2025 Recruiting List

[2002jack]

It's interesting to me that 2 SD kids Cain Wallner (Canton) and Shawn Hammerbeck (Winner) hold multiple good offers but haven't received one from us. Maybe I'm just tired of NDSU poaching quality kids out of our state.

I’m not tired of beating NDSU.


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[SteelSD]

It's interesting to me that 2 SD kids Cain Wallner (Canton) and Shawn Hammerbeck (Winner) hold multiple good offers but haven't received one from us. Maybe I'm just tired of NDSU poaching quality kids out of our state.

[mitchell]

New offer to Connor Sullivan

DT, 6-4, 260, Wilmette, IL

offers from Akron

[mitchell]

New offer to QB Walker Braaten, 6-4, Westhope, ND - offers from NDSU, UND

[SteelSD]

2025 Commits (32):

Offense (15):
QB- Owen Eshelman, 6'3 195, Norman, OK
RB- Travon Pankey, 6'1 205, Gladstone, MO
Offers: Army, Wyoming, UNI, USD, ISUr, UT Martin
RB- James Bassinger, 5’11 192, Littleton, CO
WR- Landon Dulaney, 6'1 180, Brandon, SD
Offers: Boise St., UND, NDSU, USD, UNI
WR- Mason Kelley, 6’1 185, Mukwonago, WI
Offers: NDSU
WR- TyJohn Brooks, 5’6 155, Brooklyn Park, MN
WR- Carter Pabst, 6’1 185, Goddard, KS
Offers: UND
TE- Sebastyn Fries, 6'3 215, Lakeville, MN
TE- Ben Brooks, Madison, SD
OL- Lincoln Semchenko, 6'4 290, Sioux Falls, SD
Offers: Iowa St. (PWO), UND, USD, UNI, St. Thomas, Lindenwood
OL- JB Walters, 6'4 260, Grand Forks, ND
Offers: Air Force, Navy, Army, UND, NDSU
OL- Micah Hach, 6'4" 280, Watertown, SD
Offers: Kansas St., Wyoming, USD, NDSU
OL- Brock Osbahr (PWO), 6’3 285, De Pere, WI
OL- Thomas Dwyer, 6’7 290, WI
OL- Evan McCarty, 6'5 245, Wayzata, MN
Offers: NDSU, UND, St. Thomas

Defense (16):
DT- Connor Sullivan, 6'4, 260, Wilmette, IL
Offers: Akron, Air Force, Army, ISUr, Lindenwood, Lafayette, Fordham, Lehigh, Bucknell
DL- Luke Krempges, 6’4 235, Sioux Falls, SD
DL- Josh Wedel, 6’5 240, Chaska, MN
Offers: Washington St., Army, Air Force, Ohio, NDSU, Cornell, Penn
DL- Donovan Fitzmaurice, 6’3 285, Ballwin, MO
Offers: Ball St., UT Martin, NDSU, ISUr, Missouri St., SIU, ISUb, E. Illinois, W. Illinois, Lindenwood, SEMO, Austin Peay, N. Arizona
DL- Maverick LeBrun, Dell Rapids, SD
LB- Sullivan Schlimgen, 6’1 220, Sioux Falls, SD
Offers: Texas Tech, Air Force, Army, NDSU, UND, USD, UNI
LB- Beau Bakken, 6'4 215, Hills, MN
LB- Isaiah Hung, 6'1 210, Liberty, MO
Offers: Army, Air Force, NDSU, ISUr, SIU, UNI, Missouri St., Princeton, UT Martin, Furman, Cornell
LB- Brady Kurt, 6'2 185, Independence, IA
CB- Tyrone Cotton III, 6’1 170, Glenview, Ill
Offers: Indiana, Marshall, Buffalo, Akron, Miami (OH), W. Michigan, Kent St., ISUr, SIU, UT Martin, WIU
CB- Erimus Wright, 6'0 185, Country Club Hills, Ill
Offers: Ole Miss, Michigan St., Buffalo, Kent St., Miami (OH), N. Illinois
CB- Trillion Sorrell, 6’0 160, Edina, MN
Offers: UNI, NDSU, USD, UND, St. Thomas
CB- Myles Green, 6’1 180, Chicago, Ill
Offers: Buffalo, Miami (OH), Ball St., Kent St., W. Kentucky, SDSU, NDSU, ISUr, E. Illinois, UNH, UT Martin, Howard
S- Damarius Russell, 5'11 170, Waseca, MN
Offers: Texas Tech, UNI, NDSU
S- Brody Miller, 6’0 170, Shakopee, MN
Offers: UND, St. Thomas
S- Cam Cribari, 6'0 175, West Des Moines, IA

Special Teams (1):
K/P- Adlai Lounsbury, Van Meter, IA
Offers: Drake

2025 Offers:

Offense:
WR- Bode Wagner, 6’0 170, Mesa, AZ
Offers: Army, Air Force
OL- Dylan Hildebrand, 6’4 280, Verona, WI
Offers: SEMO, St. Thomas, W. Illinois

Defense:


