Aluma Nkele

Photo by: Brad Rempel

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Position:
OL
Ht./Wt.:
6-6 / 380
Hometown:
Gardena, Calif.
High School:
Junipero Serra
Prev School:
UTEP
Years in College / At Minnesota:
5 / 2
Letters:
1
Class:
Redshirt Senior

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2025)

OVERVIEW: Enrolled at Minnesota in June 2024 with two seasons of playing eligibility • has played three years of college football • spent the 2022-23 seasons at UTEP and the 2021 season at Long Beach City College

2025: Played in nine games • competed against Buffalo • blocked for an offense that recorded 484 yards (258 rushing, 226 passing) against Northwestern State • saw action at Cal and against Rutgers • played at Ohio State and against Purdue • competed versus Nebraska • saw action at Iowa and against Michigan State.

2024: Played in four games • competed against Rhode Island, Nevada, Maryland and Virginia Tech.

PREVIOUS SCHOOLS: Played in 10 games at UTEP in 2023 and allowed just one sack • competed in three games in 2022 • played at Long Beach City College in 2021 and blocked for an offense that averaged 394.1 total yards per game, 196.7 rushing yards per game and rushed for 16 scores.