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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: DL Cade Terveer, South Dakota State, Sr.,...Terveer, a senior from Brandon, tallied team highs of six sacks and seven tackles for loss. He notched at least a half-sack in each of the first league games en route to 19 total tackles. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2024 DE Cade Terveer, South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: DB Dalys Beanum,...Beanum recorded a team-best six pass breakups and intercepted a pass during the 2023 regular season. The senior from Omaha, Nebraska, also registered 25 tackles in earning honorable mention all-MVFC recognition for the second year in a row. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2025 CB Dalys Beanum, South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: OL Evan Beerntsen,...Beerntsen, a senior from De Pere, Wisconsin, became the fourth Jackrabbit offensive lineman to be named to the honor squad after starting all 11 regular season games at right guard. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2025 OG Evan Beerntsen, South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: WR Jaxon Janke,...A senior from Madison, Janke joined his twin brother, Jadon, on the all-MVFC squad after ranking second on the team with 36 receptions and 602 receiving yards, while adding three touchdowns. He has a streak of 44 consecutive games with a reception and was honored at the conference level for the fourth time after three consecutive seasons of earning second-team accolades. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2024 WR Jaxon Janke, South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: RS Tucker Large, South Dakota State, So.,...Large also earned second-team all-MVFC recognition as a return specialist after averaging 16.3 yards per punt return. Large set an SDSU single-game record with 149 yards on four punt returns Sept. 16 against Drake. - South Dakota State Football

Jr/2026 FS Tucker Large, South Dakota State
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  2023 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: LS Kaydon Olivia, South Dakota State, So.,...Olivia, a sophomore from Schertz, Texas, handled all the long-snapping duties for a Jackrabbit squad that ranks in the top five of the FCS for net punting at 41.8 yards per attempt, while also going 13-of-18 on field goals and 51-of-53 on extra-point tries. - South Dakota State Football

rJr/2026 LS Kaydon Olivia, South Dakota State
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  2023 MISSOURI VALLEY CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RB Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State, 6-1, 220, Sr., Joplin, Mo. (Joplin High)...Leads league in rushing with 1,075 yards (second with 97.7 ypg)...lone back in the MVFC to top 1,000 yards during the regular season...averaging 6.6 yards per carry and leads the league in all-purpose yards (112.2 ypg)...topped the 100-yard mark five times this season...scored 11 rushing TDs, including three in league opener against North Dakota...named MVFC Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for season-high 197 yards Oct. 7 at Illinois State...added 18 receptions for 159 yards (8.8 ypr) with a TD...crossed the 4,000-yard mark for career rushing in regular season finale...all-MVFC First Team in 2022...team captain. - Missouri Valley Football

Sr/2024 RB Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State
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  2023 MISSOURI VALLEY CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State, 6-3, 225, Jr., Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley High)...Leads FCS in passing efficiency (184.08)...completed 68.5 percent (159-of-232) of his passes for 2,359 yards and 23 touchdowns against only three interceptions...averaging 234.5 yards of total offense per game...rushed and passed for touchdowns in seven games this season...threw a TD pass in 10 of 11 games...first-team all-MVFC in 2020-21 spring season, second-team selection in 2022...two-time team captain (2022, 2023). - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2025 QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State
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  A different Dakota is celebrating a national championship nearly two decades after the border-state rivals moved up together to the Division I level. "I continue to think back in 2004 and wondering how it was going to work out. Well, this is pretty sweet how it's worked out," coach John Stiegelmeier said after South Dakota State won its first Football Championship Subdivision title Sunday. Mark Gronowski threw three touchdowns and ran 51 yards for another score as the Jackrabbits won 45-21 win over North Dakota State, which lost for the first time in its 10 FCS title game appearances since the move from NCAA Division II. As a true freshman two seasons ago, Gronowski tore the ACL in his left knee on the opening series of the Football Championship Subdivision title game. Now nearly 20 months after a loss in that unprecedented spring finale, and after the quarterback missed the entire 2021 season, the Jackrabbits (14-1) beat their border-state rival for the biggest prize in coach John Stiegelmeier's 26th season at his alma mater. "It's really a storybook ending for us," Gronowski said. "We made a memory," Stiegelmeier said. "I live through our players and I always will, always have. And so my joy is great today because their joy is great."

