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Trey Leckner: 2025 athlete profile

Tight end could see in increased role in 2025
Byline photo of LEVI COOVERT
LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief
May 29, 2025
BRANDON WILLMAN
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Trey Leckner is a redshirt sophomore tight end for the WSU football team. He was the Cougars’ second-string tight end in 2024.

Leckner played football at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington. He played running back and tight end. As a junior, he rushed for 1,134 yards and 18 touchdowns, while also catching 20 passes for 416 yards and five scores. In his senior season, he caught 28 passes for 557 yards and 13 touchdowns, and added two scores on the ground.

ESPN.com ranked Leckner as the No. 11 prospect in Washington state, and he committed to WSU in 2023. He spent 2023 as a redshirt season and made his debut with the Cougars in 2024.

In 2024, Leckner appeared in 12 games. He caught five passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Leckner averaged 17.4 yards per catch and displayed potential to be a future starter at tight end for the Cougs.

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LEVI COOVERT
LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief
Levi is a sophomore studying Multimedia Journalism, Broadcast News, and Advertising at Washington State University. He serves as sports co-editor, and is the beat writer for the men’s basketball team and both men’s and women’s golf teams. He loves the Mariners, Seahawks, Kraken, and Cougars!
BRANDON WILLMAN
BRANDON WILLMAN, Multimedia editor
Brandon Willman is a WSU and Daily Evergreen alumnus (class of ’24) who served in roles including staff writer, staff photographer, copy editor, multimedia editor and editor-in-chief during his time with the Evergreen. He started working as a sportswriter for the Daily Evergreen in Fall 2022 and worked as copy editor in spring 2023. Brandon was elected to be the Editor-in-chief starting in summer 2023 and served in the position from May 2023 to February 2024 before transitioning to the role of multimedia editor.