2018 Roster Updated

[tolnabison]

https://gobison.com/roster.aspx?path=football

Number Changes (Upperclassman)
Jaxon Brown went from #38 to #3
Tre Fort #37 to #7
Josh Hayes #35 to #14
Seth Wilson #30 to #22
Noah Gindorff #46 to #87

A few freshman that people were questioning their positions:
#32 DJ Stewart is listed at WR
#33 Destin Talbert is listed at DB
#35 Jayden Price is listed at DB
#49 Jasir Cox is listed at LB
#54 Mitchell Kartes is listed at LB

I'm sure there's multiple changes I missed and other changes to the roster. These just jumped out to me.

[bison_by_blood]

Nice weight gains for Josh Babicz and Justice Kelly. Also noticed all of the true freshman OL are 270+ already.

[HerdBot]

Height and weight
Zach Mathis WR 6-6 187
Bartholomew Ogbu DE 6-2 231
Tony Pierce Jr. DE 6-0 231 Fr. **whoa **
Dylan Evans DT 6-4 269 Fr
Samuel Moore DT 6-5 258

Returning players
Cole Karcz DT 6-4 270
Lane Tucker DT 6-4 269
Spencer Waege DE 6-5 258
Dillon Radunz OT 6-6 299 (last year 287)
Cordell Volson OT 6-6 311
Ben Hecht OG 6-5 290 (last year 277)
Nash Jensen OG 6-4 328 (down from 349)

[DM05]

FB Zac Kuntz not listed. Wegner is only punter on the roster.

Tre Lance coming in at 6-3, 215

Speculative OL of Radunz-Conner-T. Volson-Johnson-C. Volson would go 299-309-306-316-311. Potential 2nd line of Bacon-Kubas-Schoening-Jensen-Howeison would be 300-294-299-328-305. All ten are 6-4 or better. Hecht and Willis are 290+ as well.

[HerdBot]

FB Zac Kuntz not listed. Wegner is only punter on the roster.

Tre Lance coming in at 6-3, 215

Speculative OL of Radunz-Conner-T. Volson-Johnson-C. Volson would go 299-309-306-316-311. Potential 2nd line of Bacon-Kubas-Schoening-Jensen-Howeison would be 300-294-299-328-305. All ten are 6-4 or better. Hecht and Willis are 290+ as well.

I would be surprised if they move Zack Johnson but if Volson is too good to keep off the field maybe but I think RT is more important than RG. It's become more of the modern day LT as teams tend to put great pass rushers on the other side now looking for a mismatch

[Professor Chaos]

Threw each roster into Excel and here's some other differences I noticed.

Guys no longer on the roster that were underclassmen in 2017:

WR Cordell Pimienta (Minot State transfer)
CB Felix Dixon
WR Brant Bohmert
CB Ross Godfrey
FB Zak Kuntz


Other number changes:

LB Mason Hofstedt went from #3 to #51
WR Andy Voyen went from #5 to #80
WR Peter Isais went from #7 to #86
P Garret Wegner went from #22 to #38
K Jake Reinholz went from #25 to #37
FS Dawson Weber went from #35 to #27
TE Austin Avery moved from #33 to #46
CB Bryce Bennot moved from #33 to #30
TE Cody Mauch moved from #44 to #70 (still listed as a TE but based on weight gain and new # it seems he's moving to OL)
OT Dillon Radunz moved from #54 to #75
DE Justice Kelly moved from #56 to #88
DE Spencer Waege moved from #70 to #99
DE Logan McCormick moved from #77 to #93


Biggest weight gains from 2017:

TE (to OL?) Cody Mauch up to 269 (+35)
TE Josh Babicz up to 248 (+23)
TE Costner Ching up to 268 (+19)
DE Justice Kelly up to 211 (+18)
LB Mason Hofstedt up to 208 (+15)
WR Dimitri Williams up to 204 (+13)
OG Ben Hecht up to 290 (+13)
DE Spencer Waege up to 258 (+13)
OT Josh Howieson up to 305 (+12)
OT Cordell Volston up to 311 (+12)
OT Dillon Radunz up to 299 (+12)
OG Zach Kubas up to 294 (+11)
RB Seth Wilson up to 199 (+10)


Some other notables:

WR Christian Watson up to 193 (+8)
SS James Hendricks up to 205 (+4)
LB Jabril Cox up to 231 (+4)
DE Greg Menard down to 240 (-1)
RB Ty Brooks down to 178 (-2)
RB Lance Dunn down to 208 (-3)
RB Bruce Anderson down to 210 (-6)
C Zach Willis down to 294 (-11)
OG Nash Jensen down to 328 (-21)

[mtoutfitter]

Wasn't there also a Jones who transferred in on last yrs roster? Believe he was a LB or FB or did I miss something as I don't see his name now.

[17>1]

Wasn't there also a Jones who transferred in on last yrs roster? Believe he was a LB or FB or did I miss something as I don't see his name now.

Yes, Andrew Jones, LB. Played at Northern Cass, went to UND for a redshirt year.

[Rixen]

Thanks a lot for those of you that compiled the comparison info.

- Tony Pierce measurables were noticeably different then I had from my "scouting" report. Had him at 6'2 220 so seeing the height/reach drop is a bit of a bummer. Still think he looked excellent as a prospect though and he certainly has the weight/muscle locked down it appears. Excited to watch him in the future.
- Disappointed to see Zak Kuntz leave the team. Really liked his film and size. Like, really liked his potential.
- Babicz getting up to Gindorff size and hopefully keeping his athleticism has me pumped. They are only Redshirt freshmen and those two are going to be a damn terror.
- Kudos to Justice Kelly. Still pretty light but he has stuck with it and I hope he can get some rotational snaps at his improved weight.
- Dmitri and Christian putting on that much weight is great to see. Going to play a large part in our relatively unknown WR corps this year.
- Our OL is huge

[Rixen]

There were also the Hofer brothers at LB and I think Schwerzler at backup P this offseason but they are also gone from the roster.