Terry Horan Announces 2015 Recruiting Class
Concordia head coach Terry Horan has once again assembled a recruiting class that features quality and quantity. Horan released the majority of the 2015 recruiting class which includes 46 new student/athletes for the upcoming season.
"I am ecstatic with the quality of young men that are joining our program," commented Horan. The backbone of any successful program is being able to recruit high-level student/athletes and I believe we have added another tremendous recruiting class."
The Cobbers are coming off back-to-back-to-back eight-win seasons. Concordia has posted identical 8-2 overall records and 6-2 marks in conference play in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The three consecutive eight-win campaigns is the first time in school history that a team has achieved that feat.
The Concordia staff had a bumper class of incoming student/athletes from the state of Minnesota. Of the 46 new recruits, 32 hail from the land of 10,000 lakes.
"Recruiting is a total team effort," complimented Horan. "Our staff and current players did a phenomenal job with making our future Cobbers feel like Concordia is a place they can call home for the next four years."
The breakdown of the 46 future Cobbers includes nine linebackers, eight defensive backs and seven defensive linemen. On the offensive side of the ball Horan will welcome six offensive linemen, six wide receivers, four quarterbacks, three running backs and two fullbacks. There is also one kicker committed to play for CC in the fall.
Of the 46 incoming freshmen, 32 are from Minnesota, 10 hail from North Dakota with one each from South Dakota, Nevada, Arizona and Washington. Of the 32 from Minnesota, nine come from the Highway 10 corridor.
Concordia opens the 2015 season by hosting the University of Jamestown on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. at Jake Christiansen Stadium. The Cobbers will then play at Wis.-Eau Claire on Sept. 12 before returning home to play St. John 's in the MIAC opener on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m.
Complete List of 2015 Cobber football recruits and achievements (pdf)
Below is a list of the current Cobber recruits to commit for the 2015 season.
| Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | High School |
| Christian Adams | QB | 6-0 | 185 | Oak Grove Lutheran HS |
| Aaron Ahrndt | DB | 5-9 | 155 | Benson HS |
| Quinn Anderson* | DB | 6-0 | 190 | Litchfield HS |
| Treyton Austvold | DB | 5-10 | 165 | New London-Spicer HS |
| Alex Berg | LB | 6-0 | 200 | Fargo Shanley HS |
| Jesse Bucholz | DL | 6-0 | 280 | Perham HS |
| Peter Bueide | LB | 6-1 | 185 | Oak Grove Lutheran HS |
| Brandon Bundgaard | OL | 6-0 | 240 | Moorhead HS |
| Joe Cieluch | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Northfield HS |
| Ryan Cihak | WR | 6-0 | 175 | Detroit Lakes HS |
| Joel Crane | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Century HS |
| Justice Davis* | DL | 6-2 | 245 | Centennial HS |
| Juwan Easley | DB | 6-1 | 175 | Damonte Ranch HS (Nev.) |
| Adam Essler* | RB | 5-11 | 185 | New London-Spicer HS |
| Sam Fenske | WR | 5-11 | 175 | Owatonna HS |
| Scott Fischer | OL | 6-1 | 240 | ROCORI HS |
| Dustin Gaudette | LB | 6-1 | 195 | New York Mills HS |
| Austin Grove | WR | 6-5 | 175 | Willmar HS |
| Mitch Gullickson | DL | 6-0 | 210 | New Prague HS |
| Anfernee Hale | LB | 5-11 | 200 | Chandler HS (Ariz.) |
| Mitch Hansmann | QB | 5-11 | 190 | Pine City HS |
| Philip Johnson | WR | 6-4 | 190 | Northern Cass HS |
| Kyle Knaeble | DL | 6-2 | 210 | Big Lake HS |
| Brandon Knisley | OL | 6-1 | 260 | New London-Spicer HS |
| Gunnar Kollman | DL | 5-11 | 230 | Fargo Davies HS |
| Tony Kostelecky | K | 5-10 | 160 | Dickinson HS |
| Seth Kreil | DL | 6-0 | 225 | Hazen HS |
| Grant Lahn | LB | 6-3 | 210 | Sartell HS |
| Sam Langmo | OL | 6-1 | 210 | Litchfield HS |
| Brad Lidberg | DB | 6-0 | 180 | St. Cloud Tech HS |
| Kevin Marzolf | WR | 6-1 | 180 | Mankato West HS |
| Pierce Moline | DB | 6-5 | 190 | Buffalo HS |
| Matt Morales | OL | 6-3 | 260 | Willmar HS |
| Westin Munson | OL | 6-0 | 220 | Lake Park-Audubon HS |
| Grayson Neuharth | LB | 5-8 | 180 | Central HS (S.D.) |
| Lucas Nuelle | LB | 6-0 | 210 | Grand Forks Red River HS |
| Spencer Ogden | FB | 6-3 | 210 | Annandale HS |
| Brennan Paulson | RB | 5-9 | 185 | St. Cloud Tech HS |
| Gus Smrekar | QB | 6-0 | 160 | Bismarck St. Mary's HS |
| Jordan Spaeth | QB | 5-7 | 177 | Waubun HS |
| Austin Stone* | FB | 6-0 | 210 | New London-Spicer HS |
| Franz Tasha | LB | 5-9 | 175 | Simley HS |
| Andrew Thompson | LB | 5-11 | 205 | Mount Si HS (Wash.) |
| Matthew Watt | WR | 6-0 | 165 | Minnetonka HS |
| Brandon Wayne | RB | 5-11 | 180 | Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton |
| Noah Welsh | DL | 5-11 | 230 | New London-Spicer |
* Denotes transfer or current Concordia student