Prep wide receiver Gehrig Dieter picks SMU

By Matt Tait Jan 3, 2012

Three-star wide receiver and Max Preps first team All-American Gehrig Dieter announced Tuesday on Twitter that he will play his college football at SMU.

“Just announced at the #smperfibowl #SMU pony up!!” Dieter’s Tweet read.

Dieter, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound playmaker from Washington High in South Bend, Ind., chose SMU over Kansas.

Dieter finished his senior season at Washington with 82 receptions, 2,181 yards and 24 touchdowns. He set several national high school records this season, including most receiving yards in a game when he racked up 447 yards against Elkhart Central.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.