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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Dakota State
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  09/14 WEEK 2 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: NATHAN HAYES, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Senior, Quarterback, West Chicago, Illinois/St. Charles East HS,...Helped lead North Dakota State to its third straight victory, defeating Air Force on the road 38-32...Completed 15-of-23 passes for a career-high 228 yards and two touchdowns...Added a 17-yard rushing touchdown...Connected with eight different receivers and tallied four plays of at least 20 yards...Completed a season-long 51-yard pass to set up a 1-yard touchdown just before halftime. - Mountain West Football

(DS#38 QB) rSr/2027 QB Nathan Hayes, North Dakota State
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  09/15/26 - Drew Klein, rSr/2027, North Dakota State, 5-09, 185 (DS#35 K) + More +

  09/14 WEEK 2 MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DREW KLEIN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Senior, Placekicker, Hortonville, Wisconsin/Hortonville HS,...In North Dakota State's first-ever MW contest, a 38-32 victory at Air Force, converted all five PATs and made his lone field-goal attempt...Connected on a school-record 56-yard field goal, breaking the previous record set in 1997...Booted all seven kickoff attempts into the end zone for touchbacks. - Mountain West Football

(DS#35 K) rSr/2027 K Drew Klein, North Dakota State
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  09/14 WEEK 2 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: MYLES MITCHELL, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Running Back, Chicago, Illinois/Richards HS,...Led North Dakota State with 61 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the road victory at Air Force...Also had two receptions for 11 yards...Set career highs for touchdowns (2), receptions (2) and longest rush (31)...The 31-yard rush came on the Bison's opening score before scoring on a one-yard run just before the half...Picked up two first downs on the ground, including a fourth-and-two conversion. - Mountain West Football

(DS#999 RB) rFr/2030 RB Myles Mitchell, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 0/AUG 31 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DONOVAN WOOLEN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Junior, Linebacker, Frisco, Texas/Wakeland HS,...Made first career start at middle linebacker in North Dakota State's 33-7 win against Jacksonville State....Recorded a game-high 10 tackles, including seven solo stops....Led a Bison defense that held Jacksonville State, last year's No. 5 rushing offense nationally, to just 85 yards on the ground and 170 total yards. - Mountain West Football

(DS#11 OLB) Jr/2028 OLB Donovan Woolen, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 0/AUG 31 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: NATHAN HAYES, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Senior, Quarterback, West Chicago, Illinois/St. Charles East HS,...In his first career start, completed 14 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in North Dakota State's 33-7 victory over Jacksonville State...On the Bison's first drive, completed four-of-four passes for 44 yards and a touchdown...Early in the second quarter, helped set up the go-ahead field goal when he completed a 20-yard pass on 4th-and-12...Threw a 44-yard touchdown pass just before halftime, capping an 88-yard scoring drive...Played just over three quarters in NDSU's FBS debut and only attempted one pass in the second half. - Mountain West Football

(DS#38 QB) rSr/2027 QB Nathan Hayes, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 0/AUG 31 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: BLAKE SCHILTZ, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Defensive End, Pine Island, Minnesota/Pine Island HS,...Registered a sack in North Dakota State's FBS debut, a 33-7 win over Jacksonville State...Contributed to the lopsided victory when he recovered a fumble in the end zone, giving the Bison a 20-point lead in the third quarter...Part of a defensive unit that limited Jacksonville State, last year's No. 5 rushing offense nationally, to just 85 yards on the ground and 170 total yards. - Mountain West Football

(DS#999 DE) rFr/2030 DE Blake Schiltz, North Dakota State
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  08/31/26 - Drew Klein, rSr/2027, North Dakota State, 5-09, 185 (DS#35 K) + More +

