MSU Athletics

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards

D2CCA All-Super Region Four (1): 2021 (2nd)
Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas Small College Team (1): 2021 (1st)
All-Lone Star Conference (1): 2021 (1st)
LSC Special Teams Player of the Week (1): 9/20/21

Academic Awards

MSU Provost's Honor Roll (2): 2021 (F), 2020 (F)
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3): 2020 (F), 2021 (F), 2022 (S)

Career Program Records

1st | Average Yards Per Punt (91-3,588 / 39.43)
8th | Punting Yards (3,588)
8th | Punt Attempts (91)

Single Season Program Records

5th | Average Yards Per Punt (52-2,091 / 40.21 in 2021)

Single Game Program Records

6th | Longest Punt (70 yards at Angelo State on 9/18/2021)
8th | Longest Punt (67 yards vs. UT Permian Basin on 11/13/2021)
9th | Longest Punt (66 yards at West Texas A&M on 11/6/2021)

Junior (2022)

competed in each of MSU's 11 games serving as the primary punter and kickoff specialist... averaged 38.4 yards on 39 punts placing six inside the 20-yard line, forcing 10 fair catches with one touchback... helped Mustangs place eighth in the Lone Star Conference and 116th in NCAA Division II in punt return defense allowing 11.19 yards per return... averaged a season-long 45.3 yards on three punts with a long of 48 yards at Western New Mexico (10/1)... placed two of three punts inside the 20-yard line while averaging 42.3 yards per punt against West Texas A&M (10/8)... boomed a season-best 56-yard punt against Western Oregon (10/29)... averaged 60.1 yards on 62 kickoffs with 24 touchbacks... helped Mustangs rank eight in the LSC and 146th in NCAA Division II in kickoff return defense yielding 24.73 yards per return... produced touchbacks on all five of his kickoffs at Western New Mexico (10/1)... had four touchbacks in six attempts at Eastern New Mexico (9/10)... made five tackles on special teams...

Sophomore (2021)

earned D2CCA All-Super Region Four second-team honors... gained Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas Small College Team honors... a first-team All-Lone Star Conference performer... ranked second in the LSC and 29th in NCAA Division II averaging 40.2 yards per punt... averaged 40.2 yards on 52 punts placing 24 inside the 20-yard line and forcing 10 fair catches... placed 13 punts inside the 10-yard line, eight inside the 5-yard line and had four downed on the 1-yard line... boomed 10 punts of at least 50 yards with a long of 70... keyed exceptional special teams play with the Mustangs ranking 11th in NCAA Division II topping the LSC in punt return defense limiting the opposition to 3.6 yards per return... served as the primary kickoff man recorded touchbacks on 21 of his 39 kicks with MSU boasting the nation's 13th-best kick return defense allowing 15.2 yards per return... earned LSC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after averaging 43.5 yards per punt placing four inside the 20-yard line with a career-best 70-yard punt downed at the 1, while also producing touchbacks on five of six kickoffs with the other being muffed out of bounds at the 2-yard line in a 35-17 win at No. 17 Angelo State (9/18)... averaged 49.0 yards on two punts including a long of 53 yards as both attempts were downed inside the 20-yard line at Central Washington (10/2)... produced a 50-yard punt and had at least two punts downed inside the 20-yard line in each of his last seven games...

Freshman (2020)¹

served as MSU's reserve kicker during the abbreviated spring campaign... averaged 62.5 yards on two kickoffs with a touchback in a 45-34 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville (3/6)... made a solo tackle on special teams against the Javelinas... went 2-for-2 on his point-after attempts in a 28-14 scrimmage win over Southeastern Oklahoma State (2/27)...

At Jacksboro High School

a two-year starter at cornerback and handled kicking duties for coach Brannon Rogers at Jacksboro (Texas) High School... helped JHS to UIL playoff appearances following his junior and senior seasons of 2016 and 2017... earned All-District 5-3A Division II first-team honors as a kicker and at defensive back as a senior in 2017 as the Tigers advanced to the regional round of the UIL Texas playoffs... earned Academic All-State accolades following senior season... garnered All-District 5-3A Division II first-team honors as a punter following his junior campaign of 2016.. also stood out in baseball at JHS helping the Tigers to a pair of Area titles... a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Club and Phi Theta Kappa... competed in the 81st Annual Oil Bowl and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' All-Star Game in 2018... attended two years at Tarleton State but did not play football... 

Personal

son of Alonso and Beatriz Piedra...

¹ The 2020 football season was delayed to the spring of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.