Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Calvin University

Seth Anderson vs Albion - 11-14-24
Dan Cooke - 2024 Photography

Football

Calvin Football Set to Travel to Albion for Saturday Season Finale


Calvin is under the direction of head coach Trent Figg who guides his 116-member roster into year two this fall. 

Tickets - Tickets are still available through the Albion Box Office online at: Calvin-Albion Football Tickets.

How to Watch/Listen:  Saturday's game can be followed by Live stream, live audio and live stats.

The Albion College live stream broadcast can be found online at: Calvin-Albion Live Stream Broadcast.  It will air on Grand Rapids radio Station 96.1 FM The Game iHeart Radio at: 96.1 The Game iHeart Radio. An audio stream will also be available through Michigan Sports Radio (Michigansportsradio.com).

Live statistics of the game will be produced at: Calvin/Albion Live Stats

The Lead-Up – Calvin is in season two under head coach Trent Figg. The Knights are 6-3 after wins over Oberlin (88-6), Concordia of Wisconsin (34-7), Heidelberg (40-37 OT),  Kalamazoo (24-16), Trine (34-31) and Olivet (50-20) with Calvin falling to Alma (55-6), Adrian (48-17) and Hope (52-0). Calvin's win over Olivet came on November 1, marking its first-ever win in the month of November. Calvin faces its seventh MIAA conference opponent on Saturday in Albion. Albion is 3-6 on the year including 1-5 in league play. Albion is coming off a 58-42 victory at Olivet last Saturday.
 
  • About Calvin - Calvin is paced on offense by sophomore running back Hunter Hogan who has 1,272 all-purpose yards with 790 yards rushing (5.4 ypc) and eight touchdowns. Hogan has also hauled in 33 catches for 347 yards. Sophomore quarterback Thomas Vaccaro has connected 154 of 254 pass attempts (.606) for 1,544 yards and 15 touchdowns. He has been intercepted six times. Sophomores Luke Michmerhuizen, Jude Klunder and Seth Anderson have been his top receiving targets. Michmerhuizen has 48 catches, 550 yards and eight touchdown receptions. Klunder has 27 grabs for 273 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore Seth Anderson has 19 catches for 188 yards and two touchdowns. On defense, sophomore Carson Schnurstein has an MIAA-leading 107 tackles (48 solo) including 14.5 tackles for loss. Freshman Reed Vogeler has 64 tackles (35 solo). Sophomore Caden Kolanowski has 63 tackles (27 solo) with sophomore Kaden McCullough contributing 64 tackles (24 solo), 5.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss. Sophomore Caiden Bolduc has 43 tackles, nine sacks, 12 tackles for loss and has returned one interception for a touchdown.
     
  • About Albion – Albion is led by freshman quarterback Davis Crossman who has started the last four games for Albion at quarterback. He has completed 78 of 136 passes (.574) 880 yards and four touchdowns. He has been intercepted six times. Sophomore Alex Trudell leads the ground game, rushing for 734 yards (5.0 ypc) with nine touchdowns. He also has 13 catches for 123 yards and one touchdown. Senior Cameron Moore leads the receiving game for the Brits with 43 catches, 499 yards and three touchdowns. Senior linebacker Adam Mills has put together a superb fall, amassing 103 tackles (46 solo) that includes 7.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.
     
  • MIAA Standings Shakeup – Alma leads the league and can wrap up an outright MIAA title with a win over Adrian but Adrian could create a tie for the league or potential three-way (Alma, Adrian, Hope) for the league crown with a win at Alma Saturday. Meanwhile, Calvin has a chance to take fourth place by itself in the eight-team MIAA with a win at Albion on Saturday. The Knights can finish now worse than a tie for fourth as they sit a game ahead of 2-4 Trine. Trine hosts Kalamazoo this afternoon while Olivet is at Hope. Kalamazoo, Albion and Olivet are all tied for sixth place with 1-5 league records.
     
  • Last Year's Meeting – Albion handed Calvin a 41-21 defeat on November 16 at Eagles Stadium on the campus of Grand Rapids Christian High School. The contest was tied 21-21 at halftime but the Britons pulled away with 13 fourth quarter points. Luke Lovell had a big day for Albion, connecting on 28 of 34 passes for 422 yards and five touchdowns. Calvin's Chase Bradman was 32 of 41 for 256 yards and three touchdowns. Seth Anderson had a career-day for Calvin in defeat with eight catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. Trevor Smith led Albion with five catches for 102 yards and a score. Jackson Taylor had 12 tackles for Albion. Trevor Martens had 15 stops for Calvin.
     
