CAREER AT PURDUE
• Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2024)
• Appeared in all 24 games with 12 starts
• Totaled 68 tackles, 11.0 tackles-for-loss, five sacks and a fumble recovery
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches)
• Appeared in and started all 12 games
• Totaled 56 tackles, 10.0 tackles-for-loss, 5.0 sacks and recovered a fumble for a touchdown
• Finished second on the team in tackles-for-loss and sacks and finished fourth in tackles
• Started the season with seven tackles, 2.0 sacks and another tackle-for-loss vs. Indiana State (Aug. 31)
• Served as a captain vs. No. 18 Notre Dame (Sept. 14)
• Logged a career-high eight tackles at Wisconsin (Oct. 5)
• Returned a fumble for a 16-yard touchdown and added 1.5 sacks at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12)
• Produced a sack vs. No. 2 Oregon (Oct. 18)
• Credited with seven tackles and an assisted tackle-for-loss at Michigan State (Nov. 22)
• Finished the season with a tackle-for-loss at No. 10 Indiana (Nov. 30)
• Named Academic All-Big Ten
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in all 12 games in his debut campaign
• Totaled 12 tackles, eight solos and one for a loss
• Recorded at least one tackle in nine different games
• Made two tackles against Fresno State (Sept. 2), Syracuse (Sept. 16), and Ohio State (Oct. 14)
• Consensus three-star recruit
• Tabbed as the No. 5 prospect coming out of Indiana and the No. 40 edge rusher
• Named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 All-State team on two occasions
• Made the Hamilton County Reporter’s All-County teams
• Earned a spot on the IndyStar’s 2022 Super Team
• Finished his high school career with 190 tackles, 18 for loss and 10 sacks
PERSONAL
• Parent(s): Heidi and Tom Heldt
• Sibling(s): Jack and Sam
• Birthdate: February 15, 2005
• Major: Finance