Early thoughts on 2020 season

[Bison20]

Just wanted to see what people think going into next season. Obviously defensive line we will lose 3 of the 4 starters so will need some guys to have a good offseason and spring ball. Lots of young talent there that needs to step up. Can destin talbert fill bridges spot as a good cover corner? I think Dawson Weber player well this year when given the opportunity. Does Luke weerts get more action at lb? Offensively we should possibly be the best ever. We only lose 1 lineman and will be loaded at wr, te and rb. Plus we get Seth Wilson back who may have been the number 1 this year. Oh yea we get trey back who I expect to put up ridiculous numbers and be a much improved passer. Who are the young breakout players to watch for?

[heffray]

We rotate so many guys on D Line, I think we’ll be fine there.

You called it, the position I’ll be watching the most is corner (Talbert or Weber?)

Also want to see if Seth Wilson will return to form and yes, can’t wait to see what Trey Lance can do. Will he ever throw an interception?

[GreenfieldBison]

We rotate so many guys on D Line, I think we’ll be fine there.

You called it, the position I’ll be watching the most is corner (Talbert or Weber?)

Also want to see if Seth Wilson will return to form and yes, can’t wait to see what Trey Lance can do. Will he ever throw an interception?

He almost had one picked yesterday. Very glad he failed.

[DM05]

Interested in the d line. Ching and biegler are back inside, tucker showed some flashes this year. Interested in seeing evans/derritt/mosteart develop.

Tuszka will be damn tough to replace at end....waege and McCormick will need to step up but depth is a bit 7nproven right now.

[23Bison]

I will go on record and be the first to say The Bison will not lose a game in 2020 and go UNDEFEATED with yet another title. I have spoken.

[heffray]

I will go on record and be the first to say The Bison will not lose a game in 2020 and go UNDEFEATED with yet another title. I have spoken.

This is the way.

[fmfantasy]

Can anyone post a projected 3 deep for 2020? seems someone does this every year and fun to see what we have.

[23Bison]

This is the way.
This is the Way.

[Bisman]

Below is a possible depth chart for 2020. RB Braden Zuroff, FS Jackson Entz and D.J. Baptist are no longer on the roster. Getting back Zac Mathis and Seth Wilson, from injury, could be big for the offense if they can stay healthy. Braylon Henderson is coming into his own at Slot. It will be hard to replace James Hendricks and Marquis Bridges. Dawson Weber has been playing well at free safety. Destin Talbert struggled early on but improved throughout the season. Hopefully we can get one more good corner in this recruiting class.

2020 NDSU FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE HEIGHT WEIGHT

QB Trey Lance #5 Sophomore 6-3 221
Zeb Noland #8 Senior 6-2 220
Noah Sanders #16 Junior 6-3 220
Logan Graetz #10 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 202
Jayden Johanneson #7 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 186

LT Dillon Radunz #75 Senior 6-6 298
Cody Mauch #70 Junior 6-4 290
Hunter Poncius #76 Redshirt Freshman 6-7 276

LG Nash Jensen #66 Junior 6-4 326
Zach Kubas #61 Senior 6-4 299
Bryan Nohava #77 Sophomore 6-4 289

C Karson Schoening #59 Senior 6-5 303
Zach Willis #57 Junior 6-3 300
Brandon Westberg #71 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 288

RG Quinn Alo #69 Senior 6-2 298
Jacob Kubas #63 Sophomore 6-3 290

RT Cordell Volson #67 Senior 6-6 309
Jalen Sundell #72 Sophomore 6-5 290
Josh Howieson #58 Senior 6-5 305
Jake Rock #64 Redshirt Freshman 6-6 287

TE Josh Babicz #81 Junior 6-6 253
Noah Gindorff #87 Junior 6-6 262
Travis Yohnke #40 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 248
Jaden Klabo #85 Redshirt Freshman 6-4 227
Zach Gottwalt #43 Redshirt Freshman 6-4 195

FB Hunter Luepke #44 Sophomore 6-1 249
Austin Avery #46 Junior 6-3 247
Logan Hofstedt #33 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 233

RB Adam Cofield #18 Senior 5-11 202
Sabein Clark #30 Sophomore 6-1 206
Jalen Bussey #21 Redshirt Freshman 5-5 153
Kobe Johnson #24 Sophomore 5-9 177
D.J. Stewart #32 Sophomore 5-11 185
Seth Wilson #22 Redshirt Sophomore If medical is applied for and approved

WR Phoenix Sproles #11 Junior 5-11 187
Andy Voyen #80 Junior 6-2 203
Jacob Lippe #2 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 199
Carson Yaggie #24 Junior 6-0 196
Giancarlo Volpentesta #6 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 191

SLOT Trevor Heit #84 Senior 5-9 179
Braylon Henderson #12 Redshirt Freshman 5-8 172
Kaden Kuntz #15 Redshirt Freshman 5-8 168
Peter Isais #86 Junior 5-11 180

WR Christian Watson #1 Junior 6-3 196
Cole Jacob #89 Senior 6-1 202
Zach Mathis #17 Sophomore 6-6 186
Jacob Halvorson #26 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 183
Adrian Adams #29 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 165

SPECIALISTS
P Garrett Wegner #38 Senior 6-0 193
K/P Will Cardinal #15 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 180
K Jake Reinholz #37 Junior 6-2 216
K/P Griffin Crosa #36 Sophomore 6-1 165

