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  OCT 9 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: RB TaMerik Williams, North Dakota State - Williams rushed for a career-high 145 yards and three touchdowns to spark North Dakota State to a 31-26 road win over Indiana State. Williams averaged 11.2 yards on 13 carries including a long of 38 yards. His 2-yard touchdown run brought the Bison back within 13-10 before halftime. Williams scored on three straight possessions including TD runs of 16 and 27 yards in the third quarter. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 RB TaMerik WilliamsNorth Dakota State
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  OCT 9 MISSOURI VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DT Will Mostaert, North Dakota State, 6-2, 260, Jr., Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North HS),...Mostaert blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt to preserve a four-point lead late in the third quarter of North Dakota State's 31-26 road win over Indiana State. Mostaert, who also had a solo sack and quarterback hurry in the game, made the block three plays after NDSU muffed a punt inside its own 20-yard line. It was NDSU's second blocked field goal of the season. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2025 DT Will MostaertNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 26 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: LB Luke Weerts, North Dakota State - Weerts made a team- and career-high seven tackles with one sack and his first career interception in North Dakota State's 34-17 win at South Dakota. Weerts led a Bison defense that limited South Dakota to 1 of 10 on third down with five three-and-out possessions and forced four turnovers. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2025 ILB Luke WeertsNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 12 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Cole Payton, North Dakota State - One of 10 ball carriers used in the game, Payton rushed for a team-high 41 yards on four carries with one touchdown in North Dakota State's 43-3 win over North Carolina A&T. Payton averaged 10.2 yards per carry with a long of 26 yards. He scored on a 6-yard run and added a 2-point conversion on the ground to give NDSU an early 15-3 lead. Payton also went 4 of 4 passing for 22 yards in a backup role. - Missouri Valley Football

rJr/2026 QB Cole PaytonNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 26 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: FB Hunter Luepke, North Dakota State - Luepke rushed 20 times for 146 yards and two touchdowns averaging 7.3 yards per carry in North Dakota State's 34-17 win at South Dakota. Luepke had 118 of NDSU's 200 second-half rushing yards as the Bison scored 24 unanswered points to erase a 17-10 halftime deficit. North Dakota State kept the ball on the ground for 61 of its 80 plays and rushed for a season-high 356 yards. Luepke has back-to-back 100-yard rushing games including 115 yards and two touchdowns at Arizona last week. He has scored eight total TDs in NDSU's first four games. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2023 FB Hunter LuepkeNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 26 MISSOURI VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: K Griffin Crosa, North Dakota State, 6-1, 167, RJr., (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Scioto HS),...Crosa kicked two field goals and four extra points in North Dakota State's 34-17 win at South Dakota. His conversions from 26 and 25 yards were the first two field goals of the season for North Dakota State and Crosa's first field goals since the 2020-21 spring season after redshirting last year. He has made 43 consecutive PAT kicks dating back to 2019. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2025 K Griffin CrosaNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 12 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DE Spencer Waege, North Dakota State - Waege tied a career-high with 3.0 tackles for loss in North Dakota State's 43-3 win over North Carolina A&T. Waege's strip sack set up a 5-play, 31-yard scoring drive early in the second quarter. He finished with two sacks and a quarterback hurry. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2023 DT Spencer WaegeNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 19 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: FB Hunter Luepke, North Dakota State - Luepke had 180 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in North Dakota State's 31-28 loss at Arizona. Luepke carried 18 times for 115 yards and two TDs and made three receptions for 65 yards and one score. He scored on plays of 31, 6 and 38 yards. Luepke averaged 6.4 yards per carry as the Bison rolled up 283 yards on the ground. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2023 FB Hunter LuepkeNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 5 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: PR Jayden Price, North Dakota State - Price moved into a tie for second place in NDSU career history with his third career punt return touchdown in North Dakota State's 56-14 win over Drake. Price scored from 66 yards and had a 30-yard return called back by penalty. He also made two tackles playing cornerback. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 CB Jayden PriceNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 5 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DE Jake Kava, North Dakota State - Kava blocked a field goal in a 7-7 game that led to a 56-yard touchdown return and put North Dakota State ahead for good in a 56-14 win over Drake. Kava made three total tackles including a half sack and solo tackle for loss. The Bison allowed just 219 yards of total offense and 3.2 yards per play. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 DE Jake KavaNorth Dakota State
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  SEPT 5 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Cam Miller, North Dakota State - Miller went 6-for-9 passing for 105 yards and two touchdowns in the first half of a 56-14 win over Drake. WR Zach Mathis made his first career touchdown reception on a 31-yard passing play and TE Noah Gindorff hauled in a 24-yard TD pass among his team-high three receptions for 44 yards. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2025 QB Cam MillerNorth Dakota State
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  TaMerik Williams rushed for a career-high 145 yards and three touchdowns and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State rallied in the second half to beat Indiana State 31-26 on Saturday. Williams ran for a pair of third-quarter touchdowns when the Bison (5-1, 3-0 Missouri Valley Football Conference) passed the Sycamores (1-4, 0-2), taking a 24-20 lead on Williams' third TD run. Cam Miller's 10-yard touchdown pass to Zach Mathis in the fourth quarter gave the Bison an 11-point cushion they would need after Cade Chambers threw a fade to Dante Hendrix to get the Sycamores within five with two minutes left. NDSU then recovered an onside kick. Chambers finished with 162 yards passing and two scores and ran for another. Justin Dinka rushed for a career-high 156 yards on nine carries, including an 82-yard score, and Dante Hendrix added 109 yards receiving on seven catches, including two TDs. The Sycamores' four touchdowns were one more than they had on offense all season. - AP College Football

