• According to Head Coach Bubba Schweigert, WR Aeron Carr has left the program.  Carr was a highly recruited member of the 2013 recruiting class out of Mesa, AZ.  He was an outstanding track athlete in high school and many had hoped he would be the next Greg Hardin or Weston Dressler.  That didn’t materialize as the track speed never quite translated to the football field.  Carr found himself passed up by true freshmen Brandon Walker and Dev Ferguson on the depth chart and probably would never have gotten back on top.   
  • We have also heard that walk-on juco safety Aaron Rogers has quit the team.  He was not in the two-deep and don’t quite understand why he would be quitting but good luck to him in the future.   
  • To say this year’s Junior College signing class turned out to be a disappointment is putting it mildly.  They signed 7 players and had one walk-on.  Only five of the eight are left on the team (Simmons, Boas, Flowers, Blackmon, and Cerriteno) and of those five only two are in the two-deep depth chart (Simmons and Boas).  Cerriteno has been hurt the entire fall camp.  The biggest losses were the two who didn’t qualify in Brendan Slaight and Chris Hannible.  We see Blackmon contributing on multiple special teams but do not know if Flowers will play this year or redshirt.  We will know more after Thursdays game.  
  • What we are seeing is similar to what we saw last season.  There will be a few true freshman who can play just well as the late juco transfers that UND will find.  Last season Cam Kuksa ended up being one of their best defensive players as a true freshman.  The problem is not knowing how good they will be until August 1st rolls around.