15 Braden Meints
Braden Meints
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Garner, Iowa
  • High School:
    Garner-Hayfield
  • Position:
    RB
  • Experience:
    3L
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    181
  • yds/g
    18.1
  • td
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
• 3-year letterwinner
• IIAC Special Teams Player of the Week [10/18/15]

Career Highs
Rush attempts: 17 (at Buena Vista, 9/17/16)
Rush yards: 73 (at Buena Vista, 9/17/16)
Rush touchdowns: 1 (four times)
Long rush: 16 (at Buena Vista, 9/17/16)
Receptions: 3 (at Dubuque, 9/17/16; at Coe, 10/17/15)
Receiving yards: 30 (at Buena Vista, 9/17/16)
Receiving touchdowns: 1 (at Dubuque, 9/17/16)
Long receptions: 17 (at Buena Vista, 9/24/16; at Coe, 10/17/15)

2016 | junior
Scored a team-high five total TDs, four rushing and one receiving ... started all 10 games as a hybrid receiver/running back/full back ... rushed 40 times for 124 yards ... caught eight passes for 65 yards ... scored a rushing TD in three straight games, at Illinois College, at Dubuque and at Buena Vista ... scored two TDs at Dubuque (9/17), one rushing and one receiving ... registered season-highs in rushing and receiving at Buena Vista (9/24), carrying 17 times for 73 yards and a TD and making two catches for 30 yards.

2015 | sophomore
Named team's Special Teams Player of the Year as the starting punter ... averaged 35.9 yards on 43 punts ... also played wide receiver, making seven catches for 46 yards ... returned three kicks for 45 yards ... created 11 fair catches and placed 11 punts inside the 20 ... had two punts of 50-plus yards, including a career-long 54-yarder at Luther (11/14) ... also made five tackles ... named IIAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 18 after pinning Coe inside the 13 yard line on three punts in a Week 7 win ... also made three catches for 29 yards against Coe ... served as a representative on Simpson's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38
  Overall Conf
Rushes 52 32
Yards 181 119
Yards per game 18.1 14.9
Yards per rush 3.5 3.7
Touchdowns 0 0
Fumbles 1 -
Fumbles lost 1 -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 10 25 2.5 6 0 1 1
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 10 37 3.7 14 0 - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 11 28 2.5 10 0 - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 10 41 4.1 11 0 - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 4 12 3.0 5 0 - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 7 38 5.4 10 0 - -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 4 34 8.5 22 0 - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 7 48 6.9 14 2 - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 5 22 4.4 6 0 - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 2 17 8.5 15 0 - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 10 99 9.9 21 0 - -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 1 7 7.0 7 0 - -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 2 101 50.5 51 2 1 0 0
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 3 94 31.3 38 0 1 0 0
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 2 84 42.0 44 1 0 0 0
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 1 32 32.0 32 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 1 25 - - - 25
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 1 37 5 - - 42
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 1 28 34 - - 62
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 1 41 48 - - 89
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 1 12 22 - - 34
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 1 - 17 - - 17
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 1 38 - - - 38
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 1 - 99 - - 99
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 1 - 7 - - 7
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 12 0 2 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 Wis.-Stout L, 17-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Illinois Col. W, 45-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Wartburg L, 40-31 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Coe W, 38-33 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Central (Iowa) L, 35-17 1 1 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Loras W, 31-21 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Luther W, 38-17 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Dubuque L, 28-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Buena Vista W, 49-21 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 45-38 - - 0.0 - - 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 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 52 181 18.1 3.5 0 14 1 1
Conference 8 32 119 14.9 3.7 0 11 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 42 140 23.3 3.3 0 14 1 1
Away 4 10 41 10.3 4.1 0 11 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 27 116 23.2 4.3 0 14 - -
Losses 5 25 65 13.0 2.6 0 10 1 1
Month September 5 45 143 28.6 3.2 0 14 1 1
October 4 7 38 9.5 5.4 0 10 - -
November 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 30 3.0 232 23.2 7.7 2 22
Conference 8 29 3.6 227 28.4 7.8 2 22
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 11 1.8 68 11.3 6.2 0 22
Away 4 19 4.8 164 41.0 8.6 2 21
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 11 2.2 77 15.4 7.0 2 15
Losses 5 19 3.8 155 31.0 8.2 0 22
Month September 5 17 3.4 109 21.8 6.4 2 22
October 4 13 3.3 123 30.8 9.5 0 21
November 1 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 5 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 5 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 8 311 38.9 51 3 2 0 0
Conference 8 8 311 38.9 51 3 2 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 4 185 46.3 51 3 1 0 0
Away 4 4 126 31.5 38 0 1 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 4 185 46.3 51 3 1 0 0
Losses 5 4 126 31.5 38 0 1 0 0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - -
October 4 7 279 39.9 51 3 2 0 0
November 1 1 32 32.0 32 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 181 232 - - 413 41.3
Conference 8 119 227 - - 346 43.3
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 6 140 68 - - 208 34.7
Away 4 41 164 - - 205 51.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 5 116 77 - - 193 38.6
Losses 5 65 155 - - 220 44.0
Month September 5 143 109 - - 252 50.4
October 4 38 123 - - 161 40.3
November 1 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 12 1.2 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 12 1.5 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Away 12 3.0 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 12 2.4 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 12 2.4 0 2 - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
November 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 6 2 8.0 .8 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Conference 8 5 2 7.0 .9 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 3 2 5.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 3 0 3.0 .8 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 5 5 1 6.0 1.2 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Losses 5 1 1 2.0 .4 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 5 4 1 5.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
October 4 2 1 3.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -