North Dakota State Bison Depth Chart
Offense
Season snap share: share of all the team’s offensive plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Quarterbackseason snap share
QB1#2 Nathan HayesQB · SR · 7 G · 6 GS93%422 snapsQB2#0 Preston BrownQB · SO · 5 G4%20 snapsQB3#10 Trey DrakeQB · JR · 2 G3%14 snapsRunning backseason snap share
RB1#5 Myles MitchellRB · FR · 6 G36%29–45% · ~164 est.RB2#7 DJ ScottRB · JR · 6 G · 6 GS36%29–45% · ~166 est.RB3#4 Nyeoti PunniRB · SR · 7 G22%16–48% · ~101 est.RB4Brady WavrunekRB · 6 G14%11–31% · ~65 est.Wide receiversseason snap share
WR1Jackson WilliamsWR · 7 G · 3 GS72%60–84% · ~328 est.WR2#15 Mekhi CollinsWR · SR · 7 G · 5 GS56%35–68% · ~257 est.WR3#21 Chris KielWR · FR · 5 G · 1 GS33%19–44% · ~151 est.—#17 Isiah St. RomainWR · SO · 6 G · 1 GS26%16–31% · ~118 est.—#84 Logan ConklinWR · SO · 4 G · 1 GS25%14–34% · ~116 est.—#3 Jeremiah PattersonWR · SR · 4 G17%10–22% · ~77 est.—#11 Jordan McCantsWR · SR · 5 G · 1 GS11%3–19% · ~52 est.Tight endseason snap share
TE1#81 Reis KesselTE · SO · 7 G · 4 GS71%61–86% · ~326 est.TE2#44 Luke KokatTE · SR · 5 G · 4 GS15%8–20% · ~67 est.TE3Kaden ZenzenTE · 4 G · 4 GS4%2–6% · ~20 est.Offensive linestarts · snap share
OL1#62 Griffin EmpeyG · JR · 7 G · 6 GS82%76–85% · ~374 est.OL2#76 Ryan BabatzOT · SO · 6 G · 6 GS82%76–85% · ~374 est.OL3#55 Kene AneneOL · SO · 7 G · 6 GS82%76–85% · ~374 est.OL4#61 Gage SchmidtC · SO · 6 G · 6 GS82%76–85% · ~374 est.OL5#68 Coy OkesonG · SO · 6 G · 5 GS68%63–70% · ~308 est.—#75 Josh MaginOT · SR · 1 G · 1 GS14%13–15% · ~66 est.Defense
Season snap share: share of all the opponents’ plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Defensive lineseason snap share
DL1#94 Logan LarsonDT · SR · 7 G · 6 GS57%36–73% · ~229 est.DL2#11 Matthew StenbrotenDE · SO · 7 G · 6 GS54%34–69% · ~217 est.DL3Keenan WilsonDT · 7 G · 6 GS50%32–64% · ~200 est.DL4#9 Kelton McCaslinDE · SR · 7 G · 6 GS45%29–58% · ~181 est.—#93 Anthony OkesDE · JR · 5 G30%17–38% · ~120 est.—Zach VanderpoolDT · 4 G24%14–31% · ~98 est.—#99 Obald NiyonkuruDT · JR · 3 G17%9–22% · ~68 est.—#48 Blake SchiltzDE · FR · 3 G13%6–18% · ~53 est.—#56 Allante BurleyDE · SR · 2 G12%6–16% · ~49 est.Linebackersseason snap share
LB1Donovan WoolenLB · 7 G · 6 GS79%66–95% · ~318 est.LB2#3 Gavin SellLB · FR · 7 G · 6 GS74%62–89% · ~298 est.LB3#25 Ray James Jr.LB · SO · 7 G · 6 GS52%24–71% · ~210 est.—#42 Alex ElliottLB · JR · 6 G39%18–53% · ~157 est.—#41 Peder HaugoLB · SO · 6 G36%17–50% · ~147 est.—Keith WilliamsLB · 5 G18%0–34% · ~71 est.—Noah TaylorLB · 4 G9%0–18% · ~38 est.Special Teams
By kicks and punts
Punterby punts
P1#39 Aaron BickertonP · SR · 7 G24punts · 6 lastLong snapperroster order
LS1#48 CJ AndersonLS · SR · 1 GSRSnaps by Game
| Player | Pos | Wk 1 vs Jacksonville State | Wk 1 vs Fordham | Wk 2 @ Air Force | Wk 3 @ Sacramento State | Wk 5 vs Wyoming | Wk 6 @ UNLV | Wk 7 vs Nevada | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team offensive plays | 68 | 68 | 60 | 59 | 70 | 61 | 70 | 456 | |
