FSSD Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Now that the 2012 recruiting season is over I thought that it would be interesting to take a look at the 2008 class. So, a quick flash back to 2008: UND had lost coach Lennon and just started the transition. In addition to losing the head coach, UND had to finish the recruiting season with GA recruiting because of two other open positions on the staff. NDSU had just finished 10-1 with a win over Minnesota. In addition, they had been accepted into the Gateway Football conference and were going to be playoff eligible for the first time. Here is UND's draft class: Original commits still on the roster: Benjamin, Devin - NG starter Brenneman, Ross - DE 3 yr starter - All Conference HM Freshman year, 2nd Team Soph Cameron, Brett - P 2 yr starter Gillson, Caleb - OL-G starter at the end of Junior yr. Heimler, Jon - WR - reserve Hendrickson, Marcus - QB - reserve Lynch, Emmett - OL-G starter - injuried during season junior yr. Magstadt, Ethan - RB reserve solid special teams player McGurran, Ian - C - 3 yr starter Mersereau, Erik - S - reserve special teams Nichols, Seth - TE - part time starter/special teams Sutton, Mitch - Fr Yr GW Rookie of Year, Soph/Jr limited by injury Watkins, Kenny - DB - played as TFr. reserve/sp teams Soph/Jr - starter Senior yr. Wisthoff, Seth - TE - starter Soph/Jr. Walk-Ons Bickel, Spencer - special teams player Nelson, Jay - DE - starter Orginal commits not on the roster: Rosario, Ian - never attended UND and it does not look like he played football after high school. Sorensen, Brian - does not look like he made it to UND. Currently he is a 6-3 217 OLB and he has played for MSU in 2009, 2010, and 2011. NOTE: He also returns kickoffs. Late Adds: Fonseca da Silva, Filipe - not on roster - I don’t believe he ever played for UND. After leaving UND it appears that he played at Sherbrooke in Montreal He was 2010 CIS Football: All-Canadian 2nd Team LB. Member of the East team in the 9th annual CIS East West Bowl Bamba, Ismael - not on roster - WR - played as true freshman, starter as Soph After leaving UND he played for Sherbrooke in Montreal Currently ranked at the 11th top prospect for the 2012 CFL draft How about the other D1 North Dakota high school recruits? Josh Horner RB – NDSU - not on roster Austin Vetter TE – NDSU - not on roster PWO-Reed Duchscher WR - NDSU - not on roster PWO-Zach Wentz QB - NSDU - not on roster - baseball What about the recruiting drama after coach Lennon left - UND had 5 or 6 decommits how did they do? -Kyle Cavil, 6-4, 240, DL, Ashwaubenon, WI - verballed to SIU He is still with SIU - played in 6 games last year career totals - 9 tackles -Dan Edem, 6-2, 220, TE, Eastview, MN - verballed to NIU Currently not the roster but it appears that he did play special teams for two years and he played OLB. -Mitch Haugeberg, 6-3, 293, OL, Minot, ND - verballed to Minot St Starter: 2009, 2010 and 2011. -Jason Obarski, 6-0, 190, P, Apple Valley, MN - verballed to NDSU Not on roster -Chris Tracy, 6-2, 205, OLB, West Lyon, IA - verballed to SDSU He appears to be one of the leading backup at OLB. But has been injured both Soph and Junior year. -Duraney White - WR - He ended up at Bishops University (CIS) in the fall of 2009 and is thought of as one the top prospects for the 2013 CFL draft. http://www.tsn.ca/co...orde/?id=334775 What stands out to me about this class, aside from the obvious talent level, is the size of some of the top prospects. Consider that this list easily could have included Quebec receivers Junior-Seydou Haïdara (6'2", 215, Laval) and Duraney White (6'5", 215, Bishop`s), University of Virginia defensive linemen Brent Urban (6'7", 280) and Hunter Steward (6'7", 285), and offensive tackles Ryan White (6'4", 290, Bishop's), Brander Craighead (6'6", 265, Texas-El Paso) and Josh Prinsen (6'7", 290, Queen's), all of whom are very legitimate prospects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Excellent post. Always wanted to do a post like that but just never found the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg2009 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 NDSU's 2008 recruitment class basically no longer exists. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 NDSU's 2008 recruitment class basically no longer exists. lol Who cares? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg2009 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Who cares? NDSU had just finished 10-1 with a win over Minnesota. In addition, they had been accepted into the Gateway Football conference and were going to be playoff eligible for the first time. How about the other D1 North Dakota high school recruits? Josh Horner RB – NDSU - not on roster Austin Vetter TE – NDSU - not on roster PWO-Reed Duchscher WR - NDSU - not on roster PWO-Zach Wentz QB - NSDU - not on roster - baseball Jason Obarski, 6-0, 190, P, Apple Valley, MN - verballed to NDSU Not on roster pay attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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