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2025 Football Roster

Zach Bolinger

31 Sam Taglia

  • Position K/P
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Park Ridge, Ill.
  • Highschool Maine South

Biography

2024 Season (Freshman): Appeared in six games… Went 7-for-8 on extra point attempts and 0-1 on field goal attempts… Kicked off 15 times, covering 890 yards… Had three touchbacks… Missed a 46-yard field goal attempt vs. Hanover (9/14)… Went 3-for-3 on extra points vs. Upper Iowa (8/31).

2023 Season: Did not appear in any games.

High School: Two-year starter for head coach Dave Inserra at Maine South High School... Part of a 9-3 team in 2022 that went undefeated in conference action (5-0) and reached the 8A Quarterfinals... Went 5-for-8 on field goals that year and 30-for-34 on PAT's... His longest made field goal that season covered 37 yards and he was also credited with 35 touchbacks on kick-offs... The year before, Maine South went 12-2 overall with a 5-0 conference record and reached the 8A Finals... He went 7-for-11 on field goals in 2021 and 41-for-45 on points after... His career-long field goal split the uprights that season from 44-yards out.

Personal: Son of Carmen and Andi Taglia... Has one sibling named Grace... Entrepreneurship & Innovation major.

Why Taglia Chose Butler
"Butler has it all. The academics, the campus, and a team on the rise all led me here."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2023Freshman

    K/P
    5'11" 180 lbs
    99
  • 31

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    K/P
    5'11" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    K/P
    5'11" 190 lbs
    31
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