It’s been quiet around the UND Football world as of late but as we get closer to spring ball, things should start to heat up. Here’s what we have for our random thoughts on the program as of late: The program recently held their winter testing, which comes after the winter workouts to gauge how…
Rashad Williams, listed at 6-6 and 270 pounds, has given the UND Football program a verbal commitment. Rivals.com and Illinois recruiting guru “Edgy Tim” O’Halloran ranked Williams as a Top 20 offensive tackle prospect for the Class of 2013 in the state of Illinois. Williams was shown interest by a handful of MAC and Big…
QB Kurt Palandech of Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, IL has committed to the UND Football program. Palandech, 6’2″-175, was an all-conference and all-area performer for the Tigers, which finished the season 7-3. Plainfield North is coached by Tim Kane. Palandech is the definition of “dual-threat” QB. In his senior season he rushed for 684…
Patrick Sharp, a running back from Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, IL, has given a verbal commitment to the UND football program. At 5’10”-180, he was an all-conference performer for the Falcons, who went 10-2 on the season and lost in the Illinois Class 7A quarterfinals 3-0 to eventual champion Glenbard West. Wheaton North…
Great Oak High School tight end Kyle Ruhe from Temecula, CA has given a verbal commitment to play football at the University of North Dakota. Ruhe is listed at 6-5 and 230 pounds and runs pretty well given his size. There is no doubt he will have to put on 20-30 pounds to be able…
The UND football program has received a verbal commitment from safety Cole Reyes of Schaumberg, IL. Reyes, 6’2″-205, was an all-conference and all-northwest area performer for the Saxons this past season. In 2012, he had 3 interceptions as a safety and on the offensive side of the ball he had 11 catches for 299 yards and…
Former University of Illinois signee and 3-star recruit Jason (JJ) Robertson has enrolled at the University of North Dakota for spring semester 2013. The 6-0, 185 pound WR attended a community college this fall and did not play football. We believe he should have all 4 years of eligibility remaining at UND and will be…
UND has received a verbal commitment from 6-6, 275 pound offensive lineman AJ Stockwell. Stockwell played at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, MN for Head Coach Kelly Sherwin. Eastview finished the season 7-4 after losing to Wayzata in the state quarterfinals. Stockwell has amazing upside and is considered to be a freakish hybrid type…
UND received their sixth known commitment to the Class of 2013 when DL Garett Cary gave his verbal commitment to the program a few days ago. Cary, 6’3″-265, was an All-Conference, All-Region, and All-State pick in his senior season for Bigfoot Union High School in Walworth, Wisconsin (which is southwest of Milwaukee). He excelled on both…
It is officially the recruiting “dead period” where no contact can be made by the coaching staff to recruits. This also usually means that verbal commitment news dries up for awhile, also. The dead period is over January 4th so we hope to have commitment news coming in those first two weeks of January. There…
