*** 2020-21 Academic Honors Candidate ***
*** 2021 & 2020-21 & 2019 Team Co-Captain ***

Career: Sendelbach racked up 287 tackles in his 50-game career (29 as a starter), placing him among the top 12 in EWU history. He had 14 tackling performances in double figures. He also tallied six career sacks, 23 1/2 tackles for loss, four fumble recoveries and four forced fumbles.

2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team, as well as the CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII team. Sendelbach earned All-Big Sky Conference third team honors after playing in (and starting) 11 games for the Eagles. He collected totals of 95 tackles, 10 1/2 tackles for loss, one sack, two passes broken up, three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. Against Western Illinois, he had eight tackles and a quarterback hurry. At Southern Utah (9/25/21), he set a season-high with 13 tackles, two of them coming for loss. He had another double-digit tackling performance with 13 the next week (10/2/21) against Montana. Sendelbach had 12 tackles against Idaho on 10/16/21 and 11 against Weber State on 10/23/21. In the Weber State game, he recorded the sixth sack of his career. At UC Davis (11/13/21), he forced a fumble that was recovered by EWU. In the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Northern Iowa (11/27/21), he had eight tackles, two quarterback hurries and a pass broken up. As a team, Eastern racked up 113 tackles for loss in the 2021 season, which is the fifth-highest mark in school history. He was a team co-captain for the third-straight season.

2020-21: He became the 20th different Eastern player in school history (total of 24 honors) to be recognized as one of 54 members nationally on the FCS Athletic Director’s Association Academic All-Star Team. He joined the likes of former Eagle Cooper Kupp and EWU head coach Aaron Best to be selected to the prestigious team, which began in 1998 and honored its 23rd class in 2020-21. Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Sendelbach was also named to the Hampshire Honor Society as chosen by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. He finished with 33 tackles to rank sixth on the team despite playing in just three games. He played his first game in 2020-21 as a starter in EWU’s 32-22 win at 11th-ranked UC Davis (4/3/21) and had six tackles. In his next game versus Idaho (4/10/21), Sendelbach finished with a career-high 14 tackles. He closed the year with 13 tackles for EWU in the FCS Playoffs against North Dakota State (4/24/21) to hit double figures for the 10th time of his career. Selected for the second-straight year as a senior team co-captain as voted upon by his teammates, joining quarterback Eric Barriere, safety Calin Criner, running back Tamarick Pierce, offensive tackle Tristen Taylor and linebacker Ty Graham. He returns after being granted a sixth year by the NCAA in the offseason to complete four years of eligibility because of seasons lost because of injuries.

2019: He was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started in all 11 of the games he played, and missed only EWU’s game at Idaho (9/21/19). He finished second on the team with 94 tackles, and also finished with eight total tackles for loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries, a pass broken up and a fumble recovery. His average of 8.5 tackles per game ranked ninth in the Big Sky. Sendelbach closed the year with 10 tackles and a sack at Portland State (11/23/19) for the seventh double-figure tackling performance in his career. He was the team’s defensive player of the week against North Dakota (8/31/19) when he had 12 stops and a sack. His other double figure tackling performances included 12 against Jacksonville State (9/14/19) and Montana (10/26/19), and 11 against Northern Arizona (11/2/19) and Cal Poly (11/16/19). He also had a sack and seven total tackles versus Idaho State (11/9/19), and versus NAU he had a forced fumble, pass broken up and a quarterback hurry. Eastern was a perfect 5-0 at home in 2019, and Sendelbach had 38 tackles and a pair of sacks in those five games. Was also chosen as one of five EWU team co-captains for the 2019 season.

2018: He had a team-high 24 tackles with a pair of sacks in three spring scrimmages, including 11 tackles and a sack in EWU’s Red-White Game. He helped lead the White to a 17-0 shutout of the Red, whose deepest penetrations of the game were the White 21 and 23 yard lines in the fourth quarter.

