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2020 Verbal: Dominic Gonnella
Dominic is a 5-11, 190, RB from Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, FL.
Dude is smooth, fast, and displays excellent ball security. Also has an excellent Bison head pose... I LOLed, but then again, it's not too hard to get me to laugh.
http://www.hudl.com/profile/10694405/Dominic-Gonnella
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Re: 2020 Verbal: Dominic Gonnella
Florida Boy. Offers: Bowling Green, Southern Miss, Stetson, South Dakota. New Hampshire
Shifty runner, really fluid and strong.
Slot WR written all over him, and athletic enough to flip to defense if needed.
Welcome to NDSU! (his pics of the beach,sand all the time, he gonna love the snow...haha)
he's 15 minutes from Rock Brothers Brewery in Ybor owned by my buddy who has a NDSU flag!
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Welcome!
Dominic Gonnella’s highlights have me dreaming on some Chase Morlock type skills. When the ballcarrier sees his opening, hit it strong & fast! Enough speed to get to the outside. On blocking, had a nice to-the-turf ending for the DB. On the last (?) highlight, even flashed a couple very nice Bison HornsUp! :judges:
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beating out southern miss is a solid get.
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El_Chapo
Florida Boy. Offers: Bowling Green, Southern Miss, Stetson, South Dakota.
Shifty runner, really fluid and strong.
Slot WR written all over him, and athletic enough to flip to defense if needed.
Welcome to NDSU! (his pics of the beach,sand all the time, he gonna love the snow...haha)
he's 15 minutes from Rock Brothers Brewery in Ybor owned by my buddy who has a NDSU flag!
Where you getting slot from?? I didn't see him catch a pass on the highlight.
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Twincitybizon
Where you getting slot from?? I didn't see him catch a pass on the highlight.
Agreed, going off of Coach Larson and Coach Blazek's tweets, he's an RB all the way.
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Yup. No slot for this guy. 2 years into the program and he’ll be 5’11” and 210 pounds running the rock. Appears to be a solid get.
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Think he had New Hampshire offer as well.
Looks solid. Hopefully the stated 4.5 speed is there.
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slot like a Seth Wilson/Lance Dunn , not a slot like ryan smith
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El_Chapo
slot like a Seth Wilson/Lance Dunn , not a slot like ryan smith
So slot like you wish he played slot, but he will never take a snap there unless flexed from a rb position?? Lol
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I don't know how he would do as a "Slot WR" but he looks really good bouncing outside or hitting the A gap.
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Vet70
hitting the A gap.
That's Bison dirty talk.
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Vet70
I don't know how he would do as a "Slot WR" but he looks really good bouncing outside or hitting the A gap.
I think he looks really good just knocking peeps down. Are they selecting for that down in Florida?
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EC8CH
That's Bison dirty talk.
I never knew that was slang. TIL.
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GreenfieldBison
I think he looks really good just knocking peeps down. Are they selecting for that down in Florida?
Obligatory "Southern Speed".
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I'm assuming he was teammates with AJ Moss...which is cool for the both of them. Makes moving 1700 miles or so away from home that much more comforting.
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Tony Almeida
I'm assuming he was teammates with AJ Moss...which is cool for the both of them. Makes moving 1700 miles or so away from home that much more comforting.
yup. good friends
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Can we sign this kid already? he gonna blow up.
"The very next play North Dakota State commit @DominicGonnell1 bursts through a wide hole in the middle of the field, taking it 80 yards to the house for his second touchdown run of the night. PAT good."
3 TDS total video of last 15 yard run here https://twitter.com/cambullock03/sta...989343232?s=09
@Bdale_Football 21
@NewsomeWolvesFB 6 https://t.co/7ZlPqW4Tq9
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Ok. can someone confirm that this kid is still a NDSU commit?
I've seen him post on other recruiting pages.
his current pinned tweet says "offerred" by NDSU. not committed.
his season highlights are awesome by the way. https://twitter.com/DominicGonnell1/...606853120?s=19
what y'all think?
