15 Braden Meints
Braden Meints
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    220
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Garner, Iowa
  • High School:
    Garner-Hayfield
  • Position:
    WR
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    46
  • yds/g
    4.6
  • td
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
1-year letterwinner 

2014 | freshman
Earned first varsity letter ... appeared in six games ... utilized primarily on special teams ... made three tackles and returned two kickoffs for 61 yards ... averaged team-best 30.5 yards per kickoff return ... had a season-best 48-yard kickoff return at Dubuque (10/11) ... made one tackle each against Iowa Wesleyan (9/6), UW-River Falls (9/13) and Loras (10/25).

High School
A 2014 graduate of Garner-Hayfield/Ventura High School ... coached by Scott VanDusseldorp ... named third team all-state by the Des Moines Register as a senior ... selected first team all-district as a senior ... selected first team all-district as a junior ... selected as honorable mention as a sophomore ... ran for over 1,000 yards as a senior and lettered all four years ... holds three top-5 kicking records ... second team all-conference as a junior ... honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore ... first team all-conference as a senior in baseball and lettered four years ... ran at state track as a sophomore on the shuttle hurdle team and high jumped at state track as a senior ... lettered all four years in track ... second team all-conference as a junior and was first team all-conference as a senior ... led team in six categories and holds records in 3-point shooting categories ... also played soccer for two years.

Personal
Born Aug. 11, 1995 ... son of Scott and Robin Ginapp and Dave and Sherry Meints ... has two sisters, Kylie and Jori, and one brother, Braxton ... majoring in  athletic training and possibly a minor in coaching. 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28
  Overall Conf
Receptions 7 7
Yards 46 46
Yards per game 4.6 6.6
Yards per catch 6.6 6.6
Touchdowns 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 1 -12 -12.0 0 0 1 1
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 2 10 5.0 5 0 - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 1 3 3.0 3 0 - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 3 29 9.7 17 0 - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - 0
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - - - - 0
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - 0
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - 0
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - 0
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 2 79 39.5 41 0 2 0 0
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 8 245 30.6 48 1 1 0 0
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 5 188 37.6 45 2 0 0 0
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 2 77 38.5 46 1 2 0 0
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 3 90 30.0 42 3 0 0 0
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 6 206 34.3 46 1 2 0 0
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 9 372 41.3 53 0 2 2 0
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 5 185 37.0 45 2 2 0 0
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 3 102 34.0 54 1 0 0 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 1 11 11.0 11 0 - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 1 14 14.0 14 0 - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 1 20 20.0 20 0 - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 1 - - - - 0
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 1 - - - 11 11
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 1 -12 - - - -12
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 1 - 10 - - 10
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 1 - 3 - 14 17
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 1 - 29 - - 29
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 1 - - - - 0
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 1 - - - - 0
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 1 - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 1 - 4 - 20 24

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 22 Graceland   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Wis.-River Falls W, 28-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 49-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Elmhurst L, 31-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Buena Vista W, 43-13 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Dubuque L, 31-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Coe W, 18-15 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 at Loras L, 27-9 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Central (Iowa) L, 31-24 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Wartburg L, 51-45 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Luther W, 42-28 1 1 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2014-15 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
2016-17 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 36 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2014-15 6 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 1 -12 -1.2 -12.0 0 0 1 1
2016-17 10 40 124 12.4 3.1 4 16 - -
2017-18 10 52 181 18.1 3.5 0 14 1 1
Total 36 93 293 8.1 3.2 4 16 2 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2014-15 6 - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 7 0.7 46 4.6 6.6 0 17
2016-17 10 8 0.8 65 6.5 8.1 1 17
2017-18 10 30 3.0 232 23.2 7.7 2 22
Total 36 45 1.3 343 9.5 7.6 3 22

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2014-15 6 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - 0
2016-17 10 - - - - - - - 0
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 36 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2014-15 6 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0 0
2015-16 10 43 1544 35.9 54 11 11 2 0
2016-17 10 - - - - - - - -
2017-18 10 8 311 38.9 51 3 2 0 0
Total 36 52 1859 35.8 54 14 13 2 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2014-15 2 61 30.5 0 48 - - - - -
2015-16 3 45 15.0 0 20 - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 5 106 21.2 0 48 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2014-15 6 - - - 61 61 10.2
2015-16 10 -12 46 - 45 79 7.9
2016-17 10 124 65 - - 189 18.9
2017-18 10 181 232 - - 413 41.3
Total 36 293 343 - 106 742 20.6

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2014-15 0 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0
2015-16 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2016-17 30 3.0 4 1 - - - - - - - 0
2017-18 12 1.2 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
Total 42 1.2 4 3 0 - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2014-15 6 2 1 3.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 10 5 3 8.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - 1 0 - - - -
2017-18 10 6 2 8.0 .8 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Total 36 17 7 24.0 .7 - - 0.0 - 1 1 0 - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 4 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 3 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 1 -12 -1.2 -12.0 0 0 1 1
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 1 -12 -2.4 -12.0 0 0 1 1
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 1 -12 -2.0 -12.0 0 0 1 1
Month September 3 1 -12 -4.0 -12.0 0 0 1 1
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 7 0.7 46 4.6 6.6 0 17
Conference 7 7 1.0 46 6.6 6.6 0 17
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 3 0.6 13 2.6 4.3 0 5
Away 5 4 0.8 33 6.6 8.3 0 17
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 6 1.5 43 10.8 7.2 0 17
Losses 6 1 0.2 3 0.5 3.0 0 3
Month September 3 - - - - - - -
October 5 6 1.2 42 8.4 7.0 0 17
November 2 1 0.5 4 2.0 4.0 0 4

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 43 1544 35.9 54 11 11 2 0
Conference 7 33 1220 37.0 54 10 8 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 18 716 39.8 53 3 6 2 0
Away 5 25 828 33.1 54 8 5 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 13 459 35.3 54 6 2 0 0
Losses 6 30 1085 36.2 53 5 9 2 0
Month September 3 10 324 32.4 48 1 3 0 0
October 5 25 933 37.3 53 7 6 2 0
November 2 8 287 35.9 54 3 2 0 0

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 3 45 15.0 0 20 - - - - -
Conference 2 34 17.0 0 20 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 1 14 14.0 0 14 - - - - -
Away 2 31 15.5 0 20 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 1 20 20.0 0 20 - - - - -
Losses 2 25 12.5 0 14 - - - - -
Month September 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
October 1 14 14.0 0 14 - - - - -
November 1 20 20.0 0 20 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 -12 46 - 45 79 7.9
Conference 7 - 46 - 34 80 11.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 -12 13 - 14 15 3.0
Away 5 - 33 - 31 64 12.8
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 4 - 43 - 20 63 15.8
Losses 6 -12 3 - 25 16 2.7
Month September 3 -12 - - 11 -1 -.3
October 5 - 42 - 14 56 11.2
November 2 - 4 - 20 24 12.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 0 0.0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 4 1 5.0 .7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 3 0 3.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 1 1 2.0 .4 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 3 1 4.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 3 0 3.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 1 1 2.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -