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2025 NIU Football Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

17 Filip Maciorowski

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 225
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Position Linebacker
  • Hometown Carol Stream, Ill.
  • High School Glenbard West

Biography

2025

  • Earned Academic All-MAC honors
  • Finished second on the team in tackles in first season as a started with 87, starting all 12 games as a redshirt sophomore.
  • Added 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two pass breakups and one forced fumble.
  • Ranked 11th in the MAC in total tackles.
  • Posted nine tackles at Mississippi State (9-20) and 0.5 tackles for loss.
  • Recorded a career-high 13 tackles (five solo) with a sack and pass breakup vs. San Diego State (9-27).
  • Made eight stops at Eastern Michigan (10-11).
  • Posted four tackles and a sack against Ball State (10-25).
  • Had 11 tackles in back to back games at Toledo (11-5) and at UMass (11-12). Recorded a tackle for loss against the Rockets and 1.5 tackles for loss against the Minutemen.


2024
• Played in every game with most of his action coming on special teams. 
• Totaled five tackles on the season, four solo. 
• Recorded two solo stops in the season opener versus Western Illinois (8-31) for his first career tackles. 
• Made solo tackles at NC State (9-28) and at Western Michigan (11-6).
• Added an assisted stop at Ball State (10-26). 
• A regular throughout the year on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt return units.
• Also saw spot duty on punt coverage team.
• Qualified for Academic All-MAC honors. 

2023
• Did not see any game action during a redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL 

Honors and Awards 

  • Served as team captain as a sophomore and senior.
  • Collected team MVP honors as a sophomore.
  • First-team All-Conference selection as a freshman, sophomore, and senior.
  • Second-team All-Conference as a junior.
  • Earned All-Region honors as a senior. 

Individual Stats 

  • Starting wide receiver for the Hilltoppers as a freshman and sophomore. 
  • Moved to tight end for the 2021 season and played both tight end and defensive end as a senior.  

Team Results/Record 

  • 2022: Helped lead the Hilltoppers to an 11-2 record and the state semi-finals.
  • 2021: Team went 8-3
  • Glenbard West finished undefeated (9-0) with conference championships in both 2019 and 2020. 

 Academics & Club/Sport Involvement 

  • Intends to major in Business.
  • Participated in rugby and was a seven-time state champion.
  • Volunteered at Feed My Starving Children.
  • Two-year letterwinner in swimming as a freshman and sophomore.  

PERSONAL
• Majoring in marketing.
 

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 94

    2023Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'3" 196 lbs
    94
  • 17

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'3" 215 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'3" 225 lbs
    17