| Opponent offensive plays | 54 | 48 | 66 | 66 | 49 | 63 | 57 | 403 | |
| Quarterbacks · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Nathan Hayes | QB | 60 | 52 | 60 | 53 | 70 | 58 | 69 | 422 |
| Preston Brown | QB | 7 | 3 | · | 6 | · | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Trey Drake | QB | 1 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| Running backs · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| DJ Scott | RB | ~30 | ~27 | ~22 | ~31 | ~46 | ~10 | · | 166 |
| Myles Mitchell | RB | ~22 | ~25 | ~31 | ~22 | · | ~38 | ~26 | 164 |
| Nyeoti Punni | RB | ~18 | ~16 | ~9 | ~11 | ~12 | ~10 | ~25 | 101 |
| Brady Wavrunek | RB | ~10 | ~11 | · | ~10 | ~12 | ~12 | ~10 | 65 |
| Barry Kpeenu | RB | · | · | · | · | ~14 | ~10 | ~19 | 43 |
| Jonathan Harvey | RB | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~10 | 10 |
| Receivers & tight ends · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Jackson Williams | WR | ~42 | ~38 | ~45 | ~51 | ~60 | ~37 | ~55 | 328 |
| Reis Kessel | TE | ~51 | ~39 | ~45 | ~43 | ~51 | ~42 | ~55 | 326 |
| Mekhi Collins | WR | ~41 | ~41 | ~32 | ~40 | ~41 | ~41 | ~21 | 257 |
| Chris Kiel | WR | ~31 | ~40 | · | · | ~13 | ~19 | ~48 | 151 |
| Isiah St. Romain | WR | ~9 | · | ~11 | ~9 | ~8 | ~41 | ~40 | 118 |
| Logan Conklin | WR | · | ~12 | ~41 | ~30 | ~33 | · | · | 116 |
| Jeremiah Patterson | WR | · | ~25 | ~17 | ~15 | ~20 | · | · | 77 |
| Luke Kokat | TE | ~21 | · | ~21 | · | ~25 | · | · | 67 |
| Jordan McCants | WR | ~18 | ~7 | · | · | · | ~10 | ~17 | 52 |
| Cade Osterman | WR | ~14 | ~7 | · | · | · | · | · | 21 |
| Kaden Zenzen | TE | · | · | · | ~20 | · | · | · | 20 |
| Dylan Vokal | WR | · | ~7 | · | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| Defensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Logan Larson | DT | ~31 | ~12 | ~45 | ~33 | ~28 | ~45 | ~35 | 229 |
| Matthew Stenbroten | DE | ~33 | ~29 | ~26 | ~39 | ~26 | ~31 | ~33 | 217 |
| Keenan Wilson | DT | ~15 | ~12 | ~41 | ~37 | ~17 | ~38 | ~40 | 200 |
| Kelton McCaslin | DE | ~36 | ~24 | · | ~29 | ~30 | ~40 | ~22 | 181 |
| Anthony Okes | DE | ~26 | · | ~38 | · | ~21 | ~19 | ~16 | 120 |
| Zach Vanderpool | DT | · | ~20 | · | ~35 | ~15 | · | ~28 | 98 |
| Obald Niyonkuru | DT | · | ~23 | · | ~22 | ~23 | · | · | 68 |
| Blake Schiltz | DE | ~21 | · | ~32 | · | · | · | · | 53 |
| Allante Burley | DE | · | ~19 | · | ~30 | · | · | · | 49 |
| Alijah Wayne | DT | · | ~12 | ~19 | ~16 | · | · | · | 47 |
| Victor Isele | DE | · | ~16 | · | · | ~24 | · | · | 40 |
| Thomas Roberts | DT | · | ~21 | · | · | · | · | · | 21 |
| Chase Evink | DT | · | ~18 | · | · | · | · | · | 18 |
| Linebackers · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Donovan Woolen | LB | ~54 | ~15 | ~66 | ~18 | ~47 | ~63 | ~55 | 318 |
| Gavin Sell | LB | ~30 | ~35 | ~57 | ~58 | ~42 | ~29 | ~47 | 298 |
| Ray James Jr. | LB | ~41 | ~8 | · | ~40 | ~24 | ~59 | ~38 | 210 |
| Alex Elliott | LB | ~21 | ~31 | ~15 | ~53 | ~11 | · | ~26 | 157 |
| Peder Haugo | LB | ~18 | · | ~46 | ~33 | ~26 | ~4 | ~20 | 147 |
