Riley Nowakowski

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Riley Nowakowski is a fullback from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who attended Marquette University High School before playing college football at Wisconsin (2022–24) and Indiana (2025). In his final college season, he recorded 32 receptions for 387 yards and two receiving touchdowns for Indiana, along with two rushing attempts that each resulted in one-yard touchdowns; one of those scores opened the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Across 56 career games, he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the conference media and third-team All-Big Ten from coaches in 2025. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Nowakowski in the fifth round (169th overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft.

Riley Nowakowski played 7 games in 2025 with a 5% share of offensive snaps.

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T-8 of 12 · FB market by AAV

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