2021: Started all 12 games … named the NSIC Preseason South Division Offensive Player of the Year … earned First Team All-NSIC honors … ranked fifth in the nation with 38 passing touchdowns … ranked eighth in the nation with 3,408 passing yards … ranked seventh in the nation for points responsible for at 21.5 per game … named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 27 after tossing for 316 yards and six touchdowns at Bemidji State (Sept. 25) … threw for 438 yards and five touchdowns in win at Minnesota State (Oct. 23) … totaled five games of 300 yards or more of passing …. Totaled eight games of three or more touchdown passes ... earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors.
2020: No season due to COVID-19 ... earned NSIC All-Academic Team honors.
2019 (Junior): Started at quarterback over the first 10 games of the season before an injury had him miss the final two … led the Vikings to an 8-2 record to that point … threw for 2,255 yards, an average of 225.5 per game … ranked second in the NSIC with yards per game average … ranked third in NSIC with total offense … threw for a season-high 312 yards against Minot State on Oct. 26 … tallied two games of 300-plus yards … tossed for 13 touchdowns ...
Named to the Fall NSIC All-Academic Team.
2018 (Sophomore): One of the best signal callers in the NSIC... 2018 D2 Harlon Hill Nominee... Academic All-NSIC Selection... NSIC South Division All-Conference Honorable Mention...Started all 11 games... completed 249 passes of 480 attempts for 3423 yards... had a long of 69 yards... finished with 30 passing touchdowns... led the NSIC in passing yards per game and touchdowns... had a pair of five touchdown performances coming at the mercy of Minnesota Crookston on September 29th and Northern State on October 13th.... finished the year third for the Vikings all-time completions and first all-time in attempts for a single season... … Stands third all-time in single-season passing yards… 5th in NCAA Division II in passing yards on the season... Ended the year with a 125.74 pass efficiency on the season... Also had 2 rushing touchdowns… and led the offense to an average of 306.8 yards per game to lead the NSIC... Saddler led the team to 3375 total offense on the season, which is the fourth best in history for the Vikings.. Earned Player of the Week honors after his performance at Southwest Minnesota State on November 10th... Saddler finished with 324 yards and four touchdowns vs. the Mustangs... Had a career high 460 yards and five TDs vs. Northern State.
2017 (Freshman): Played in 10 games, with five starts ... led all quarterbacks on the team in pass attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns ... came off the bench to throw for 144 yards and his first-career touchdown vs. Bemidji State on Sept. 16 ... threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns vs. Wayne State on Sept. 30, his first-career start ... set a career-high with three touchdown tosses at Minnesota State on Oct. 7 ... set a career-high with 302 yards and tied a career mark with a trio of touchdowns vs. Concordia-St. Paul on Nov. 4.
High School: Prepped at Frisco Independence High School for coach Kyle Story ... three-year letterwinner and starter ... named team captain as a junior and senior ... named team's co-offensive MVP as a junior and senior ... two-time all-district honoree ... finished his career with 6,866 passing yards and 57 passing touchdowns ... threw for 2,594 yards and 28 scores senior season ... completed 208 passes for 2,460 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior ... named team’s co-offensive MVP as a junior ... tossed for 1,812 yards and 14 touchdowns as a sophomore.
Personal: Son of Dave and Claudia Saddler ... born May 20, 1999 ... business administration and sports management major.
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