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2021 Football Roster

48 Niko Hea

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 245
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School Christian Brothers

Biography

  • 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2020 (Sophomore): Played in all 10 games, starting five ... Made first career start at No. 10 Florida (10/31) ... Also started against at South Carolina (11/21), Vanderbilt (11/28), Arkansas (12/5) and No. 12 Georgia (12/12) ... Caught 14 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns, all career-highs ... Touchdown catches came against LSU (10/10) and at Mississippi State (12/19) ... Was one of only three players on the team with two or more touchdown receptions during the season ... Had a career-high four catches for 31 yards against Kentucky ... Matched his career-best of 31 yards receiving in the season-finale at Mississippi State (12/19).

2019 (Freshman): Played in 10 games as a true freshman and hauled in three catches for 30 yards … His first career catch came against Troy (10/5), a six-yard reception … Reset career-highs in catches (two) and receiving yards (24) against Tennessee (11/23) ... 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

BEFORE MIZZOU
A three-star recruit by 247Sports.com … Named First-Team All-MCC … Helped CBC to a Class 6 State Championship in 2018, its second consecutive state title … The team defeated Rockhurst, 45-21, in the final, wrapping up a 12-1 season … He caught five passes for 117 yards and a score in the game … In the state semifinal against Joplin, He caught four passes for 117 yards and two scores … Finished his senior season with 43 catches for 814 yards (18.9 avg.) with 12 touchdowns … Broke the 100-yard mark three times, including twice in the state playoffs  … Helped  CBC to a 13-1 record during his junior season with the only loss coming to out-of-state Christian Brothers (Memphis), as the team went 13-0 against in-state teams …Team was a combined 25-2 over his junior and season seasons …  As a junior, he hauled in 12 catches for 138 yards and two scores … Holds offers from 16 different schools … Chose Mizzou over offers from Air Force, Bowling Green, Dartmouth, Illinois State, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, Western Illinois, Yale and Illinois State, among others.

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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2019Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 220 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2020Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'5" 250 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2021Junior

    Tight End
    6'4" 245 lbs
    48