UND gained another offensive line commitment over the weekend when Sean Russo of ThunderRidge High School in Highlands Ranch, CO gave them word he is coming to Grand Forks. Russo, 6’6″-270, could be either a tackle or guard in college. He has a big frame and plays very aggressively. Does a nice job finishing blocks….
Now that that long holiday break is over, football programs around the country are getting back into full-time recruiting. The dead period ended yesterday and recruiting is essentially “on” until National Signing Day-February 3rd. UND will host an official visit weekend today-Sunday. All indications point to UND only trying to garner commits from a couple more…
The “first-half”, so to speak, of the winter recruiting period for FCS football has come and gone. Coaches will not be allowed any in-person contact with recruits from December 21-January 3rd. Then, recruiting will pick up again until Signing Day on February 3rd. UPDATE: Here is where UND currently sits as far as verbal commitments…
The UND Football team continued their strong recruiting season by picking up a pair of commitments on Wednesday night. We believe both are projected to play OLB in the 3-4 base UND defense. Jaxson Turner is a 6’2″-200 athlete who played at Esko High School in Esko, MN. Turner lined up at WR, RB, S, CB…
UND held their second recruiting weekend and it produced another verbal commitment. OL Ryan Tobin of Muskego, WI gave UND his pledge on Saturday after being offered. Tobin is commitment #14 to the Class of 2016. Tobin, 6’5″-280, plays for Muskego High School, who went 10-2 this past season in the powerhouse Classic 8 conference….
Coach Bubba Schweigert and the UND football staff will be holding their second recruiting weekend of the year starting tonight. This will be the last weekend before Xmas break due to the fact students/players are gone next week after finals. Here are the visitors we have confirmed: Hunter Pinke (commit) – TE – 6’5″-225 –…
There have been a few things going down lately related to UND Football so we thought we would give a quick rundown: UND signed two more players a to the Class of 2015 – one high school and one FBS transfer. The high school signee came via Canada, the fourth Canadian in the 2015 class….
We knew UND was looking at adding defensive line depth that could help immediately this fall. It came true as UND signed defensive end Noah Johnson (6’3″-260) from City College of San Francisco. CCSF is a Juco powerhouse in California and perennially plays for the CCCAA State Championship and mythical National Championship. Johnson had 6 sacks…
First off, a bunch of CFL news that relates to UND Football: UND cornerback Alex Tillman recently signed a professional contract with the British Columbia Lions of the CFL. Former UND cornerback Donovan Alexander (2003-2007) decided to retire from the CFL this past winter. Alexander had a solid 7 year CFL career and was also able to retire as…
UND will be hosting their annual Junior Day tomorrow for current juniors in high school that are prospects for the Class of 2016. We have been able to confirm that the following student-athletes will be on campus tomorrow: Braedan Hanson – WR – Red River High School Zak Kuntz – LB – Red River High School Jamahl Johnson –…