Amar Johnson rushed for 126 yards and Isaiah Davis had 119 for his ninth 100-yard game this season, and both scored touchdowns for South Dakota State. Gronowski, who completed 14 of 21 passes for 223 yards, had his scoring run on the third play of the second half to stretch the lead to 38-14. "We knew NDSU was going to fight until the end of the game, and we knew that we had to come out in the second half and just start fast, score early," Gronowski said. "That's what we did there on that play." Cam Miller was 17-of-26 passing for 256 yards with two TDs and two interceptions for the Bison (12-3), who went from Fargo to Frisco for the 10th time in 12 seasons. "So tough to lose," Bison coach Matt Entz said. "Not something we like to do, not something we're going to make a habit of at NDSU. But I'm more concerned about our players right now...They'll bounce back, I know that." The Jackrabbits have won the past four meetings between the Missouri Valley Football Conference rivals, all in less than two years. - South Dakota State/AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State
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  South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski thought he had just twisted his ankle on the opening series of an unusual FCS title game two springs ago. It turned out to be much worse than that. Nearly 20 months after tearing the ACL in his left knee on a 3-yard run, and then missing the 2021 fall season that quickly followed, Gronowski is back in North Texas for another title shot. The Jackrabbits play Missouri Valley Football Conference rival and perennial Football Championship Subdivision champion North Dakota State on Sunday. "Most people only get one chance to play in a national championship, if ever. Just to have the second opportunity and get a kind of chance to redeem myself and redeem the entire team, it's a blessing," Gronowski said Friday from a room overlooking the field where he got hurt in May 2021. "I just remember walking in the first time, just being like "Wow," like I'm excited for this moment and I can't wait to be in this game. And that's kind of the feeling I have again right now."

The Jackrabbits (13-1) have won 13 in a row since a 7-3 loss at Big Ten team Iowa to open this season. That streak includes a 23-21 comeback win at defending champ North Dakota State in October - the same score of South Dakota State's title game loss to Sam Houston State, which blew a 10-point lead before its winning touchdown with 16 seconds left. Gronowski was a true freshman during that pandemic-affected season when South Dakota State and veteran coach John Stiegelmeier made their first FCS title game. After the quarterback's 3-yard keeper on the first play and a 16-yard pass, he got hurt in a pile at the end of another 3-yard run before a third-down incompletion on his last snap. In what is now his sophomore season, Gronowski has thrown for 2,743 yards and 23 touchdowns with only five interceptions. He also has 11 rushing scores. "Mark's comeback and his contribution to our football team is far greater than what you see on the field or in the stats. He's our best leader," said Stiegelmeier, in his 26th season at his alma mater. - AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State
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  Mark Gronowski threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third and top-seeded South Dakota State dominated fourth-seeded Montana State 39-18 on a frozen field Saturday in the FCS semifinals. The Jackrabbits (13-1), who have won 13 straight, head to Texas next month for a Missouri Valley Football Conference showdown with third-seeded North Dakota State (12-2). SDSU beat the defending national champion Bison 23-21 on Oct. 15. Gronowski led South Dakota State to touchdowns on its first five drives with a balanced offense that had 281 yards rushing and 192 passing. On the other side, the Jackrabbits' nation-best rushing defense (85.4 yards a game) held the nation's best rushing offense (331.8) to 52 yards.

