There have been a few things going down lately related to UND Football so we thought we would give a quick rundown:

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  1. UND signed two more players a to the Class of 2015 – one high school and one FBS transfer.
  2. The high school signee came via Canada, the fourth Canadian in the 2015 class.  Carter Wilson, a 6’4″-230, defensive end from the Ottawa Sooners football club signed with UND on June 10th.  Wilson was spotted by the UND staff at a 7-on-7 tournament that Recruit Ready held in May up in Winnipeg.  Wilson had planned on going to a prep school in the U.S. to enhance his stock until UND came with their offer.  He fits the mold of the sleeker but more athletic defensive lineman they have been recruiting over the past year.
  3. Daquan Baker, a freshman inside linebacker from the University of New Mexico, has decided to transfer to UND.  Baker redshirted this past fall for the Lobos and will have four seasons of eligibility remaining.  Baker, 6’2″-230, should have an immediate impact at ILB and all special teams.  He shows solid instincts and a thick frame that will suit him well in UND’s 3-4 scheme.  The Sam ILB needs to be the run-stopper and we can see Baker backing up senior Will Ratelle this fall.
  4. Josh Parks, potential RB transfer from the Gophers, has decided to stay at UM per multiple sources.  We know UND absolutely needs more RB depth for this fall so the search doesn’t end there.
  5. Former UND WR Greg Hardin was recently cut by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  No word yet on where he may end up now but we fully expect him to catch on somewhere and give it another shot soon.
  6. Expect UND to sign a RB and CB still this summer from the FBS ranks.  We have said this all along but it has not come to fruition, yet.  If they wanted to simply sign a player it would have been done by now.  They are trying to find the right guy at those positions who can make an immediate impact, much like Tillman and Hinojosa did last year.  Their is a big difference between a 2nd or 3rd stringer at a P5 school and the same 2-3 at a G5 school.
  7. UND recently held it’s Elite Camp for some of their top prospects.  This is the camp where the staff gets to evaluate players in person and it usually results in a handful of offers being extended immediately afterwards.  We will have more on this once those offers are publicized.
  8. We are hearing UND will be getting a new sticker logo on their new helmets.  We have not seen it but have been told it will be slightly different than the current “ND” sticker that they have used forever.
  9. UND signees Luke Keller, Carter Blackwell, Tristan Hartness, and Aiden Hartness recently represented Team North Dakota in the 2015 Badlands Bowl.  Montana beat North Dakota 40-25.
  10. The Minnesota All-Star game is being held June 27th in St. Cloud.  UND will be represented by North All-Stars RB/WR John Santiago and RB/LB Jade Lawrence & South All-Star DE Carl Engwall.