Either that or fully embrace it. Let recruits know that if you come here, you have a very real shot at a few things:
1. Winning a national championship
2. Getting a great education
3. Having a path to the NFL
4. Having a path to an FBS school
We can bitch and whine about the portal, but it's not going away.
So our options are to find kids who aren't good enough to transfer and hope that once we develop them that they don't transfer.
-OR-
Recruit the best of the best players and even higher tier players than we normally do with the promise that they have a real shot at contributing year 1 through 3 without the worry of being perpetually buried on the depth chart and give them a chance to shine. If that added shine they get from our spotlight attracts bigger schools, so be it, but the odds are that not ALL of them will transfer out and some may well see a better path to the NFL at NDSU than they would have had at a G5 school (It's not too uncommon in recent years to see our top player(s) get selected in the draft before ANY G5 schools). I realize this is a change to how things have been but I truly think that by doing this we have a shot at some big time HS recruits AND some very good FBS kids who for whatever reason got buried on their current schools depth chart and just want that moment in the spotlight.
Sam McGivern
@SamMcGivern2
Student-Athlete Co 2024| 6’2, 245, 6’7 WS |Football and Track |Shot 58.4| Disc 163.7 |Squat 635| Bench 405 |3.87 GPA| Flying 10 1.10| 9’11 Broad Jump | 4.8 40
Kimberly, WI
2024 NDSU Offer
Latest offer is from Haavard. Other offers lately include Northern Iowa, Cornell, Brown, Colgate, Princeton, Lehigh
Previous offers include Northern Illinois, Army, Air Force.
Currently unrated by 247, who only show him with 4 offers.
Sam McGivern
@SamMcGivern2·
Nov 25, 2022
Check out my Junior Year Highlights!
•2022 State Champs
•6’2 230 DE
•1st Team All-Conference
•All Region
•All State
•12 games played
•55 TTCK, 26 ATCK, 29 TCK, 6.5 SCK, 1 FF, 4 TFL
(Full Highlight) http://hudl.com/v/2Jv0xi
New 2024 NDSU Offer - a QB!
Ryan Boe
@ryanboe21
Ryan Boe|Batavia High School 2024|Football #21 QB|Baseball Pitcher|6’3, 200|GPA 4.31|1st Team All Conference|1st Team All Area|
Geneva, IL
125/219 57% 16TD 1648 YDS
265 Rushing YDS 5TD
https://twitter.com/ryanboe21/status...875862016?s=20
https://twitter.com/ryanboe21/status...011880449?s=20
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1477292...f6280de856b8c9
Other offers include Penn, Lindenwood, Colgate, Minnesota State Mankato.
Current Bison LB Luke Weerts is from Batavia.
Not rated yet by 247 or Rivals.
https://n.rivals.com/content/athlete...298688?view=pv
Last edited by bruinbison; 05-23-2023 at 10:59 AM.
New 2024 Offer:
Zashon Rich
@zaeway3
Minnesota , 6’2||180lbs, CB,FS,WR C/O ‘24 , 3⭐️
https://twitter.com/zaeway3/status/1...673654272?s=20
https://247sports.com/player/zashon-rich-46130764/
Minneapolis North HS, three star rating by 247, 11th ranked prospect in Minnesota. Other offers include Wyoming, Northern Iowa, Illinois State
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mmEG...ature=youtu.be
NDSU with offers to 11 13 and 15 16 so far in this class
Rich
Woods
Lotz
Page
Gophers pounded the top 10
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
New 2024 Offer:
Jaylen Archibald 24’
@JaylenArchibald
24’ DB • 6’1 185 • 77in Wing • 4.1 GPA • Frisco High • All District Corner • Team Captain
Frisco, TX
https://twitter.com/JaylenArchibald/...401875456?s=20
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1800674...7a7b022432c589
https://247sports.com/player/jaylen-archibald-46140207/
Not rated by 247, showing him with 2 offers - Army, Eastern Illinois.
Other offers include Haarvard, Air Force, Navy, Dartmouth, Penn, Holy Cross, Yale, Colgate
Last edited by bruinbison; 05-24-2023 at 11:33 AM.
New 2024 NDSU Offer:
Rashad Godfrey - 6’ 2” 185 - CB - Seffner FL (Armwood)
https://247sports.com/player/rashad-godfrey-46138995/
Currently unrated by 247, listed as having 13 offers including Boston College, Duke, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Coastal Carolina
Same high school as incoming Bison FR DB Jaylin Crumby