It’s rare for a high school football team to send a player to a NCAA Division I team.
Nixa did it three times in two years.
Running back Alec Murphy is on scholarship at Mississippi State. This spring, tight end Chase Allen signed with Iowa State and highly-touted kicker/punter Logan Tyler signed with Florida State. On top of that, six more Eagles signed with college football teams in lower divisions.
“We’ve been lucky to have some good players, that’s for sure. We’ve had some really athletic young men that work hard and play hard, and are good kids,” Nixa coach Richard Rehagen said.