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Josh Jurgens
Josh Jurgens
Kory Burdick
Josh Jurgens

9 Nickel Meyers

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • High School Lincoln

Biography

2019 (Senior): Named to the Fall NSIC All-Academic Team ... played in all 12 games as a wide receiver … totaled 36 receptions for 446 yards and a touchdown … recorded 103 yards on eight receptions in win over Concordia-St. Paul (Nov. 2) … totaled six receptions in win over Wayne State (Sept. 21).


2018 (Junior): One of the top receivers in the region... Academic All-NSIC selection…earned NSIC South Division All-Conference honors… named to the third-team offense on the Don Hansen All-Super Region team... Started 10 of 11 games… hauled in 62 passes for 994 yards and 13 touchdowns… Had four muli-touchdown games... hauled in 11 TD in the final six games... Three games of 10+ catches...The 13 TDs marked a team and career-high… The 13 touchdowns is 4th all-time for a single-season…Averaged 90.4 yards per game to put him fourth in the NSIC on the season...averaging 16 yards per catch… a single-game career high of 12 catches for 218 yards and two touchdowns on October 13th against Northern State, which earned NSIC Player of the Week Honors… Had three tackles on the year.

2017 (Sophomore): Academic All-NSIC selection ... started the first two games before suffering a season-ending setback ... caught one pass for 13 yards, posted one rush for three yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 28 yards against MSU Moorhead in the season-opener on Sept. 2 ... finished with two receptions for 47 yards, including his first-career score, a 31 yard touchdown grab, at Minot State on Sept. 9.

2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in one game. 

Before Augustana: Sat out the 2015 season as a redshirt at the University of South Dakota. 

High School: 2015 graduate of Lincoln High School ... earned all-state honors as a senior ... member of state championship team in 2014 ... caught 66 passes for 1,110 yards and seven touchdowns senior season ... member of state championship track and field team senior season ... was a member of National Honors Society.

Personal: Son of Mike and Betsy Meyers ... born August, 29, 1996 ... business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 80

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 185 lbs
    80
  • 80

    2017Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 190 lbs
    80
  • 9

    2018Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'4" 200 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'4" 200 lbs
    9