Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 33 career games, missing only one in his career through his first three seasons with the program . . . has recorded 121 career punts and has kicked off 144 times . . . has 19 career touchbacks on kickoffs . . . longest career punt was 65 yards against Emporia State (Sept. 22, 2012) . . . made his only career field-goal attempt, a 22-yarder against UTSA (Sept. 3, 2011) . . . is 1-for-1 on pass attempts and has one career fumble recovery . . . also has three solo tackles . . . was a member of the 2012 and 2013 MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Junior (2013) – Competed in all 11 games serving as the full-time punter and kickoff specialist . . . finished the year with 66 punts for 2,493 yards (37.8 average) . . . boasted a season-long punt of 57 yards against Southwest Baptist . . . also had a 56-yard punt against Eastern New Mexico and a 51-yarder against Pittsburg State . . . finished the year with 14 punts inside the 20, seven that were fair caught and one touchback . . . landed a season-high four punts inside the 20-yard line against Central Missouri . . . tallied a season-best 11 punts against Washburn and a season-high 42.6 average against ENMU . . . kicked off 40 times for 2,108 yards (52.7 average) . . . had nine touchbacks . . . landed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore (2012) – Saw action in all 10 games . . . became NSU’s full-time punter to go along with his kickoff duties . . . had 54 punts for a 38.5 average . . . longest punt of the season was a 65-yard boot against Emporia State . . . also recorded 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and five punts of 50 yards or more . . . kicked off 38 times for a 56.0 average with seven touchbacks . . . recovered a fumble in the season opener with Pittsburg State . . . converted a 4th-and-3 against Northwest Missouri State with a 12-yard pass . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Freshman (2011) – Competed in 12 contests as a true freshman . . . served as the team’s primary kickoff specialist . . . registered a 54.6 average on 66 kickoffs with four touchbacks . . . had one punt on the season, a 41-yarder against Southeastern Oklahoma State that was not returned . . . converted a 22-yard field goal against UTSA, his lone attempt of the season . . . made three solo special teams tackles . . . missed the Arkansas-Monticello contest.
 
High School – Was a member of a Jenks squad that finished runner-up in the state championship both junior and senior years . . . also helped the Trojans win two conference championships.
 
Personal – Majoring in business . . . son of Darren and Jamie Beers . . . born Nov. 16, 1992.