Please read the following: Division I individual institutions can have a maximum of 13 scholarships for men’s basketball and 15 for women’s basketball. The NCAA considers basketball a head-count sport, and this means that the scholarship number is absolute. In a sport that is not considered a head-count sport, the allowable amount for scholarships can be divided among several players. Instead of 15 full scholarships, an institution could award 30 partial scholarships.
This means that UND men's program cannot provide scholarships to more than 13 players during a school year. If there are more than 13 players on a roster, they are walk-ons. At times, players are "promised" a scholarship their second year with a team if they make satisfactory progress during their freshman year. An example would be Danielson - he walked on last year and earned a scholarship this year.
FCS football not a head count sport - a maximum of 85 players can share the equivalent of 63 scholarships.
My comments about Panoam (for example) coming back was not worded correctly. He would not count towards the scholarship limit from the NCAA. However, with the significant loss of athletic profits due to the pandemic, there will be very few smaller DI programs that will have the ability to fund any scholarships above the normal allotment. Like most schools, UND is trying its best to simply maintain the same athletic budget as last year.