Northern State University Athletics

2023: Appeared in all 11 games… Racked up 965 yards receiving with six touchdowns… Averaged 14.9 yards per reception and 87.7 yards per game… Recorded three 100-plus yard games with a season high 190 against Winona State… Broke the Northern State single game record with 14 receptions against Northern Michigan… Became the career record holder for receiving yards (3,660) and receiving touchdowns (31)… Closed out his career ranked third all-time in total touchdowns… Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence… Named to the NSIC All-Conference first team… Honored on the CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® First Team…

2022: Redshirt season...

2021: Appeared in and started all 11 games for the Wolves… Caught 65 passes for 914 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns… Averaged 14.06 yards per reception and 83.09 receiving yards per game… Notched 100 receiving yards in five games, and caught two touchdown passes in four games… Broke Northern State’s record for career receiving touchdowns (25)… Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District, CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American, and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors…

2020: Fall season canceled due to COVID-19…

2019: Started all 11 games for the Wolves… Tallied a team leading 911 yards receiving with seven touchdowns… Averaged 82.8 yards per game and 14.5 yards per reception… Added 55 yards rushing… Second on the team, scoring 42 points… Notched a team high 165 kick return yards… Named to the NSIC All-Conference first team… Named to the Don Hansen All-Region second team… Honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-District recipient and second team Academic All-American…

2018: Started all 11 games as a true freshman… Led the team with 881 yards receiving… Averaged 17.3 yards per catch and 80.1 yards per game receiving… Added 208 yards rushing… Tallied seven receiving touchdowns and two rushing scores… Recorded 17 yards passing and 67 yards on kick returns…Notching four games over 100 yards receiving, with a career high 164 versus Winona State… Named the NSIC Offensive Newcomer of the Year and to the NSIC All-Conference second team…

Prep: Dakota Larson is a 6-foot-2, 170-pound wide receiver out of Spring Creek High School. He was a 3-year starter and senior team captain for the Spartans under head coach Mike Tornahu. Larson nabbed 3,437 career receiving yards with 48 touchdowns. He averaged 16.8 yards per reception and 98 yards per game. Larson is a 3-time first all-conference, 2-time first team all-state, and 2-time first team All-Nevada selection. The Spartans were the 2016 Nevada State Runners-up and 2017 Nevada State Semifinalists. He is the son of Dori and Jeff Larson.