2022 Football Roster

20 Brandon Eickert

  • Position Kicker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Charles, IL
  • High School St. Charles North
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Physics

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • All-PFL Honorable Mention (2019)
  • Two-time PFL All-Academic First Team (2020-21, 2021)
  • Three-time PFL Academic Honor Roll Member (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Three-time PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 11, 2019, Week 5, 2021 and Week 12, 2021)
  • Entering the 2022 Season is third on USD career list in made field goals (28).  Also third in Points After Touchdown career list with 91.
JUNIOR (2021)
  • All-PFL Special Teams second team
  • PFL All-Academic First Team
  • PFL Academic Honor Roll
  • All-PFL Honorable Mention
  • Two-time PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Weeks 5 and 12)
  • Was the primary place kicker in all 11 games.
  • Went 23-of-25 on Point After Touchdowns (92%).
  • Successful on 11 of 16 Field Goals.  Tied for fifth most field goals in a season.
  • Career long 44 yard field goal against Drake (Oct. 16)
SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
  • PFL All-Academic First Team
  • Appeared in all six games as USD’s primary kicker
  • Made 8-of-10 field goal attempts 
  • Longest field goal made was 36 yards at Drake (Mar. 13)
  • Converted 14-of-16 PATs 
  • PFL Academic Honor Roll
FRESHMAN (2019)
  • All-PFL Honorable Mention
  • Played in all 12 games as USD’s primary kicker
  • Made 9-of-10 field goal attempts
  • Longest field goal made was 40 yards at Jacksonville (Nov. 23)
  • Converted 54-of-58 PATs
  • Went 7-of-7 twice in PATs; against Drake (Nov. 2) and Morehead State (Nov. 16)
  • Recorded three kickoffs for 180 yards (60.0 average) with one touchback
  • PFL Academic Honor Roll
  • PFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his 3-for-3 FG performance in Week 11 at Stetson
    • Was also 6-of-6 in extra-point attempts
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Set school record with eight field goals in 2017
  • Making eight of nine field goal attempts set school record for field-goal percentage
  • 2017 all-conference and all-area
  • Earned conference academic honors three times
  • The North Stars were 2017 Upstate Eight River Conference champions
  • Team participated in state playoffs in 2016 and 2017
  • Played soccer and participated in track and field
 
PERSONAL
  • Double majoring in electrical engineering and math
  • Son of Chuck and Cherie Eickert
  • Has brother Alec
  • Father was nose tackle at Northwestern
  • Brother kicked at University of Oregon
  • Member of Math National Honor Society in high school as well as a board member of scholar athletes
  • Produces music that can be found on SoundCloud
  • Reads and explores philosophy and science in his free time

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2019Freshman

    Kicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020-21Sophomore

    Kicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2021Junior

    Kicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2022Senior

    Kicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    20