Niko Hea 2021 HS

Niko Hea Season 2020

#48
PositionTight End
Weight250 lbs
Height6-5
ClassSophomore
HometownSt. Louis, Mo.
  • 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.

Hea, Niko

Junior
2021

Tight End
6-4 / 245 lbs
Hea, Niko - 2019

Freshman
2019

Tight End
6-5 / 220 lbs