Andrew DePaepe holds the RDE · Starter spot in Massachusetts Minutemen’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Andrew DePaepe is a 6'5", 250-pound right defensive end for Massachusetts. A consensus four-star recruit from Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa, DePaepe began his college career at Michigan State before transferring to Indiana, where he spent two seasons. He made his collegiate debut against Washington and played in Indiana's season opener against Indiana State in 2023. During the 2025 season, he appeared in four games and recorded two assisted tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UCLA. A 2024 injury limited his availability that year. DePaepe now returns to the field for the Minutemen as a redshirt junior.

Michigan State2023

Indiana2024 – 2025

Massachusetts2026 — present