UMD Football Adds 3 Locals, 32 Seniors Total on National Signing Day

The Bulldogs are coming off a 9-2 season in 2023.

DULUTH, Minn.- Wednesday was the national signing day for the UMD football team and the Bulldogs added 32 new faces to their roster.

Three of which are local as Hermantown’s Peyton Menzel, Two Harbors’ Zachary Bentler, and Duluth East’s David Lundstrom made it official with the team.

In total, 13 of the freshman are from Minnesota, 18 are from Wisconsin, and lastly one is from Illinois.

Head Coach Curt Wiese talked about the importance of landing three local talents in this year’s class.

“To be able to get what we think are three of the best in the Northland with Peyton Menzel, with Zach Bentler, with David Lundstrom. These three guys are all different. An offensive lineman, a defensive lineman, a wide receiver. But as far as physicality, maturity and the ability for these guys to impact our football program early on in their careers. We feel really good about these guys and we’ve been very fortunate to see these guys a bunch over the last couple of years both locally in games as well as camps,” said Wiese.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 9-2 season in 2023.