NDSU senior defensive end Waege receives All-American honor

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion
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North Dakota senior defensive end Spencer Waege has been named to the HERO Sports All-FCS All-American football team announced on Thursday. He is a South Shore native and a 2017 Watertown High School graduate.
North Dakota senior defensive end Spencer Waege has been named to the HERO Sports All-FCS All-American football team announced on Thursday. He is a South Shore native and a 2017 Watertown High School graduate.
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FARGO, N.D. — Senior defensive end Spencer Waege is one of three North Dakota State football players named to the HERO Sports FCS All-America Team announced on Thursday.

Fullback Hunter Luepke and left tackle Cody Mauch also were honored from the Bison.

Waege, a South Shore native and Watertown High School graduate, is a two-time All-American with second team honors from the AFCA and third team from Phil Steele in 2020-21. He has recorded 38 tackles, 19 solos and 19 assists, in 12 games this season with 15 tackles for a loss, eight quarterback sacks and a forced fumble.

Waege finished 13th out of 30 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, given to the FCS Defensive Player of the Year,

No. 3 seed North Dakota State (10-2) is scheduled host sixth-seeded Southern Conference champion Samford (11-1) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Friday at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.

HERO Sports FCS All-American Team

OFFENSE

QB Lindsey Scott Jr., Incarnate Word; RB Jaleel McLaughlin, Youngstown State; RB Jaden Shirden, Monmouth; FB Hunter Luepke, North Dakota State; WR Hayden Hatten, Idaho; WR Andrei Iosivas, Princeton; WR Fotis Kokosioulis, Fordham; TE Ryan Miller, Furman; OL Mark Evans II, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; OL McClendon Curtis, Chattanooga; OL Cody Mauch, North Dakota State; OL Mason McCormick, South Dakota State; OL Colby Sorsdal, William & Mary; AP Dylan Laube, New Hampshire; AP Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., UC Davis.

DEFENSE

DL Devonnsha Maxwell, Chattanooga; DL David Walker, Central Arkansas; DL Caleb Sanders, South Dakota State; DL Spencer Waege, North Dakota State; LB Johnny Buchanan, Delaware; LB BJ Davis, South Carolina State; LB Zeke Vandenburgh, Illinois State; LB Aubrey Miller Jr., Jackson State; DB Maxwell Anderson, Weber State; DB Alijah Huzzie, East Tennessee State; DB Marcus Hillman, Elon; DB Justin Ford, Montana.

SPECIAL TEAMS

K Matthew Cook, Northern Iowa; P Jake Gerardi, Southern Utah; LS Robert Soderholm, Virginia Military Institute; KR Abraham Williams, Weber State; PR Jarrod Barnes, Central Arkansas.

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: 2017 Watertown High School graduate named to HERO Sports FCS team.