Northern Illinois University Athletics

2024
•    Competed for all of spring practice.
•    Hosted multiple national campus outreach tours.
•    Left NIU as a Huskie Scholar and Dean’s List member with a cumulative GPA of 4.0).
 
2023
•    Unable to compete due to prior spring 2022 injury.
•    Received a medical redshirt.
•    Led and constructed frequent campus outreach.
•    Launched the national student-led campus movement, Met By Love (MBL).
 
2022
•    Injured during spring practice.
•    Received a medical redshirt.
•    Invited and trained to become a member of the National Honors Society, National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), as well as the Exercise Science Club.
•    Selected and served as one of four student leaders for the campus ministry, Athletes in Action (AIA).
 
2021
•    Made NIU Huskie debut on offense against Western Michigan as one of two freshman wide receivers to compete in the season.
•   Qualified for a redshirt season. 

High School
•    Four-year varsity letterwinner.
•    Played for Aurora Christian High School in Aurora, Illinois for his freshman season.
•    Moved to Florida and played for Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel as a sophomore and junior.  
•    Started at wide receiver and accumulated a total of two touchdowns and 324 receiving yards on 16 receptions with a long of 84 yards on a score in his junior year.
•    Named Top 10 All-Time for Pro Agility (4.06) at the Elite Football Academy Combine in St. Louis, Missouri.
•    Selected as Offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) at Coach David Schuman’s Midwest Elite Invitational and invited to the NUC All-American Game in Savannah, Georgia.
•    Selected as a Top 10 Wide Receiver Standout from the Prep Redzone Illinois Showcase.
•    Moved back up to Illinois and played for Aurora Christian his senior year in the shortened spring season due to COVID 19.
•    Played quarterback as a senior due to Aurora Christian and NIU teammate Ethan Hampton’s, early enrollment following COVID 19.
•    Achieved team honors such as Captain, Most Valuable Player (MVP), and the Tommy Velasquez Award for character, passion, and work ethic in 2020.
•    Achieved broader honors such as Conference Offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP), 1st Team All-Area, 1st Team All-State, and 1st Team All-Academic in 2020.
•    Broke three school records for Season Completion Percentage (62.5%), QB Rushing Yards Per Game (101), and Single-game QB Rushing Touchdowns (4) in his first season at quarterback.
•    Rushed for eight touchdowns and 607 yards on 76 carries with a long of 60 yards in shortened six-game season.
•    Passed for eight touchdowns and 795 yards on 96 attempts as a senior.
•    Earned High Honor Roll.
•    Voted by entire school staff to receive the Christian Character Award.
•    One of four students to be awarded the Nate Kok Scholarship.
•    Appointed to the Mock Congress & Senior Class Leadership Teams.
•    Graduated 8th in Senior Class with a 4.3 GPA.

Personal
• Birthday is February 14th.
• Son of Hadessah and Brad Brueckner
• A kinesiology major.