2008 NDSU Recruits

[Bison"FANatic"]

I don't think it will, We are not losing recruits that I know of to them so it shouldn't have that much effect on us.

Hopefully it makes it easier to secure the talent in ND and the area around GF in MN but we were winning that battle anyway.

[Mr. Burgundy]

I don't think losing Lennon will help NDSU, but it has to hurt UND. I don't think we are recruiting against them very often, and on the few ND kids we are....we win those battles. We are yet to lose a battle to them.

On our recruiting front, I heard we are after a kid named Kyle Martin, who is a nationally ranked punter out of South Dakota. I heard he has visited Nebraska, but will more than likely not get an offer as they have a solid young punter. I heard he is 6'6....similar to a former punter we had. I am doing some digging on this kid. I heard he was ranked in the top 12 in the nation....but that isn't totally factual yet. More later on him.

[Mr. Burgundy]

His name is Kyle Martens, and he is a kicker, not punter. out of South Dakota. 6'6 and 185. It appears that LSU, Neb, Stanford, UNLV, Wisco, Wyo, Rice and Toledo are listed on him, I doubt all of them have offered, but he is listed on them. Would be nice to get.

[bison_05]

here is kyles profile on scout.com
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73...=1&nid=3209595

[Mr. Burgundy]

That has him as a punter. I found him as a kicker, who cares....a 2 star kid would be nice to get to NDSU. Appears no offers. I wonder if we have offered?

[Bison"FANatic"]

A good punter is a position that is often overlooked and under appreciated. If you have the ability to turn the field over and make a team go the length of the field to score it is a tremendous advantage for your team. I hope we can find a replacement for Drago.

[DORMIE]

I think we have a pretty good backup punter presently on the team. I observed him warming up at one of the games. I mentioned it to Coach Bohl at teammakers and he was surprised I noticed. He might not be a Drago yet, but he has potential

[Mr. Burgundy]

"I got a full-ride offer from Rice University," Martens said. "We are actually doing an official visit down there on Jan. 18. It has been hard to work around my basket ball schedule, but I'm fitting them in there.

"We have got a couple of new looks. Just recently we have been talking to Stanford and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and also North Dakota State."

Martens, who has been ranked as the No. 9 punter in the nation and rated with five stars by professional instructor Chris Sailer, doesn't know a lot about Rice yet, but he is looking forward to that mid-January official visit.

------He also goes on to say in the article that his kickoffs were 90% touchbacks (hello), and averaged 43.2 yards per punt. Sounds like the real deal.

[BisManBison]

"I got a full-ride offer from Rice University," Martens said. "We are actually doing an official visit down there on Jan. 18. It has been hard to work around my basket ball schedule, but I'm fitting them in there.

"We have got a couple of new looks. Just recently we have been talking to Stanford and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and also North Dakota State."

Martens, who has been ranked as the No. 9 punter in the nation and rated with five stars by professional instructor Chris Sailer, doesn't know a lot about Rice yet, but he is looking forward to that mid-January official visit.

------He also goes on to say in the article that his kickoffs were 90% touchbacks (hello), and averaged 43.2 yards per punt. Sounds like the real deal.

You don't find 2 for 1's in recruits very often. He would be a very nice pick up.

[Tatanka]

A punter AND a kicker?




Wait a second though...

If he played for the Bison, he'd have to be his own holder on extra point and FG attempts. Now THAT is worth the price of admission all by itself...