The recruiting world has been fairly quiet over the past month or so. The ‘early signing period’ has taken away a lot of the fanfare from the February ‘late signing day’.
However, Bubba Schweigert and Danny Freund found time to squeeze in one more commitment in quarterback Simon Romfo, who is slated to be a preferred walk-on this fall.
Signing Day is set for this Wednesday, Feb. 3rd. The Hawks are expected to sign only two players – Clayton Bishop and Romfo. You can see the list over at our 2021 Recruiting Class page.
Super excited to announce my commitment to the University of North Dakota!! Thank you for the opportunity! @BubbaSchweigert @dfreund7 @SamKing10 pic.twitter.com/BjXI8F5whT
— Simon Romfo (@RomfoSimon) January 29, 2021
Romfo, 5’10”-180, was a dual-threat star for the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals. L-E-M went 37-0 with Romfo at the controls, winning three straight Class A titles. A powerhouse dynasty, no doubt.
During this senior season, the aforementioned dual-threat star completed 159 of 232 passes for 2,448 yards and 33 touchdowns. On the ground, he ran the ball 110 times for 1,233 yards & 19 touchdowns.
On tape he reminds us of current UND QB Tommy Schuster. A bit undersized at 5’10” but quick, elusive and very decisive with the ball. Romfo shows good speed & vision in those designed QB runs. He worked out of the gun for L-E-M which prepared him well for a college offense. I could also see Romfo being a slot receiver type down the road.
His best attribute may be that he is a winner and is used to winning. Having kids like him in the locker room only helps a program.
Romfo will technically be the 7th QB on the roster come fall but the way things are these days that could very well change. Romfo also is a basketball and baseball standout for the Cardinals.
An interesting tidbit that just broke this morning: Simon’s twin brother, Grant, just committed to NDSU for football. How neat is that?
Is Hunter Harvey expected to sign, in addition to Bishop and Romfo?
I think so but you never know until PWO’s actually get everything sent in.
Welcome Simon. I’m sure your Grand Forks cousins are proud. You and your brother each having a different playbook. I’m sure it’s all good.????
About the spring games at UND. With all the FCS schools opting out like the Montana schools I thought here we go again UND won’t play this spring. Probably can’t opt out now or can they?
Watch out for the Covid excuse.3 2 1
If I got tested positive for Covid I’d seek a second opinion.
Watching UND football as I have for decades what has changed the most as far as all conference types players. And what is the strength of your team or most teams. On offense the quarterback and on the three four the nose guard.
Being all conference is tough to accomplish and if we’ve had one at those 2 positions maybe I missed it. Maybe Tank Harris. Tank and Steve Greer were pretty good. When it comes to the QBs Studsrud and Ketteringham were guys who gave it there all but not all conference type guy’s.
The lack of recruiting at those 2 positions is not what this program has been known for. Head scratcher. Steve Greers father posted I think it was him said you need nose guards.
Maybe UND has all conference type players at those 2 positions on campus now. We’ll see.
Reading Sioux Sports someone posted the starting 5 for the O line. No mention of Kyle Hergel Kelly what’s his status.
Any guess on the starting running back.
Also the lower level transfers look like there as good or better than what was here. Maybe it’s just the St. Cloud linebacker.
Is the nose guard going to be a problem. D2 D3 teams have a 300 lb plus guys. Don’t you need at least one of those guys on your roster? I know UND says the D is built on speed. But. Third and one right up the middle we’ve seen this more than enough lately.