H Garrett Wegner #38 Senior 6-0 194

LS Ross Kennelly #50 Senior 5-11 214
Hunter Brozio #85 Redshirt Freshman 6'0" 233

KR Kobe Johnson #24 Sophomore 5-9 177

PR Trevor Heit #84 Senior 5-9 179

DEFENSE HEIGHT WEIGHT

LE LOGAN MCCORMICK #93 REDSHIRT JUNIOR 6-2 240
TONY PIERCE, JR. #90 REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE 6-0 230
REED RYAN #64 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 233
JUSTICE KELLEY #88 SENIOR 6-3 221

DT MATT BIEGLER #98 SENIOR 6-3 283
LANE TUCKER #60 JUNIOR 6-4 278
WILL MOSTAERT #74 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-3 246
ELI MOSTAERT #73 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-3 254

NG COSTNER CHING #94 JUNIOR
DYLAN EVANS #62 SOPHOMORE 6-4 286
JAVIER DERRITT #96 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-1 276
NATE DIRKES #78 SOPHOMORE 6-5 280

RE SPENCER WAEGE #99 JUNIOR 6-5 259
BARTHOLOMEW OGBU #97 SOPHOMORE 6-2 241
BRENDAN COOK #64 SOPHOMORE 6-3 243
JAKE KAVA #58 SOPHOMORE 6-1 226

WLB AARON MERCADEL #55 SENIOR 5-11 212
MASON HOFSTEDT #51 JUNIOR 6-0 211
MITCHELL KARTES #45 SOPHOMORE 5-11 208
JUANEYE TILLMAN #34 SOPHOMORE 5-11 216

MLB JACKSON HANKEY #52 JUNIOR 6-1 223
BEAU PAULEY #43 SENIOR 6-2 221
LUKE WEERTS #47 SOPHOMORE 6-1 215
MARK STUMPF #48 SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN 6-2 221
DYLAN HENDRICKS #50 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 225

SLB JABRIL COX #42 SENIOR 6-3 233
JASIR COX #49 JUNIOR 6-0 205
NICK KUBITZ #49 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 202
HUNTER BROZIO #85 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-0 233

CB JOSH HAYES #14 SENIOR 5-11 186
TERRELL HALL #29 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 186
ANTHONY COLEMAN #13 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-9 172

SS MICHAEL TUTSIE #25 JUNIOR 5-10 194
JAMES KACZOR #26 JUNIOR 6-0 205
JULIAN WLODARCZYK #4 SOPHOMORE 6-2 202
CALEB BEEBE #46 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 166

FS DAWSON WEBER #27 JUNIOR 6-2 193
DOM JONES #10 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 184
CAMERON SMITH #18 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 184
BEN HOGGARTH #23 SOPHOMORE 5-9 210

CB DESTIN TALBERT #33 SOPHOMORE 5-11 180
JAYDEN PRICE #35 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-0 184
JENARO OCAMA #39 TRUE FRESHMAN 6-0 178

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2020 FOOTBALL SIGNING CLASS
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous Schools
Seth Anderson OL/DL 6-5 253 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS
Oscar Benson LB 6-0 180 Fr. Hillsboro, N.D./Hillsboro HS
Jack Bram TE 6-3 215 Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS
Dominic Gonnella RB 5-11 190 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Bloomingdale HS
Tyson Gordon S 6-2 177 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic HS
Nolan Jacobs DT 6-2 243 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy HS
TK Marshall RB 5-11 189 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS
Cam Miller QB 6-1 205 Fr. Solon, Iowa/Solon HS
Mason Miller OL 6-6 232 Fr. Ada, Minn./Ada-Borup HS
Raja Nelson WR 5-8 175 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS
Loshiaka Roques DE 6-3 215 Fr. Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata HS
Ty Satter S 6-1 167 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS
Marques Sigle CB 5-10 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha North HS
Joe Stoffel TE 6-3 234 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS
Cole Wisniewski LB 6-3 189 Fr. Sparta, Wis./Sparta HS
Grey Zabel OL 6-5 247 Fr. Pierre, S.D./T.F. Riggs HS
RECRUITED WALK-ONS
Andre Carrier TE 6-3 197 Fr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS
Joseph Deyak WR 6-2 190 Fr. West St. Paul, Minn./St. Thomas Academy
Hayden Johnston OL 6-1 259 Fr. Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS
Sam Jung S 5-10 175 Fr. Neenah, Wis./Neenah HS
Joe Kava DT 5-11 229 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS
Nick Radunz OL 6-3 295 Jr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS/NDSCS
Trey Steinbach DE 6-3 220 Fr. Marshall, Minn./Marshall HS
Tyler Terhark WR 6-2 192 Fr. Horace, N.D./Sheyenne HS

[ndsubison1]

The offense is going to be insane. Need DT depth. Waege can slide inside at times. CB2 is a concern.

[BiZon22]

If we beat Oregon, we will be number 25 in the AP Poll. Guarantee it.

[HerdBot]

I'm most concerned about CB and finding an impact guy to replace Derrick Tuszka. Not many 6-5 freak athletes out there.

[WeAreThePride]

I’m always scared with our DB depth, but we always seem to reload.

[AKBison]

We rotate so many guys on D Line, I think we’ll be fine there.

You called it, the position I’ll be watching the most is corner (Talbert or Weber?)

Also want to see if Seth Wilson will return to form and yes, can’t wait to see what Trey Lance can do. Will he ever throw an interception?

We are going to need some new horses on the d line for sure.

