Pos. | K/P |
Ht. | 6-0 |
Wt. | 190 |
Yr. | Jr. |
Hometown | Black Diamond, Wash. |
High School (Prev. School) | Tahoma (Portland State) |
2019 All-PFL Honorable Mention
2019: Received All-PFL Honorable Mention recognition... Averaged 39.4 yards per punt over 65 punts, the best mark by a Valpo punter with at least 20 attempts since Greg Wood’s 40.9 yard average in 2012… Ranked fifth in the league in yards per punt… Knocked 12 punts inside the 20 and had six punts of 50 yards or longer… Booted a 56-yard punt in his home debut on Sept. 14 vs. Central Connecticut, the longest Valpo punt since the second game of the 2016 season, when Alex Ng struck a 59 yarder at Sacred Heart… Had 10 punts for 404 yards on Sept. 21 at Truman State, becoming the 17th punter in the FCS nation with a 10-punt game in 2019 and the first Valpo player to hit double figures in single-game punts since 2013… Ran for 10 yards and a first down on a fake punt play on Oct. 5 at Drake. Booted a pair of punts for 50+ yards in that game against the Bulldogs… Had two punts of greater than 50 yards on Oct. 19 at San Diego… Averaged 40.7 yards per punt on six punts, including a punt of 48 yards and two downed inside the 20 on Nov. 9 vs. Morehead State… Member of PFL Honor Roll.
Portland State (2017-2018): Earned the starting role at punter… Averaged 38.5 yards per punt while booting rugby-style kicks… Big Sky All-Academic Team performer… Member of the Dean’s List.
High School: Competed in two years of varsity basketball… Was the National Honor Society Vice President and graduated with honors… Did not play high school football and didn’t start punting until after his senior year of high school, when he began teaching himself how to punt.
Personal: Majoring in exercise science… Birthday is Feb. 18… Son of Kenneth and Corrin Niesner… Has one brother, Austin… Hobbies/interests include video games and working out… Started school at Oregon State in 2016-17 until transferring to Portland State, where he beat out a scholarship punter and became the starter for the final game of 2017 and all of 2018… Before his first year at Portland State in 2017, hadn’t played football in his life except a brief stint of youth football.
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