Columbia University Athletics

2021
 
Saw action in eight games a senior defensive tackle … Listed as a backup defensive tackle on the depth chart … Concluded year with 12 tackles (four solo), 0.5 tackle for loss for one yard and 1.0 sack … Registered three tackles (one solo) in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Finished with a career-high five tackles (one solo) vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Made first career sack at Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Finished with one tackle for loss vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Missed the season’s first two games: vs. Marist and Georgetown with an injury.
 
2020
 
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019
 
Did not see any game action as a sophomore defensive lineman … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
2018
 
Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive lineman … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2018 graduate of Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he played two years of varsity football for Head Coach Matt DeBuc … Named to the Florida All-State Third Team as a senior … Named to the Palm Beach County All-County First Team as a junior … Served as team captain … Finished with 54 tackles (21 solo), averaged 4.2 tackles per game, 12.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, forced one fumble and registered a safety in 13 games during his senior year … Led the Chiefs to an 11-2 overall record and 4-1 district record as a senior … Played three years on the varsity basketball team and also played lacrosse for one year … Led the basketball team to three district championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … Four-year Dean’s List student … Served as a summer camp counselor and has worked construction.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Evan Clark Loesel on March 18, 2000 in Boca Raton, Fla. … Son of Darrin Loesel and Lisa Hart … Has a brother Turner … Father is a boat captain … Runs a 4.75 40-yard dash time and owns a 39-inch vertical leap … Loves football because of the camaraderie and sense of brotherhood that the sport creates … Favorite subject/class is Biology … Committed to Columbia on January 14, 2018 … Chose Columbia for its location in New York City and the program’s trajectory as a winning program … Selected Columbia over Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Pitt, Holy Cross, Florida Tech, Air Force, Virginia and Harvard … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Psychology.