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Kiel Nelson
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    210
  • Year:
    RS-Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Mitchell, S.D.
  • High School:
    Mitchell High School
  • Position:
    WR
  • Major:
    Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • gp
    11
  • yds
    711
  • yds/g
    64.6
  • td
    6

Bio

Senior (2022): started in all 11 games at receiver for the Tigers earning Honorable Mention honors at the new position in his first season...made the switch from quarterback last year to receiver for this season and made an immediate impact...finished the season with 711 yards receiving on 51 receptions (6 shy of being top-10 single-season in DWU history) and seven touchdowns (6 receiving / 1 rushing)...Kiel's top performance was in the first game of the season against Dakota State (8/25/22) when he went off for a season high 12 receptions, 121 yards and one touchdown...Nelson also had a big day against Hastings (9/24/22) when he recorded six receptions for a season high 142 yards and a touchdown...currently sits fifth in receiving yards in the GPAC...with these yearly totals Kiel also finished his career with last year's numbers of 1,093 yards passing, six touchdowns, 371 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns.

Junior (2021): Nelson led the quarterback group in 2021… playing in 10 games for the Tigers… he completed 99 of his 196 attempts for a 50.5 completion percentage… while tossing for a total of 1,093 yards and averaging 109.3 yards per game… he was also strong on the ground, running for 317 yards on 76 carries… he tallied a season high in passing yards against Hastings at home with 194 yards… Nelson’s high in rushing yards he reached on the road at No. 18 Dordt where he rushed for 150 yards on 18 attempts.

Sophomore (2020): Saw action in four games… Carried the ball 14 times for a total of 13 rushing yards… Completed 26-of-54 passing attempts for 305 total passing yards and one touchdown.

Freshman (2019): Averaged 113 passing yards and 29.9 rushing yards per game ... recorded his best game passing against Northwestern College with 206 passing yards ... finished the season with 791 passing yards and 209 rushing yards ... played in seven games.

High School: He was named All-State Football and was a two-time team captain ... helped his team to a 2016 South Dakota Class 'AA' State Football Championship, where he tallied a 91-yard touchdown run ... was a three-year starter and a four-time letterwinner in football ... also participated in basketball for four seasons and track for three years.

Parents: Katie and Paul Nelson

Sponsored By: 

 Stifel 

2605 N. Main St. Mitchell, S.D., 57301 

Contact: Paul Nelson 

(605) 996-8440 

stifel.com 

Sponsored By: 

Comfort Inn and Suites 

2020 Highland Way, Mitchell, S.D. 57301

Contact: Dave Helleloid 

 

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Muth Electric

Contact: Paul Muth

(605) 996-3983

 

 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34
  Total Conference
Receptions 51 39
Yards 711 590
Yards per game 64.6 59.0
Yards per catch 13.9 15.1
Touchdowns 6 5

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 1 1 100.0% 18 18.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 1 1 100.0% 4 4.0 0 0 0 0
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 3 -23 -7.7 4 1 - -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 3 11 3.7 5 0 - -
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 4 -2 -0.5 3 0 1 1
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 2 -29 -14.5 4 0 - -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 - -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 2 -2 -1.0 1 0 - -
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 2 5 2.5 4 0 - -
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 3 8 2.7 5 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 12 121 10.1 37 1 - -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 3 19 6.3 7 0 - -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 8 77 9.6 27 1 - -
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 5 52 10.4 41 0 1 1
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 6 142 23.7 61 1 - -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 3 84 28.0 59 0 - -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 5 80 16.0 47 0 - -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 4 37 9.3 14 1 - -
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 2 36 18.0 21 1 - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 2 17 8.5 9 0 - -
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 1 46 46.0 46 1 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 - - - - - 0
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 4 114 28.5 30 2 3 0 0
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 4 123 30.8 39 3 0 1 0
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 6 164 27.3 33 1 2 0 0
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 4 123 30.8 35 0 0 0 0
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 4 193 48.3 65 1 1 0 0
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 6 191 31.8 46 2 0 1 0
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 4 151 37.8 60 0 2 0 0
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 4 169 42.3 52 2 1 1 0
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 1 44 44.0 44 1 0 0 0
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 1 51 51.0 51 0 1 0 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 3 85 28.3 45 0 - - - - -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 3 54 18.0 25 0 - - - - -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 4 60 15.0 21 0 - - - - -
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 2 21 10.5 21 0 - - - - -
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 1 29 29.0 29 0 - - - - -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 3 69 23.0 25 0 - - - - -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 1 47 47.0 47 0 - - - - -
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 3 74 24.7 28 0 - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 1 -23 121 - 85 183
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 1 - 19 - 54 73
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 1 11 77 - 60 148
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 1 -2 52 - 21 71
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 1 -29 142 - 29 142
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 1 4 84 - 69 157
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 1 -5 80 - - 75
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 1 -2 37 - 47 82
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 1 - 36 - - 36
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 1 5 17 - - 22
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 1 8 46 - 74 128

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 12 1 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 6 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 6 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 8 0 1 0 - - - 0 - - 0 1
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 6 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 25 at Dakota State (SD) L, 29-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 at Jamestown L, 34-30 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at No. 3 Northwestern L, 54-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Dordt L, 38-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Hastings L, 32-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Concordia (NE) L, 20-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Doane (NE) L, 16-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 31-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 No. 17 Midland L, 22-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at No. 1 Morningside L, 70-14 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Mount Marty W, 38-34 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2020-21 6 26 54 48.1% 305 50.8 5.6 1 1 43 98.0
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 11 2 2 100.0% 22 2.0 11.0 0 0 18 192.4
2023-24 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 28 28 56 50.0% 327 11.7 5.8 1 1 43 101.4

