As of the February National Signing Day, the Concordia University football program has 44 signed or committed recruits on board. The incoming Bulldogs hail from 10 different states. Twelve are from Nebraska.
CUNE alum Robert Garrett has been named the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year. Since 1988, Garrett has served as head coach at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. Garrett started for three years as a Bulldog.
The Bulldog Weekly Report for January 30, 2018, details the latest news and notes and honors the Bulldog Athletic Association Athletes of the Week.
Tarence Roby has been cleaning up on postseason awards. Another one arrived after New Year’s when Victory Sports Network named Roby to its NAIA All-America team. Roby has hauled in six major postseason honors.
Fourteen members of the Concordia football program reeled in All-Nebraska honors from the Omaha World-Herald. Selections were announced on Saturday (Dec. 23). Seven were named to the first team.
Already named an All-American by the AFCA, senior defensive back Tarence Roby earned another All-America award on Friday (Dec. 15). This one came courtesy of the Associated Press.
Seven members of the Concordia football team have garnered 2017 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition. The group includes a trio of repeat award winners in Matt Chilman, Hallick Lehmann and Justus Thompson.
A trio of Bulldog football players will represent the program at two different all-star football games. The D2 vs. NAIA Challenge features standout seniors from the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels.
Senior defensive back Tarence Roby has been named a nominee for the Cliff Harris Award, presented to the top defensive player in the country representing NAIA and NCAA Division II and III institutions.
Hallick Lehmann has been named a CoSIDA Academic All-American for the third time, as announced Monday (Dec. 11) by the athletic communications organization. Lehmann was also an honorable mention All-GPAC selection.
With National Signing Day upon us, the Concordia football program has announced an initial 2016 recruiting class of 50. Twenty-one hail from the state of Nebraska.
More than any other game, the late-season loss to then second-ranked Morningside proved Concordia football can compete on a national scale.
Garrett Folchert has already taken his share of cringe-worthy hits in 2015. In one particular instance this season he got thrown to the turf so hard by a blitzing Northwestern safety that seventh-year head coach Vance Winter wondered if his senior quarterback would have the ability to peal himself back up.
Nearly unblockable in Concordia’s 28-3 win over Hastings on Sept. 12, Trey Barnes “breathed fire” that evening as voice of the Bulldogs Jayson Jorgensen exclaimed in a description of the Seward native’s second sack of the game.
Every great athlete has a signature performance, that moment in time when people remember where they were as it unfolded. Fans in attendance at Bulldog Stadium on Nov. 17, 2001, surely recall the most unforgettable play ever made by then senior tight end Ross Wurdeman.
Budding running back Bryce Collins noticed the great success achieved by other Concordia athletic teams during the 2014-15 academic year. He wants a piece of it.