New Verbal Chris Board

[Vet70]

Special teams beast: 44 of his 124 tackles at NDSU.

[ZHerd]

Board was an odd situation. I don’t think he was under appreciated or overshadowed by Deluca so much as we just didn’t get to see him playing at a high level for long due to position switch. I think we only saw a short glimpse of what he is capable of and it seemed like he really came on toward end of his senior season. It’s kind of sad. To see a guy that was bench for part of his career actually turn out to be an NFL talent is something I would expect to see at Ohio St. or Bama, not an FCS school.

[Tony Almeida]

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP...

I honestly fell BAD that I personally didnt realize how insanely talented he was. I think I had all my chips on Deluca making it into the NFL that I only noticed when Deluca made plays and discarded every other game changing play made by the other linebackers.

This is particularly insane after watching his NDSU highlight tape- he was an absolute monster playmaker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3KfsLOXmIc

I don't think you were the only one having these thoughts.

[HerdistheWord]

He looked pretty ripped last year and apparently added another 10 pounds of muscle (training camp report, take with grain of salt), so he should be able to lay the boom at the NFL level this year.

[NDSU92]

I don't think you were the only one having these thoughts.

Somewhat similar to how Humber/Mays played out

[HerdistheWord]

Harbaugh’s comments today regarding the linebacker competition.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Ravens/st...96385587150849

Harbaugh says Board is playing like a starter.

[reformedUNDfan]

Anyone want to make the case the Board Deluca Cox wasn't the best linebacking trio in team history?


How some of you didn't notice Board. Good Grief. He was a dude all 4 years.

[BisonNeil]

How some of you didn't notice Board. Good Grief. He was a dude all 4 years.

That is an overstatement. As a starting SS he got beat out by a true freshman. He was a beast on special teams, I’ll give you that, but as a first team defense guy it took him a while to be “a dude” and a switch from SS to LB.

[MankatoBison]

This is the correct take.

It's also very difficult to realize how unbelievably special MOST of our defensive players are because we perennially have a handful of Bison LEGENDS playing on our defense, who are playing with teammates who are great, not Bison Legends, whos profiles would explode on virtually any other team in the FCS

[EC8CH]

Board just stands out as an out of state blue collar attitude player. Stuck it out through a position change. Always gave it his all on special teams. Never was overly flashy when making big plays. I'm thrilled he's finding success at the next level.