NFL Season Kicks Off with Three 'Cats on Team Rosters, One on Practice Squad

DURHAM, N.H. – Three former University of New Hampshire football players have earned a spot on NFL rosters as the league kicks off the 2025 season with Dylan Laube on the Las Vegas Raiders, Max Brosmer on the Minnesota Vikings and Wande Owens on the Buffalo Bills. Carlos Washington, Jr. is on the Atlanta Falcons practice squad.

UNH football is 2-0 following a 19-16 victory against College of the Holy Cross in the Sept. 6 home opener at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats return to action Sept. 13 (2 p.m.) at Ball State and their next home game is Sept. 27 (1 p.m.) for the CAA conference opener vs. UAlbany.

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Laube enters his second season with Las Vegas after being drafted by the Raiders in the sixth round (overall pick 208) in the 2024 NFL Draft. He was the 14^th UNH alum and second Wildcat running back drafted by an NFL team.

As a Raiders rookie in the 2024 season, Laube finished second on the team with 164 kickoff return yards (27.3 avg.) and tied for fifth with three special teams tackles.

In his last season as a UNH Wildcat in 2023, Laube garnered All-America recognition from six different outlets and finished his illustrious career with a total of 16 All-America Team honors.

Laube led NCAA Division I FCS football in all-purpose yards for the second straight season with 2,095 all-purpose yards (209.5 yards/game) in 2023. He ranked No. 2 in both total touchdowns (18) and scoring (10.8 points/game); No. 3 in kickoff returns (31.1 yards/return); No. 8 in both combined kick returns (647 yards) and receptions per game (6.8); and No. 16 in punt returns (CAA-best 11.2 yards/return).

The Walter Payton Award finalist (No. 6 in final voting) rushed the ball 160 times for 749 yards and nine TDs, caught 68 passes for 699 yards and seven TDs, had 15 kickoff returns for 467 yards and a TD, and 16 punt returns for 180 yards and one score. With those stats, the captain led UNH in rushes, rushing yards, rushing TDs, overall TDs, receptions, receiving yards, TD receptions, kickoff return yards, kickoff return average, and punt return yards.

Laube, the 2023 CAA Special Teams Player of the Year, led UNH in rushing yards nine of 10 games played, in receptions seven times and receiving yards four times. He topped 100 rushing yards twice (180 vs. Dartmouth; 132 vs. Villanova) and 100 receiving yards twice, as well as 200 all-purpose yards six times.

Brosmer, who signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in April, was a UNH quarterback for five seasons (2019-23) before transferring to the University of Minnesota for the 2024 season. In his final season as a Wildcat, he was runner-up for the Walter Payton Award, which is presented annually to the top offensive player in FCS. In that 2023 season, he also earned All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Stats Perform, FCS Football Central, and Phil Steele.

Brosmer was a two-time CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year and also received the conference's 2023 Chuck Boone Leadership and Excellence Award.

In 2023, Brosmer completed 294 of 459 passes for 3,464 yards and 29 touchdowns in 11 games. That's an average of 314.9 yards per game on a 64.1 completion percentage. Those numbers rank second on UNH's list of single-season superlatives in completions, pass attempts and passing yards.

The captain led FCS football in two statistics: passing yards per game and total offense (325.0 yards/game). He also ranked #2 in passing yards, passing touchdowns and points responsible for per game (18.9), as well as #4 in completions per game (26.64) and points responsible for (208).

In 2022, Brosmer ranked No. 9 in the nation in both passing yards (3,157) and passing TDs (27). The 3,157 passing yards is No. 6 on UNH's list of single-season superlatives, as is the 263 single-season completions.

Brosmer became only the second true freshman to start at QB in program history when he started the last 10 games of the 2019 season.

On UNH's career leaderboard, Brosmer ranks second in passing yards (8,713), completions (760) and pass attempts (1,225).

Owens signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent this past April and is currently on the team's reserve/injured list. Owens joined UNH football for a graduate year in the 2024 season. The safety garnered All-CAA First Team recognition as he finished second on the team and sixth in the conference in tackles with 111.

Owens recorded 10+ tackles in a game six times, including a career-high 14 in his first game as a Wildcat at UCF, and was UNH's leading tackler in 6 of 13 games.

Washington, Jr. ran for 1,213 yards and nine touchdowns in 23 games as a UNH Wildcat – he played 11 games in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons and in the only game of New Hampshire's COVID-abbreviated 2020 season (in spring 2021). He averaged 4.9 yards per carry in his career and that included 5.9 per attempt in '18.

Washington, Jr. also caught 46 passes for 331 yards (7.2 yards per catch) and a TD. With the addition of 190 kickoff return yards, he amassed 1,734 all-purpose yards.

In the 2018 season, Washington, Jr. led UNH in eight stats: rushes (99), rushing yards (582), rushing TDs (six), TDs (seven), points (42), kickoff returns (10), kickoff return yards (159) and all-purpose yards (905).

Wildcats for Life returns Sept. 29–Oct. 10
UNH Athletics' annual fall fundraiser is just around the corner, supporting student-athletes across all programs. This year, your impact will go even further thanks to a $35,000 match! Stay tuned for how you can get involved and help fuel the success of our Wildcats.

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