Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Last updated July 22, 2015

Iowa Western CC: Two-time All-Midwest Football Conference selection for national powerhouse Iowa Western CC in Council Bluffs, Iowa...Team finished 22-2 over the last two seasons...Named First-Team All-MFC after completing 166-of-282 passes (58.9%) for 1,912 yards and 25 touchdowns as a redshirt-sophomore for a team that finished 11-1 and was the runner-up in the junior college national championship game...Rushed for 184 yards on 82 carries (16.4 avg.) with four TDs in 2014...Second-Team All-MFC selection as a redshirt-freshman in 2013 for an 11-1 team that won the Graphic Edge Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 2 in the country...Was a teammate of Southeast RB signee Tremane McCullough in 2013...Also received a scholarship offer from Eastern Michigan...Graduated high school early and enrolled at Kansas State for the spring 2012 semester...Started for the second-team offense in the spring game.

Prep: Rated the No. 1 high school player in Nebraska, No. 20 dual-threat QB in the country and a three-star recruit by Rivals.com for Southwest High School in Lincoln, Neb....Threw for 1,025 yards, rushed for 699 yards and accounted for 20 TDs as a senior...2011 Super State first-team pick and First-Team All-City selection...Ran for 793 yards and five TDs in 2010 while throwing for 970 yards and six TDs as a junior... Selected to the All-City Class A and All-State team as a sophomore...Honor roll student with a 3.5 GPA...Also received scholarship offers from Tulane and Ohio out of high school.

Personal: Born April 1, 1994...Majoring in General Studies...Son of Jeremy Bender.