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38 Garret Wegner

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 197
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lodi, Wis.
  • High School Lodi HS

Biography

* 2020-21 Stats Perform All-America First Team
* 2020-21 Associated Press All-America First Team
* 2020-21 HERO Sports All-America First Team
* 2020-21 FCS ADA All-America First Team
* 2020-21 Athlon Sports All-America First Team
* 2020-21 Phil Steele All-America Second Team
* 2018 Stats Perform All-America Third Team
* 2018 Associated Press All-America Third Team
* 2018 Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team
* 2018, 2020-21 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team
* 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS Special Teams Player of the Week
* 2020-21 MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week (2)
* 2019 MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week
* 2018 MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week
* 2020-21 MVFC All-Academic Second Team
* 2019 MVFC All-Academic Honorable Mention
* 2017 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020-21 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2020-21 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

2020-21 SEASON (SENIOR):
 All-America first team punter by Stats Perform, The Associated Press, HERO Sports, Athlon Sports and the FCS Athletic Directors Association...Second team All-America pick by Phil Steele...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Ranked fourth in the FCS and second in the MVFC averaging 46.1 yards per punt...Had 14 punts of 50-plus yards including a career-long 67-yarder at Missouri State...Placed 19 of his 45 punts inside the 20-yard line...Stats Perform FCS Special Teams Player of the Week after his performance at Missouri State, where he averaged 52.2 yards on five punts and placed two inside the 20 while limiting the Bears to 10 return yards...Also ran a fake punt 23 yards for a first down to set up NDSU's first touchdown in the 25-0 victory....Earned one of two MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week awards...Second award came after the 23-20 win at Northern Iowa, where he punted four times with a 44.2 average...Had a long of 48 yards and placed two punts inside the 20 including a 44-yarder to the UNI 2 and a 45-yard punt downed at the UNI 4 with 1:00 left in the game...Voted to the MVFC All-Academic second team...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Handled the punting and kickoffs in all 16 games...Seventh in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with an average of 40.5 yards on 53 punts...Had nine punts of 50-plus yards...MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after booting a season-long of 60 yards against Northern Iowa and averaging 50.7 yards on three punts with two inside the 20...Second in the MVFC with 22 fair catches...Had one punt blocked for a safety at Delaware...Averaged 57.3 yards on 103 kickoffs with 27 touchbacks...Honorable mention to the MVFC All-Academic Team...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-America third team by Stats Perform and The Associated Press...Fourth team pick by Phil Steele...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Averaged 43.0 yards per punt on 59 attempts...Ranked second among league punters and 11th in the FCS...Booted 14 punts of 50-plus yards...League-best 27 punts inside the 20-yard line...Also limited returners to 16 fair catches...Opponents returned 20 punts for just 3.3 yards per return...NDSU ranked sixth nationally in net punting with a 39.15 average...MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after the 21-17 win over South Dakota State in which he averaged 47.4 yards on five punts with three inside the 20-yard line...Booted a 49-yard punt out-of-bounds at the SDSU 2 with just 1:15 left before halftime and launched a key 54-yarder to the SDSU 7 that led to a three-and-out on SDSU's final offensive possession.

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in six games as the backup for punts and kickoffs...Handled 11 kickoffs over the first three weeks of the season and another two attempts in late October against Northern Iowa...Averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff with one touchback...Punted three times in the NCAA playoffs with an average of 32.7 yards...Longest punt was 36 yards against San Diego...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll.

2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out as a redshirt in the Bison program...MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Part of three conference championship teams at Lodi under head coach Dave Puls...2015 Kevin Stemke Award winner as the most outstanding kicker/punter in Wisconsin...2015 Associated Press all-state second team punter...Averaged 40.5 yards per punt and 60.0 yards per kickoff...Had 31 of 56 kickoffs go for touchbacks...Connected on 39 of 40 extra points...Made a school-record 54-yard field goal...Third in Wisconsin state history with 30 career field goals (30-for-51)...Holds two of the state's top single-season marks for field goals with 11 as a sophomore and 12 as a senior...Kicked a state-record five field goals to give Lodi a 15-14 state quarterfinal victory in 2015...Three-time all-conference center fielder for three conference championship baseball teams.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in food science...Son of Dan and Mary Wegner of Lodi, Wis...Has a younger brother, Nathan.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2016Freshman

    Kicker
    6'0" 177 lbs
    21
  • 22

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Punter
    6'0" 184 lbs
    22
  • 38

    2018Sophomore

    Punter
    6'0" 191 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2019Junior

    Punter
    6'0" 194 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2020Senior

    Punter
    6'0" 197 lbs
    38