Hermantown’s Zuidmulder Leads UMD Recruiting Class
Bulldogs Add 26 New Football Recruits
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The college football year unofficially starts with National Signing Day.
High school seniors from across the country faxed their Letters of Intent to schools from coast to coast.
At UMD, Curt Wiese’s third recruiting class featured 26 new Bulldogs.
But only one local.
He’s Hermantown’s Kole Zuidmulder.
A two season starter at Quarterback, Zuidmulder moves to Tight End in college.
At 6’5″, 225 pounds, he’s athletic enough to pull off the switch.
But again, Zuidmulder is one of 26 new recruits, and as you’d expect, Wiese is proud of the class he and his staff put together.
“There’s a reason we recruited these young men,” said Wiese. “I think they’re tremendous people, they’re quality students and good football players. The real test will come in the fall when we have an opportunity to work with these guys and see how they fit in to our schemes. We feel really good about this class, feel good about the guys we have coming to campus. I think our staff has done a tremendous job.”
2015 UMD FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS
Player Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown (High School)
Tommy Anderson OL 6-3 290 Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview H.S.)
Bill Atkins DB 6-1 185 Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins H.S.)
Dan Bartels OL 6-3 290 Franklin, Wis. (Franklin H.S.)
John Birkholz LB 6-3 205 Rosemount, Minn. (Rosemount H.S.)
Dom Conway RB 5-10 170 De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere H.S.)
Nick Eliason WR 6-5 190 Andover, Minn. (Andover H.S.)
Isaac Erdmann LB 6-0 210 Menasha, Wis. (Menasha H.S.)
Ben Everhart QB 6-2 205 Eau Claire, Wis. (Eau Claire Memorial H.S.)
Aaron Gorres LB 6-3 205 Cottage Grove, Minn. (Park H.S.)
Dre Greer DL 6-0 280 Dolton, Ill. (Mount Carmel H.S.)
Zac Hawn TE 6-3 235 Menasha, Wis. (Menasha H.S.)
Bryce Heim RB 5-10 200 Saint Charles, Minn. (Plainview-Elgin-Millville H.S.)
Erik Hovde DB 5-10 180 Birchwood, Wis. (Rice Lake H.S.)
Tommy Hutsell RB 5-11 185 Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview H.S.)
Tom Johnson DL 6-4 270 Freedom, Wis. (Xavier H.S.)
Connor Konshak WR 6-2 205 De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere H.S.)
Ben Laube DL 6-3 260 Eau Claire, Wis. (Eau Claire Memorial H.S.)
Chris Magnuson DB 6-2 185 Onalaska, Wis. (Holmen H.S.)
Austin Norton WR 5-10 165 Littleton, Colo. (Columbine H.S.)
Zach Oruruo OL 6-4 320 Madison, Wis. (La Follette H.S.)
Mike Rybarczyk QB 6-3 180 Addison, Ill. (Addison Falls H.S.)
Cole Schneider OL 6-5 230 South St. Paul, Minn. (South St. Paul H.S.)
Taylor Streiff LB 6-2 200 Brainerd, Minn. (Brainerd H.S.)
Nate ThiekeClough DB 5-10 170 Elgin, Minn. (Plainview-Elgin-Milville H.S.)
Kyle Webb RB 6-2 185 Chippewa Falls, Minn. (Chippewa Falls H.S.)
Kole Zuidmulder TE 6-5 225 Hermantown, Minn. (Hermantown H.S.)
