University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Cael Loecher
- Position:
- Punter
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- High School:
- Cedar Falls HS
2024: Appeared in two games … Recorded three punts for 162 yards for an average of 54 yards per punt and a long of 64 yards ... MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll.
2023: MVFC President's Council, Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... Played in one game.
2022: Named to Phil Steele MVFC Preseason Fourth Team Special Teams... Played in five games before a season-ending illness ... Punted 13 times for 539 yards, averaging 41.5 yards per punt with a long of 55 yards ... Three punts of 50+ yards and four inside the 20-yard line ... named to the MVFC Honor Roll and the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
FALL 2021: Did not see any game action ... named an MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award winner and named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
SPRING 2021: Did not see any game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won 13 games as the starting quarterback for Cedar Falls ... went 22-2 as a starter and passed for 4,006 yards and 51 touchdowns in two seasons ... averaged 40.6 yards per punt ... as a junior: All metro, All district, All conference, first team all state football ... as a senior: first team all conference, district, metro, state, offensive players of the district, 1st team all iowa (all classes) ... a three-sport athlete at Cedar Falls where he played forward in basketball and first base / catcher in baseball ... party of the back-to-back state championship basketball teams and was on the 2019 4A runner-up football finalist team.
PERSONAL: From Cedar Falls, Iowa ... son of Ron Loecher and Lisa Loecher ... has two older siblings, Isaac and Luke ... majoring in business administration.
