High School
Prepped at Concordia Lutheran High School (Omaha, Neb.) … coached by Adolph Shepardson … lettered and started all four years … served as a team captain as a senior … as both a junior and senior, earned all-conference and honorable mention all-district awards … led the district in tackles as a senior … also competed in track & field for four years and basketball and wrestling for one apiece … class salutatorian … named honorable mention academic all-state.

Personal
Born in Las Vegas, Nev., on October 28, 2006 … son of Ben and Mandi Ersland … has three younger siblings: Ruth, Anna and Andrew … father played football and mother played soccer at Concordia … enjoys reading, traveling and hiking.