[MangyOldBison]

I will go on record and be the first to say The Bison will not lose a game in 2020 and go UNDEFEATED with yet another title. I have spoken.

Very well spoken I might add. https://youtu.be/3bQnxlHZsjY

[Bisman]

Below are the freshmen recruits that have signed. Who, if any, do you think will have an impact in 2020?

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2020 FOOTBALL SIGNING CLASS
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous Schools
Seth Anderson OL/DL 6-5 253 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS
Oscar Benson LB 6-0 180 Fr. Hillsboro, N.D./Hillsboro HS
Jack Bram TE 6-3 215 Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS
Dominic Gonnella RB 5-11 190 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Bloomingdale HS
Tyson Gordon S 6-2 177 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic HS
Nolan Jacobs DT 6-2 243 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy HS
TK Marshall RB 5-11 189 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS
Cam Miller QB 6-1 205 Fr. Solon, Iowa/Solon HS
Mason Miller OL 6-6 232 Fr. Ada, Minn./Ada-Borup HS
Raja Nelson WR 5-8 175 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS
Loshiaka Roques DE 6-3 215 Fr. Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata HS
Ty Satter S 6-1 167 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS
Marques Sigle CB 5-10 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha North HS
Joe Stoffel TE 6-3 234 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS
Cole Wisniewski LB 6-3 189 Fr. Sparta, Wis./Sparta HS
Grey Zabel OL 6-5 247 Fr. Pierre, S.D./T.F. Riggs HS
RECRUITED WALK-ONS
Andre Carrier TE 6-3 197 Fr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS
Joseph Deyak WR 6-2 190 Fr. West St. Paul, Minn./St. Thomas Academy
Hayden Johnston OL 6-1 259 Fr. Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS
Sam Jung S 5-10 175 Fr. Neenah, Wis./Neenah HS
Joe Kava DT 5-11 229 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS
Nick Radunz OL 6-3 295 Jr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS/NDSCS
Trey Steinbach DE 6-3 220 Fr. Marshall, Minn./Marshall HS
Tyler Terhark WR 6-2 192 Fr. Horace, N.D./Sheyenne HS

[T-Funk]

My feeling is that Kaczor finds his way into a starting role, possibly replacing Jimmy Football at FS.

[Bisman]

My feeling is that Kaczor finds his way into a starting role, possibly replacing Jimmy Football at FS.

He had a great championship game with 14 tackles. They seem to like to use him closer to the line of scrimmage.

[ndsubison1]

My feeling is that Kaczor finds his way into a starting role, possibly replacing Jimmy Football at FS.

He starts depending on opponent.

We will have lots of depth on Offense, not to mention Bussey at KR. Bussey, Watson/Or Johnson at KR. Wow.

[El_Chapo]

Interested in the d line. Ching and biegler are back inside, tucker showed some flashes this year. Interested in seeing evans/derritt/mosteart develop.

Tuszka will be damn tough to replace at end....waege and McCormick will need to step up but depth is a bit 7nproven right now.

DE True Freshman Shaka Roques will play alot, dude is chiseled. 6 5 235 & has only met Coach Kramer once ..

[23Bison]

DE True Freshman Shaka Roques will play alot, dude is chiseled. 6 5 235 & has only met Coach Kramer once ..
I’m thinking you mean 6’2”

[El_Chapo]

Below are the freshmen recruits that have signed. Who, if any, do you think will have an impact in 2020?

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2020 FOOTBALL SIGNING CLASS
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous Schools
Seth Anderson OL/DL 6-5 253 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS
Oscar Benson LB 6-0 180 Fr. Hillsboro, N.D./Hillsboro HS
Jack Bram TE 6-3 215 Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS
Dominic Gonnella RB 5-11 190 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Bloomingdale HS
Tyson Gordon S 6-2 177 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic HS
Nolan Jacobs DT 6-2 243 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy HS
TK Marshall RB 5-11 189 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS
Cam Miller QB 6-1 205 Fr. Solon, Iowa/Solon HS
Mason Miller OL 6-6 232 Fr. Ada, Minn./Ada-Borup HS
Raja Nelson WR 5-8 175 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS
Loshiaka Roques DE 6-3 215 Fr. Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata HS
Ty Satter S 6-1 167 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS
Marques Sigle CB 5-10 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha North HS
Joe Stoffel TE 6-3 234 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS
Cole Wisniewski LB 6-3 189 Fr. Sparta, Wis./Sparta HS
Grey Zabel OL 6-5 247 Fr. Pierre, S.D./T.F. Riggs HS
RECRUITED WALK-ONS
Andre Carrier TE 6-3 197 Fr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS
Joseph Deyak WR 6-2 190 Fr. West St. Paul, Minn./St. Thomas Academy
Hayden Johnston OL 6-1 259 Fr. Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS
Sam Jung S 5-10 175 Fr. Neenah, Wis./Neenah HS
Joe Kava DT 5-11 229 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS
Nick Radunz OL 6-3 295 Jr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS/NDSCS
Trey Steinbach DE 6-3 220 Fr. Marshall, Minn./Marshall HS
Tyler Terhark WR 6-2 192 Fr. Horace, N.D./Sheyenne HS

Shaka Roques & Raja Nelson will be 2 of the most talented players you will see.
Joe Stoffel is like our #2 rated recruit ever, but TE is still stacked.
My darkhorse is TK Marshall, if he was at Eden Prairie instead of Mpls SW he's in the Big 10

[El_Chapo]

I’m thinking you mean 6’2”

Dude is growing still, I just talked to his head coach last week and he said "NDSU has no idea how lucky they are getting him"

24.7 article below

Loshiaka Roques, Wayzata, Weak-Side Defensive End
247sports.com/Player/Loshiaka-Roques-46084581
Dec 1· Loshiaka Roques is a 6-4, 225-pound Outside Linebacker from Minneapolis, MN.

