The Dordt University football program has announced its current commitments for this year's recruiting class as of February 5, 2026.  38 athletes make up the list for a Dordt team that finished the season with a 10-1 mark and a berth in the NAIA National Playoff Series for the third time in program history.
 
Matthew Bono
Hometown: Maplewood, Minnesota
Intended Field of Study: Finance
School: North St. Paul
High School Coach: Isaiah Koran
Position: Running Back / Linebacker
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185
Career Highlights: Two-time All-District; Defensive Player of the Year

Trevor Bodell
Hometown: Monticello, Minnesota
Intended Field of Study: Engineering
School: Monticello
High School Coach: Andy Pierskalla
Position: Defensive Line
Height: 6-3
Weight: 230
Career Highlights: District Defensive Lineman of the Year (twice); 78 career tackles with five sacks; played for three section champions and two district champions

Braeden Bosma
Hometown: Sioux Center, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Kinesiology
School: Unity Christian/Northwestern College
Position:  Wide Receiver
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195
Career Highlights: Graduated from Unity Christian High School (Iowa) in 2025 and spent a year at Northwestern College (Iowa).  Played in seven games in 2025 and led the team in kick return yards with 230 on eight returns.  Had 91 yards of punt returns and caught nine passes for 47 yards in 2025.

Gavin Brands
Hometown: Inwood, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Western Christian
High School Coach: Travis Kooima
Position: Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Career Highlights: 2025 First-Team All-District (Defense); 23 receptions for 326 yards; 23.5 total tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions

Adrian De Waard
Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Undecided
School: Iowa City West
High School Coach: Garret Hartwig
Position: Defensive Back / Running Back
Height: 5-11
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: Multiple All-District honors; 2025 Academic All-State; 2024 & 2025 Academic All-District; 14.5 tackles in 2025 with three kick returns for 118 yards; 33.5 tackles in 2024 with 21 solo tackles and one interception; 20.5 tackles in 2023 with 14 solo tackles and three interceptions

Zane Farney
Hometown: Sterling, Kansas
Intended Field of Study: Construction Management / Business Administration
School: Sterling
High School Coach: Brent Schneider
Position: Running Back / Wide Receiver / Cornerback
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: 2025 State Champion and Class Player of the Year; 2,300 rushing yards in 2025; 6,700 career rushing yards with 90+ touchdowns; school record holder for single-season and career rushing yards and touchdowns

Dane Fitzgibbon
Hometown: Alto, Michigan
Intended Field of Study: Agriculture Business
School: Grand Rapids Christian
High School Coach: Kirk Sundberg
Position: Offensive Line / Defensive Line / Long Snapper
Height: 6-3
Weight: 250
Career Highlights: All-Conference; 42 tackles, eight tackles for loss

Isaiah Fugate
Hometown: Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Balsam Lake
High School Coach: Trent Nyhus
Position: Defensive Line
Height: 6-2
Weight: 250
Career Highlights: Academic All-State; 2025 First-Team All-District (Offense & Defense); 2025 All-Region (Defense); averaged four tackles per game over career; 21 tackles for loss in 2025 with a tackle for loss in every game

Leyton Gerleman
Hometown: Adel, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: ADM
High School Coach: Doug Winkowitsch
Position: Defensive Back / Wide Receiver
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: First-Team All-District; First-Team All-Academic; 36 tackles, two interceptions; 20 receptions averaging 12 yards per catch with two touchdowns

Ethan Griffin
Hometown: Kieler, Wisconsin
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Cuba City
High School Coach: Guy Kopp
Position: Running Back / Wide Receiver / Defensive Back / Kick Returner
Height: 5-7
Weight: 165
Career Highlights: All-Conference Running Back; Academic All-Conference; 776 rushing yards, 578 receiving yards, 431 return yards; 11 total touchdowns

Kaden Harken
Hometown: Spokane, Washington
Intended Field of Study:  Business Administration
School: Central Valley High School (Washington)/Washington State
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185
Career Highlights: Returns to Dordt after a semester at Washington State University where he appeared in one game.  Played in 12 games for Dordt in 2023 with 20 catches and played in 10 games in 2024 with 48 catches and 751 yards.  He was an All-GPAC First-Team selection and had 10 catches for 142 yards against Briar Cliff and caught nine passes ofr 206 yards against Doane.

