Big Sky Releases Preseason Polls

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The Big Sky Conference held their annual media day event this past Sunday/Monday.  Along with the media days activities come the Preseason Polls and All-Conference Teams. UND is not an official member of the Big Sky once again this season, thus they were not included in the polls and their players were not included in
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North Dakota Proving Fruitful For Hawks

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Each year there are typically 12-15 players that fall into the “FCS-Level Player” category in the state of North Dakota.  Some years more than others but typically around that area. This year, however, UND has seemed to notice something early on with this 2020 class because they jumped in once again on Wednesday, securing the
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UND Corrals Wide Receiver From Oklahoma

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The Hawks don’t typically venture too far south when it comes to recruiting – especially in June/July. However, when a playmaker like Jack Wright pops up on your radar you make an exception. Wright, a 5’11-175 wide receiver dynamo out of Regent Prep School in Tulsa, OK, committed to Coach Bubba Schweigert on Tuesday after
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Hawks Commit List Now At 13

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The ever-growing list of commitments to the UND Football program has now ballooned to 13 in recent days. CB Sam Robertson of Wayzata High School (MN) committed to the Hawks on June 25.  Robertson, 6’1″-175, is the first cornerback in this class but we fully expect them to add several more. UND is losing senior
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Elite Camp Produces Flurry Of Commitments

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We can safely call June 24th an unprecedented day in UND football recruiting history. Bubba Schweigert and company hauled in SIX more commitments yesterday to up their 2020 class total to eleven. This is by far the most commits they have had by the July 4th summer break. We will have more in the future
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Hawks Add Another Lineman

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The early returns may be limited but they are definitely positive for new OL coach Joe Pawlak. UND already has four commitments to the Class of 2020 and three of them are offensive lineman with the latest one coming from OL Andrew Fenton of Menomonie, WI. Fenton stands 6’3″-260 and played mostly right tackle for
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Hawks Snatch A Duo Of Offensive Lineman

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If there is one position group that’s vital to success in the sport of football it’s the offensive line. The best teams typically have a solid-to-dominant offensive line. UND is undoubtedly aware of that based on their most recent commitments. On June 6th the Hawks got their first offensive line commit in Waconia, MN product
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UND Snags First 2020 Commitment

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Getting a commitment in early June could be termed as ‘unique’ for the UND Football program. That being said, times are changing in the recruiting world and commitments like the one Bubba Schweigert received yesterday (June 4th) may be more common as the years go on. Standout TE/WR Elijah Klein of Mandan High School decided
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Camp Season Is Underway

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Recruiting is a year-round venture these days for college football coaches and the most crucial time period of that cycle is currently underway. The recruiting camp season has kicked in full-gear around the country and the UND staff currently is spread out around the upper midwest evaluating prospects. We have compiled a list of camps
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Thunder & Lightning To Strike Again

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We all knew John Santiago was going to get his chance to play professionally. We just didn’t know where. After attending back-to-back rookie camps over the past couple weeks (Minnesota and Atlanta) but not being able to secure a contract, Santiago decided to try a different route. In a mild surprise, Santiago signed with the
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Hawks Offer Local Standout

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Even though we are currently in the football abyss, it seems there are always things going on.  This day and age of college athletics has turned into a year round effort for coaches with recruiting being the biggest change. The UND staff has been out on the road doing spring recruiting for soon-to-be seniors and
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UND Releases 2020 Schedule

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The inaugural Missouri Valley Football Conference season is getting closer, Hawk fans. UND Football officially released their 2020 MVFC schedule yesterday via a schnazzy little video on their Twitter page yesterday. (Note: UND will announce the 2021 schedule this afternoon) UND 2020 Football Schedule SEP 3 (THUR) VS VALPARAISO ALERUS CENTER SEP 12 (SAT) AT KANSAS
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Hawks 2019 Roster Released

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In what I would term a pleasant surprise, UND has uploaded their 2019 roster to the Fighting Hawks website. Before we dig into the subtractions and omissions we need to clarify a few things. UND signed a large 2019 class (we predicted a much smaller class). With the latest addition of WR Hayden Overby (Thompson,
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“Spring Wrap-Up” – What To Look For

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The 2019 UND spring football session officially concludes this Friday with the “Spring Wrap-Up” practice/scrimmage. It’s been a fairly uneventful spring session for the Hawks.  No major injuries (a huge positive), quiet battles going on that will undoubtedly go on into late-August, etc. With that being said it doesn’t mean there aren’t things to look
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UND Pro Day Results & Videos

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It appeared to be a pretty good day overall for the five pro hopeful’s that represented UND today. Their were five Hawks present yesterday and all five performed the full range of tests.  We have compiled as many results as we have access to (the results are often word of mouth and not formally presented).
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Interview with OL Coach Joe Pawlak

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After practice on Wednesday I was able to catch up with new OL Coach Joe Pawlak. Pawlak’s passion and intensity for offensive line play is apparent at all times. In fitting in with the rest of the offense, Pawlak always hustles everywhere he goes. Including running away from me as I was trying to catch
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Spring Practice Report

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The UND Football team resumed spring practices yesterday after taking off a week for spring break.  As one would expect, it was a bit sloppy at times but wasn’t short on big plays and enthusiasm. First off, when walking into the HPC it’s a totally different atmosphere now with the west side bleachers installed.  Besides
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Signing Day Party 2019

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UND Football will once again be hosting their annual Signing Day Party tomorrow night at 5:30pm – only this time with a little twist. The event has been moved the the Ralph Engelstad Arena lobby this year. The reason being is there’s also a game going on immediately afterwards that people may want to attend.
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Hawks Closing Strong With Pair of Commits

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It might be -22 degrees in Grand Forks today but things are definitely heating up as signing day approaches. Bubba Schweigert was able to snag a couple of big-time commitments yesterday from teammates Chandon Pierre and Caleb Nelson.  Pierre and Nelson recently helped lead Folsom High School to the California 1-AA state championship over Catholic
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An Early Look – 2019 Fighting Hawks Defense

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The UND defense is coming off a 2018 season where they were dominant at times and dominated at times.  Overall, their effort & results were playoff worthy, but we are sure ‘consistency’ will be the focus as they cast their gaze to the 2019 season. UND allowed 22.6 points/game in 2018, which was good for
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Defensive Line Coach Candidates

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Well, lets take another shot at this. We gathered up some names of potential candidates for the defensive line job that was recently vacated by Jordan Gigli.  Gigli took a similar position at Northern Illinois. Some of these are corroborated names, while others have been researched on our own. Let’s take a look at some
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