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Revision as of 00:16, 17 January 2023

Hunter Luepke
North Dakota State Bison – No. 44
PositionFullback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Senior
Personal information
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight236 lb (107 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolSpencer
(Spencer, Wisconsin)
Career highlights and awards

Hunter Luepke is an American football fullback for the North Dakota State Bison.

Early life and high school

Luepke grew up in Spencer, Wisconsin and attended Spencer High School. He played football on a co-op team composed of students from Spencer and Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Luepke finished high school with 4452 rushing yards and 82 touchdowns.[1] He also added 644 receiving yard with 9 touchdowns.[2] As a sophomore Luepke helped his team reach the Division 5 State Championship game, where they would lose to the Amherst Falcons.[3] Luepke committed to play college football at North Dakota State.[4]

College career

Luepke redshirted his true freshman season with the North Dakota State Bison.[5] He played in 14 games as a redshirt freshman as the Bison won the 2019 FCS national championship.[6] Luepke was named first team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) as a redshirt sophomore after rushing for 458 yards and six touchdowns on 84 carries and caught four passes for 37 yards and one touchdown.[7][8] Luepke repeated as a first team All-MVFC selection after rushing 87 times for 543 yards and eight touchdowns.[9] Luepke entered his redshirt season season as a top fullback prospect for the 2023 NFL Draft.[10][11] He rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 65 yards and another touchdown in 31-28 near upset loss to FBS Arizona.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Spencer/Columbus Catholic - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - #44 - Hunter Luepke - LB/RB". www.wissports.net. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. ^ "Spencer/Columbus Catholic - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - #44 - Hunter Luepke - LB/RB". www.wissports.net. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  3. ^ "Spencer/Columbus Catholic at Amherst - 4:05pm CST, November 19th, 2015". Wisconsin High School Sports | Wisconsin Sports Network | WisSports.net. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  4. ^ Lecker, Paul (August 10, 2017). "Running with the Bison: Spencer/Columbus' Hunter Luepke commits to NDSU football". Hub City Times. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "Spencer's Hunter Luepke preparing for FCS championship with NDSU". Marshfield News-Herald. January 6, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  6. ^ Dinesen, Isak (January 13, 2022). "Former S-C Rocket Luepke soaring to new heights with accolades". WAOW.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Bison running back Luepke may be best player from tiny Wisconsin town since Green Bay Packers star of the 1940s". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Mar 26, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "NFL Draft Profile: Hunter Luepke, Fullback, NDSU Bison". SI.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. ranks Bison fullback Luepke among top 2023 NFL Draft prospects in his position group". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. June 1, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  10. ^ Hunt, Emory (October 5, 2022). "College football top 25: North Dakota State star FB elevates Bison in latest FCS Power Rankings". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "Hunter Luepke from little Spencer, Wis., gets big-time national love in NDSU victory". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "Luepke's night to remember vanishes in defeat". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

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