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https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/what-will-und-football-be-searching-for-in-this-transfer-portal-window Another possible position of need is running back, where UND is top heavy with Gaven Ziebarth and Sawyer Siedl, who missed spring ball recovering from an injury. Young running back Colton Brunell missed the second half of spring ball with an injury and the Hawks likely need to add some insurance at the position.

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It was so obvious last time it was Wunderlich. based on social media activity. Zero movement with current public portal offers, very little with the 2026 offers. Could this be someone (most likely portal) where the offer was never made public?

I don't think there's currently a correlation. What I mean is if we land X from the portal, then we cut Y. Either the numbers must work as is, or we'll see a few more enter in the next 3 days. By the offers, I'm guessing the staff is looking for 1 RB, 1 TE, 1 WR, 2 D-Line, 1 LB, 1 DB (7 total). So far 3 have entered the portal, but you also had Teiken, Baretz (I'm sure a few others) that were, to the public unknowns that left the program prior to Spring ball.

Joey VanWetzinga (Iowa) - DT : UND, CMU Henry Amposta (Saddleback College) - LB: UND Aleki Manutai - DT: Sacred Heart, Campbell, Sac State, UND, NM State, NAU Steven Mahar (Syracuse) - TE: Southern Miss, UND, EKU, Albany, Mercyhurst Peyton Wing (Portland State) - LB: Montana, UND, Kent State Jason Thome (Colorado Mesa) - Safety: UND, Robert Morris, Campbell, Indiana State, Idaho State, Louisiana Tech, SDSU LJ Turner (West Virginia) - RB: UND Kai Rios (Indiana State) - TE: UND, Kent State Darrion Dalton (SDSU) - DT: UTEP, UND, North Texas, Texas State, SJSU, NAU, UIW Cooper Warren (Kansas State) - WR: UND, USD * VanWetzinga has a brother that currently plays for CMU.

I've donated to the collective from the very beginning. It can absolutely be used for business use as appearances and advertisement. The general public that donate (like me), it's effectively pay for play. Why I say effectively, is I'm sure they have to do something (community service based) to collect, but I can tell you I've received no appearances or advertisement from the donations I've given.

Competing offers are starting to heat up! We’ll see how these end up, but it is so fun to have a staff in place that you know can go toe to toe with these other schools!

Few interesting notes. Turner had just committed out of the portal to West Virginia this Fall (technically 01/05/2025). Picked WVU over Costal Carolina, UTEP, YSU, ETSU. VanWetzinga was an early enrollee at Iowa. He'd be part of the 2025 class.

Current offers with competing D1 offers. Joey VanWetzinga (Iowa) - DT: UND, CMU Henry Amposta (Saddleback College) - LB: UND Aleki Manutai (Saddleback College) - DT: Sacred Heart, Campbell, Sac State, UND, NM State Steven Mahar (Syracuse) - TE: Southern Miss, UND, EKU, Albany, Mercyhurst Peyton Wing (Portland State) - LB: Montana, UND, Kent State Jason Thome (Colorado Mesa) - Safety: UND, Robert Morris, Campbell, Indiana State, Idaho State, Louisiana Tech LJ Turner (West Virginia) - RB: UND Kai Rios (Indiana State) - TE: UND, Kent State Darrion Dalton (SDSU) - DT: UTEP, UND, NDSU, UNT, Texas State

Excited about the Dalton offer. IMO, seems like a guy that could start Day 1. Instantly jumped to #1 on my transfer portal wish list. What a get this would be.

Only a 10-day window, but we are now over half done. Players around the country are still entering. Currently UND is sitting at 3. Is this a good sign? Stating the obvious, but you cannot lose key players during this Spring process, it puts you in a bad spot. There have been some position movements from what was reported on the Spring roster originally (ex: Rucker - edge, Bell - D-Line). Clearly still spots of need (D-Line, LB, DB, TE, RB) that they are looking at, but not a lot of offers currently. Has anyone heard if the coaching staff is feeling better than originally thought with the Spring roster?

On X when you click on a player's profile, it tells you how many people who you also follow, follow this person. It could be UND coaches, media, fan accounts, other players that have been offered. I do think there's a correlation with the large the #, the more interest. On the flip side, there are guys who have been offered that have a very low number. I think you could effectively cross those guys off as viable targets. Also, if there's a commitment, look for a spike and that's the guy. Here's the current Top 11. Kobe Russell Godson Rufus-Okomhanru Braylon Hodge Blake Buhr Ethan Headings Jayden Brown Michael Farr Brayden Dozier Deron Russell Tyler Zdon Isaiah Oliver

The next 24 hours would seem to be when we'll see a lot of action. Logically, if a player wants to leave, I think they would have done it already. For players that would fall into the roster management portal exits, it also doesn't make sense for either party to wait any longer. *I know full well, there will be impactful players that will still be entering (hopefully not at UND, but in general), just doesn't make sense why they would wait.

Schmidt did not tweet that one out prior, so had nothing to compare the delay to.

Here's the lag time between when Schmidt has posted vs player posting. It definitely varies. I wouldn't think anything of the delay normally, still don't, but given the impact of this one, I do understand being more impatient than you normally would. I would still think we'd hear something today. Player we are waiting on: 1.5 days Goihl: Less than an hour Woods: Day Stein: Few hours Rohl: 3 Days Hendrickson: --

Has the 1883 x Jackson set up any type of meet and greet type of fundraiser? The real difference makers, you're going to have to seek out. I am so disappointed, not in the 1883 guys, but in the coaching staff. Up to this point, a complete lack of effort. The NDSU coaching staff is active in their collective. You need to have meet ups. Fundraisers. Nobody is going to the website and donate 250k or more. I do get tired of reading how UND has no $ to compete. Complete lack of effort. Need Jackson to step up. *Clearly, it's still early in the Jackson era, but you'd think this would be a top priority* Note: The 1883 collective sent out a note a few days ago asking for help on the Women's side (especially W-Bball). This was the first time they sent out a note like that. Never been a mass communication on their end either that they need more $ to compete in the hockey world.

In this day and age, the official announcement from the player depends on how long the commitment graphic takes. Usually a day or two delay from when the coaching staff tweets about it.

I don't know what's going on here. Look at the Reposted by for the biggest clue.

No, he committed last night. Not sure how you read it any other way.