  • Calvin Week Nine Rewind – Calvin is looking to bounce back from a 52-0 defeat at Hope last Saturday. Calvin was limited to 152 yards of total offense and was intercepted three times. Sophomore quarterback Thomas Vaccaro led Calvin's offense with 61 yards rushing and 44 yards passing. Luke Michmerhuizen had five catches for 30 yards. Reed Vogeler had a career-high 19 tackles. Gage Jones had 11 tackles and one sack.
     
  • Albion Week Nine Rewind – Albion snapped a five-game losing skid with a 58-42 win at Olivet last Saturday. The Brits rushed for 205 yards and passed for 252. Davis Crossman was 13 of 17 passing for 252 yards and a touchdown for Albion. Senior Tayshaun Nichols rushed 19 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns. Nevin Dent had 47 yards rushing and two scores. Dilon Denison and Cameron Moore both had 87 yards receiving. Adam Mills racked up 14 tackles. Albion led 58-36 midway through the fourth before Olivet added a final touchdown in the final 1:47 of the game.
     
  • The Calvin Coach-Head coach Trent Figg was hired on January 6, 2023. He has a career won-loss record of 8-11 heading into Saturday. Figg is a native of Chillicothe, Missouri, located an hour-and-a-half from Kansas City. He is a 2008 graduate of William Jewell College where he was a four-year member of the football program as a special teams ace and defensive back. He later earned his master's degree from Northwest Missouri State in 2013. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at (then NAIA) William Jewell and later had stints as the special teams coordinator and defensive coordinator at D2 Southern Arkansas, defensive coordinator at William Jewell and special teams coordinator at Missouri State. He later spent two years (2019-21) at the University of Hawaii, serving as chief of staff of the football program and later associate head coach. In 2022, he served as the lead offensive analyst for the University of Oregon football program under head coach Dan Lanning. Figg and Lanning are former teammates and roommates at William Jewell College and stood up for each other at their respective weddings.
     
  • A Look at the Albion Coach –  Albion is under the direction of second-year head coach Travis Rundle who is 17-12 in three years as Albion's head coach. Rundle is no stranger to Albion as he was a four-year letterman for the Brits from 1998-2002 and was team captain in 2001. A quarterback, he was a member of three MIAA championship teams under his father Craig Rundle who was the team's head coach during his time as a student-athlete. Travis Rundle later served as an assistant coach under his father at Albion before moving on to a defensive coordinator position at Illinois Wesleyan and later serving as a quality control coach at Penn State University. From 2017-2022, he served as head coach of Sewanee University of the South in Tennessee. 
     
  • More on Hunter Hogan – Calvin sophomore running back Hunter Hogan has had a big season for the Knights with 790 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. He opened the season with four straight 100-yard rushing games, going for 119 yards against Oberlin, 215 against Concordia, 233 at Heidelberg and 115 against Kalamazoo. He has hauled in 33 grabs for 347 yards and a score. He is averaging 141.33 all-purpose yards a game.
     
  • Last Year to This Year – Calvin scored 265 points in 2024. The Knights have scored 293 so far in 2025. Defensively, Calvin allowed 323 points in 2024. Calvin has allowed 272 points in 2025. Calvin gained 1,074 rushing yards in 2024. Calvin has rushed for 1,806 yards in 2025. Calvin was charged with 572 penalty yards in 2024. They have been flagged for 397 yards in 2025. Defensively, Calvin recorded 17 quarterback sacks in 2024 but have sacked quarterbacks 31 times in 2025. In 2024, Calvin's quarterbacks were sacked 38 times. They have been sacked just 19 times in 2025.
     
  • MIAA Preseason Poll – Calvin was picked to finish seventh out of eight teams in the 2025 MIAA preseason poll with champion Alma selected as the MIAA's pre-season favorite and defending MIAA champion Hope picked a close second. 2025 MIAA Preseason Poll: 1. Alma, 2. Hope, 3. Adrian, 4. Trine, 5. Albion, 6. Olivet, 7. Calvin, 8. Kalamazoo.
     
  • NCAA III Statistics Leaders Carson Schnurstein is ranked eighth nationally in total tackles (107), 25th in tackles for loss per game (1.61) and 34th in solo tackles (48). Caiden Bolduc is tied for 36th in tackles for loss per game (1.50).
     
  • MIAA Stats Roundup – In conference games only, Calvin freshman Hudson Shoup is sixth in the MIAA in yards per kick return (22.4). Sophomore Caden Kolanowski is third in yards per punt return (7.4) Sophomore Drake Irwin is second in punting average (40.1 ypp). Sophomore Carson Schnurstein is third in total tackles (63). Freshman Reed Vogeler is seventh in total tackles (48). Sophomore Kaden McCullough is second in tackles for loss (10) with sophomore Caiden Bolduc fourth (5.5). Bolduc is second in sacks per game (1.0) with McCullough fourth in sacks per game (0.92).
     
