2017 UND Recruiting

[UND Fan]

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

[homer]

4 minutes ago, UND Fan said:

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

Didn't we recruit Tyler last year as a freshman?  

[UND Fan]

28 minutes ago, homer said:

Didn't we recruit Tyler last year as a freshman?  

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. 

[UND Fan]

Another new offer:

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

 

[Hambone]

UND just offered TE Nathan Bursch out of Woodbury - his first offer.

http://247sports.com/Player/Nathan-Bursch-91434

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3410566/nathan-bursch

http://www.scout.com/college/football/recruiting/story/1640326-2017-intro-nathan-bursch

[UND Fan]

And another....

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

 

[UND Fan]

Another WR.....

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

[geaux_sioux]

I like both of those WRs. They seem to have a knack for going and getting it. Also a good feel in the open field.

[UND Fan]

Offer to an 8-man athlete from Madison:

Ath Obi Iwuagwu, 6'1", 180, Madison (Abundant), WI

[Nodak78]

Heston Paige‏@HestonPaige 20h20 hours ago

Proud to say I have received my third offer from The University of North Dakota. @warriorqbcoach.

[Nodak78]

http://recruitingcolorado.com/2016/02/25/heston-paige-lining-up-junior-days/

 

 

[Hambone]

More offers that were retweeted recently:

Matt Henningsen

http://247sports.com/Player/Matt-Henningsen-86306

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4263520/matt-henningsen

Dontae Bull

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2599146/dontae-bull

Max Cooper

http://www.ncsasports.org/football-recruiting/wi/waukesha/catholic-memorial-high-school-waukesha/max-cooper

Quintin Seguin

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2196506/quintin-seguin

 

[Hambone]

UND offered TE Noah Gindorff. Would be a big get from the Iron Range.

http://247sports.com/player/noah-gindorff-90958

[siouxfan512]

16 minutes ago, Hambone said:

UND offered TE Noah Gindorff. Would be a big get from the Iron Range.

http://247sports.com/player/noah-gindorff-90958

It looks like there will be some tough competition to get this kid.

[nodak651]

When do kids typically start committing to FCS schools/UND?

[geaux_sioux]

2 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

When do kids typically start committing to FCS schools/UND?

NDSU already has one. We usually get our first around July.

[Longtime fan]

4 hours ago, Hambone said:

UND offered TE Noah Gindorff. Would be a big get from the Iron Range.

http://247sports.com/player/noah-gindorff-90958

Like his combination of size and speed for his age. 

[UND Fan]

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.

 

  

[Sioux>Bison]

On June 1, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Longtime fan said:

Like his combination of size and speed for his age. 

Looks like the Goofs want him or at least some of their writers think so. Plus their coach visited him.

[Football fan]

I saw through Twitter that Lincoln Gibbs, Langford Area, SD, a RB was offered. 

[nodakhoops]

2 hours ago, Football fan said:

I saw through Twitter that Lincoln Gibbs, Langford Area, SD, a RB was offered. 

Town is maybe 20 miles from the ND border so he's pretty much about as close to an ND kid as you can get.

Hope he comes here. Reminds me a lot of Jade Lawrence from Moorhead who will play a lot this fall. Could be a RB/FB/LB but he's just a flat out football player. Can't have enough of those

[Longtime fan]

2 hours ago, Football fan said:

I saw through Twitter that Lincoln Gibbs, Langford Area, SD, a RB was offered. 

 This would be a great get!  Had 350 yards and 6 tds in last years championship game and led the d in tackles that game as well.  Very good size 5'11" 205  4.52 speed.  He will only get bigger this year and the following before playing.   Hope und can wrangle him in.  

[UND Fan]

Another offer:

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

[MadScout03]

I saw that as well but I think the offer is for this coming fall, not 2017. He already has a senior highlight film posted on hudl. 

[UND Fan]

8 hours ago, MadScout03 said:

I saw that as well but I think the offer is for this coming fall, not 2017. He already has a senior highlight film posted on hudl. 

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.