapping to four different quarterbacks in 2022 … named NIU's Freshman of the Year at postseason banquet … allowed just one hit on the quarterback all season … led the NIU offensive line with a 95% effort grade for the season … NIU ranked second in the MAC and 34th nationally in rushing offense with 190.4 yards/game … led the MAC and ranked 10th in the country in fewest sacks allowed with just 12 surrendered all year for an average of 1.0/game … best performances came against Vanderbilt with an 84 % overall grade and 97 % effort and at Western Michigan with 84 % overall/96 % effort … PFF graded him at 80 % or higher three times, topped by an 83.4% mark against Ball State … earned Academic All-MAC and CSC Academic All-District honors … Saw action in three games in 2021 – at Buffalo (11-17), versus Western Michigan (11-23) and in the Cure Bowl (12-17) game versus Coastal Carolina in Orlando … used primarily as an extra blocker in Huskies' "jumbo" package.
High School: Ranked the No. 1 center in the state of Indiana by 247Sports … helped lead the Bulldogs to conference title in 2018 and state playoffs in 2020 … three-time varsity letterwinner and two-time team captain (2019 and 2020) … named team Most Valuable Player in 2020 and best offensive lineman in each of the last two years … member of the National Honor Society … active with Special Olympics, Beggars for the Poor and Family Promise … born on August 29 in Danville, Indiana … son of Susan and Mike Nygra.
Dacari Collins and Rene Konga Weekly Presser 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
Coach Karl Maslowski Weekly Presser 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
Jeff Brohm Weekly Press Conference 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
MILLER MOSS Postgame Presser vs. Bowling Green 9.20.25
Monday, September 22