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I believe he is still a commit but is shopping. I wouldn’t be surprised if he commits someplace else though.
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No new offers posted on bisonreport.....just need to hope P5 stays away at this point we I'd bet we'd win G5 offers since we already have.
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Dominic Gonnella reportedly signed a baseball contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks and would report to their camp next summer
https://www.mlb.com/news/d-backs-sig...minic-gonnella
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Bisman
Interesting, so he plans to try doing both huh? That'd be kind of cool to follow.
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What’s the NCAA regulation with him signing a Pro contract and trying to play college football?
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23Bison
What’s the NCAA regulation with him signing a Pro contract and trying to play college football?
Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson both were drafted and signed mlb contracts and played college football.
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Unfortunately for Gonella, MLB limited signing bonuses to $20,000 for undrafted free agents this year due to COVID. And also cut back from 40(?) rounds of drafting to 5 rounds. In previous years he could have tried for $100,000 from a team before it would count against their signing bonus cap. And if teams that either drafted him or wanted to sign him were willing to pay more than $100,000......great!
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https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=17041
batted .353 & 25 stolen bases in 67 games.
Gonnella plans to suit up as a running back for the Bisons in the fall then patrol the outfield for the Diamondbacks in the summer.
lets hope his success this spring will stop Gonella from signing & playing in Arizona this summer!!
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I would comment I was very impressed with how Gonnella ran on Saturday. It appeared to me he had the lightbulb moment most young NDSU running backs have of hitting the hole hard, but then having the patience to let the block develop as you focus on north/south running. He was simply excellent and thought he looked as good as Davis from SDSU.
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THEsocalledfan
I would comment I was very impressed with how Gonnella ran on Saturday. It appeared to me he had the lightbulb moment most young NDSU running backs have of hitting the hole hard, but then having the patience to let the block develop as you focus on north/south running. He was simply excellent and thought he looked as good as Davis from SDSU.
But does he fuck?
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WeAreThePride
But does he fuck?
They all do
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ahhh Gonnellas Insta story just showed a Arizona Locker with #28 & his baseball stuff. I dont see him on rosters, he did sign last july 2020 so are they allowing him to work out this summer or whats uppppp?
ahhhh. hello?
https://instagram.com/dominic.gonnel...dium=copy_link
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doh k. he's down there. i was just thinking he did so good this spring he mighta said screw baseball.
but as a baseball lover I say good luck!
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Totally blows that he signed a Pro contract and burned his amateur baseball status. Would have been fun to see him at Newman. A grapefruit or desert league would be a fun way to spend the summer though so I get it. Plus your getting paid!
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So is that it? No more NDSU football for him?
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WeAreThePride
So is that it? No more NDSU football for him?
No, it is allowed. He was already under contract when he played.
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Selfishly....wouldn've been sweet to see him in a Bison Baseball uniform too!!!
Good luck to Dom---make some cash---have fun hitting wood bats
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Kujava23
Selfishly....wouldn've been sweet to see him in a Bison Baseball uniform too!!!
Good luck to Dom---make some cash---have fun hitting wood bats
They should take those metal bats (Demarinis. etc) and shove them up the NCAA's ass. South Dakota high school baseball uses wood bats, as does amateur baseball. Runs scored are lower considerably. Games aren't 3 1/2 hrs long for a 7 inning game.
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southcliffbison
They should take those metal bats (Demarinis. etc) and shove them up the NCAA's ass. South Dakota high school baseball uses wood bats, as does amateur baseball. Runs scored are lower considerably. Games aren't 3 1/2 hrs long for a 7 inning game.
I wouldn't have a problem with metal bats if they had the exact same characteristics as a wood bat. They last longer and can save schools money.
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td577
I wouldn't have a problem with metal bats if they had the exact same characteristics as a wood bat. They last longer and can save schools money.
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Chicks dig the long ball ... Offense sales tickets and since it is one of the sports that can be revenue positive, aluminum bats are here to stay.