NDSU

* 2017, 2019 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 MVFC Honor Roll

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played all 16 games and made three starts in place of injured defensive tackle Cole Karcz...Totaled 27 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss...Career-high four tackles including a solo TFL plus two pass breakups in the non-conference win over UC Davis...Credited with two quarterback hurries in the conference opener at Illinois State...Recovered a fumble at South Dakota State that led to a Bison touchdown...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll for the fourth straight year...Earned his second MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 10 of 15 games...Made nine tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss...Credited with an assisted sack in the NCAA second round playoff win over Montana State...Season-high three tackles in the quarterfinal win over Colgate...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Backup defensive tackle who appeared in two games...Credited with two tackles in the season-opener against Mississippi Valley State and one tackle against Robert Morris...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll.

2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out as a redshirt in the Bison program...Moved from tight end to defensive tackle for 2017 spring practice...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman and three-year starter for coach Chuck Ross at Underwood...Three-time all-conference and two-time all-state honoree...Tight end and fullback who also played on the defensive line...Set school records for sacks in a game (4.5), season (20) and career (45)...Helped lead the Rockets to the Minnesota 9-man state final in 2013 and 2015, finishing with a 13-1 record his senior year...Three-time all-conference basketball player and a 1,000-point scorer...Also competed in track and field...Personal records of 46 feet in the shot put and 140 feet in the discus throw.

PERSONAL: Majoring in electrical engineering with a minor in computer science...Plans to pursue a master's degree in business administration...Son of Curtis and Mary Biegler of Underwood, Minn...Family includes an older sister, Megan...Had a cousin as a teammate at NDSU his first two seasons, former wide receiver Daniel Polansky.