Columbia University Athletics

2022

NFF Hampshire Society Inductee … Played and started five games at right guard.
 
2021

As a junior offensive lineman, started all 10 games on the offensive line at right guard … Helped the offense hold opponents to a school-record low 12 sacks and 65 sacks yards on the year … Key contributor on the offensive line that held opponents to zero sacks in five games (Marist, Georgetown, Penn, Brown, at Cornell).
 
2020

Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019

Did not see any action as a first-year offensive lineman at Columbia.
 
2018

Served as an offensive lineman at the University of Buffalo … His brother also played for the Bulls … The Bulls finished 10-4 overall and 7-1 in MAC play and advanced to the MAC Championship Game and earned a bowl berth (Dollar General Bowl vs. Troy, held in Mobile, Ala.).
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2018 graduate of Pittsford Sutherland High School in Buffalo, N.Y., where he lettered three years of football for Head Coach Keith Molinich … Named First Team All-Greater Rochester as a senior … Named to the New York Academic All-State Team following senior season … Two-time All-Monroe County selection (First Team as a senior and Second Team as a junior) … Played three seasons as an offensive tackle for the Panthers … Named team captain as a senior … Four-year Honor Roll student … Member of the National Honor Society and a Boys State Representative … Involved in volunteer activities including Unified Basketball through Special Olympics.
 
PERSONAL

Born Matthew Edward Klenk on May 17, 2000 in Pittsford, N.Y. … Son of John and Patricia Klenk… Middle of three brothers: Jack and Will … Hobbies and interests include being with friends, bowling and umpiring baseball games … Role model is his brother Jack Klenk, who helps guide him in his development as a player … Favorite sports memories was coming back from a 27-point deficit in high school and playing in the Dollar General Bowl in 2018 … Decided to transfer to Columbia after one season at Buffalo in order to play NCAA Division I football, receive an education at a world-renowned school and attend school in the best city in the world … Originally recruited by Buffalo and Syracuse and was also recruited by Columbia … Announced that he was planning on transferring to Columbia on April 15, 2019 … Enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science … Majors in Mechanical Engineering.