[23Bison]

Dude is growing still, I just talked to his head coach last week and he said "NDSU has no idea how lucky they are getting him"

24.7 article below

Loshiaka Roques, Wayzata, Weak-Side Defensive End
247sports.com/Player/Loshiaka-Roques-46084581
Dec 1· Loshiaka Roques is a 6-4, 225-pound Outside Linebacker from Minneapolis, MN.
Hey if that’s actually true then I’ll be pleasantly surprised! The bigger the better.

[23Bison]

Either of the new RB recruits could play next year in my opinion. I’m just hoping we won’t need them. I want to see Clark come in at 215 and is ready to kick some ass ala David Johnson.

[Bison20]

Could nexts years offense be the best we have ever seen? Hopefully open the playbook and not have to rely on trey running so much. Who fills the right guard spot? Do they move volson inside and have sundel play rt? I am really excited to see braylon in the slot. Seemed to make some good plays against Montana state and threw some great blocks. I hope talbert can be a lock down cb to open up the blitz package.

[westnodak93bison]

We break out the new neon line green unis at Oregon

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[ZHerd]

Could nexts years offense be the best we have ever seen? Hopefully open the playbook and not have to rely on trey running so much. Who fills the right guard spot? Do they move volson inside and have sundel play rt? I am really excited to see braylon in the slot. Seemed to make some good plays against Montana state and threw some great blocks. I hope talbert can be a lock down cb to open up the blitz package.

Offense should be awesome. How much better than this year depends on how much Lance improves making reads, seeing the field and passing. Real question mark is defense. We just lost 3 of our top 4 players and I don’t see any all Americans on the D line. If some new guys don’t really step up Oregon will drop 40 on us. I believe some dudes will step it up though. We will find a good replacement for Hendricks, and opp Hayes I wouldn’t be surprised if a youngster takes that spot. I’m not on board with living off transfers but if we could find a good d-line transfer...

[23Bison]

I believe Tucker and one of the twins will be huge for us next year. Still think Alo should be back on the DL.

[EC8CH]

Thoughts in gif form:

https://media.giphy.com/media/ygqMjv2x8KSxW/giphy.gif

[thebootfitter]

If we beat Oregon, we will be number 25 in the AP Poll. Guarantee it.
If Oregon is ranked top 5 pre-season, I think we end up getting more than enough token votes to actually fall higher (i.e. lower number) than 25. Even if they're top 10 to start the season, I think this is a possibility.

What would be a little crazy is if Oregon then goes on to defeat tOSU the next week. And both Oregon and tOSU finish the regular season without any other losses. And then we continue the year undefeated, blowing out the competition through another championship. We'd be crazy high in the computers, and I'd have to think we keep getting AP votes to stay in the top 25. Maybe even some real Heisman buzz for Lance.

Oh... that also means we'd have the longest D-I winning streak in history, surpassing Oklahoma. We'd also have roughly a top-3 active win streak against FBS foes.

Okay... some of this might be a little far-fetched. (Or is it???) :biggrin:

[ndsubison1]

If we beat Oregon it will be that they are super overrated
Then if they somehow beat OSU they would say "Well if we had play against you like we did OSU, we'd kill you." Same song and dance.

[17>1]

Terrell Hall will be a redshirt freshman. From the things I heard about him from Coach K this year he may have an opportunity to start at CB.

Also love the idea of getting Kaczor on the field more next year. Do you make him a safety, or an outside backer? However, he is a hybrid type guy that plays a ton of nickel, sure is a nice player to utilize like that.

[Professor Chaos]

Hoping to see Javier Derritt emerge at DT. I think he has the potential to be a Nate Tanguay like 4 year starter at that position. I also think Will Moestert is going to be a freshman beast at DE.

[heffray]

Terrell Hall will be a redshirt freshman. From the things I heard about him from Coach K this year he may have an opportunity to start at CB.

Also love the idea of getting Kaczor on the field more next year. Do you make him a safety, or an outside backer? However, he is a hybrid type guy that plays a ton of nickel, sure is a nice player to utilize like that.

I agree on Kaczor, would love to see more of that speed all over the field, doesn't matter where.

[JMB]

Here is my completely un-educated hopes and dreams

- Trey needs to keep developing his passing game. It seemed like he was given pretty limited read responsibilities (I suspect many of his plays are "here read these two options based on the defense, if not run).
- I hope the O Line gets back to mauling people. It seems like our ability to move people out of the way wasn't as great as it has in years past, which translated into issues running up the middle.
- Running Back involvement needs to improve. These guys need to carry more of the load, or Trey will be a cripple by the time he is a senior.
- Defensive Front Seven - Needs to shore up against the run.
-Coaching - Roehl needs to continue to develop. My completely uneducated gut tells me that the staff is good at planning, but needs work making adjustments during the game.

[ZHerd]

I agree on Kaczor, would love to see more of that speed all over the field, doesn't matter where.

He is a really good tackler.

[Bisman]

Which true freshmen went over the four game limit and will be sophomores? I know someone has been keeping track of that.

[Kermit]

Which true freshmen went over the four game limit and will be sophomores? I know someone has been keeping track of that.

