Honors
- MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2024
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2023, 2024
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
2024
Did not play in any games in 2024 ... Earned Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Week for road wins at Illinois State (10/12/24) and Northern Iowa (10/26/24) ... Earned MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll distinction ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
2023
Redshirted as a true freshman in 2023 ... Saw action in just one game with a 48-yard kickoff in home win over Utah Tech (9/23/23) ... Dressed out for all 5 home games … Earned MVFC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023 semester.
High School
A first-team all-state kicker from Francis Howell High School in O'Fallon, Mo., Deal helped lead the Vikings to a 14-0 record and Class 5 state championship his senior season (2022) ... Also named to
Post-Dispatch All-Metro first team and All-GAC South and academic all-conference for the fourth straight season ... Coached by former Bear Brent Chojnacki ... Scored 117 points as a senior, including all 93 extra points he attempted, to go with 86 touchbacks, 4 field goals (long 41) and a 58.9 kickoff average ... As a junior, he earned second-team all-state laurels for a 10-2 club while accounting for 121 points (62 extra points and 7 field goals with a long of 35) and 58.9 kickoff average while earning all-metro distinction ... Vikings were 9-2 his sophomore year while he racked up 55 points, including a career-long 46-yard FG, to earn second-team all-state and all-metro honors ... Scored 70 points as a freshman, including 55 extra points and 5 field goals (long 35) ... Finished his career with 262 extra points, including 118 in a row, both state records, 221 touchbacks and 363 total points.
Personal
Joshua Graham Deal was born 11/2/04 in St. Louis ... Son of Ed and Angie Deal of O’Fallon, Mo. ... Has a brother, Jacob ... Majoring in Exercise Science.
