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2024 Football

8 Brandt Hixson

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position WR
  • Major Masters in Exercise Science
  • Hometown Machesney Park, Ill.
  • Prev School Harlem

Biography

  • NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week (9/20/21)
  • MSFA Midwest League Special Teams Player of the Week (9/20/21)

2021

NAIA Rankings

  • Kick Return Touchdowns - T-7th (1)
  • Kick Return Long - 9th (96)

MSFA Rankings

  • Kick Return Touchdowns - T-1st (1)
  • Kick Return Long - 2nd (96)
  • Receiving Touchdowns - T-13th (3)
  • Receptions - 15th (28)
  • Receiving Yards per game - 15th (31.6)
  • Receiving Yards - 16th (316)

Played in all 10 of the team's games ... made 28 receptions for 316 yards with three touchdowns with a long of 45 yards ... he averaged 11.3 yards per catch and 31.6 yards per game ... had nine carries for 45 yards for 5.0 per carry and a long of 21 yards ... returned nine kickoffs for 211 yards, including a 96-yard return for a touchdown at Siena Height University (Mich.) on Sept. 18 ... amassed 536 all-purpose yards ... made a season-high five receptions vs. University of Indianapolis (Ind.) for 39 yards on Sept. 4 ... pulled down four catches for 91 yards and a touchdown vs. University of Saint Francis (Ind.) on Sept. 25 ... totaled 148 all-purpose yards vs. No. 13 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) on Oct. 9.

2020

Played in one of the team's eight games as a freshman ... had three receptions for 39 yards, with a long of 15 yards at St. Francis (Ill.) on Feb. 6, 2021.

Prep:  Played football at Harlem High School in Machesney Park, Ill.

Date of Birth:  Dec. 14, 2001 ... Parents:  Danna Ferguson

Career Receiving Stats Career Rushing Stats
Year GP Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Lg. Yds/Gm Att. Yds. YPC TD Long Yds/Gm
2020 1 3 39 13.0 0 15 39.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 10 28 316 11.3 3 45 31.6 9 45 5.0 0 21 4.5
Career 11 31 355 11.5 3 45 32.3 9 45 5.0 0 21 4.1

Career Kick Return Stats
Year Ret. Yds. Avg. TD Lg
2020 0 0 0.0 0 0
2021 9 211 23.4 1 96
Career 9 211 23.4 1 96

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2022Junior

    WR
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    WR
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Graduate Student

    WR
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8