Bradyn Hazen
Hometown: St. Paul, Nebraska
Intended Field of Study: Agriculture
School: St. Paul
High School Coach: Cory Volasek
Position: Defensive End / Linebacker / Tight End
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240
Career Highlights: Three-time First-Team All-District (Defense); All-Heartland Honorable Mention; All-Heartland Super Squad; All-State; 310 career tackles

Braeden Heitsman
Hometown: Valley Center, Kansas
Intended Field of Study: History / Pre-Law
School: Valley Center
High School Coach: Scott Lecuyer
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-4
Weight: 280
Career Highlights: First-Team All-Conference (Defense); three-time Honorable Mention All-Conference (Offense); 68 tackles with three sacks and five pass deflections

Cade Hemphill
Hometown: Strasburg, Colorado
Intended Field of Study: Kinesiology
School: Strasburg
High School Coach: Brian Brown
Position: Running Back / Safety
Height: 6-1
Weight: 160
Career Highlights: Two-time All-State; two-time All-Conference; three-time Academic All-State; nine career interceptions with 95 tackles; 1,599 career rushing yards

Aiden Hrnicek
Hometown: Webster City, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Engineering
School: Webster City
High School Coach: Andy Brim
Position: Quarterback / Running Back / Linebacker / Defensive Back
Height: 5-10
Weight: 190
Career Highlights: First-Team All-District (Offense); Honorable Mention All-District (Defense); 929 rushing yards on 173 carries with 16 touchdowns; 123 total tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss

Parker Jordan
Hometown: Oskaloosa, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Supply Chains Operation and Management
School: Oskaloosa
High School Coach: Brett Doud
Position: Defensive End
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200
Career Highlights: First- and Second-Team All-District honors; 90 tackles, eight sacks, 20 tackles for loss

Chase Miller
Hometown: Polk City, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Kinesiology
School: North Polk
High School Coach: Tim Te Brink
Position: Offensive Line / Defensive Line
Height: 6-2
Weight: 250
Career Highlights: 2025 First-Team All-District and All-State (Offense); Academic All-District; 2024 First-Team All-District and Second-Team All-State; Academic All-District; member of the 2024 Class 4A State Championship team and 2025 Class 4A State Semifinalist team

Owen Mills
Hometown: Sioux Rapids, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Construction Management / Entrepreneurship
School: Sioux Central
High School Coach: Brandon Goodchild
Position: Safety / Quarterback
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: Three-time First-Team All-District, All-Conference, and All-Area; 434 rushing yards on 59 carries with eight touchdowns in 2025; 120.5 career tackles with five interceptions

Drew Netjes
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Sioux Falls Christian
High School Coach: Jared Smith
Position: Linebacker
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210
Career Highlights: All-Conference; Academic All-State; 115 total tackles with two interceptions

Beau Nohrenberg
Hometown: Webster City, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Civil Engineering
School: Webster City
High School Coach: Andy Brim
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-1
Weight: 280
Career Highlights: First-Team All-State; two-time First-Team All-District; All-District Co-MVP

Cole Nohrenberg
Hometown: Webster City, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Civil Engineering
School: Webster City
High School Coach: Andy Brim
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-1
Weight: 280
Career Highlights: First-Team All-State; two-time First-Team All-District; All-District Co-MVP


Jackson Pitzen
Hometown: Adel, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Agriculture and Construction Management
School: ADM
High School Coach: Doug Winkowitsch
Position: Safety
Height: 6-0
Weight: 165
Career Highlights: First- and Second-Team All-District honors; 45 tackles in 2025 with two interceptions and four tackles for loss

Canyon Prins
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Intended Field of Study: Undecided
School: Sioux Falls Christian
High School Coach: Jared Smith
Position: Linebacker
Height: 6-3
Weight: 220
Career Highlights: All-State; All-Conference; Academic All-State; 100 tackles, six sacks, 20 tackles for loss, four interceptions

Gabe Pulford
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Intended Field of Study: Engineering or Business Administration
School: Jefferson
High School Coach: Eric Struck
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-3
Weight: 275

Micah Sands
Hometown: Alleman, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Engineering
School: North Polk
High School Coach: Tim Te Brink
Position: Defensive End
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220
Career Highlights: 2025 First-Team All-State and District Defensive MVP; 2024 Second-Team All-State; 83.5 tackles (54 solo), six sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss; member of 2024 Class 4A State Championship team

Garret Schmidt
Hometown: Parker, Colorado
Intended Field of Study: Finance
School: Parker Lutheran / North Central College (Illinois)
High School Coach: Stephen Robbins
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-3
Weight: 280
Career Highlights: 2024 Second-Team All-Conference
Max Schnepf
Hometown: Le Mars, Iowa
School: MMCRU
High School Coach: Kyle Oswald
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240
Career Highlights: Academic All-Conference

