Completed Event: Football versus #17 Kansas State on August 23, 2025 , Win , 24, to, 21
Final
Football
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#17 Kansas State
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Iowa State University Athletics
2013 Football Roster
Harger, Mitchell
Jersey Number 85
Mitchell Harger
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Alburnett, Iowa
- High School:
- Alburnett
Bio
Awards and Honors
Ennis Haywood Consideration Award (2016)
First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2015, 2016)
Outstanding Walk-On Player (2015)
2016
Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Ennis Haywood Consideration Award winner … excelled on special teams and as a reserve running back … recorded 19 carries for 109 yards and a TD … averaged 6.1 yards per carry … caught three passes for 19 yards … had two carries for 13 yards vs. San Jose State … instrumental in the Kansas win, rushing for 58 yards on eight carries, all in one series … capped off the drive by scoring his first career TD on a six-yard rush … posted a career-long 17-yard rush vs. the Jayhawks … rushed for 25 yards on three carries vs. West Virginia.
2015
Academic All-Big 12 First Team … one of ISU’s stars on special teams, competing in all 12 games … had five carries for 29 yards vs. Kansas, including a long rush of nine yards … had a five-yard rush vs. West Virginia … caught a 21-yard pass to convert a first down on a fake punt vs. West Virginia … also had a tackle on special teams.
2014
Played in four games primarily on special teams … posted two tackles.
2013
Squad member.
2012
Redshirted initial collegiate season.
High School
Three-year letterwinner at Alburnett High School … Class 1A Player of the Year in 2011 after rushing for 2,716 yards and 40 touchdowns … averaged 11.6 yards per carry … also had 94 tackles … led state of Iowa in rushing to earn first-team all-state honors … team finished 11-1 advancing to the state quarterfinals … also participated in baseball, hockey and track … class valedictorian.
Personal
Born May 4, 1994 … son of Rick and Kris Harger … aerospace engineering major ... graduated in the spring of 2016.
Cyclone Express South Dakota at ISU 2025
Friday, September 05
Jontez Williams 9_2_25 interview
Tuesday, September 02
Gabe Burkle 9_2_25 interview
Tuesday, September 02
Rocco Becht 9_2_25 interview
Tuesday, September 02
