University of South Dakota Athletics

2021
Concluded a brilliant career as the program’s all-time leader in punting average (43.2 ypp) … punted for more yards, 11,352, than any player in program history … preseason all-American for the second time … second-team all-MVFC … semifinalist for FCS Punter of the Year … first-team MVFC all-Academic Team honoree … named to the FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team for the second time in as many years … ranked 10^th nationally with a 44.2-yard punting average … led a punting unit that ranked in the top-10 nationally for net punting (40.7 ypp) … had a career-long 67-yard punt in the season opener at Kansas (9/3) … pinned six of nine punts inside the 20 in a road win at Western Illinois (11/6) … pinned 27 of 58 punts inside the 20 during the year and drew a fair catch 30 times … had 11 punts of 50 yards or more … MVFC President’s Council Academic Award winner … MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award winner … MVFC honor roll member ... named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2020-21
Preseason All-American and All-MVFC pick … First Team MVFC All-Academic Team selection … Second Team All-MVFC honoree … one of 54 individuals named to the FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star Team and was one of nine finalists for a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … season was reduced to four games in the spring due to COVID-19 ... led the nation’s top punting unit with a net punting average of 43.7 yards per punt … ranked fourth nationally for the second year in a row in punting average, this year with a career-best 46.0-yard average … punted 22 times for 1,013 yards, allowed just five returns for 11 yards, and pinned eight punts inside the 20 … pinned five punts inside the 10 … drew seven fair catches and had just two touchbacks … had a career-long 64-yard boot in the final game of the season at Youngstown State (3/20) … was not charged a year of eligibility due to NCAA rules related to the pandemic ... MVFC President's Council Academic Award honoree … MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member ... named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society

2019
First-team all-MVFC honoree … second-team academic all-MVFC selection ... finished the season as the nation’s fourth-leading punter with a 45.1-yard average … had 19 punts of 50 yards or more with a long of 62 … helped lead the nation’s seventh-best net punting unit with a 40.1-yard average … drew 13 fair catches on 57 boots … pinned 17 inside the 20 and eight of those were inside the 10 … averaged 51.7 yards on three punts against Southern Illinois (10/26) … averaged 46 yards on seven punts in the win against No. 5 SDSU and pinned four of the seven inside the 20 ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2018
One of 37 Coyotes who competed in all 11 games … served as the team’s punter for the second straight season … ranked third in the Valley and 12^th nationally with a punting average of 42.9 yards … netted 37.2 yards … pinned 14 inside the 20 including six inside the 10 … had 10 punts of 50 yards or more, third-most in the Valley, with a long of 60 … was named Valley Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 48.8 yards on six punts and netting 48.3 yards while pinning two kicks inside the 20 during USD’s 17-12 win against Western Illinois on senior day (11/10) ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2017
One of 33 Coyotes who competed in all 13 games and one of 18 redshirt freshmen who earned playing time … named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team … served as the Coyotes’ punter all season … averaged 39.6 yards on 62 punts … pinned all four of his punts inside the 20 in his Coyote debut, which earned him MVFC Player of the Week honors ... pinned 26 punts inside the 20 and seven inside the 10 … led the Valley in punts inside the 20 … had returns on 32 percent of his punts and drew 24 fair catches … netted 35.7 yards with a long of 54 ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2016
Redshirted … MVFC Conference Honor Roll member

Prep
Played quarterback and handled punting duties for MOC-Floyd Valley ... threw for 1,159 yards and ran for 290 yards as a senior in 2015 ... also played basketball and soccer in high school  

Personal
Kinesiology and sport management major.