Kobe Johnson
Julian Wlodarczyk
Luke Weerts
Griffin Crosa

[Bison20]

He is a really good tackler.

I would like to see him and jabril at the outside lb spots. So much speed and ability to cover. Any chance weerts gets on the mlb. Not sure how fast he is but Hankey isn’t the fastest guy out there.

[DM05]

I agree on Kaczor, would love to see more of that speed all over the field, doesn't matter where.

IMO he is much, much better than Mercadel. Might need a little more weight (7-10 pounds)....Cox, Hankey, and Kaczor would be a pretty versatile crew.

[Bisman]

Kobe Johnson
Julian Wlodarczyk
Luke Weerts
Griffin Crosa

Thanks, I will update the depth chart.

[MNLonghorn10]

Oregons gonna be a different monster. Different recruits, not the basic 2- 3-4 stars fo4r ksu, iowa iowa st etc...nationally ranked 4 and 5 *s. My only saving grace that ndsu has a shot is they can start scouting this game now while they prep for OSU

[thunderingherd]

What I'm looking forward to in 2020. Oregon. The End. NDSU will walk through the regular season and the playoff bracket.

[bisonp]

Oregons gonna be a different monster. Different recruits, not the basic 2- 3-4 stars fo4r ksu, iowa iowa st etc...nationally ranked 4 and 5 *s. My only saving grace that ndsu has a shot is they can start scouting this game now while they prep for OSU

I agree. NDSU has never played a team with this many athletes of that caliber before. That doesn't mean Oregon is unbeatable, but it will be a tall order for sure.

[Catman]

Below is a possible depth chart for 2020. RB Braden Zuroff, FS Jackson Entz and D.J. Baptist are no longer on the roster. Getting back Zac Mathis and Seth Wilson, from injury, could be big for the offense if they can stay healthy. Braylon Henderson is coming into his own at Slot. It will be hard to replace James Hendricks and Marquis Bridges. Dawson Weber has been playing well at free safety. Destin Talbert struggled early on but improved throughout the season. Hopefully we can get one more good corner in this recruiting class.

2020 NDSU FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE HEIGHT WEIGHT

QB Trey Lance #5 Sophomore 6-3 221
Zeb Noland #8 Senior 6-2 220
Noah Sanders #16 Junior 6-3 220
Logan Graetz #10 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 202
Jayden Johanneson #7 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 186

LT Dillon Radunz #75 Senior 6-6 298
Cody Mauch #70 Junior 6-4 290
Hunter Poncius #76 Redshirt Freshman 6-7 276

LG Nash Jensen #66 Junior 6-4 326
Zach Kubas #61 Senior 6-4 299
Bryan Nohava #77 Sophomore 6-4 289

C Karson Schoening #59 Senior 6-5 303
Zach Willis #57 Junior 6-3 300
Brandon Westberg #71 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 288

RG Quinn Alo #69 Senior 6-2 298
Jacob Kubas #63 Sophomore 6-3 290

RT Cordell Volson #67 Senior 6-6 309
Jalen Sundell #72 Sophomore 6-5 290
Josh Howieson #58 Senior 6-5 305
Jake Rock #64 Redshirt Freshman 6-6 287

TE Josh Babicz #81 Junior 6-6 253
Noah Gindorff #87 Junior 6-6 262
Travis Yohnke #40 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 248
Jaden Klabo #85 Redshirt Freshman 6-4 227
Zach Gottwalt #43 Redshirt Freshman 6-4 195

FB Hunter Luepke #44 Sophomore 6-1 249
Austin Avery #46 Junior 6-3 247
Logan Hofstedt #33 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 233

RB Adam Cofield #18 Senior 5-11 202
Sabein Clark #30 Sophomore 6-1 206
Jalen Bussey #21 Redshirt Freshman 5-5 153
Kobe Johnson #24 Sophomore 5-9 177
D.J. Stewart #32 Sophomore 5-11 185
Seth Wilson #22 Redshirt Sophomore If medical is applied for and approved

WR Phoenix Sproles #11 Junior 5-11 187
Andy Voyen #80 Junior 6-2 203
Jacob Lippe #2 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 199
Carson Yaggie #24 Junior 6-0 196
Giancarlo Volpentesta #6 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 191

SLOT Trevor Heit #84 Senior 5-9 179
Braylon Henderson #12 Redshirt Freshman 5-8 172
Kaden Kuntz #15 Redshirt Freshman 5-8 168
Peter Isais #86 Junior 5-11 180

WR Christian Watson #1 Junior 6-3 196
Cole Jacob #89 Senior 6-1 202
Zach Mathis #17 Sophomore 6-6 186
Jacob Halvorson #26 Redshirt Freshman 6-3 183
Adrian Adams #29 Redshirt Freshman 6-0 165

SPECIALISTS
P Garrett Wegner #38 Senior 6-0 193
K/P Will Cardinal #15 Redshirt Freshman 6-2 180
K Jake Reinholz #37 Junior 6-2 216
K/P Griffin Crosa #36 Sophomore 6-1 165

H Garrett Wegner #38 Senior 6-0 194

LS Ross Kennelly #50 Senior 5-11 214
Hunter Brozio #85 Redshirt Freshman 6'0" 233

KR Kobe Johnson #24 Sophomore 5-9 177

PR Trevor Heit #84 Senior 5-9 179

DEFENSE HEIGHT WEIGHT

LE LOGAN MCCORMICK #93 REDSHIRT JUNIOR 6-2 240
TONY PIERCE, JR. #90 REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE 6-0 230
REED RYAN #64 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 233
JUSTICE KELLEY #88 SENIOR 6-3 221

