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2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 6
Michael Axelrood
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Evanston, Ill.
- High School:
- Evanston Twp.
2022: Appeared in eight contests … Caught nine passes for 109 yards with a touchdown ... Caught a 42-yard touchdown at Yale.
2021: Saw time in every game … Recorded 12 catches for 91 yards … Season-best three receptions at Lehigh and at Monmouth.
2020: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Did not play because of an injury
Before Princeton:
Evanston Township High School: Lettered three times in football…Varsity football captain 2017 and 2018... helped lead ETHS football to best record in 20 years…three-time first-team all-conference recipient…Two-time first-team all area...One-time all-State...League MVP 2018 ... Set career record at ETHS for tackles, receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, snaps played... Three-time all-state academics...Official Guinness World Record holder for farthest catch of an American football behind the back... lettered one year in track
Personal: Son of Mike and Cam Axelrood…father played football at Wisconsin Eau Claire ... mother graduated from University of Iowa ... younger sister Ava attends ETHS (class of 2022) and made state freshman year for gymnastics... uncle played football at Miami (Ohio)
2021: Saw time in every game … Recorded 12 catches for 91 yards … Season-best three receptions at Lehigh and at Monmouth.
2020: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Did not play because of an injury
Before Princeton:
Evanston Township High School: Lettered three times in football…Varsity football captain 2017 and 2018... helped lead ETHS football to best record in 20 years…three-time first-team all-conference recipient…Two-time first-team all area...One-time all-State...League MVP 2018 ... Set career record at ETHS for tackles, receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, snaps played... Three-time all-state academics...Official Guinness World Record holder for farthest catch of an American football behind the back... lettered one year in track
Personal: Son of Mike and Cam Axelrood…father played football at Wisconsin Eau Claire ... mother graduated from University of Iowa ... younger sister Ava attends ETHS (class of 2022) and made state freshman year for gymnastics... uncle played football at Miami (Ohio)
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