Brayden Schoellerman
Hometown: Sioux Center, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Engineering
School: Unity Christian
High School Coach: Josh Van Kempen
Position: Offensive Line / Defensive Line
Height: 6-2
Weight: 230
Career Highlights: Academic All-State; All-District; First-Team All-District

Cohen Senkbile
Hometown: Brea, California
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration / Pre-Law
School: Brea Olinda
High School Coach: Justin Villasenor
Position: Defensive Back / Linebacker
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175
Career Highlights: League Scholar-Athlete; 22 tackles in 2025; member of a 2025 CIF Southern Section finalist team

Avery Simington
Hometown: Milford, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Okoboji
High School Coach: Eric Clouse
Position: Wide Receiver / Safety
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Career Highlights: 2025 First-Team All-District (Offense); 2024 Second-Team All-District (Offense); 2025 Academic All-State; school record holder for career receiving yards and second in single-season receiving yards; 88 career receptions (14.8 yards per catch) with 13 touchdowns; six interceptions; 39 receptions for 655 yards in 2025

Peyton Steffen
Hometown: Smithville, Missouri
Intended Field of Study: Kinesiology
School: Smithville
High School Coach: Josh Speer
Position: Quarterback / Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
Height: 6-2
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: Two-time All-Conference

Wyatt Swanson
Hometown: Winterset, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Engineering
School: Winterset
High School Coach: Zach Sweeney
Position: Wide Receiver / Running Back / Quarterback / Linebacker / Safety / Kicker / Punter / Returner
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195
Career Highlights: 2023 All-District Returner; 2025 All-State and All-District Returner; 2024 Honorable Mention; member of a 2025 state quarterfinalist and district champion team; 42 receptions for 693 yards and four touchdowns; 36 returns averaging 25.6 yards; 40 carries averaging 10.5 yards per carry with seven touchdowns; 36 punts averaging 32.7 yards

Charlie Swoboda
Hometown: Bennington, Nebraska
Intended Field of Study: Civil Engineering
School: Bennington
High School Coach: Kameron Lenhart
Position: Offensive Line / Defensive Line
Height: 6-1
Weight: 250
Career Highlights: All-State selection in 2024 and Honorable Mention in 2023; First-Team All-Conference in 2023 and 2024; member of 2022 and 2023 Class B State Championship teams

Joseph Tarasewicz
Hometown: River Falls, Wisconsin
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: River Falls
High School Coach: Ryan Scherz
Position: Running Back
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Career Highlights: 2025 First-Team All-Conference; 2024 Second-Team All-Conference; 2025 All-Region and All-State Honorable Mention; 1,996 rushing yards and 37 touchdowns

Dane Wheeler
Hometown: Foley, Minnesota
Intended Field of Study: Business Administration
School: Foley
High School Coach: David Dahlstrom
Position: Tight End / Linebacker
Height: 6-6
Weight: 200
Career Highlights: All-District; All-Section; Academic All-State; St. Cloud Live All-Area Team; 17 receptions averaging 20.4 yards per catch with six touchdowns; 29 tackles with two sacks

Austin Wieringa
Hometown: Sioux Center, Iowa
Intended Field of Study: Undecided
School: Unity Christian
High School Coach: Josh Van Kempen
Position: Defensive Back / Wide Receiver
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
Career Highlights: First-Team All-State; First-Team All-District; 64 career receptions for 899 yards and nine touchdowns; 80 tackles and four interceptions

Seth Wilson
Hometown: Noble, Oklahoma
Intended Field of Study: Construction Management
School: Noble
High School Coach: Greg George
Position: Wide Receiver / Safety
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
Career Highlights: 47 receptions for 689 yards and 10 touchdowns; 68 solo tackles and one interception; First-Team All-District

Carter Woods
Hometown: Longmont, Colorado
Intended Field of Study: Education
School: Mead
High School Coach: Jason Klatt
Position: Linebacker / Running Back
Height: 5-9
Weight: 205
Career Highlights: 2025 Second-Team All-State; First-Team All-Conference; Conference Defensive Player of the Year; Academic All-State; led the state with 148 tackles in 2025; two-time First-Team All-Conference; two-time Defensive Player of the Year; 330 career tackles, 10.5 sacks, seven rushing touchdowns, four forced fumbles