rSr/2024 RB TaMerik WilliamsNorth Dakota State
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  Hunter Luepke ran for a pair of first-quarter touchdowns and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State led the rest of the way en route to a 27-14 victory on Saturday over Youngstown State. Kobe Johnson's 17-yard touchdown run led to a 21-3 halftime lead for the Bison (4-1, 2-0 Missouri Valley Football Conference). Mitch Davidson's 35-yard touchdown pass to Jaleel McLaughlin got the Penguins (2-2, 0-1) within 10 points at 24-14 with 4 1/2 minutes left. Griffin Crosa's 39-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter extended the Bison's lead to 24-6. He added a 38-yarder in the final minute. Luepke had 72 yards for a Bison rushing attack that finished with 227 yards against a Youngstown State defense that came in ranked 11th nationally at under 70 rushing yards allowed per game. McLaughlin ran for 150 yards on 17 carries for the Penguins, becoming the seventh player in NCAA all-divisions history to go over 7,000 rushing yards in his career. North Dakota State has won 11 straight in the series, which it leads 13-4. - North Dakota State/AP College Football

rSr/2023 FB Hunter LuepkeNorth Dakota State
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  Hunter Luepke rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns and top-ranked North Dakota State rallied in the second half to beat South Dakota 34-17 on Saturday. Luepke, with 20 carries, had a pair of short TD runs in the second half when the Bison outscored the Coyotes 24-0 to erase a first-half deficit. The Bison (3-1, 1-0) opened their Missouri Valley Football Conference season with a victory after losing at Arizona 31-28 last week. North Dakota State hasn't lost consecutive games since 2009. Carson Camp threw 28 yards to Wesley Eliodor in the final minute of the first half for a 17-10 halftime lead for South Dakota (2-2, 0-1). Cam Miller's 13-yard TD run tied the game and Luepke added the first of his two TDs to put the Bison out front. There were seven turnovers in the game, four by the Coyotes. Dawson Weber had two forced fumbles for North Dakota State. - North Dakota State/AP College Football

rSr/2023 FB Hunter LuepkeNorth Dakota State
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  Destin Talbert returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown, Jayden Price added a 67-yard punt runback for a score and defending national champion North Dakota State rolled past Drake 56-14 on Saturday. Prior to their season opener, the Bison raised their latest national championship banner inside the Fargodome. They won their ninth FCS championship 11 years this past season. Drake scored first on a short pass from Ian Corwin to Dorian Boyland but NDSU then ran off 42 straight points by halftime starting with Cam Miller's 31-yard touchdown pass to Zach Mathis followed by the blocked field goal and punt return.

Miller threw just nine times with six completions including two scores. Eight different NDSU players scored, including Will Mostaert's return of a fumble, the Bison's first touchdown on defense in four years. Corwin threw for two touchdowns plus an interception. This was the teams' first meeting since 1962. Drake had won both previous games, played in Des Moines, Iowa. It was NDSU's 24th straight win in a home opener. - North Dakota State/AP College Football


rSr/2023 CB Destin TalbertNorth Dakota State
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