Agreed to terms, 4/26/26…In his five-year, 53-game, 42-start career, made 120 tackles (64 solo), 34.5 tackles for loss for 137 yards, 19.0 sacks for 99 yards, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles, and 29 quarterback hurries…Consensus first team All-MAC honoree as senior in 2025 and Hero Sports second-team G5 All-American…Concluded career by starting 25 consecutive games on the defensive line…One of only eight players in school history to earn four Academic All-Mid-American Conference selections…One-time CSC Academic All-District honoree (2025)…Set the school’s record for quarterback hurries for career (29), season (10 in 2023), and game (5 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 25, 2025)…In the school’s career records, concluded career ranked No. 9 in games played (53), No. 6 in sacks (19), No. 10 in tackles for loss (34), No. 10 in forced fumbles (4), No. 14 in yards from tackles for loss (133), and No. 11 in yards from sacks (99)…In Central Michigan season records, he ranked No. 4 in sacks (10.5 in 2025), No. 14 in tackles for loss (16.0 in 2025), and No. 2 in quarterback hurries (9 in 2025)…Concluded career with four 2.0 sack games and eight 2.0 tackles for loss games…As a redshirt senior defensive lineman in 2025, started all 13 games at DE…Earned CSC Academic All-District, Academic All-MAC and named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society…One of four team captains…On year, ranked No. 5 on team with 48 tackles (24 solo), a team-high 16.5 stops for loss for 64 yards, a team-high 10.5 sacks for 48 yards, four pass breakups and a team-high nine quarterback hurries with two forced fumbles…Nationally, concluded the year ranked No. 12 in sacks (0.81 per game) and No. 14 in stops for loss (1.27 per game)…In MAC, ranked No. 4 in stops for loss (1.27 per game) and No. 3 in sacks (0.81 per game)…Finished the year with three 2.0 sack games and five 2.0 tackles for loss games…Finished with one tackle, 0.5 stops for loss in GameAbove Sports Bowl vs. Northwestern…Totaled three solo tackles, a season-high 3.0 tackles for loss for six yards, and one sack for four yards in season finale vs. Toledo…Made five tackles (three solo), 2.5 tackles for loss for 10 yards, 2.0 sacks for nine yards, and a quarterback hurry at Kent State…Finished with four tackles, 2.0 sacks, 2.0 TFL, two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups vs. Buffalo, earning MAC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts…Tallied a career-high tying six tackles at Western Michigan…Finished with a tackle, a career-high and school-record five QB hurries, and two pass breakups vs. UMass…Registered five tackles, 2.0 stops for loss for 14 yards, and a sack for six yards at Bowling Green…Made five tackles and 1.0 stop for loss at Akron…Finished with five tackles (two solo), 1.5 sacks for four yards, 1.5 stops for loss and a QB hurry vs. Eastern Michigan…Tallied five tackles (two solo), 2.0 sacks/stops for loss of seven yards and forced a fumble vs. Wagner…Made one tackle for loss at Michigan…Made one tackle at Pittsburgh…Made a then-career-high six tackles (four solo) with one sack for 7 yards and 1.0 tackle for loss, and forced a fumble in season opener at San Jose State…As redshirt junior defensive lineman, played in all 12 games with 12 starts at DE…Academic All-MAC…Led Chippewas with eight QB hurries, finished with 28 tackles with 6.0 stops for loss for 22 yards, and 4.0 sacks…Finished with season-high four solo tackles in finale at NIU…Made three tackles (one solo) with 1.0 sack/QB hurry at Toledo…Made a tackle for loss/hurry vs. Bowling Green…Totaled four tackles (three solo) with 2.0 sacks/stops for loss for eight yards at Miami (Ohio)…Finished with two QB hurries, four tackles and a split-sack for three yards at EMU…Made two tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, 0.5 sack, and a quarterback hurry vs. San Diego State…Finished with two tackles and a quarterback hurry at Florida International…Totaled two tackles and a QB hurry in opener vs. Central Connecticut State…As redshirt sophomore in 2023, played in 11 of 12 games with five starts at DE…Academic All-MAC…Concluded season with 22 tackles (13 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss for 30 yards, 2.5 sacks for 20 yards, one forced fumble, one pass breakup and a school-record 10 quarterback hurries…Finished with a team-high three quarterback hurries and one tackle in finale vs. Toledo…Made two tackles, including one stop for four yard loss at Western Michigan…Totaled two tackles, including 0.5 sack vs. UNI…Two tackles at Ball State…Made three tackles (three solo), 2.0 stops for loss for 15 yards, 1.0 sack for nine yards, forced a fumble and two QB hurries vs. Akron…Made two tackles with a QB hurry at Buffalo…Finished with four tackles (three solo) vs. Eastern Michigan…Made three tackles at Notre Dame…Totaled three quarterback hurries with one pass breakup vs. New Hampshire…Made two tackles, 1.0 sack, and a quarterback hurry in season opener at Michigan State (9/1)…As a redshirt freshman in 2022, played in all 12 games with 11 starts on defensive line…Academic All-MAC selection…Started all 11 games at defensive end…Made 19 tackles (12 solo), registered 7.0 tackles for loss for 17 yards, made 2.0 sacks for seven yards, forced one fumble and totaled two quarterback hurries…Finished with two tackles in the season finale at Eastern Michigan…Totaled two tackles vs. Western Michigan…Totaled three tackles (one solo) at Northern Illinois…Finished with one solo tackle, 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Bowling Green…Made two tackles (two solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Ball State… made a career-high five tackles (four solo) with a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss for 10 yards, 1.5 sack for four yards and forced a fumble vs. Bucknell…Made first career start vs. South Alabama…Made one tackle (solo) with a quarterback hurry in season opener at Oklahoma State…Redshirted first season as true freshman in 2021…Appeared in four games on the defensive line…Credited with three tackles…Graduate of Romeo (Mich.) HS, where he played three years for Coach Curt Rienas…First-team Division 1 All-State selection as a defensive lineman…Named All-Region by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association in 2020…Named to the All-Macomb Area Conference Red First Team in 2020…Macomb County Tier 1 All-Star team selection…Recorded 19 sacks, 10 tackles-for-loss and four forced fumbles in 2020…Ranked No. 38 on the Detroit News Blue Chip List … rated a three-star recruit by Rivals…Born Michael Heldman on January 2, 2003…Majored in Communication.
