Bio

Chad Hustedt is one of the most decorated football players in Morningside College history. 

A four-year starter, Hustedt received All-America recognition as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and is one of a limited number of players in Mustang history to be named first-team all-GPAC three times. Hustedt is the program’s all-time leader with 228 career solo tackles and 527 career interception return yards. He also amassed 182 assisted tackles, 410 total tackles, 25 pass breakups, 19 interceptions, 14 tackles for losses of 50 yards, four fumble recoveries, and two quarterback sacks during his career. Hustedt averaged a whopping 27.7 yards per interception return, too. He helped lead Morningside to a record of 38-10 and four NAIA postseason playoff appearances from 2004-07. 

Hustedt played one of the greatest games to lead the Mustangs to a 45-14 victory against Jamestown in the first round of the 2007 NAIA championship series. He intercepted two passes and returned both for touchdowns with runbacks of 99 and 54 yards, had two fumble recoveries, and topped the Mustangs’ tackle chart with six solos and three assists for nine total tackles. The 99-yard run back is the longest interception return in Morningside history, and his 153 interception return yards set a Morningside single-game record and broke the NAIA’s single-game postseason record. Aside from his football exploits, Hustedt was also a two-year letter winner as an outfielder for the Mustangs’ baseball team. After hitting .256 as a part-time starter as a freshman, Hustedt batted .273 as a sophomore and ranked second on the team with 14 walks and 13 stolen bases and third with 28 runs.

“I had several great people around (at Morningside) to get me to where I was,” he noted. “There were so many great relationships with teammates and coaches. We still talk a lot.”