FARGO — North Dakota State opened week four of spring practice this morning inside and outside the NoDak Insurance Football Performance Complex.
Today was practice number ten out of an allotted 15 during the spring, aiming towards the Green and Gold Showcase, which will conclude the spring practice on April 20.
Here are some observations and thoughts as the home stretch of spring ball is here.
Defensive coordinator and linebacker coach Grant Olson was spending plenty of time with his group this morning, and there are several young players that are getting reps and his attention.
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Marcus Gulley, Enock Sibomana, Nathaniel Staehling and Austin Altepeter all have caught Olson’s eye and have earned increased reps.
Gulley returns for his second and final season with the Bison after a year where he played mostly on special teams. Gulley is 6-foot-2 and 228 pounds and finished with 28 tackles last season. He told me after a full year with the Bison; “Now it’s like when I was at MSU Moorhead when I knew all the plays. I can fly around and play fast.”
#NDSU defensive coordinator Grant Olson (@CoachOlsonNDSU) shared a couple of names to watch at for linebacker this upcoming spring this morning: pic.twitter.com/qP9FQNx3kX
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Staehling is an intriguing player as well that played a lot on special teams and will see his role increase this upcoming year. He along with Moorhead’s Altepeter have had some great spring practices. Olson said Altepeter has had his best practices as a Bison since he got here.
The former Spud has been beset by injuries since coming to NDSU. He missed his senior season at Moorhead with a knee injury and had to deal with another injury arriving with the Bison. He has yet to play a game with NDSU, but there are reps out there with Julian Wlodarczyk’s graduation. Altepter could be a name to watch, he was highly regarded coming out of high school, and committed early to NDSU. He’s 6-foot-2 and 221 pounds and finally seems to seem comfortable with the Bison defense.
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NDSU brings back experience at the wide receiver spot in Eli Green, Braylon Henderson and Raja Nelson.
After that, there is a big dropoff with the returning receivers. The next highest catch amount for a returning receiver is Tyler Terhark with four., then Chris Harris, Mekhi Collins and Bryce Lance, each with one.
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