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2020-21 6 14 13 2.2 0.9 0 30 1 1
2021-22 - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 22 -33 -3.0 -1.5 1 5 1 1
2023-24 11 5 4 0.4 0.8 0 2 - -
Total 28 41 -16 -0.6 -0.4 1 30 2 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2020-21 6 1 0.2 4 0.7 4.0 0 4
2021-22 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 51 4.6 711 64.6 13.9 6 61
2023-24 11 50 4.5 776 70.5 15.5 8 43
Total 28 102 3.6 1491 53.3 14.6 14 61

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2020-21 6 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 28 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2020-21 6 6 162 27.0 39 2 2 0 0
2021-22 - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 38 1323 34.8 65 12 10 3 0
2023-24 11 31 1058 34.1 68 9 8 1 0
Total 28 75 2543 33.9 68 23 20 4 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 20 439 21.9 0 47 - - - - -
2023-24 19 368 19.4 0 33 - - - - -
Total 39 807 20.7 0 47 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2020-21 6 13 4 - - 17 2.8
2021-22 - - - - - 0 -
2022-23 11 -33 711 - 439 1117 101.5
2023-24 11 4 776 - 368 1148 104.4
Total 28 -16 1491 - 807 2282 81.5

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2020-21 0 0.0 0 0 - - 0 - - - - 0
2021-22 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 44 4.0 1 6 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
2023-24 50 4.5 0 8 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Total 94 3.4 1 14 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2020-21 6 4 1 5.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - 1 0 1 51 - -
2021-22 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 11 3 0 3.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 28 9 1 10.0 .4 - - 0.0 - - 1 0 1 51 - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 11 2 2 100.0% 22 2.0 11.0 0 0 18 192.4
Conference 10 2 2 100.0% 22 2.2 11.0 0 0 18 192.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 2 2 100.0% 22 3.7 11.0 0 0 18 192.4
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 9 2 2 100.0% 22 2.4 11.0 0 0 18 192.4
Month                      
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 1 1 100.0% 18 4.5 18.0 0 0 18 251.2
October 5 1 1 100.0% 4 0.8 4.0 0 0 4 133.6
November 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 11 22 -33 -3.0 -1.5 1 5 1 1
Conference 10 19 -10 -1.0 -0.5 0 5 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 10 8 1.6 0.8 0 5 1 1
Away 6 12 -41 -6.8 -3.4 1 5 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 2 5 6 3.0 1.2 0 5 - -
Losses 9 17 -39 -4.3 -2.3 1 5 1 1
Month                  
August 1 3 -23 -23.0 -7.7 1 4 - -
September 4 9 -20 -5.0 -2.2 0 5 1 1
October 5 7 2 0.4 0.3 0 4 - -
November 1 3 8 8.0 2.7 0 5 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 11 51 4.6 711 64.6 13.9 6 61
Conference 10 39 3.9 590 59.0 15.1 5 61
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 15 3.0 255 51.0 17.0 3 59
Away 6 36 6.0 456 76.0 12.7 3 61
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 2 5 2.5 83 41.5 16.6 2 46
Losses 9 46 5.1 628 69.8 13.7 4 61
Month                
August 1 12 12.0 121 121.0 10.1 1 37
September 4 22 5.5 290 72.5 13.2 2 61
October 5 16 3.2 254 50.8 15.9 2 59
November 1 1 1.0 46 46.0 46.0 1 46

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 9 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 11 38 1323 34.8 65 12 10 3 0
Conference 10 34 1209 35.6 65 10 7 3 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 15 534 35.6 52 4 2 2 0
Away 6 23 789 34.3 65 8 8 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 2 5 220 44.0 52 2 2 1 0
Losses 9 33 1103 33.4 65 10 8 2 0
Month                  
August 1 4 114 28.5 30 2 3 0 0
September 4 18 603 33.5 65 5 3 1 0
October 5 15 555 37.0 60 5 3 2 0
November 1 1 51 51.0 51 0 1 0 0

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total 20 439 21.9 0 47 - - - - -
Conference 17 354 20.8 0 47 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 9 211 23.4 0 47 - - - - -
Away 11 228 20.7 0 45 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins 4 121 30.3 0 47 - - - - -
Losses 16 318 19.9 0 45 - - - - -
Month                    
August 3 85 28.3 0 45 - - - - -
September 10 164 16.4 0 29 - - - - -
October 4 116 29.0 0 47 - - - - -
November 3 74 24.7 0 28 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 11 -33 711 - 439 1117 101.5
Conference 10 -10 590 - 354 934 93.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 8 255 - 211 474 94.8
Away 6 -41 456 - 228 643 107.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 2 6 83 - 121 210 105.0
Losses 9 -39 628 - 318 907 100.8
Month              
August 1 -23 121 - 85 183 183.0
September 4 -20 290 - 164 434 108.5
October 5 2 254 - 116 372 74.4
November 1 8 46 - 74 128 128.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 44 4.0 1 6 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Conference 32 3.2 0 5 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 20 4.0 0 3 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 24 4.0 1 3 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 14 7.0 0 2 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Losses 30 3.3 1 4 0 - - - - - - 0
Month                        
August 12 12.0 1 1 0 - - - - - - 0
September 12 3.0 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
October 14 2.8 0 2 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
November 6 6.0 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 11 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 10 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 2 0 2.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 9 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
August 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -