Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Last updated July 22, 2015

Career Notes: Legitimately one of the top wide receivers in the Football Championship Subdivision...Three-year starter...Needs just one reception to reach 100 in his career...Is on pace to break Southeast’s career record in receiving touchdowns (26) entering his senior season ranked second with 20.

2014: First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection...Team captain...Started seven games at wide receiver...Made 44 catches for 711 yards and nine touchdowns as the Redhawks top receiver for the second-straight year...His nine receiving touchdowns were third-most in the OVC and tied for fourth-best on Southeast’s all-time single-season list...Averaged 16.2 yards per catch and 101.6 receiving yards per game...Missed five weeks with a Lisfranc fracture in his right foot...Suffered that injury early in the third quarter against No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana (9/20) and caught the game-winning touchdown on a 2-yard pass with four seconds left to give the Redhawks a win over their highest ranked opponent in school history...At the time of his injury, he led the nation with six receiving touchdowns...Returned from his injury at Tennessee Tech (11/8) and had over 100 receiving yards in two of his final three games of the season...Caught six passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns vs. Austin Peay (11/15) and made a career-high eight catches for 135 yards and one TD vs. nationally-ranked Jacksonville State (11/22).

2013: Appeared in 12 games and made 10 starts...Southeast’s top receiver with 44 catches for 646 yards and nine touchdowns...Averaged a team-high 14.7 yards per catch and 53.8 receiving yards per game...Made five receptions for a season-high 133 yards and two touchdowns vs. regional-rival Southern Illinois (9/21) at Busch Stadium...His 75-yard touchdown catch against the Salukis was the Redhawks second-longest of the season...Caught an 18-yard touchdown pass to tie the game with less than a minute left in regulation vs. Murray State (10/12)...Later tied the game again when he scored on a 15-yard reception during Southeast’s first overtime possession in that game...Scored a receiving touchdown in five-straight games (10/12-11/9)...Finished with a season-high seven catches at Eastern Illinois (10/19)...Led the team in scoring with 54 points...Ranked seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference in receptions (3.7) and receiving yards (53.8) per game...Made seven catches of 20 or more yards.

2012: Southeast’s third-leading receiver as a true freshman...Caught 11 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns in nine games...Averaged 12.5 yards per catch...Made an acrobatic 22-yard reception for his first career touchdown late in the fourth quarter at Southern Illinois (9/15)...Had a season-high five catches for 66 yards and a touchdown vs. Tennessee State (10/13)...Hauled in a highlight-reel catch on an 8-yard pass from Scott Lathrop for the Redhawks final touchdown of the game vs. Tennessee State (10/13)...Also had a season-long 28-yard reception against the Tigers...Added two catches at Eastern Illinois (11/10)...Southeast Scholar-Athlete.

Prep: Was ranked 20th on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Super 30 list at Soldan High School...Named the Public High Small Schools Offensive Player of the Year...First-Team All-Metro pick...Led the metro region with 64 catches for 1,607 yards and 23 touchdowns...Averaged 25.1 yards per reception...Rushed for two touchdowns, threw another and accounted for a total of 26 total TDs...Could play either football or basketball in college...Scored 18 points and had four steals in Soldan High’s Class 4 state championship victory over Springfield Hillcrest...Named the Suburban Journals/St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis City Male Athlete of the Year...Averaged over 14 points and shot 67 percent from the field and 57 percent (37-of-65) from three-point range as a senior, leading the Tigers to their third-straight Class 4 Final Four appearance and first state title since 1981...Was also a jumper for the track and field team.

Personal: Born November 15, 1992...Majoring in Family Studies...Son of Sherry Triplett...First of five children in his family to attend college...Very well-rounded and likable beyond the football field...Was just nine years old when his father passed away from a sudden heart attack...Lost his brother a year ago and has used football as a way to persevere and overcome the incredible amount of loss in his life...Played one year of basketball at Southeast in 2013-14...Saw action in 13 games during his only college basketball season...Averaged 5.9 points a game...Made 3-of-5 three-pointers, knocking down his first three attempts...Scored his first career points on a game-tying three-pointer with 36 seconds left in regulation vs. IUPUI (12/23)...Also had two steals and one rebound in 15 minutes off the bench...Pitched in eight points and knocked down two threes in 30 minutes at Missouri State (12/29)...Dropped in a season-high 16 points and made a perfect 6-of-6 field goals as one of six players in double figures vs. Kansas City (1/29)...Scored 14 points and matched a season-high six field goals vs. Jacksonville State (2/20)...Fractured a rib in his right side that sidelined him for the last five games of the season.