The 2020 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Matt Entz. The team played in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota, for the 28th season as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They entered the season as defending national champions, having won eight of the prior nine FCS titles.

Schedule NDSU had games scheduled against Oregon (September 5, rescheduled to 2028), Drake (September 12, rescheduled to 2022), and North Carolina A&T (September 19, rescheduled to 2022) that were postponed before the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel Roster 2020 North Dakota State Bison FootballQuarterback  5 Trey Lance – sophomore (6′3, 224)  7 Jayden Johannsen - freshman (6′2, 193)  8 Zeb Noland – senior (6′2, 222) 10 Logan Graetz – freshman (6′4, 209) 16 Noah Sanders – junior (6′3, 217) - Cam Miller – freshman (6′1, 205)

Tailback 18 Adam Cofield – senior (5′11, 207) 21 Jalen Bussey – freshman (5′5, 159) 22 Seth Wilson – junior (5′10, 195) 24 Kobe Johnson – sophomore (5′9, 183) 30 Saybein Clark – sophomore (6′1, 206) - TK Marshall – freshman (5'11, 189) - Dominic Gonnella – freshman (5′11, 190) - Nathan Goldade – freshman (5′10, 202)

Fullback 44 Hunter Luepke – sophomore (6′1, 246) 49 Logan Hofstedt – freshman (6′1, 246) - Jesse Hastings – freshman (5′11, 229)

Wide receiver  1 Christian Watson – junior (6′3, 206)  6 Giancarlo Volpentesta – freshman (6′0, 193) 11 Phoenix Sproles – junior (5′11, 188) 12 Braylon Henderson – freshman (5′8, 179) 15 Kaden Kuntz – freshman (5′8, 176) 17 Phoenix Sproles – sophomore (6′6, 194) 22 Jake Lippe – freshman (6′2, 204) 29 Adrian Adams – freshman (6′0, 172) 32 DJ Stewart – sophomore (5′11, 190) 80 Andy Voyen – junior (6′2, 208) 84 Trevor Heit – senior (5′9, 180) 86 Peter Isais – junior (5′11, 181) 89 Cole Jacob – senior (6′1, 201) - RaJa Nelson – freshman (5′8, 175) - DJ Hart – freshman (6′0, 180) - Joseph Deyak – freshman (6′2, 190) - Tyler Terhark – freshman (6′2, 192)

Tight end 40 Travis Yohnke – freshman (6′4, 252) 43 Zach Gottwalt – freshman (6′5, 218) 46 Austin Avery – junior (6′3, 248) 81 Josh Babicz – junior (6′6, 252) 85 Jaden Klabo – freshman (6′4, 211) 87 Noah Gindorff – junior (6′6, 266) - Joe Stoffel – freshman (6′3, 234) - Jack Bram – freshman (6′3, 215) - Andre Carrier – freshman (6′3, 197) 

Offensive lineman 57 Zach Willis - C – senior (6′3, 300) 58 Josh Howieson - OT – senior (6′5, 310) 59 Karson Schoening - C – senior (6′5, 302) 61 Zach Kubas - OG – senior (6′4, 298) 63 Jake Kubas - OG – sophomore (6′3, 298) 64 Jake Rock - OT – freshman (6′6, 294) 66 Nash Jensen - OG – junior (6′4, 331) 67 Cordell Volson - OT – senior (6′6, 312) 68 Nick Radunz - OL – junior (6′4, 288) 69 Quinn Alo - OG – senior (6′2, 301) 70 Cody Mauch - OT – junior (6′4, 286) 71 Brandon Westberg - C – freshman (6′3, 283) 72 Jalen Sundell - OT – sophomore (6′5, 293) 75 Dillon Radunz - OT – senior (6′6, 301) 76 Hunter Poncius - OT – freshman (6′8, 293) 77 Bryan Nohava - OG – sophomore (6′4, 290) - Mason Miller - OT – freshman (6′6, 232) - Grey Zabel - OT – freshman (6′5, 247) - Hayden Johnston - OL – freshman (6′1, 259)