DT MATT BIEGLER #98 SENIOR 6-3 283
LANE TUCKER #60 JUNIOR 6-4 278
WILL MOSTAERT #74 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-3 246
ELI MOSTAERT #73 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-3 254

NG COSTNER CHING #94 JUNIOR
DYLAN EVANS #62 SOPHOMORE 6-4 286
JAVIER DERRITT #96 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-1 276
NATE DIRKES #78 SOPHOMORE 6-5 280

RE SPENCER WAEGE #99 JUNIOR 6-5 259
BARTHOLOMEW OGBU #97 SOPHOMORE 6-2 241
BRENDAN COOK #64 SOPHOMORE 6-3 243
JAKE KAVA #58 SOPHOMORE 6-1 226

WLB AARON MERCADEL #55 SENIOR 5-11 212
MASON HOFSTEDT #51 JUNIOR 6-0 211
MITCHELL KARTES #45 SOPHOMORE 5-11 208
JUANEYE TILLMAN #34 SOPHOMORE 5-11 216

MLB JACKSON HANKEY #52 JUNIOR 6-1 223
BEAU PAULEY #43 SENIOR 6-2 221
LUKE WEERTS #47 SOPHOMORE 6-1 215
MARK STUMPF #48 SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN 6-2 221
DYLAN HENDRICKS #50 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 225

SLB JABRIL COX #42 SENIOR 6-3 233
JASIR COX #49 JUNIOR 6-0 205
NICK KUBITZ #49 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 202
HUNTER BROZIO #85 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-0 233

CB JOSH HAYES #14 SENIOR 5-11 186
TERRELL HALL #29 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 186
ANTHONY COLEMAN #13 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-9 172

SS MICHAEL TUTSIE #25 JUNIOR 5-10 194
JAMES KACZOR #26 JUNIOR 6-0 205
JULIAN WLODARCZYK #4 SOPHOMORE 6-2 202
CALEB BEEBE #46 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 166

FS DAWSON WEBER #27 JUNIOR 6-2 193
DOM JONES #10 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-2 184
CAMERON SMITH #18 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-10 184
BEN HOGGARTH #23 SOPHOMORE 5-9 210

CB DESTIN TALBERT #33 SOPHOMORE 5-11 180
JAYDEN PRICE #35 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 6-0 184
JENARO OCAMA #39 TRUE FRESHMAN 6-0 178

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2020 FOOTBALL SIGNING CLASS
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous Schools
Seth Anderson OL/DL 6-5 253 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS
Oscar Benson LB 6-0 180 Fr. Hillsboro, N.D./Hillsboro HS
Jack Bram TE 6-3 215 Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS
Dominic Gonnella RB 5-11 190 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Bloomingdale HS
Tyson Gordon S 6-2 177 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic HS
Nolan Jacobs DT 6-2 243 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy HS
TK Marshall RB 5-11 189 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS
Cam Miller QB 6-1 205 Fr. Solon, Iowa/Solon HS
Mason Miller OL 6-6 232 Fr. Ada, Minn./Ada-Borup HS
Raja Nelson WR 5-8 175 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS
Loshiaka Roques DE 6-3 215 Fr. Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata HS
Ty Satter S 6-1 167 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS
Marques Sigle CB 5-10 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha North HS
Joe Stoffel TE 6-3 234 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS
Cole Wisniewski LB 6-3 189 Fr. Sparta, Wis./Sparta HS
Grey Zabel OL 6-5 247 Fr. Pierre, S.D./T.F. Riggs HS
RECRUITED WALK-ONS
Andre Carrier TE 6-3 197 Fr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS
Joseph Deyak WR 6-2 190 Fr. West St. Paul, Minn./St. Thomas Academy
Hayden Johnston OL 6-1 259 Fr. Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS
Sam Jung S 5-10 175 Fr. Neenah, Wis./Neenah HS
Joe Kava DT 5-11 229 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS
Nick Radunz OL 6-3 295 Jr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS/NDSCS
Trey Steinbach DE 6-3 220 Fr. Marshall, Minn./Marshall HS
Tyler Terhark WR 6-2 192 Fr. Horace, N.D./Sheyenne HS


Is WR Dj Baptist off the team?

[Bisonator98]

If NDSU beats Oregon it's definitely time to start looking for a new home. The FCS will probably start trying knock us down by eliminating COA or something.

[Bison20]

I agree. NDSU has never played a team with this many athletes of that caliber before. That doesn't mean Oregon is unbeatable, but it will be a tall order for sure.

That’s the biggest difference in fbs opponents we have played. We matched up with those other teams because they play physical football and like to run it. Oregon has better skill positions and like to spread it out which might give us a lot more problems.

[Bisonator98]

That’s the biggest difference in fbs opponents we have played. We matched up with those other teams because they play physical football and like to run it. Oregon has better skill positions and like to spread it out which might give us a lot more problems.

Same thing is said about every FBS game. KSU was gonna kill us with Lockett, Thompson and Hubert. Iowa State had Lazard, Bundrage and Bibbs. We'll have to own the trenches to win. Keep it close and have a shot at the end.

[heffray]

That’s the biggest difference in fbs opponents we have played. We matched up with those other teams because they play physical football and like to run it. Oregon has better skill positions and like to spread it out which might give us a lot more problems.

