2023 Football Roster
Roster
Mang, Maximilian

Jersey Number 81
Maximilian Mang
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Nuthetal, Germany
- High School:
- Leibniz-Gymnasium Potsdam
Bio
Career Overview: Appeared in all but one game of the last four years with 12 starts ... Has nine career receptions for 60 yards and a touchdown ... Enrolled in January 2020.
Senior Year (2024): Appeared in 12 games with two starts … Had one catch for five yards on the season, also made one tackle … Had an assisted tackle in the season opener vs. Ohio (8/31) … Caught one pass for five yards in the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl vs. Washington State (12/27).
Junior Year (2023): Appeared in every game with three starts ... Primarily a blocking tight end and special teams player ... Had two catches for 12 yards and a touchdown, also recorded a tackle ... Made one catch for seven yards against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Caught a five-yard touchdown pass in the win over Pittsburgh (11/11) ... Had a tackle in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl vs. South Florida (12/21).
Sophomore Year (2022): Appeared in all-13 games with two starts ... Had his most productive pass catching season ever, hauling in five passes for 31 yards ... Also played on multiple Orange special teams units ... Caught his first pass of the season at UConn (9/10) ... Made one reception for four yards in the win over Virginia (9/23) ... Caught a pass for eight yards against NC State (10/15) ... Had one reception for five yards at Pittsburgh (11/5) ... Made one reception for eight yards in the comeback win at Boston College (11/26) ... Also plays a key role as a blocking tight end. He and the offensive line helped pave the way for Sean Tucker to rush to another 1,000-yard season and become the first player in program history to post back-to-back seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards and 250+ receiving yards.
Freshman Year (2021): Appeared in all-12 games with five starts ... Made his first collegiate start at Ohio (9/4) ... Recorded his first collegiate catch against UAlbany (9/18) ... He and the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record.
Freshman Year (2020): Played in all-11 games on the kickoff return and PAT/field goal units, but did not record any statistics ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Club: Tight end and defensive end for the Berlin Rebels of the German Football League (GFL), the highest level of American football in Germany … Rated the No. 7 prospect in Germany by the 247Sports.com composite index … Ranked the 12th-best German prospect in the Class of 2020 and No. 70 among Y-tight ends by ESPN … Previously played for the GFL’s Potsdam Royals … Team captain … Also excelled in volleyball, earning all-state honors four times.
Personal: Maximilian Mang … Born on March 13, 2000 in Potsdam, Bradenburg, Germany … Son of Maria Kayser … Two sisters … Majoring in economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Senior Year (2024): Appeared in 12 games with two starts … Had one catch for five yards on the season, also made one tackle … Had an assisted tackle in the season opener vs. Ohio (8/31) … Caught one pass for five yards in the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl vs. Washington State (12/27).
Junior Year (2023): Appeared in every game with three starts ... Primarily a blocking tight end and special teams player ... Had two catches for 12 yards and a touchdown, also recorded a tackle ... Made one catch for seven yards against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Caught a five-yard touchdown pass in the win over Pittsburgh (11/11) ... Had a tackle in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl vs. South Florida (12/21).
Sophomore Year (2022): Appeared in all-13 games with two starts ... Had his most productive pass catching season ever, hauling in five passes for 31 yards ... Also played on multiple Orange special teams units ... Caught his first pass of the season at UConn (9/10) ... Made one reception for four yards in the win over Virginia (9/23) ... Caught a pass for eight yards against NC State (10/15) ... Had one reception for five yards at Pittsburgh (11/5) ... Made one reception for eight yards in the comeback win at Boston College (11/26) ... Also plays a key role as a blocking tight end. He and the offensive line helped pave the way for Sean Tucker to rush to another 1,000-yard season and become the first player in program history to post back-to-back seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards and 250+ receiving yards.
Freshman Year (2021): Appeared in all-12 games with five starts ... Made his first collegiate start at Ohio (9/4) ... Recorded his first collegiate catch against UAlbany (9/18) ... He and the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record.
Freshman Year (2020): Played in all-11 games on the kickoff return and PAT/field goal units, but did not record any statistics ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Club: Tight end and defensive end for the Berlin Rebels of the German Football League (GFL), the highest level of American football in Germany … Rated the No. 7 prospect in Germany by the 247Sports.com composite index … Ranked the 12th-best German prospect in the Class of 2020 and No. 70 among Y-tight ends by ESPN … Previously played for the GFL’s Potsdam Royals … Team captain … Also excelled in volleyball, earning all-state honors four times.
Personal: Maximilian Mang … Born on March 13, 2000 in Potsdam, Bradenburg, Germany … Son of Maria Kayser … Two sisters … Majoring in economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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