Now that the 2015 recruiting dead period is over, the UND football staff will be back in the swing of things as far as recruiting weekends go.  Signing Day 2015 is slated for February 4th.  We estimate UND will hold 3 more recruiting weekends on Jan 17th, Jan 24th, and Feb 1st.

Rumors
Thunder Lake Lodge

The current Class of 2015 consists of the following 21 commits (we also added in prospects  for positions that still need to accounted for):

Quarterback (need one more)

1.  Brad Heidlebaugh – QB (Rugby, ND)

–Prospects:  Trey Anderson (MN), Justin Roberts (CO), James Hendricks (MN)

Running Back (Possibly 1 more)

1.  John Santiago – RB (St. Francis, MN)

2.  Brady Oliveira – RB (Winnipeg, MB)

3.  Ja’Won Arrington – RB (UAB)

–Prospects – Derrick Walker – RB (New Mexico Military)

Fullback (Need 1)

1.  None

Wide Receiver (Need 1 more)

1.  Carter Blackwell – WR (Dickinson, ND)

2.  Clive Georges – WR (Arizona-FBS)

3.  Alex Reed – WR (Iowa Western-J)

–Prospects:  Dejon Brissett (IL), Alex Wilde (SD)

Tight End (Done)

1.  Luke Keller – TE (Bismarck, ND) (PWO)

Offensive Line (Done)

1.  Elijah Grady –  (New Town, ND)

2.  Zack Williams – OL (Winnipeg, MB)

3.  Justus Merz – OL (Eudora, KS)

4.  Patric Rooney – OG (St. Louis Park, MN)

5.  Kevin Camy – OL – (Butte CC)

6.  Austin Smith – OL (American River CC)

Defensive Line (Need 1 more)

1.  Carl Engwall – DL (Lakeville, MN)

2.  Steve Greer – DL (Manchester, MO)

Outside Linebacker (Need 1 more)

1.  Mason Bennett – OLB (Winnipeg, MB)

2.  Donnell Rodgers – OLB (Woodbury, MN)

3.  Harry Momoh – OLB (Minnetonka, MN)

4.  Jade Lawrence – OLB (Moorhead, MN)

–Prospects:  Decxavier Kelly-Martin (IL)

Inside Linebacker (Need 2-3 more)

1.  None

–Prospects – Troy Hansen (Canada Prep), Grady Higgins (CA)

Safety (Need 2-3 more)

1.  Zach Arnell – S (Santa Barbara CC)

–Prospects:  Bret Verstegen (WI), Awarri Smith (MI), Devon Cook (MI)

Cornerback  (Need two more)

1.  None

–Prospects:  Tyus Carter (CO)

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Thoughts:

UND needs another QB.  Heidlebaugh is an athlete that can play multiple positions.  They need to find another high-end QB to go with him.

Cornerback is a position of desperate need and we do not have many kids on our radar.  Something to definitely monitor in the next few weeks.

UND needs multiple ILB’s.  Troy Hansen has been contacted by both Cal and Rutgers so he may have other options to consider for now.