Jacobsen headlines North Dakota State class
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Head coach Craig Bohl of two-time defending FCS national champion North Dakota State unveiled a signing class of 21 high school seniors on Wednesday.
In addition, three more players were admitted to NDSU as recruited walk-ons.
The breakdown for the Bison's recruiting haul was 13 defensive players and 11 offensive players from nine different states.
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Headlining the class was 6-foot-3, 275-pound nose tackle Nick Jacobsen, a Rivals three-star recruit out of Prescott, Wisc. He finished the 2012 season with 86 tackles, including 20 for loss, despite often being double- and triple- teamed.
NDSU finished with a 14-1 record this past season and beat Sam Houston State in the national championship game for the second straight year.
2013 North Dakota State Football Recruiting Class
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Player (Pos) HT WT Hometown (High School)
Brad Ambrosius DE 6-4 235 De Pere, WI (West DePere)
Justin Axelson TE 6-4 200 Spring Lake Park, MN (Spring Lake Park)
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Chris Board DB 6-0 200 Orlando, FL (Timber Creek)
Cole Davis QB 6-3 185 Kearney, MO (Kearney)
Drew Davis WR 6-3 200 Eau Claire, WI (Eau Claire Memorial)
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Nicholas DeLuca LB 6-3 240 Omaha, NE (Millard North)
Tre Dempsey DB 5-11 165 Lakeland, FL (Lakeland)
James Gates LB 6-0 200 Menomonie, WI (Menomonie)
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Pierre Gee-Tucker LB 6-0 205 Belleville, IL (Belleville West)
Mike Goergen LB 6-1 195 Adams, MN (Southland)
Alex Hahn LB 6-1 215 Oak Creek, WI (Oak Creek)
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Jeff Illies TE/LB 6-3 195 Lidgerwood, ND (Lidgerwood)
Nick Jacobsen DT 6-3 275 Prescott, WI (Prescott)
Jesse Kubik OT 6-6 290 Manning, ND (Dickinson Trinity)
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Austin Kuhnert OG 6-4 300 Sioux Falls, SD (Washington)
Grant Morgan DT 6-4 265 Oshkosh, WI (Oshkosh North)
Chase Morlock RB 6-0 195 Moorhead, MN (Moorhead)
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Matt Plank LB 6-2 215 Gardner, KS (Gardner Edgerton)
Nate Tanguay DT 6-4 255 Mukwonago, WI (Mukwonago)
Jarrod Tuszka DE 6-3 205 Warner, SD (Warner)
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Connor Wentz TE 6-3 240 Dunnellon, FL (Dunnellon)
Bennie Wilson FB 5-10 235 St. Michael, MN (St. Michael-Albertville)
Tyler Wrice WR 5-7 160 Papillion, NE (Papillion)
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Zack Ziemer OT 6-4 285 Lakeville, MN (Lakeville North)