  • MIAA Weekly Honors – Sophomore quarterback/punter Drake Irwin was named MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week November 4 after averaging 42.5 yards per punt in a win over Olivet last week. He downed a pair of punts inside the Olivet 20. Sophomore Kaden McCullough was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week October 27 for his play in a 34-31 win over Trine Oct. 25. Freshman return specialist/wide receiver Hudson Shoup was named MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week for his kick returns totaling 75 yards in the win over Trine. Carson Schnurstein was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 29 for his 10-tackle performance in Calvin's win over Kalamazoo on September 27. Luke Michmerhuizen was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week and Caiden Bolduc named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week on September 22 for their efforts in Calvin's victory at Heidelberg. Hunter Hogan was named MIAA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 15 for the Knights.
     
  • National Honors – Sophomore linebacker Caiden Bolduc was named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week on Sept. 23 for his play in Calvin's win at Heidelberg in week three. It marked the second straight week a Calvin linebacker has received the honor as Carson Schnurstein was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for week two. On November 5, Schnurstein was named the Walter Camp Division III National Defensive Player of the Week.
     
  • A Look at Calvin – Once again, Calvin features one of the younger rosters in America this fall as the Knights feature 38 freshmen and 67 sophomores as part of their 116-man roster. 13 players feature from other states including Illinois (4), Texas (2), California (1), Louisiana (1), Tennessee (1), North Carolina (1), Florida (1), New Mexico (1) and New York (1) with the remaining 103 coming from Michigan.
     
  • The Calvin Offense by the Numbers – (58 total) - Quarterbacks (4), Running Backs (8), Wide Receivers (14), Tight Ends (5), Offensive Lineman (27).
     
  • The Calvin Defense by the Numbers – (55 total)-  Defensive Linemen (18), Linebackers (18), Defensive Backs (19).
     
  • The Quarterback Room – Sophomore transfer Thomas Vaccaro has been selected to start at quarterback on Saturday with sophomore Drake Irwin his backup. Vaccaro is a transfer from Samford University (Ala.) where he spent two years which included a redshirt season. He is a graduate of Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Vaccaro was Irwin is a local product out of Rockford High School. He appeared in five games in 2024, completing 7 of 9 passes with one touchdown. At Rockford High School, he led the Rams to a Division I District Title his senior year. Also listed at quarterback are true freshmen Beau Harris and Amari Powell.
     
  • Receiving Unit – The Calvin starting receiver unit features a strong West Michigan flavor as Luke Michmherhuizen (Holland Christian), Seth Anderson (Rockford) and Jude Klunder (Grand Rapids Christian HS) are listed as starters today. Sophomore Hunter Hogan (Ravenna HS) will also see receiving looks out of the backfield. Sophomores Shamar White (East Kentwood HS) and McCoy Baxter (Rockford HS) are listed as key backups.The 6-7 Michmerhuizen is the second member of his immediate family to be a Calvin varsity athlete as his older sister Nicole was a multiple All-American for the Calvin women's track and field team including a national champion in the 10,000 meter run in 2013.
     
  • Multi-Sport Standouts – The Calvin roster features several players who were multi-sport standouts in high school. Sophomore running back Hunter Hogan played football, soccer and ran track and field at Ravenna High School. Sophomore running back Hayden Slegers played football, soccer (winter in California) and baseball. Sophomore quarterback Drake Irwin was a starting guard at Rockford High School in addition to playing football. Sophomore linebacker Gabe Amid played football, wrestling and competed in track and field at Zeeland East. Isaiah Luk and KJ Harp both wrestled at the heavyweight position in high school in addition to playing football. Luke Michmerhuizen was a starting forward at Holland Christian High School in addition to football as was Hugo Vander Waal at Hudsonville Unity Christian. 
     
  • OK-Red Flavor – The Calvin football team has a strong representation from the Ottawa-Kent (OK) Red Conference as Rockford (Seth Anderson, Drake Irwin, Mike Liggett, Jonah Carlson, McCoy Baxter, Gavin Currie), Jenison (Zaiden Chirco, Rowan Stewart, Colin Diekman, Trevor Martens) and East Kentwood (KJ Harp, ShaMar White, Breylon Cox, Kenji Nou, Gabe Wolf), Grand Haven (Logan Minier) and Grandville (Aven Kaat) are all represented on the Calvin roster with a total of 17 O K Red alumni.
     