| Keith Williams | LB | ~3 | ~25 | ~1 | ~23 | ~19 | · | · | 71 |
| Noah Taylor | LB | ~11 | ~8 | ~12 | · | ~7 | · | · | 38 |
| Damian Devine | LB | · | ~20 | · | · | · | · | · | 20 |
| Ryland Satter | LB | · | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | 17 |
| Jacob Wrbanek | LB | · | ~14 | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| Secondary · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Taylen Eady | S | ~5 | ~43 | ~64 | ~65 | ~46 | ~57 | ~39 | 319 |
| Marion Moore | CB | ~53 | ~9 | ~62 | ~16 | ~48 | ~61 | ~57 | 306 |
| Will Steil | S | ~51 | ~33 | · | ~59 | ~37 | ~59 | ~57 | 296 |
| Darius Givance | S | ~54 | ~11 | ~65 | ~64 | ~49 | ~47 | · | 290 |
| Jaylin Crumby | S | ~53 | · | ~7 | ~23 | ~48 | ~62 | ~57 | 250 |
| DJ Voltz | CB | ~41 | · | · | ~54 | ~17 | · | · | 112 |
| Kendrick Carter | CB | ~16 | ~47 | · | ~41 | · | · | · | 104 |
| Hudson Artz | S | · | · | ~23 | · | · | ~13 | ~53 | 89 |
| Deron Russell | CB | · | ~46 | · | ~2 | · | ~26 | · | 74 |
| Najee Nelson | CB | · | · | ~60 | · | · | · | ~9 | 69 |
| Jaylen Archibald | S | · | · | ~47 | ~6 | ~7 | · | · | 60 |
| Mikhale Ford | S | · | ~39 | · | · | · | · | · | 39 |
| Walker Braaten | S | · | ~16 | · | · | · | · | · | 16 |
| Chance Tucker | CB | · | ~6 | · | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| Offensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Kene Anene | OL | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | 374 |
| Gage Schmidt | C | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | 374 |
| Griffin Empey | G | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | 374 |
| Ryan Babatz | OT | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | 374 |
| Coy Okeson | G | · | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | 308 |
| Josh Magin | OT | ~66 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 66 |
How the snap estimates work. No free source publishes college snap counts, so these are estimates. Quarterbacks: every offensive play is credited to the QB running the offense, which is close to exact. Everyone else: a model trained on real NFL snap counts (nflverse, 2023–24) turns each player's share of their position group's involvement that game (carries and targets on offense, tackles, sacks and breakups on defense) into a share of the team's plays. Tested on a season it never saw, it's typically within 5 snaps a game for running backs and 9–10 for other positions, and within about 10–15% over a season. The ranges shown are where the real number landed 80% of the time in that test. They narrow as the season goes on, and are widest for part-time players in a single game. Blocking tight ends and receivers who rarely see the ball get underestimated. Offensive linemen leave no trace in the play-by-play, so the line comes from each game's starting lineup. Where a school's game notes list its starters by spot, and its website allows automated access, the line shows who played left tackle through right tackle.