Bergan earned all-state recognition three times at Brookings High School ... averaged 11 tackles per game as a defensive end/linebacker his senior season ... also saw action at multiple offensive positions, averaging 77.7 all-purpose yards per game ... follows his father, Kevin, and older brother, Preston, as family members to play football at South Dakota State ... both his father and uncle, Mark, who was a basketball standout, are enshrined in the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame ... majoring in business economics