NDSU

* 2008 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second Team
* 2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team
* Sports Network Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9-1-08)
* Missouri Valley Football Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9-1-08)
* 2008 Phil Steele’s College Preview All-Great West Football Conference ?rst team
* 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-America® ?rst team
* 2007 CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team
* 2008, 2007 FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star team
* Finalist for 2008 ARA Sportsmanship Award
* Semi?nalst for 2008 Draddy Trophy
* 2008 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
* 2008, 2007, 2006 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District®
* 2007 All-Great West Football Conference ?rst team
* 2006 Football Gazette FCS All-Northwest Region third team
* Two-time GWFC All-Academic team
 
Impressed fans and opponents alike with ability to make the big play over, over and over again...Started 42 of 43 games played during career...Caught at least one pass in 34 straight games during one stretch and 41-of-43 games overall...Finished No. 1 all-time at NDSU with 178 pass receptions and 2,732 receiving yards, and No. 5 with 17 TD receptions...Led the Bison in receptions all four seasons...He was the ?rst NDSU wide receiver to achieve that feat...Has deceptive speed with good size and hands...Not afraid to go over the middle...2008 SEASON (SENIOR): Started all 10 games played...Named to 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® ?rst team, one of several academic awards bestowed...Selected to 2008 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Led the Bison with 41 catches for 744 yards (18.1 avg) and four TDs...Caught eight passes for 179 yards and three TDs in season opener against Austin Peay (8-28-08)...Selected Sports Network and Valley Football Co-Offensive player of the Week (9-1-08)...The receiving yards and TDs were career bests...Caught a career-high nine passes for 111 yards at Youngstown State (9-20-08)...In ?nal Valley Football statistics, ranked No. 3 in receiving yards and No, 5 in receptions...2007 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started in all 11 games and caught at least one pass in each outing...Led the Bison in receiving with 48 receptions for 766 yards and six TDs...Ranked No. 3 in both receptions and receiving yards in the ?nal league statistics...Named to the All-Great West Football Conference ?rst team...Selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® second team, FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star team and Academic All-GWFC squad...Was on the receiving end of several last minute game- winning TDs from Steve Walker...Caught both passes in a comeback drive including a 27-yard scoring pass with 7 seconds left against Sam Houston State (9-15-07)...The other came against Cal Poly to complete the largest fourth quarter comeback in school history...Walker and Heckendorf hooked up on an 80-yard TD pass, making the catch and eluding several defenders into the end zone with 38 seconds left...Matched a career-high with eight receptions for 131 yards against Illinois State (11-3-07)...2006 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Started all 11 games and caught at least one pass in each outing...Led the Bison with 52 receptions good for 752 yards and ?ve touchdowns...Ranked No. 3 in receiving yards and No. 4 in receptions in the ?nal league statistics...Named to the Football Gazette’s All-Northwest Region third team and All-GWFC second team by the media...Selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® second team and Academic All-GWFC squad...Turned incompletions into completions at least four times...Made an acrobatic catch in the end zone for a TD off a tipped ball from teammate Travis White as time ran out in the ?rst half against Ball State (9-23-06)...Finished with seven catches for 95 yards vs. the Cardinals...Recorded a career-high eight receptions for 103 yards in the 17-9 win at Stephen F. Austin (9-30-06)...Recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a TD against Mississippi Valley State (10-14-06)...Credited with seven receptions for a career-high 115 yards and one TD during the 28-24 comeback win vs. UC Davis (11-4-06)...The scoring pass covered a season-long 47 yards...Made only one catch against South Dakota State, but it went for a 41-yard TD during the 41-28 win that clinched the league championship...2005 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Started and made at least one reception in 10 of 11 games...Collected a team-high 37 receptions for 470 yards and two TDs...Ranked No. 8 in receptions and No. 10 in receiving yards in the ?nal GWFC statistics...Made a season-high six receptions for 89 yards at nationally ranked Montana State (9-24-05)...Caught his ?rst TD pass in the victory over Northwestern State (9-10-05), while his other scoring reception came against Weber State (9-17-05)...Recorded a season best 97 yards on ?ve catches during a rally against UC Davis (10-22-05)...2004 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state by both the Associated Press and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and a second team all-state pick by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a senior...Also tabbed all-conference and all-district...Played both wide receiver and linebacker in high school...Hauled in 63 receptions for 1,257 yards and 19 TDs as a senior...Named ?rst team WFCA all-state and second-team all-state by the AP and the Journal Sentinal as a junior when he set state records with 116 catches for 1,714 yards and 11 TDs...Led the nation in receptions as a junior, and his senior TD total was a state record as were the reception and yardage totals as a junior...His 235 career receptions for 3,831 yards and 36 TDs are all state marks...Also competed in hockey and track and feld...Honorable mention all-state and three-time all-conference performer on the ice...State champ in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the 100 meters as a senior...PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education...Family includes two brothers, Keith, who was a Harlon Hill ?nalist in both 2002 and 2003 as a quarterback at St. Cloud State, and Kyle, who played baseball at Wisconsin-Oshkosh...Son of Bart and Wendy Heckendorf...Father played football at Wisconsin-La Crosse.
 
Heckendorf’s Career Bests
Receptions: 9 at Youngstown State, 9-20-08 (111 yards)
Receiving Yards: 179 vs. Austin Peay, 8-28-08 (8 receptions)
Long Reception: 80 at Cal Poly, 11-10-07