Linebacker, Minnesota, 2020–24
Cody Lindenberg
- Number
- No. 45
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Anoka, MN
- Born
- Jan 15, 2002, in Anoka, Minnesota
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Cody Lindenberg played linebacker at Minnesota (2020–24). The Las Vegas Raiders took Lindenberg in round 7, No. 222 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Penn State, 2024Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Minnesota | 45 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Minnesota | 45 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Minnesota | 45 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Minnesota | 45 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Minnesota | 45 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′3″ | 240 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2024 Minnesota 12 games, 94 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. North Carolina | L 17–19 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Rhode Island | W 48–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Nevada | W 27–0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Iowa | L 14–31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Michigan | L 24–27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. USC | W 24–17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at UCLA | W 21–17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Maryland | W 48–23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Illinois | W 25–17 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 9 | at Rutgers | L 19–26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Penn State | L 25–26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Wisconsin | W 24–7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Minnesota 4 games, 31 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | vs. Michigan State | W 27–12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Illinois | L 26–27 | 11 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Wisconsin | L 14–28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Bowling Green | W 30–24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Minnesota 10 games, 60 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. Western Illinois | W 62–10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Colorado | W 49–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Purdue | L 10–20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | atIllinois | L 14–26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atPenn State | L 17–45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Rutgers | W 31–0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Nebraska | W 20–13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Northwestern | W 31–3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Iowa | L 10–13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atWisconsin | W 23–16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Minnesota 2 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Ohio State | L 31–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atColorado | W 30–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Minnesota 3 games, 9 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 19–22).
| Drill | Combine 2025 | Combine or pro day 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 236 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.73 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″W | |
| Bench press | 20 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.01 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 9 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Las Vegas Raiders | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Las Vegas Raiders | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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