  • Cousin Connection – Sophomore quarterback Drake Irwin and sophomore wide receiver Jude Klunder are first cousins.
     
  • Classroom Distinction – The 2025 Calvin football team features 17 individuals were named to the 2024-25 MIAA Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.50 grade point average or above for the entire academic year while earning a varsity letter. Those 17 individuals include: Paul Bouma, Peter DeKruyter, Colin Diekman, Tate Dohm, Ben Ernstes, Noah Funk, Andrew Helmus, Drake Irwin, Brady Jacobs, Caden Kolanowski, Peter Markvluwer, Trevor Martens, Luke Michmerhuizen, Micah Pobursky, Hayden Slegers, Conner Smits and Brayden Steinbacher.
      
  • Transfer Portal – Calvin has nine players that have transferred over from other collegiate football programs. Those nine individuals are senior Jair Nowlin (Greenville University), senior Charlie Garbowski (Finlandia University), junior Alex Minnehan (Grand Valley State), junior C.J. Sheets (Davenport University), junior Sam Gallo (Concordia, Mich.), sophomore Wyatt Young (Saginaw Valley State University), sophomore Thomas Vaccaro (Samford University), sophomore Tyler Porte (Central Michigan University) and sophomore Carter Bylsma (Dordt University).
     
  • Just for Kicks – Calvin's lead kicker is sophomore Logan Nap from Lawton, Michigan. He also serves as one of Calvin's punters. Sophomore Drake Irwin has received more punting duty as of late, averaging 40.67 yards per punt.  
     
  • Traveling from Out-of-State – Calvin features 13 players from outside Michigan. Those players include senior Jair Nowlin (Sugarhill, Georgia), junior Alexander Minneham (Lakeville, New York), sophomore Tripp  Moore (Millsap, Texas), sophomore Hayden Slegers (Ontario, California), sophomore Thomas Vaccaro (Franklin, Tenn.), sophomore Kai Hanog (Weatherford, Texas), sophomore Max Lenters (Palos Heights, Illinois), freshman Hudson Shoup (Charlotte, N.C.), junior C.J. Sheets (Longwood, Fla..), freshman Christian Flutman (Orland Park, Il.), freshman Chase Sytsma (Orland Park, Il..), freshman Ryan Ramirez (Albuquerque, N.M.), freshman Edward Van Dellen (Evergreen Park, Ill.).
     
  • Whitehall Claims First Dibs – The first recruit to commit to the Calvin University football program was redshirt freshman Winton Napier who is slated to start at left tackle. Napier is one of four graduates of Whitehall High School on the Calvin roster joined by sophomore linebacker Trenton TenBrock, sophomore linebacker Jackson Cook and freshman offensive lineman Connor Nash.
     
  • High Schools Represented – The high schools with the most represented players are: Hudsonville Unity Christian (7), Rockford (6), Holland Christian (5), East Kentwood (5), Grand Rapids Christian (4) and Jenison High School (4).
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Seth Anderson

#8 Seth Anderson

WR
6' 1"
Sophomore
McCoy Baxter

#3 McCoy Baxter

WR
6' 1"
Sophomore
Caiden Bolduc

#8 Caiden Bolduc

LB
6' 0"
Sophomore
Carter Bylsma

#10 Carter Bylsma

TE
6' 2"
Junior
Jonah Carlson

#14 Jonah Carlson

DB
6' 3"
Sophomore
Zaiden Chirco

#21 Zaiden Chirco

DB
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Jackson Cook

#22 Jackson Cook

LB
5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
Breylon Cox

#45 Breylon Cox

LB
6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
Peter DeKruyter

#70 Peter DeKruyter

OL
6' 5"
Senior
Colin Diekman

#30 Colin Diekman

LB
6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Seth Anderson

#8 Seth Anderson

6' 1"
Sophomore
WR
McCoy Baxter

#3 McCoy Baxter

6' 1"
Sophomore
WR
Caiden Bolduc

#8 Caiden Bolduc

6' 0"
Sophomore
LB
Carter Bylsma

#10 Carter Bylsma

6' 2"
Junior
TE
Jonah Carlson

#14 Jonah Carlson

6' 3"
Sophomore
DB
Zaiden Chirco

#21 Zaiden Chirco

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
DB
Jackson Cook

#22 Jackson Cook

5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
LB
Breylon Cox

#45 Breylon Cox

6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
LB
Peter DeKruyter

#70 Peter DeKruyter

6' 5"
Senior
OL
Colin Diekman

#30 Colin Diekman

6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
LB