Commited FBS:
ATH/DB- Brandon Schmelzle, 6'2 193, Axtell KS- Kansas
Offers: NDSU
RB- Grant Dean, 6’0 180, Neenah, WI- Wisconsin
Offers: N. Illinois, Wyoming, Army, NDSU
RB- Ryver Peppers, 5’11 180, Kansas City, MO- Iowa St.
Offers: Kansas St., Utah, Northwestern, Kent St., E. Michigan, Navy, Army, UNLV, NDSU, UNI, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Colgate
WR/S- Jackson Carpenter, 6’2 190, Lincoln, NE- Nebraska
Offers- Kansas, Duke, NDSU, UNI
TE- Emmett Bork, 6'6 240, Oconomowoc, WI- Michigan St.
Offers: Rutgers, Indiana, Appalacian St., Army, Ohio, NDSU, ISUr, UND, UNI
OT- Garin Maley, 6'5 250, Papillion, NE- Texas Tech
Offers: Oregon St., E. Michigan, N. Illinois, UND, SIU, UNI, ISUr, Montana, Princeton, Harvard, Yale
OT- Ren Brown, 6'6 280, Stanten, NE- Texas Tech
Offers: Oregon St., Kansas St., Air Force, Army, Ohio, C. Michigan, N. Illinois, UND, UNI, Montana
OL/DL- Kalvin Janssen, 6’3 285, Gretna, NE- Wyoming
Offers: Coastal Carolina, NIU, Army, Navy, Air Force, Colorado St., ISUr, UNI, USD, Montana, UND, Lindenwood
DL- Kade Pietrzak, 6'5 245, West Fargo, ND- Nebraska
Offers: USC, Iowa, Iowa St., Kansas St., Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, Auburn, Duke, Stanford, Washington, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Michigan St., Florida St., Miami, Florida, UCLA, BC, UNLV, UND, NDSU
DT- Jackson Murray, 6’1 265, Phoenix, AZ- Colorado St.
Offers: Army, Air Force, Idaho, Idaho St., N. Arizona, Utah Tech
DL- Cash Jacobsen, 6’5 255, Jenks, OK- USC
Offers: Texas Tech, Oklahoma St., Texas St., SDSU, Air Force, Army, Navy, Tulsa, Utah St., ISUr, Yale, Cornell
LB- Nathan Cleveland, 6'3 205, River Grove, Ill- Minnesota
Offers: N. Illinois, Ohio, Buffalo, Marshall, W. Michigan, Kent St., Army, Air Force, Navy, UNI, NDSU, ISUr, SIU, WIU, UT Martin
LB- Parker Moore, 6’2 220, Lawrence, KS- Wyoming
Offers: Kansas, Air Force, ISUb, UNI, Penn
CB- Njita Sinkala, 5'11 175, Clearwater, FL- Boston College
Offers: Temple, UConn, ODU, Kennesaw St., Delaware, UND, NDSU, Rhode Island, Monmouth
CB- Jermain Jones, 5'11 180- Cincinnati
Offers: Boston College, Delaware, Miami (OH), Kent St., Ball St., UNI, E. Illinois, Lindenwood, UNH
CB- RJ Collins, 5’11 160, Kansas City, MO- Kansas State
Offers: Delaware, NDSU, UND, MSU, UNI, ISUr, UT Martin
S- Aiden Knapke, 6' 0 190, Englewood, CO- Washington State
Offers: Duke, Georgia Tech, Wyoming, N. Illinois, C. Michigan, SDSU, New Mexico St., Air Force, Army, Rice, Hawaii, Montana St., Cornell

Commited FCS:
RB- Quade Chatmon, 6'0 200, Lee's Summit, MO- SIU
Offers: Kent St., SEMO, Austin Peay
WR- Mar’Quan Gary, 6’1 175, Normal, Ill- Illinois St.
Offers: Indiana St., WIU, UT Martin
OT- Ryan Babatz, 6'4 275, Buffalo, MN- NDSU
Offers: Nebraska, Wyoming, Coastal Carolina, C. Michigan, Miami (OH), Ohio, Army, Air Force, UND, Fordham, Dartmouth, Cornell
OT- Alex Warden, 6'5 244, Green Bay, WI- NDSU
Offers: Washington St., Wyoming, Army, W. Michigan, Ball State, UNI
OT- Michael Wagner, 6'6 255, Maple Grove, MN- UND
Offers: Washington St., Army, Air Force, Ohio, N. Illinois, W. Michigan, SDSU, NDSU, USD, Montana, UC Davis, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fordham
DL- Chase Evink, 6’5 240, Hancock, MN- NDSU
Offers: Furman
DE- Alijah Wayne, 6'4 230, Omaha, NE- NDSU
Offers: Oregon St., E. Michigan, Air Force, UNI, USD, UND, E. Illinois, SIU, Yale, Grambling, Lindenwood
LB- Dylan Hudgens, 6'2 215, Minnetonka, MN- USD
Offers: Kent St., Marshall, UND, Dartmouth, Cornell, Fordham, Colgate
LB- Chase Brixius, 6'2 215, Minneapolis, MN- NDSU
Offers: Miami (OH), Buffalo, UNI, UND, USD, Montana St., WIU, Fordham
CB- Josiah Young, 6’3 170, Minneapolis, MN- UNI
Offers: Ohio, Miami (OH), W. Michigan, NDSU
CB- Marion Moore, 5'11 175, Madison, WI- NDSU
Offers: Wisconsin (PWO), ISUb, EIU
S- Walker Braaten, 6-3 175, Westhope, ND- NDSU
Offers: W. Michigan, Army, UND

Other:
TE/DE- Parker Sutherland, 6'6 220, Iowa City, IA- Pittsburgh St.
CB- Justin Kabera, 5'11 171, Harrisburg, SD- Augie