CAREER: A three-year starter...named to All-NSIC Team twice, including first team in 2019 while leading USF to the playoffs for the third time in his four years at USF...named All-NSIC second team in 2018....averaged a 80 percent grade over three seasons with a team-high 252 knockdowns, seven sacks allowed on 1,803 plays and 1,622 positive reps...has totaled 32 games with a 70 percent grade or better, including 24 over 80 percent and 13 at 85 percent or better...was a part of the NSIC title team in 2016 (12-1, 11-0 in league), three playoff teams, which had a combined 1-3 record...in two of his three seasons, led the way for 1,000-yard rushers and in 2018, USF ranked fifth in DII with 274.2 yards per game...helped All-American Gabe Watson rank third nationally with 1,953 rushing yards (school record) and score 26 TDs while averaging a DII best 177.3 yards per game...helped Thuro Reisdorfer rushed for 1,150 yards and 13 TDs in 2019 when USF averaged 216.2 yards per game (2,564 yards, 5.0 avg., 28 TDs) in 2019...USF was 36-11 in his four seasons.
2019 -- Starter in all 12 games and one of the NSIC best DII run blockers...led USF to the NCAA DII playoffs... named to the first team All-NSIC squad had a monster season in 2019 when he led USF with 89 knockdowns and had the second highest grade among USF offensive linemen at 88.21 percent...had a positive rep on 591 of 670 plays...allowed just 2.5 sacks...had a 90 percent grade (72-of-80 positive reps) with one sack allowed and recorded nine knockdowns...against Upper Iowa had a 89.29 percent grade (50-of-56 positive reps) with no sacks allowed and eight knockdowns...also had an 81.82 percent grade (54-of-66) positve reps with no sacks allowed and eight knockdowns against No. 1 Minnesota State...helped USF averaged 216.2 yards per game (519-,2,564-5.0 avg-28 TDs) for second in the NSICÂ in 2019.
2018 - Started all 11 games and part of NSIC's most productive offense (466.5 total yards per game) and No. 19 offense in NCAA DII...also played a role at guard for USF, which led the NSIC and was fifth-ranked in NCAA DII in rushing at 274.2 yards per game...had a monster season in 2018, leading USF with 117.5 knockdowns...made the All-NSIC second-team for the first time in his career...graded at 85 percent (604 positive reps on 711 snaps)...had a season-best 94 percent grade in the "Key to the City" 51-13 win over Augustana and also graded at 88 percent in the victory over Concordia-St. Paul to open the season...in six games had double digit knockdowns and a career-high 16 against St. Cloud State...had 13 knockdowns against both Minot State and MSU Moorhead and 12.5 against No. 1 Minnesota State...graded 80 percent or better nine times in 11 games...had an 85 percent grade five times and over 90 once...part of offensive line that helped Gabriel Watson set a school game rushing mark with 320 yards against MSU Moorhead...graded 86 percent and was part of offensive front that helped USF tie a program mark of 444 rushing yards against Minot State on 9-29-18...allowed three sacks in 711 plays....part of offensive line that helped Gabriel Watson rush for school record 1,957 yards and the 3,011 rushing yards overall ranked second in USF's program history.
2017 - As sophomore, started all 11 games for a team that finished 9-3, was ranked No. 20 in the final poll and reached the playoffs for a third consecutive year...in 389 plays, registered 299 positive reps for the fifth ranked offense in the NSIC...graded at 76.9 percent with 44 knockdowns and just two sacks allowed....had nine games with a 70 percent or higher grade with four over 80 percent and three 85 percent or better...graded at 69.49 percent with 41-of-59 plays showing positive performance on Aug. 31 in a win over No. 8 Minnesota Duluth on the road...had a team-high eight knockdowns, which was his high for the season...had 21-of-27 positive reps in grading 77.78 percent with six knockdowns against U-Mary on Sept. 16...had 32-of-39 positive reps in grading 82.05 percent in a home win on Sept. 23 over Minnesota Crookston...also had six knockdowns and allowed a sack vs UMC...against No. 22 Winona State on Oct. 7, had 22-of-37 positive reps and a 59.46 percent grade with three knockdowns...in a win over Wayne State on the road on Oct. 12, had a 74.42 grade with 32-of-43 positive reps and six knockdowns...graded at 75 percent with 15-of-20 positive reps in a win over Concordia St. Paul on Oct. 21...had his second highest grade of the season in the 21-14 "Key to the City" victory over Augustana on Oct. 28 at home with an 86.21 percent grade with 25 positive snaps on 29 reps and three knockdowns...had a 70.5 percent grade with 24-of-34 positive snaps and four knockdowns against Upper Iowa on Nov. 4...against No. 1 Minnesota State on Nov. 11, graded at 85.71 percent with 18-of-21 positive snaps and two knockdowns...saved his best performance for the playoffs with a career-best 86.79 percent grade on 46 positive reps in 53 snaps and six knockdowns.
2016 - Played in three games (Concordia St. Paul, 10/22; Upper Iowa, 11/5; Wayne State, 11/12) on offensive line for the NSIC champs...played a key role for the top rushing team in the NSIC, which ranked third nationally at 308.1 yards per game...part of the offensive line that paved the way for All-American Max Mickey to rush for a school record 1,764 yards, which ranked third nationally, and 8.6 yards per carry, which led the nation...also helped two others rush for over 800 yards (Luke Papilion, 987 yards, 7.5 yards per carry; Justin Fulks, 812 yards, 6.5 yards per carry)...part of the offense that had the second best total in school history with 6,647 yards, 511.3 per game for seventh in DII and school record 4,005 yards...also helped USF rank 17th nationally in scoring at 39 points per game...had a 50 percent grade on 12 reps against Concordia St. Paul...graded out 85.7 percent on 14 reps with two knockdowns against Upper Iowa...had a 57.1 percent grade on seven reps against Wayne State.
2015 - Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL - Standout offensive lineman at Eau Claire Regis High School...played on both the offensive and defensive lines for head coach Bryant Brenner...was a four-time first-team All-Cloverbelt Conference selection, three-time All-Northwest Region honoree and twice was named honorable mention all-state...also excelled in Track and Field for the Ramblers, finishing conference runner-up twice in the shot put and discus...was also a three-time regional champion in the shot put and discus and qualified twice for the state meet.
PERSONAL - Son of Richard Kern and Susan Kern...pew-law major.