  WEEK 0/AUG 31 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DREW KLEIN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, Senior, Placekicker, Hortonville, Wisconsin/Hortonville HS,...In North Dakota State's 33-7 victory over Jacksonville State, converted all seven attempts, including four field goals and three PATs...In his first game as the Bison's No. 1 placekicker, made field goals of 34, 44, 42 and 48 yards...His 15 points were the second-most nationally scored in WEEK 0/AUG 31. - Mountain West Football

(DS#35 K) rSr/2027 K Drew Klein, North Dakota State
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  Nathan Hayes threw two touchdown passes to help North Dakota State roll past Jacksonville State 33-7 in the Football Bowl Subdivision debut for the Bison and season opener for both teams on Saturday. Hayes completed 14 of 22 passes for 160 yards with one interception. Blake Schiltz recovered the ball in the end zone from an errant snap for a score for North Dakota State, and Drew Klein made field goals from 34, 44 and 42 yards. Hayes' 6-yard touchdown pass to Reis Kessel capped an eight-play, opening drive for the Bison. Jacksonville State answered later in the first quarter on Caden Creel's 8-yard touchdown run. Hayes tossed a 44-yard TD pass to Jordan McCants to give the Bison a 17-7 lead heading into halftime. Schlitz's score made it 27-7 midway through the third quarter.

Creel was 12-of-23 passing for 85 yards and threw one interception for Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks were held to 170 yards of offense and were 2 of 10 on third-down conversions. North Dakota State competed in the Football Championship Subdivision for 22 seasons, spending the past 18 years in the Missouri Valley Football Conference after four years in the Great West Football Conference while reclassifying from Division II. The Bison have won 28 straight home openers. - AP College Football

(DS#38 QB) rSr/2027 QB Nathan Hayes, North Dakota State
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  North Dakota State and head coach Tim Polasek have agreed on a contract extension, athletic director Matt Larsen announced Tuesday. The deal is for seven years, which will carry it through the 2033 season, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel. It also includes a significant raise, additional staff money and more program resources, a move that sources said was pushed for by Larsen. It comes as Polasek had been pursued by multiple Football Bowl Subdivision schools. "After several productive conversations with coach Polasek, we have affirmed our commitment to both him and the long-term success of NDSU football," said Larsen, who did not divulge details about the length or value of the extension.

North Dakota State is 12-0 this year, won its record 10th Football Championship Subdivision title in 2024 in Polasek's first year and is the No. 1 overall seed in the current FCS playoffs. "Coach Polasek's impact on the football program over 12 seasons, and especially the past two seasons as our head coach has been remarkable," Larsen said in his statement. Polasek was an assistant for the Bison's first two titles in Frisco, Texas, at the end of the 2011 and 2012 seasons and had two different spells with the team as an assistant before being hired as head coach. - ESPN College Football

(DS#11 OLB) Jr/2028 OLB Donovan Woolen, North Dakota State
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  Barika Kpeenu rushed for two scores and caught his first touchdown pass of the season as undefeated and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State beat St. Thomas-Minnesota 62-7 in a regular-season finale on Saturday. Kpeenu had a career-long 74-yard touchdown run plus a 4-yarder and was standing alone in the end zone when he took in a 47-yard pass in the Bison's 28-point first quarter. Kpeenu has 20 touchdowns this season. It was 45-0 at halftime and Mikhale Ford's 64-yard punt return made it 52-0 in the third quarter.

The Bison (12-0) rolled up 665 yards offense while holding the Tommies (7-5) to 229. Cole Payton had touchdown throws of 81 and 47 yards to Bryce Lance plus his score to Kpeenu and finished 9 of 12 for 279 yards. Nathan Hayes came on to throw two more TD passes and was 8 of 11 for 118 yards. Lance had 106 yards receiving and DJ Scott rushed for 101. North Dakota State had already won its 12th Missouri Valley Football Conference in its 18 years of league membership, seven of those outright. The Bison have won 16 consecutive games and 19 straight FCS home games, the latter streak second to Villanova's current 22 in a row. - AP College Football

