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dewey
05-28-2021, 11:54 AM
Here is #99 for the 16 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.

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SPENCER
WAEGE
POSITION Defensive End
HEIGHT 6-5
WEIGHT 274
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN South Shore, S.D.
HIGH SCHOOL Watertown HS

Biography
* 2018 Phil Steele Freshman All-America Third Team
* 2019 All-MVFC Honorable Mention
* 2018 MVFC All-Newcomer Team

2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorable mention...Played in 15 of 16 games, missing the season opener against Butler due to an injury...Started four games at defensive end in the middle of the season...Made 40 tackles and was second on the team with 11.0 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and six quarterback hurries...Matched a career high with four tackles at South Dakota State including a strip sack recovered by the Bison...Also had four tackles in NCAA playoff wins over Illinois State in the quarterfinals and James Madison in the championship.

2018 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Selected to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team...Named to Phil Steele's Freshman All-America third team...Played in all 15 games on the defensive line...Also part of the kickoff return and punt return units...Made 22 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks...Had two tackles including a solo TFL in his debut against Cal Poly...Season-high four tackles twice at Western Illinois and Missouri State...Recovered a fumble in the win at South Dakota.

2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Watertown High School...Three-year starting defensive end for coach John Hordorff...Team captain as a senior...All-conference in 2016 after making 52 tackles with 5.5 sacks, one fumble recovery, four blocked punts and one blocked punt recovery for touchdown...Finished his career with 104 tackles, 10.5 sacks, four punt blocks, one fumble recovery, one interception and two TDs...Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 honoree...Selected to the South Dakota all-star game and EPS All-America Showcase in Dallas.

PERSONAL: Majoring in general agriculture...Son of Lynn and Lana Waege...Has three brothers, Walker, Hunter and Tanner...Cousins Tyson and Taylor Zemlicka were linebackers at Northern State University.

Good luck with the upcoming season and in the classroom Spencer.

Go Bison!

Dewey