The game started with the temperature at 10 degrees and the wind chill at minus-7. It was the coldest game ever played at South Dakota State. It was the third straight semifinal for the two teams. SDSU avenged a 31-17 loss last year at MSU. The teams swapped touchdowns on their opening drives and then the Jackrabbits scored three straight touchdowns, shocking the Bobcats with two long scoring runs for a 28-9 lead at the half. Gronowski, who had a 36-yard hookup with Tucker Kraft to open the scoring, capped a 12-play, 69-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge on the second drive. That gave him a rushing and passing TD in the same game nine times this season. The next two touchdowns were a 41-yard burst up the middle by Isaiah Davis and a 38-yard scamper by Amar Johnson on a field that played like a skating rink. Gronowski finished 10-of-13 passing for 189 yards and Davis ran for 158. - South Dakota State/AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State
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  Mark Gronowski passed to Jaxon Janke for the go-ahead touchdown and South Dakota State scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to break away from Holy Cross for a 42-21 win on Saturday in the FCS quarterfinals. The top-seeded Jackrabbits (12-1), on a school-record 12-game win streak after losing to Iowa 7-3 in their opener, will play fourth-seeded Montana State in the semifinals. The Bobcats beat South Dakota State 31-17 in the semifinals in Bozeman, Mont., last year. This year's semifinal will be in Brookings. The eighth-seeded Crusaders (12-1) gave the Jackrabbits a tough test through three quarters behind quarterback Matthew Sluka, who rushed for a career-high 212 yards on 26 carries.

It was Sluka's 36-yard run that set up Peter Oliver's 1-yard TD plunge to tie the game at 21-all. But the Jackrabbits dominated the fourth quarter. "We had some big pass plays, and then Isaiah Davis is a heck of a running back, the fat guys up front got excited about running the ball and we played our kind of football. Holy Cross is a really good team. This is an exciting win for us," Jackrabbits coach John Stiegelmeier said in an on-field interview with ESPN after the game. Gronowski passed for 177 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 47 more yards and a TD. Davis had 154 yards on 20 carries with a score, his eighth straight game with a rushing TD and his seventh game this season with 100-plus yards. - South Dakota State/AP College Football

Sr/2024 RB Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State
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  Isaiah Davis ran for two touchdowns and top-seeded South Dakota State defeated Delaware 42-6 on Saturday in a second-round FCS playoff game that ended with just over a minute to go after Blue Hens quarterback Ryan O'Connor was carted off the field. O'Connor was beginning his slide after a 10-yard gain when he was hit. An unnecessary roughness penalty was called on Tucker Large, and after O'Connor was taken off the field the game was ended. A post on a Delaware football's official Twitter feed reported that "O'Connor was responsive and moving all of his extremities upon leaving the field and is being examined further." O'Connor was playing in relief of starter Nolan Henderson, who was hurt in the first quarter.

South Dakota State, on a school-record 11-game winning streak, will play eighth-seeded Holy Cross in the quarterfinals. The Jackrabbits (11-1) scored touchdowns on their first three possessions, each on drives of 70-yards plus. Davis scored from 1 and 10 yards out and Mark Gronowski added a 1-yarder for a 21-6 halftime lead. Armar Johnson scored on a 2-yard run, Matthew Durrance on a fumble recovery after a bad punt snap into the end zone and Jadon Janke had a 4-yard TD catch, all in the third quarter for a 42-6 lead. Davis rushed for 104 yards on 14 carries. Gronowski had 131 yards passing and 73 more on the ground. South Dakota State outgained Delaware 353-192, with 222 of the Jackrabbits' yards coming on the ground. O'Connor threw for 104 yards for the Blue Hens (8-5), whose only scoring came on Brandon Ratcliffe field goals. - South Dakota State/AP College Football

Sr/2024 RB Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State
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  2022 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: P Hunter Dustman,...Completing the list of Jackrabbit award winners was punter Hunter Dustman. The junior from East Bethel, Minnesota, averaged 42.6 yards on 40 attempts during the regular season, while also handling the placekicking duties for the Jackrabbits. Seven of Dustman's punts traveled 50 or more yards. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2025 P Hunter Dustman, South Dakota State
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  2022 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: LB Jason Freeman,...Freeman, a junior linebacker from Zion, Illinois, stands second on the team with 56 tackles during his first year with the Jackrabbits. He also has been credited with five tackles for loss, three sacks and two pass breakups. - South Dakota State Football

rSr/2024 OLB Jason Freeman, South Dakota State
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