Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
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| Wk 12 | L 3-37@ No. 3 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Aireontae Ersery
Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′6″ · 330 lb · Kansas City, MO · Ruskin
Aireontae Ersery: OL · Minnesota · #69.
Aireontae Ersery
Two straight seasons of it now: Big Ten Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year again in 2024.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Where to follow him
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2023 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Awards
A three-star recruit at offensive line for Minnesota -- now an All-Conference mainstay.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
Quality starterThree-star HS recruitAll-Big Ten (2024)All-Big Ten (2023)Big Ten Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year (2024)
The unit he anchors ranks 127th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Minnesota has produced 4 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 3 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2022. John Michael Schmitz was one of them, an All-American.
Five seasons at Minnesota, drafted
- 2025 Drafted in round 2, No. 48 by the Houston
- 2024 Minnesota FleckYear 5 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2023 Minnesota FleckYear 4 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2022 Minnesota FleckYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2021 Minnesota FleckYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 Minnesota FleckYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned in 2020 as a 3-star recruit, No. 967 in the country.
His moves
- Signed in the 2020 class, a 3-star recruit.
How it ended
One season at Minnesota, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #48 overall by the Houston Texans.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2020
- Recruited3-star out of Ruskin
2023
- All-Big Tensecond
2024
- All-Big Tenfirst
- Big Ten Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Yearwinner
2025
- Drafted by Houston Texansround 2, pick 48
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coach2020–2024
Minnesota
Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.
Where he ended up · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 2nd NFL season
#48Rd 2 · Pick 16
Houston TexansEntering 2nd NFL season