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Not surprisingly, Bursch has committed to UM.

Anyone going to watch the 7 on 7 Passing Camp today? If so, let us know what you see. I would guess there are a bunch of QBs on campus.

Agree - there are no known commitments yet.

Probably not until after the Elite Camps (June 23 and July 23). Last year, there were 8 commitments very shortly after the July camp - which I think is the more important one of the two.

Wow - that is a tremendous improvement (although only 41 in '14 is an embarrassment)! Hats off to Bubba and staff!

New offer: DE James Jackson, 6'3", 220, 4.8, St. Paul (Cretin Hall Durham), MN (2 Star - 247 & Scout) Has offers from SDSU, WIU, UNI & WY

I really don't want to get into a "Jones" discussion before the season even starts. But.... it is factual!

I believe it is their third - this being their 2nd from SD.

Wiki corrected - it should have been 285.

Good question - he just graduated from Scripps Ranch HS in San Diego. He is 6'4", 230 DE. Looking at his twitter account, he has a picture of the UND FB sign on the Alerus with the caption "University of North Dakota '20 Football". I have no idea what that means. Coach Gigli was following him at one time (maybe still is).

I found this quote - he will likely play for a club team this fall. Justin has been reclassified from 2016 to 2017 because of his age. I realize that Justin plays D-Line, but I have seen some clips of him as a LB and he looks like a pro. He can flat out run and hit people and I think he might be the top front seven player in the 2017 recruiting class.

Another offer: DE Justin Sambu, 6'3", 240, Cochrane (Cochrane), AB Has offer from DE St

Some recruiting data (interesting but probably not too pertinent): We have 25 known offers out compared to 18 at this time last year. That would probably be considered a positive. State breakout of offers: MN - 5, WI - 5, CO - 3, IN - 3, Canada - 2, FL - 2, IL - 1, ND - 1, NE - 1, AL - 1, CA - 1. It is good to see us continuing to focus on WI & looking to Canada for players again this year. It will be interesting if we can pull more kids out of CO & IN. By position: QB -1, RB - 1, WR - 3, TE - 3, OL - 7, DL - 4, LB - 2, S - 3, Ath - 1 18 of the 25 have offers from other schools Last year, the first commitments were received on July 24. There were 8 commitments within a few days following our Elite camp in late July. Many of the coaches will be at UM on Saturday for an evaluation day. Most of the top MN and some WI prospects will be there. A lot of info has recently been updated on Wiki - offers from other schools, new "'star" ratings by the recruiting services. Let me know if I am missing anything.

Offer to an 8-man athlete from Madison: Ath Obi Iwuagwu, 6'1", 180, Madison (Abundant), WI

Another WR..... WR Jace James, 6'1", 185, Carol Stream (Glenbard North), IL Has offers from Fordham & SDSU

And another.... WR Kendall Gould, 6'2", 175, 4.6, Waukesha (North), WI

Another new offer: LB Noah Harvey, 6'4", 205, 4.5, Hartland (Arrowhead), WI Has offers from Buffalo, SDSU & W IL

It probably would have been two years ago. The name sure sounds familiar (other than from NDSU basketball) but I don't see him on any of our lists.

New offer to a JC OL: OT Tyler Bjorklund, 6'5", 280, Valencia (College of the Canyons), CA Has offers from Ab Christian, AR-PB, IL St, UMass, UNC, Old Dom & Sac St

Offer: DE Corte Tapia, 6'2“, 225, Windsor (Windsor), CO Has offers from UNC & WY

Another offer: SG Brandon Allen, 6'2", 180, Wolfeboro (Brewster Academy), NH Has offers from Campbell, ECU, High Point, James Madison, Longwood, Murray St, St. Louis & VCU

New offer: RB Javier Zuniga, 5'10", 165, Hialeah (Champagnat Catholic), FL Zuniga was the top rusher in Miami-Dade last year (1,350 yards & 13 TDs) while playing for Miami Sunset.

My bad - the results I was looking at were for those competing in the "h" and "d". We have no entrants in those events! Sorry for the confusion!

Nine events were held at the Big Sky Conference outdoor track meet yesterday in Greeley. There was no UND athletes listed as participants in any of these events. I know our teams remain fairly limited in numbers and that we don't have athletes who qualified in some events but we certainly had qualifiers in some of the events that were staged yesterday. Example - Alyssa Lueck was the conference's top ranked participant in the shot put. Her name wasn't listed as a competitor. Did our team not arrive in time to compete yesterday?

Two new offers to IN prospects: S Sterling Weatherford, 6'4", 195, Arcadia (Hamilton Heights), IN (2 Star - Scout) Has offer from Miami (OH) S Matt Anderson, 6'3', 180, 4.6, Fort Wayne (Homestead), IN