Drake University Athletics

2009 — Earned All-Pioneer Football League honorable mention honors...awarded team Gene Schultz Award at Channing Smith banquet...caught 28 passes for 298 yards and two touchdowns on the season...named to CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 7 second team...caught seven passes for 93 yards and a touchdown in conference win vs. Jacksonville...returning letterwinner at split end...2008 — Played in nine games, catching 26 passes for 447 yards (17.2 avg.)...caught five passes for 129 yards at Butler for highest yards per catch game average (25.8) in PFL...also caught five passes for 100 yards vs. Campbell...stripped ball from Upper Iowa punter which led to 12-yard fumble recovery for touchdown by teammate Andrew Asbell...had four receptions vs. Upper Iowa...2006 — Played in two games as reserve...2005 — Redshirted... named scout team player of the year...Prep — Three-time all-league performer in football and also all-conference choice in basketball at Fort Dodge High...caught league best 31 receptions for 412 yards, including seven touchdowns as senior at Fort Dodge High in 2004...tied Iowa Class 4A all-time single-game best with four touchdown receptions vs. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson...caught school-record 11 passes vs. Newton...standout sprinter on track team which qualified for 2004 and 2005 state track meets...co-recipient of outstanding male student-athlete at high school as senior...Personal — Marketing/business law major...member of Student Athlete Advisory Council...recipient of Drake Presidential Scholarship...named to 2007 and 2008 Pioneer Football League Fall Academic Honor Roll....father, Mark (a Drake graduate), is an Iowa Supreme Court Justice...born Jan. 8, 1987.