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Was Eastern’s super-sub in 2017, filling in for a starter four times in 2017 and finishing with 49 tackles in 11 games with two sacks. With three fumble recoveries in 2017, Sendelbach ranked ninth in FCS. He earned a pair of Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors after helping lead EWU’s sterling defensive effort in a 21-14 victory over North Dakota (11/11/17). Besides earning the team’s defensive player of the week honor, he was the official Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week and earned the same honor from College Sports Madness after finishing with 11 tackles and recovering a key fumble in the win. He was credited with a half-sack, and his fumble recovery came with 13:21 left in the game at the EWU 1-yard line and the Eagles clinging to a 21-7 lead. Five of his tackles came in the second quarter when EWU outscored UND 14-0 and had a dominating 191-29 advantage in total offense. Sendelbach was replacing suspended starting middle linebacker Kurt Calhoun in the lineup, and earlier in the 2017 season had started three games as an injury replacement for Ketner Kupp at strong-side linebacker. Besides his big game against UND, he had a season-high 13 tackles versus North Dakota State (9/9/17) in place of Kupp. Sendelbach closed the season with seven tackles against Portland State (11/18/17). He moved from the defensive line to linebacker in the spring.

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. En route to earning EWU Special Teams Player of the Year accolades, he was EWU’s special teams player of the week against Washington State (9/3/16), Northern Colorado (10/8/16) and Portland State (11/18/16). He had 16 tackles as a redshirt freshman, playing all 13 games before missing EWU’s game in the FCS Playoffs against Youngstown State (12/17/16) with a high ankle sprain. He had a season-high four tackles against Richmond (12/10/16) in the FCS Playoffs. He had a team-leading three sacks in three spring scrimmages with a total of eight tackles.

2015: Redshirted.

HS: Graduated from Blanchet HS in 2015. As a senior in 2014, Sendelbach was a second team selection at tight end and linebacker on The Associated Press 3A All-State team. He was the 3A Metro Mountain Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year and was a two-way first team all-conference player at tight end and linebacker. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Sendelbach had 136 tackles, five sacks, 14 total tackles for loss and three forced fumbles in 2014. He had three games with 20 or more tackles, including a school-record 22. As a junior in 2013, Sendelbach totaled 128 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and six sacks, plus one blocked punt. He was a second team All-3A Metro Mountain selection as a tight end and linebacker. He was the team’s MVP (2014) and defensive MVP (2013 and 2014). In 2012, he was given the “Mr. Sophomore” award at Blanchet, which goes to the top sophomore in the football program. He also wrestled in high school and has had a 335-pound clean lift. His former Eastern teammate Andre Lino (’13) also attended Blanchet.

Personal: Sendelbach graduated following spring quarter in 2019 in marketing, and is now in a graduate program for sport and recreation administration. He had a 3.93 grade point average thus far in his master’s program after having a 3.37 GPA as an undergraduate. Born 1/13/97 in Seattle, Wash. Parents are Michael and Kristine Sendelbach.
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2016	13	16	4	0	1-0	1-0	0	0-0
2017	11	49	13	2	7-24	1-3	0	0-0
2018	1	0	--	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0
2019	11	94	12	3	8-25	1-1	1	0-0
2020-21	3	33	14	0	1-2	0-0	0	0-0
2021	11	95	13	1	10.5-32	1-0	2	0-0
Totals	50	287	14	6	23.5-83	4-4	3	0-0

QB Hurries: 2017/1; 2019/2; 2021/3; Totals/6.

JACK SENDELBACH Top Tackling Performances (14 with 10+)
14 tackles – Idaho – 4/10/21
13 tackles – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
13 tackles – North Dakota State – 4/24/21
13 tackles – North Dakota State – 9/9/17
12 tackles – Idaho – 10/16/21
12 tackles – Montana – 10/2/21
12 tackles – Montana – 10/26/19
12 tackles – North Dakota – 9/28/19
12 tackles – Jacksonville State – 9/14/19
11 tackles – Weber State – 10/23/21
11 tackles – Cal Poly – 11/16/19
11 tackles – Northern Arizona – 10/2/19
11 tackles – North Dakota – 11/11/17
10 tackles – Portland State – 11/23/19