Colton Lentz

Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-3
Weight:
213
Position:
LB
Hometown:
Nooksack, Wash.
High School:
Nooksack Valley HS

2025 (Fr.): Enrolled at UM as a true freshman in time for fall camp

High School: A two-sport athlete with four letters each in football and basketball… Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports… Played on both sides of the ball as a linebacker and running back… A two-year team captain as a junior and senior… A three-time team football MVP as a sophomore, junior, and senior… Helped lead the Pioneers to the 2024 Washington 1-A State Quarterfinal his senior year and the state semifinals as a junior and sophomore… Won a Northwest league championship as a senior… The WSFCA 1-A All-State Offensive Player of the Year in 2024… Nooksack was co-league champs his sophomore year… Totaled 4,576 rushing yards and 77 total TDs in his career on offense… Logged nearly 300 tackles with just under 20 TFLs on defense… As a senior was the league’s offensive player of the year and first team all-conference linebacker… Was league MVP as a junior as well and earned all-state honors at running back… Also named county offensive player of the year… As a sophomore was first team all-conference at running back and linebacker… Named to the all-state, all-classification defensive team… Was the 1-A underclassman of the year… Was the country Freshman of the Year… First in Nooksack Valley history and fourth in Whatcom County in career rushing yards (4,576) and first in the school and third in Whatcom County in career rushing touchdowns (73)… Broke Nooksack Valley’s single-season rushing touchdowns record as a junior with 25 and was second in single-season rushing yards with 1,540 in 2022… Also held offers from UC Davis, Eastern Washington, Air Force, Portland State and Idaho… Prep coach was Craig Bartl.

Personal: … Parents are Ella and Britt Lentz… Dad Britt was a four-year football letterman at Eastern Washington… Uncle David Kimball was also an EWU football player… Plans on majoring in Business… Cousin Brady Ackerman Is committed to EWU for football… Cousin Joey Arnason played football at Eastern Kentucky… Had two great uncles play football at Arizona… Great Grandfather lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at Washington… Cousin Jayda Brooks currently plays basketball at UC Irvine… Enjoys fishing, hunting, and golfing.