(DS#27 RB) rSr/2026 RB Barika Kpeenu, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 11 MISSOURI VALLEY CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: P Aaron Bickerton, North Dakota State, 6-3, 201, RJr., Stoke-on-Trent, England,...Bickerton had a season-high five punts and 55.6 average per punt in North Dakota State's 15-10 win at North Dakota. He had a season-long of 64 and other punts of 62, 55, 52 and 45 yards with one touchback and one inside the 20 for the Bison, who limited UND to 36 return yards. Bickerton was also the holder for three successful field goals as NDSU went without a touchdown until getting the go-ahead score with 2:22 left in the game. - Missouri Valley Football

(DS#25 P) rSr/2027 P Aaron Bickerton, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 11 MISSOURI VALLEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: LB Donovan Woolen, North Dakota State, 6-4, 219, So., Frisco, Texas,...Woolen made a game- and career-high 18 tackles in North Dakota State's 15-10 win at North Dakota. It was the most tackles by a Bison player since linebacker Nick DeLuca had 20 in a one-score road win over Southern Illinois in 2015. Woolen assisted on one tackle for loss and had a key stop on second-and-goal at the NDSU 1 as the Bison defense held and UND missed a field goal two plays later. Woolen leads the Bison with 66 total tackles, two interceptions and five pass breakups this year. - Missouri Valley Football

(DS#11 OLB) Jr/2028 OLB Donovan Woolen, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 10 MISSOURI VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: RS Jackson Williams, North Dakota State, So., Omaha, Neb.,...Williams had a team-high 194 all-purpose yards on five touches to help spark North Dakota State to a 38-30 victory over 18th-ranked Youngstown State. Williams broke multiple tackles and scored a 100-yard kickoff return after YSU had scored to make it a four-point game late in the second quarter. It was his second career 100-yard kick return and the seventh in NDSU history. Williams added a 21-yard punt return and 24-yard kickoff return, and he rushed twice for four yards. - Missouri Valley Football

(DS#84 WR) Jr/2028 WR Jackson Williams, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 9 MISSOURI VALLEY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: QB Cole Payton, North Dakota State, 6-3, 233, Sr., Omaha, Neb. (Westside HS),...Payton had 380 yards of total offense and four touchdowns in North Dakota State's 38-7 win over South Dakota State. His 17 carries for 137 yards and four touchdowns were all career highs, and he went 18 of 23 passing for 243 yards with completions to six different receivers led by Bryce Lance's five receptions for 103 yards. Payton's 1-yard TD run on fourth-and-goal capped a 16-play, 84-yard opening drive that ate up 9 minutes of the first quarter. He also scored on runs of 2, 57 and 47 yards as the Bison rolled up 500 yards of total offense - the most by an NDSU team in 22 Dakota Marker games. - Missouri Valley Football

(DS#9 QB) rSr/2026 QB Cole Payton, North Dakota State
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  WEEK 11 FCS NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Aaron Bickerton, North Dakota State, P, R-Jr., 6-3, 201,...In unbeaten North Dakota State's closest game of the season, Bickerton was a difference-maker, helping the Bison to a 15-10 win at North Dakota in the MVFC. On a season-high five punts, he averaged 55.6 yards, second-highest in the FCS this season and the fourth-highest average in over nine years. His punts went for 64, 62, 55, 52 and 45 yards. Bickerton also was the holder on three successful field goals before NDSU took its first lead with 2:22 remaining. Honorable Mention: Marko Dubak, P, Mississippi Valley State; Bugs Mortimer, PR, Stephen F. Austin; Mac Plummer, PK, Saint Francis; Ryan Ricketti, KR/WR, Valparaiso; Keegan Shackford, PK, William & Mary; Mark Shenouda, P, Tennessee State; Ben Shrewsbury, P, VMI; Ryan Short, PK, Butler; Jeff Yurk, P, Elon. - Stats Perform FCS Football

(DS#25 P) rSr/2027 P Aaron Bickerton, North Dakota State
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