Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 28 career games with 10 starts at NSU . . . owns 55 career receptions for 680 yards and three touchdowns . . . also has one career pass attempt and completion for 45 yards and a touchdown . . . most career receptions (7) came against Central Missouri (Oct. 26, 2013), while his highest total for receiving yards (93) was against Lindenwood (Nov. 15, 2014) . . . longest career reception of 58 yards was a touchdown against the Lions . . . also has seven career kickoff returns (130 yards) and one career punt return (four yards) . . . has one career two-point conversion, which was a pass against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 16, 2013) . . . transferred to Northeastern State after spending a year at Georgia Southern University, a Division I FCS school.
 
Junior (2014) – Appeared in all 11 games and made five starts . . . finished second on the team in receiving yards (384), receiving TD’s (2) and all-purpose yards (479) . . . was third in receptions with 27 . . . scored touchdowns against Emporia State and Lindenwood . . . posted a season-high 93 yards on four catches against LWU . . . season-best five receptions came in a 59-yard effort against ESU . . . also had four catches against both Missouri Western State and Central Missouri . . . posted three carries for 44 yards and was 1-for-1 on pass attempts for 45 yards and a touchdown . . . had a pair of kickoff returns for 51 total yards, both against Fort Hays State . . . tallied 105 all-purpose yards in the season finale against Lindenwood . . . threw a passing touchdown on a fake punt against Northwest Missouri State.
 
Sophomore (2013) – Competed in nine games and made four starts . . . finished the season with 19 receptions for 220 yards and one score . . . averaged 24.4 yards receiving per game and 11.6 yards per catch . . . also posted four carries for four yards . . . scored NSU’s lone touchdown against Central Missouri on a season-best 28-yard reception . . . finished the game with a season-high seven receptions and 83 yards . . . had three catches against both Washburn and Eastern New Mexico . . . threw a pass to Lane Dortch for a two-point conversion against Central Oklahoma . . . earned starting assignments against Missouri Southern State, Washburn, Central Missouri, and Central Oklahoma . . . missed the Emporia State and Northwest Missouri State contests.
 
Redshirt Freshman (2012) – Played in eight games and made one start in his inaugural season with the program . . . served primarily as a backup wide receiver and a kickoff returner . . . started the Washburn contest . . . finished the season with nine catches for 76 yards . . . had three catches in each of the first three games . . . posted a season-best 36 yards receiving against Pittsburg State . . . registered four kickoff returns for 79 yards (19.8 per return) . . . had two against Missouri Southern State and two against Northwest Missouri State . . . had one punt return for four yards against MSSU . . . finished the year with 159 all-purpose yards . . . missed games with Southwest Baptist and Central Oklahoma.
 
Georgia Southern University (2011) – Did not see the field in his lone season with the Eagles . . . was recruited as a quarterback . . . GSU advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA FCS Championship playoffs before falling to eventual champion North Dakota State University . . . was awarded a redshirt.
 
High School – Was a three-year starter at Wagoner HS . . . led the Bulldogs to a 13-1 record and to the state championship game as a senior . . . named the District 4A-3 MVP and the Verdigris Valley MVP as a senior . . . was selected to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Team . . . earned the Channel 2 and Al Jerkins Player of the Year Award . . . honored as the Muskogee Phoenix Most Valuable Player . . . was a Channel 8 “Ford Award” recipient . . . was selected to the All-State team by the Tulsa World . . . completed 121-of-169 passes (72 percent ) for 2,132 yards and 33 touchdowns with only three interceptions . . . amassed 647 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns . . . posted more than 4,500 career passing yards and 51 touchdowns to go along with 1,700 rushing yards and 27 TDs . . . was also a member of the secondary.
 
Personal – Majoring in kinesiology . . . son of Josette Pierce . . . born Oct. 23, 1992.