It is an interesting matchup in this regard, isn't it? I think you can argue that Kstate was more spread than physical in 2013, but the speed in Oregon will be different, I think. I also think the Oregon D is going to be more physical than anything we've seen. If you've watched them this last year, not only are they skilled up and down on D, they hit hard, too.

I have no idea how this will translate into a W for the Bison, but I'm interested to see how it plays out.

[ndsubison1]

Kobe Johnson
Julian Wlodarczyk
Luke Weerts
Griffin Crosa

Annoying that theyd waste a year on Weerts.

[ndsubison1]

I would like to see him and jabril at the outside lb spots. So much speed and ability to cover. Any chance weerts gets on the mlb. Not sure how fast he is but Hankey isn’t the fastest guy out there.

Weerts would have to be really special to take out Hankeys spot.

[ndsubison1]

That’s the biggest difference in fbs opponents we have played. We matched up with those other teams because they play physical football and like to run it. Oregon has better skill positions and like to spread it out which might give us a lot more problems.

New QB and 4 new OL. I know their LT is a stud, but also replace 3 DL and 2LB will be True frosh. That is a recipe I like.

[23Bison]

I watched the Oregon-Montana game on youtube and it gave some boosting confidence. Oregon losing pretty much their entire OL and QB will be a big deal for them regardless of what anyone says. Our offense will have to use the entire offensive personnel and playbook to challenge Oregon's very stout defense. We'll have a veteran OL, a huge stable of great RB, two huge 6-6 TE, 3-4 very capable and exciting WR and the best QB in the entire stadium. If the defense gets the best players on the field especially with Cox, Kaczor and Hankey at LB. Tutsie and probably Weber at S. Interior DL needs to get locked up and I think Lane Tucker will be huge in this game. CB opposite Hayes will be big. We have more than a chance folks.

[Bisonator98]

I could see both Cox brothers at the outside spots and Weerts in the middle. Speed for days! Hankey's smarts make up for his speed limitations kind of like Grant Olson.

[MankatoBison]

They will definitely have some skill players that we will have a VERY difficult time bottling up- I think they will definitely get their fair share of points...

But I also think our offense will get what is theirs as well.. We averaged 4YPC against KSU and the Iowas. And thats what they are desinged to do- stop the run. I dont think Oregon is genetically a run stopping team (although their DE is a future 1st rounder IMO). I think we will see a very conservatively called game on offense (a la KSU and Iowa). and it will be death by a thousand cuts... and Trey Lance's legs.

I'll say this. We beat those good FBS programs. It was impressive. But in my mind, there is no doubt that they continue to overlook us. These P5 kids have been told 90 Trillion times how they are elite, no one is better, no on can compare to your talent, strength, speed etc. It is human nature to believe that they will sleepwalk to a win over NDSU because we are "less than" them. we are LITERALLY being scheduled for what their AD foolishly believed would be an "easy, pre-season victory before the big-boy schedule".

They are playing Ohio State the next week, EASILY the biggest game of the season for them. No matter how much their coaches emphasize it, these hot shot 4-5 star kids will overlook us so hard, they wont be able to know which was is up by the 4th quarter.

Good Guys win 28-24

[Bisman]

Annoying that theyd waste a year on Weerts.

Dylan Hendricks signed the same year and he will be a redshirt freshman. He is no slouch.

[heffray]

Weerts would have to be really special to take out Hankeys spot.

100% this. I don't at all understand the continued criticism of the QB of our Defense and one of the best and leading tacklers on the team.

[GreenfieldBison]

I would like to see him and jabril at the outside lb spots. So much speed and ability to cover. Any chance weerts gets on the mlb. Not sure how fast he is but Hankey isn’t the fastest guy out there.

Yeah but Hankey is super smart and I believe the leading tackler so they must be running right at him for some strange reason.

[ZHerd]

I could see both Cox brothers at the outside spots and Weerts in the middle. Speed for days! Hankey's smarts make up for his speed limitations kind of like Grant Olson.

Hankey definitely improved during the year, Mercadel is replaceable. Would love to see an aggressive, solid tackling speedster take that spot.

[DCinOK]

Do we know if Derrick Tuszka is getting much attention from the pros? What's the talk on him?

[ZHerd]

They will definitely have some skill players that we will have a VERY difficult time bottling up- I think they will definitely get their fair share of points...

But I also think our offense will get what is theirs as well.. We averaged 4YPC against KSU and the Iowas. And thats what they are desinged to do- stop the run. I dont think Oregon is genetically a run stopping team (although their DE is a future 1st rounder IMO). I think we will see a very conservatively called game on offense (a la KSU and Iowa). and it will be death by a thousand cuts... and Trey Lance's legs.

I'll say this. We beat those good FBS programs. It was impressive. But in my mind, there is no doubt that they continue to overlook us. These P5 kids have been told 90 Trillion times how they are elite, no one is better, no on can compare to your talent, strength, speed etc. It is human nature to believe that they will sleepwalk to a win over NDSU because we are "less than" them. we are LITERALLY being scheduled for what their AD foolishly believed would be an "easy, pre-season victory before the big-boy schedule".

They are playing Ohio State the next week, EASILY the biggest game of the season for them. No matter how much their coaches emphasize it, these hot shot 4-5 star kids will overlook us so hard, they wont be able to know which was is up by the 4th quarter.

Good Guys win 28-24

Ducks are a taller order and do recruit athletes that can step in day one. I think their D and team in general play far more physically than under Helfrich. Still, I doubt their D will be better than Iowa’s was a few years back. That Iowa defense was full of NFL talent and we ran all over them. If our D isn’t ready the Ducks will roll us, but if we play like we typically play vs P5 we can win this

[ndsubison1]

No way NDSU would beat a team with George Kittle, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, CJ Beathard.

