Theis Career Quick Hits (entering 2024)
- Second Team All-American (AFCA, 2024)
- First Team All-MVFC (FB) (2024)
- Second Team All-MVFC (2023)
- Honorable Mention All-MVFC (2021-24)
- Team Captain (2023)
- MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2022-23)
- MVFC Honor Roll (2022-23)
- Has rushed for 2,494 yards on 550Â carries for 21 touchdowns
- Has 565 receiving yards on 78 receptions out of the backfield
2024 | Fifth-year (Covid)
Second Team AFCA All-American (RB) ... Named a First Team All-Conference (FB) performer ... Honorable Mention All-Conference (RB) ... Team Captain ... opened the season with 86 yards on the ground with a touchdown in the win over Northern State (Aug. 29) ... had 21 rushing yards at Wisconsin (Sept. 7), but led the Yote receivers with 43 yards on four receptions ... led all rushers with 94 yards on nine carries, along with two rushing scores, against Drake (Sept. 21) ... opened his final MVFC season as one of two Yotes with 100+ yards on the ground in the 42-13 win over No. 17 SIU (Sept. 28), rushing for a game-high 147 yards on 25 carries with two scores ... led all rushers for the second-straight week at Murray State (Oct. 5) with 132 yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns.Â
2023 | Redshirt Senior
Team Captain …
Second Team All-MVFC honoree for his work as a lead blocker … earned honorable mention honors at the running back position … one of 11 Coyotes who started all 13 games … broke into the top-five of South Dakota’s all-time rushing list with 2,494 yards … ran 178 times on the year for a team-high 840 yards and six touchdowns … also caught 27 passes for 155 yards and completed his first pass which went for 25 yards … 840 yards rushing were fourth-most in the Valley and ranked 34
th nationally … 27 receptions were fourth-most on the team … ran 16 times for 120 yards and two touchdowns in the Coyotes’ win against Lamar in non-conference action (Sept. 16) … had 26 carries for a season-best 190 yards and two more scores in the team’s win against Murray State (Oct. 7) … 106-yard performance on 17 carries at Indiana State was his third 100-yard effort of the season (Oct. 21) ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award honoree ... MVFC Honor Roll.Â
2022 | Redshirt Junior
Earned Honorable Mention All-MVFC honors … one of six Coyotes who started all 11 games, he at running back … led the team and ranked sixth in the MVFC with 775 yards rushing on 166 carries … was second on the team in catches with 25 that went for 177 yards … ran for a team-high five touchdowns … ran 21 times for a season-high 108 yards and a score in the Coyotes’ Dakota Days win against No. 14 Southern Illinois … it was his third collegiate 100-yard rushing performance … had 95 yards rushing on 14 carries at North Dakota (Nov. 12) … also reached 90 yards with a touchdown in the Coyotes’ home-opening win against Cal Poly (Sept. 17) … had two catches for 46 yards in that game as well … MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award honoree … MVFC honor roll member.
2021 | Redshirt Sophomore
Earned Honorable Mention All-MVFC honors … competed in 11 of 12 games and earned 12 starts at running back … Valley’s eighth-leading rusher at 60.9 yards per game … carried 152 times for 677 yards and a team-high eight touchdowns … also caught 18 passes for 154 yards … those 18 receptions ranked fourth on the team … ran 23 times for a season-high 138 yards in a 20-13 upset of 13
th-ranked North Dakota (Oct. 9) … broke 15 tackles and had 104 yards after contact in that win … came back with 113 yards and a touchdown in a 34-21 win at 16
th-ranked UNI the next week (Oct. 16) … became the first Coyote to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since 2019 … ran 18 times for a game-high 96 yards and a score against Kansas in the season opener (Sept. 3)
2020-21 | Redshirt Freshman (retained elgibility)Â
Season was reduced to four games in the spring due to COVID-19 ... was one of seven redshirt freshmen who competed for the Coyotes … played in all four games and finished as the team’s second-leading rusher with 37 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns … also caught eight passes for 79 yards … ran 12 times for a season-high 56 yards at No. 4 North Dakota (March 4) … had a 31-yard touchdown run in the home opener against Missouri State, which was the longest run of the season for USD (March 11) … was not charged a year of eligibility due to NCAA rules related to the pandemic.
2019 | Freshman
One of nine true freshmen who competed for the Coyotes … made his collegiate debut against 14
th-ranked UNI and earned his first carry (Oct. 19) … competed in four games overall and can redshirt since he competed in four games or less … ran 10 times for a season-high 32 yards with a long of nine yards in the win against fifth-ranked SDSU on Senior Day (Nov. 23) … ran 17 times for 51 yards on the season ... MVFC Honor Roll member.
High School
Took home Kansas All-Classes Offensive Player of the Year honors after completing one of the most prolific careers in state history ... rushed 841 times for 6,744 yards and 101 touchdowns ... led Pratt to a state title in 2016 and a runner-up finish at state in 2018 ... played quarterback as a freshman and senior and running back as a sophomore and junior ... ran 230 times as a senior for 2,608 yards and scored 43 touchdowns ... also passed for nearly 1,000 yards ... is a three-time all-state honoree and a four-time all-conference pick ... compiled more than 300 tackles on the defensive side of the ball ... competed in basketball and baseball for the Greenbacks
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Personal
Son of Rusty and Lyndel … studying interdisciplinary studies at South Dakota
