Bio

Kyle Ortegren, a 2006 graduate, was a standout wide receiver for the Mustangs' football team and is Morningside's all-time leader with 219 career pass receptions that went for 2976 yards and 23 touchdowns for an average of 13.6 yards per catch. Ortegren's 2976 career reception yards was also a school record at the time of his graduation.  

He led the Mustangs in pass receptions in 17 consecutive games over the 2002 and 2003 seasons and in 2003 became Morningside's first-ever first-team NAIA All-American during the Steve Ryan coaching era. He was a second-team NAIA and a third-team Football Gazette All-American in 2004. Ortegren was a first-team All-GPAC performer as a sophomore and junior and received honorable mention All-GPAC recognition following a senior season where a knee injury sidelined him for the majority of the campaign. He had four games with at least 10 pass receptions during his career, including a school-record 16-catch performance for a career-high 188 yards in a 2003 game against Doane.

Ortegren made an immediate impact as a freshman when he topped the Mustangs with 54 catches, 748 reception yards, six touchdown receptions and an average of 13.9 yards per catch and was the team's top kickoff return specialist with a 23.1-yard average. Ortegren was a first-team NAIA All-American in his 2003 sophomore campaign when he had a team-high 74 receptions and set a school record with 1141 reception yards. He averaged 15.4 yards per catch and had a career and team-high nine touchdown receptions. Ortegren earned second-team NAIA All-America and third-team Football Gazette All-America honors as a junior when he helped lead Morningside to an 8-3 record and its first-ever post-season appearance in the NAIA Championship Series, where he had 11 catches in an opening round loss against the University of Saint Francis. Ortegren finished the 2004 campaign with a career-high 79 receptions that went for 900 yards and seven touchdowns. He averaged 22.1 yards per kickoff return and set a Morningside single-game record with 136 kickoff return yards against Midland Lutheran.