Defensive lineman 54 Jake Kava – DE – sophomore (6′1, 236) 56 Justice Kelly – DE – senior (6′3, 239) 60 Lane Tucker – DT – junior (6′4, 278) 62 Dylan Evans – DT – sophomore (6′4, 287) 64 Reed Ryan – DE – freshman (6′2, 238) 73 Eli Mostaert – DT – freshman (6′3, 275) 74 Will Mostaert – DE – freshman (6′3, 253) 90 Tony Pierce – DE – sophomore (6′0, 228) 93 Logan McCormick – DE – junior (6′2, 247) 94 Costner Ching – DT – junior (6′3, 282) 95 Brendan Cook – DE – sophomore (6′3, 244) 96 Javier Derritt – DT – freshman (6′1, 280) 97 Bartholomew Ogbu – DE – junior (6′2, 246) 98 Matt Biegler - DT – senior (6′3, 283) 99 Spencer Waege – DE – junior (6′5, 270) - Seth Anderson - DE – freshman (6′5, 253) - Nolan Jacobs - DT – freshman (6′2, 243) - Loshiaka Roques - DE – freshman (6′3, 215) - Bryce Friday - DT – freshman (6′4, 240) - Joe Kava - DT – freshman (5′11, 229) - Trey Steinbach - DE – freshman (6′3, 220) Linebacker 31 Jasir Cox – junior (6′0, 205) 34 Juanye Tillman – sophomore (5′11, 238) 43 Beau Pauly – senior (6′2, 218) 45 Mitchell Kartes – sophomore (5'11, 208) 47 Luke Weerts – sophomore (6'1, 217) 48 Mark Stumpf – sophomore (6'2, 221) 49 Nick Kubitz – freshman (6'2, 213) 50 Dylan Hendricks – freshman (6′3, 231) 51 Mason Hofstedt – junior (6′0, 218) 52 Jackson Hankey – junior (6′1, 220) 55 Aaron Mercadel – senior (5′11, 218) - Oscar Benson – freshman (6′0, 180) - Cole Wisniewski – freshman (6′3, 189)

Cornerbacks 13 Anthony Coleman – freshman (5′9, 176) 14 Josh Hayes – senior (5′11, 186) 33 Destin Talbert – junior (5′11, 182) 35 Jayden Price – sophomore (6′0, 187) 39 Jenaro Wathum-Ocama – freshman (6′0, 188) - Courtney Eubanks – freshman (5′10, 175) - Marques Sigle – freshman (5′10, 170)

Safeties 10 Dom Jones - FS – freshman (6′2, 189) 18 Cam Smith - FS – freshman (5′11, 182) 20 Julian Wlodarczyk - SS – sophomore (6′3, 204) 25 Michael Tutsie - SS – junior (5′10, 197) 26 James Kaczor - SS – junior (6′0, 207) 27 Dawson Weber - FS – junior (6′2, 189) 46 Caleb Beebe - SS – freshman (5′10, 179) - Tyson Gordon – freshman (6′2, 177) - Ty Satter – freshman (6′1, 167) - Sam Jung – freshman (5′10, 175)

Placekicker 15 Will Cardinal – freshman (6′2, 192) (+P) 36 Griffin Crosa – sophomore (6′1, 170) 37 Jake Reinholz – junior (6′2, 217) - Nathan Whiting – freshman (5′11, 201)

Punter 38 Garret Wegner – senior (6′0, 196)

Long snappers 41 Ross Kennelly – senior (5′11, 223) 85 Hunter Brozio – freshman (6′0, 232)

Game summaries Regular season Central Arkansas

Youngstown State

Southern Illinois

Missouri State

Illinois State

North Dakota

Ranking movements

Players drafted into the NFL

1 3 Trey Lance QB San Francisco 49ers 2 53 Dillon Radunz OT Tennessee Titans

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