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Jersey Number 21
Chris Kiel
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mount Horeb, Wis.
- High School:
- Mount Horeb HS
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Participated in three games against South Dakota, Northern Iowa and St. Thomas during his redshirt year with the Bison...Had one kickoff return for 22 yards against South Dakota.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mount Horeb High School in 2025...Three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for coach Bret St. Arnauld...Team captain his senior year...Played wide receiver, running back and defensive back...School career record holder for receptions (146), receiving yards (2,302) and touchdown catches (26)...Also set single-season records his senior year with 79 catches for 1,073 yards and 13 TDs...All-state wide receiver in 2024...Earned all-conference and all-region honors at wide receiver and defensive back...Regional Offensive Player of the Year...Part of four conference championship teams and back-to-back 12-1 seasons his junior and senior years...Also competes in basketball and track and field...Part of the school-record 4x400 relay team...Ranks second in school history in the long jump.
PERSONAL: Undecided on a college major...Son of Kristin Kiel.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mount Horeb High School in 2025...Three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for coach Bret St. Arnauld...Team captain his senior year...Played wide receiver, running back and defensive back...School career record holder for receptions (146), receiving yards (2,302) and touchdown catches (26)...Also set single-season records his senior year with 79 catches for 1,073 yards and 13 TDs...All-state wide receiver in 2024...Earned all-conference and all-region honors at wide receiver and defensive back...Regional Offensive Player of the Year...Part of four conference championship teams and back-to-back 12-1 seasons his junior and senior years...Also competes in basketball and track and field...Part of the school-record 4x400 relay team...Ranks second in school history in the long jump.
PERSONAL: Undecided on a college major...Son of Kristin Kiel.
NDSU Football Mountain West Press Conference - February 9, 2026
Monday, February 09
The Bison Football Show - December 7, 2025
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NDSU Football Press Conference - December 2, 2025
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