Name: DEMON TAYLOR School: Soldan Int. Studies High School – St. Louis, MO (Coach Jarrett Kendall) Vitals: NG (#76). 6’4″ – 280. Offers: Indiana State, Northern Iowa, SIU, New Mexico When watching Demon Taylor (pronounced Deh-MAHN) on tape it is clear to us that he is a good athlete, first and foremost. He moves his feet…
Name: CHRIS CARTER School: Brother Rice High School – Bloomfield Hills, MI (Coach Al Fracassa) Vitals: CB (#21) 5’10″ – 190 lbs Offers: Buffalo, Butler, D2 offers This Rivals.com 2-star recruit had plenty of eyes on him given the fact that he played for the #11 ranked team in the country according to USA Today. …
Name: JACOB HOLMEN School: Minot High School – Minot, ND (Coach Barry Holmen) Vitals: LS (#82). 6’2″ – 200. Offers: NDSU (pwo), D2 Offers. Holmen filled a much needed position on the UND roster: Long Snapper. UND had some issues at LS last season and needed to bring in another snapper to compete with those on…
Name: JACOB FRANCIS School: Liberty High School – Liberty, MO (Coach Chad Frigon) Vitals: OL (#57) 6’4″ – 290 lbs Offers: Southern Illinois offer, Kansas and Missouri PWO interest Francis, a 1st Team All-State selection in Class 6 (Missouri’s largest class), primarily played offensive guard and tackle for Head Coach Chad Frigon, whose Liberty squad finished…
Name: TAHJE HARTLEY School: Morgan Park High School – Morgan Park, IL (Coach Wesley Yates) Vitals: LB (#10). 6’2″ – 205. Offers: D2 Offers. Hartley was a late commit to UND, we believe only a few days before signing day. He was originally committed to Wayne State before UND offered him. Hartley is teammates with fellow…
Name: JONATHAN HARRIS School: Morgan Park High School – Morgan Park, IL (Coach Wesley Yates) Vitals: NG (#52). 6’2″ – 270. Offers: D2 Offers. We project Harris as a nose guard in UND’s 3-4 scheme. Harris is a well-built, stout kid who has the perfect body type to play NG. He has very quick feet and…
Now that the crazy, whirlwind recruiting season is behind us for another year we thought we would do a recap of the group and give our opinions and whatever else comes up. This year was even more condensed and accelerated than normal.. UND ended up signing 27 total players, including preferred walk-ons. For all of…
Name: AUSTIN CIESLAK School: Hazen High School – Hazen, ND (Coach Rick Philion) Vitals: FB-TE (#77). 6’3″ – 250. Offers: D2 Offers. Cieslak is a bit of an unknown to us as he does not have any Hudl highlights or much information about him. We do know that he is a very good athlete for his…
Name: BRANDON DRANKA School: Huntley High School – Huntley, IL (Coach John Hart) Vitals: Defensive End (#9). 6’2″ – 235. Offers: Various D2 Offers It is obvious after watching Dranka on tape that he is an explosive athlete and has a little “horsepower” under the hood. Being 6’2″, he will have to learn the proper techniques…
Name: BRANDON WALKER School: Carman-Ainsworth High School – Flint, MI (Coach Nathaniel Williams) Vitals: Wide Receiver (#8). 6’1″ – 180. Offers: Kent State, Austin Peay, Robert Morris, multiple D2 Offers in MI. Walker comes to UND from one of the top high school programs in the state of Michigan. Carman-Ainsworth went 11-2 this past fall in…