[ZHerd]

No way NDSU would beat a team with George Kittle, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, CJ Beathard.

Ha...forgot about Kittle. Big boy ball

[ndsubison1]

Ha...forgot about Kittle. Big boy ball

Im sure a few of their OL are in the NFL too

[Vet70]

Ha...forgot about Kittle. Big boy ball

5 catches, 110 yards, long of 51. They should have thrown to him more. :D

[Bisman]

Terrell Hall will be a redshirt freshman. From the things I heard about him from Coach K this year he may have an opportunity to start at CB.

Also love the idea of getting Kaczor on the field more next year. Do you make him a safety, or an outside backer? However, he is a hybrid type guy that plays a ton of nickel, sure is a nice player to utilize like that.

The coaches are very high on Terrell Hall. I have not heard them talk about CB Jayden Price. Has anyone heard how he is progressing?
He was the fastest player in his signing class (10.72 100 meters) and he has good size (6'0, 184) for a corner. I was hoping he would develop into a real good player.

[23Bison]

Ha...forgot about Kittle. Big boy ball

Kittle? Never heard of her.

[southcliffbison]

Kittle? Never heard of her.

Sure you have......wife of Pa Kittle; Ma and Pa Kittle...…..believe they live in Washington.

[IzzyFlexion]

No way NDSU would beat a team with George Kittle, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, CJ Beathard.

And, 4th round pick LB Josey Jewell.

[23Bison]

Sure you have......wife of Pa Kittle; Ma and Pa Kittle...…..believe they live in Washington.
Oh now I remember! Silly me.

[X-Factor]

Could nexts years offense be the best we have ever seen? Hopefully open the playbook and not have to rely on trey running so much. Who fills the right guard spot? Do they move volson inside and have sundel play rt? I am really excited to see braylon in the slot. Seemed to make some good plays against Montana state and threw some great blocks. I hope talbert can be a lock down cb to open up the blitz package.

IMO no question this offense will rewrite record books. Calling it now, ahead of ‘96 Marshall, which included the likes of sophomore Chad Pennington and freshman Randy Moss.

[DakotaOkie]

No way NDSU would beat a team with George Kittle, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, CJ Beathard.

But don't you remember...Bison didn't win, (insert name here) lost because they didn't play their best game.

[BadlandsBison]

I think we need to be careful what we wish for with the "open up the offense" business. It reminds me a lot of Carson's senior year when the offense took a turn towards finesse instead of physical. A lot of people were predicting the best offense ever, which the offense did do fairly well but couldn't get it done when it counted and cost us two regular season losses. Once Carson got hurt we had to go back to the "old" ways of physical ball control offense and the Bison ran the table.

So that being said I hope we focus on the physical running game with our good backs and the play action pass game. That will be a very tough offense to stop.

[17>1]

100% this. I don't at all understand the continued criticism of the QB of our Defense and one of the best and leading tacklers on the team.

I don’t get it either. Everyone points out his lack of speed. Kid leads the team in tackles I think, what more do you want? He’s named the smartest guy in Frisco, no one mentions it. He’s a ND kid, grew up wanting to be a Bison, he’s a Bison and the starting MLB. I’m happy about it.

[ZHerd]

5 catches, 110 yards, long of 51. They should have thrown to him more. :D

Probably. Tyler Lockett and Antonio Brown both had 100 yards I believe in their respective games. Moral of story is it takes more than their top players doing their thing

[23Bison]

I think we need to be careful what we wish for with the "open up the offense" business. It reminds me a lot of Carson's senior year when the offense took a turn towards finesse instead of physical. A lot of people were predicting the best offense ever, which the offense did do fairly well but couldn't get it done when it counted and cost us two regular season losses. Once Carson got hurt we had to go back to the "old" ways of physical ball control offense and the Bison ran the table.

So that being said I hope we focus on the physical running game with our good backs and the play action pass game. That will be a very tough offense to stop.

I hear you but I’m talking about using a pass to a 6-6 TE for 3 yards rather than trying a QB sneak. If running is working than fine. If it’s not we have to incorporate the pass game in a creative way with the TEs included. Dink and dunk with some rushing all the way down the field. No Wentz esc trying too much with the arm and not rushing Trey 30 times. I don’t I think we have a hell of a chance to win that game.

[thebootfitter]

IMO no question this offense will rewrite record books. Calling it now, ahead of ‘96 Marshall, which included the likes of sophomore Chad Pennington and freshman Randy Moss.Slight clarification needed here. While Pennington was, in fact, a member of the 1996 Marshall football team, he did not play. He redshirted that season. Eric Kresser was the starting quarterback in '96.

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[DCBison]

I think we need to be careful what we wish for with the "open up the offense" business. It reminds me a lot of Carson's senior year when the offense took a turn towards finesse instead of physical. A lot of people were predicting the best offense ever, which the offense did do fairly well but couldn't get it done when it counted and cost us two regular season losses. Once Carson got hurt we had to go back to the "old" ways of physical ball control offense and the Bison ran the table.

So that being said I hope we focus on the physical running game with our good backs and the play action pass game. That will be a very tough offense to stop.

Quoted for truth.

[Tony Almeida]

No way NDSU would beat a team with George Kittle, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, CJ Beathard.How dare you forget about my man Josey Jewell.