2021 (fall): MVFC All-Academic First Team selection ... saw action in all 11 games for the Redbirds at wide receiver, with nine starts … led the team in receptions (19), yards (407) and receiving touchdowns (3) … averaged a team-best 21.4 yards per catch, with a long of 59 yards … recorded two catches for 69 yards and a touchdown in the season opener … had a season-high four catches for 100 yards at Southern Illinois … had two catches for 43 yards including the game-winning 27 yard touchdown in overtime against UNI … finished career with three catches for 74 and a touchdown vs. Indiana State.
2021 (spring): Started all four games at wide receiver ... named a MVFC Second-Team All-Academic Team selection ... led the team with 188 yards receiving, averaging 23.5 yards per catch ... posted a career-best five catches for 132 yards in the season opener against South Dakota ... also hauled in a career-long 58 yard reception in that contest ... caught two passes for 51 yards at North Dakota State, including a 45-yarder.
2019: Participated in 15 games, with 10 starts at wide receiver ... ranked fifth on the squad in receptions (15) and yards (178) ... averaged 11.9 yards per catch and finished with one receiving touchdown ... also rushed three times for 28 yards, including an 18 yard touchdown ... caught first career touchdown in a win at Southern Illinois ... hauled in a career-long 44-yard pass in the team's win over No. 4 South Dakota State ... rushed for an 18-yard score in the second-round FCS playoff win at Central Arkansas.
2018: Saw action in seven contests at wide receiver ... caught one pass for 11 yards on the season.
Lemont HS: Two-year starter for head coach Bret Kooi … recorded 50 catches for 760 yards as a senior, while helping team to a conference title and the quarterfinals of the IHSA playoffs … first-team all-conference pick and academic all-state honoree … also earned first-team all-conference honors as a junior … team went undefeated in the regular season and won the conference title.
Personal: Born June 9, 2000, in Hinsdale, Illinois … son of Kevin and Laura Nagel … one of five siblings … member of the high honor roll every semester in high school … Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society member … his cousin, Coby Fleener, played at Stanford and in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints.
