Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Missouri State

2025 Football Roster

7 DJ Wesolak

  • Position Defensive Lineman
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 255
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Boonville, Mo.
  • Prev School Oregon State

Biography

Honors
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll: 2023
  • MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2025, Fall 2025
Missouri State
Made 12 appearances in his only season with the Bears with 11 starts ... Tied for 3rd in CUSA in fumbles recovered per game (0.17) and tied for 9th in sacks per game (0.38) ... Posted 38 total tackles with 23 solos, 7.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks ... Had a key fourth-quarter fumble return in comeback win at Liberty (11/8/25) ... Brought down season-high 8 ball carriers in home win over FIU (10/29/25) with 6 solos and a TFL ... Posted 7 total stops and 3.0 tackles for loss (all sacks) in home win over UTEP with 3 hurries and 6 solos ... Also logged 7 stops at Kennesaw State (11/222/25) ... Opted out of bowl game ... Named to Athlon Sports Preseason All-CUSA fourth team ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2025 semester.

Oregon State
2024: 
Played in 3 games in his only season in Corvallis with a solo tackle against No. 9 Oregon (9/14/24) and an assisted stop and quarterback hurry vs. Purdue (9/21/24) ... Played for coach Trent Bray for a 5-7 Beavers team.

Missouri
2023:
Did not see any game action his redshirt freshman season ... Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors ... Was part of an 11-2 Tigers season under coach Elijah Drinkwitz that defeated Ohio State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ... Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors ... 2022: Played in final 5 games in 2022, including the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl game against Wake Forest (12/23/22) ... Retained his redshirt season ... Not credited with any tackles. 

High School
Prepped at Boonville (Mo.) High, where he racked up a total of 119 total tackles, 17.0 sacks and a pair of fumble recoveries in his career ... Led coach Greg Hough’s Pirates to an 8-3 record as a senior (2021) ... Was a four-time Adidas and Under Armour All-American as well as a Missouri all-state, all-district and All-Tri-County Conference honoree ... Listed as a four-star defensive end by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals ... Ranked as the No. 93 prospect in the country on the ESPN 300 list ... Ranked as No. 3 player in Missouri in class of 2023 by ESPN, No. 5 by 247Sports and No. 17 by Rivals ... Had offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, USC and others out of high school. 

Personal
De’Andre Joseph Tate Wesolak was born 9/14/2003 in Columbia, Mo. ... Son of Marley Wesolak of Boonville, Mo. ... Has a brother, Dra’Venn ... Majoring in General Studies.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Sponsors