2018 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 10
Lance Dunn
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
- High School:
- Waterloo West HS
* 2018 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2017 MVFC Offensive Player of the Week
* 2015 MVFC Honor Roll
2018 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team running back...Played in 13 games with nine starts...Led the Bison with 160 carries while splitting duties with fellow all-conference senior Bruce Anderson...Finished second on the team in rushing yards (880), yards per game (67.7) and touchdowns (12)...Caught 12 passes for 150 yards and three TDs...Four 100-yard rushing games including a season-high 127 yards and career-high four TDs in the second round NCAA playoff win over Montana State...Career-long 75-yard run at South Dakota as part of a 114-yard performance...Ran for three TDs in the season opener against Cal Poly and the home win over Illinois State...Played in three NCAA playoff games, carrying 35 times for 201 yards and four touchdowns...Finished eighth on NDSU's all-time rushing list with 3,028 yards.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first seven games before missing seven games with a hip injury...Came off the bench to play in the national championship game, running 13 times for 50 yards against James Madison...Finished as NDSU's third leading rusher with 93 attempts for 684 yards...Was on school-record pace with 12 rushing touchdowns and 13 total TDs before his injury...Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week after scoring TDs on his only four touches against Robert Morris...Scored on runs of 61, 5 and 10 yards and a 10-yard passing play...Started the year with three straight 100-yard rushing games going for 142 against Mississippi Valley State, 148 at Eastern Washington, and 111 against Robert Morris.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 14 games including a pair of starts...Led the Missouri Valley Football Conference with an average of 6.0 yards per carry...Ranked third in the league with 996 rushing yards and was fifth with a team-high 71.1 rushing yards per game...Three 100-yard games...Ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the overtime win against Eastern Washington, including a 25-yard game-winning TD on the first offensive play of OT...Ran for 118 in a hometown win at Northern Iowa and a career-high 145 in the win at South Dakota.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 13 games...Rushed 95 times for 354 yards and five touchdowns...Caught five passes for 26 yards...Scored his first two career TDs on runs of 2 and 5 yards in the home win over Western Illinois...Totaled a season-high 125 yards against Missouri State...NDSU's second-leading rusher in the playoffs with 31 carries for 120 yards...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Second team all-state running back for Waterloo West High School and head coach Lonnie Moore...Helped the Wahawks make back-to-back state playoff appearances for the first time in 20 years...Two-year starter…Played running back, cornerback, free safety, and returned punts and kickoffs...Credited with 1,800 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns on offense, along with three interceptions during his senior year...Set the Wahawks' single-game record with 336 all-purpose yards...Two-time all-conference and all-metro player...Three-year letterwinner in track and field...Member of the record-breaking state champion 4x100 meter relay team that recorded a time of 41.8 seconds...State and Drake Relays placewinner in the 100-meter dash...Conference champion in both the 100 and 200 as a junior...Two-year basketball letterman at point guard and shooting guard, earning honorable mention all-conference honors.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in university studies...Son of Lance and Jayme Dunn...Has three sisters, Lexus, Brooke and Kennedy...Father played football for Minnesota State Mankato (1989-92).
* 2017 MVFC Offensive Player of the Week
* 2015 MVFC Honor Roll
2018 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team running back...Played in 13 games with nine starts...Led the Bison with 160 carries while splitting duties with fellow all-conference senior Bruce Anderson...Finished second on the team in rushing yards (880), yards per game (67.7) and touchdowns (12)...Caught 12 passes for 150 yards and three TDs...Four 100-yard rushing games including a season-high 127 yards and career-high four TDs in the second round NCAA playoff win over Montana State...Career-long 75-yard run at South Dakota as part of a 114-yard performance...Ran for three TDs in the season opener against Cal Poly and the home win over Illinois State...Played in three NCAA playoff games, carrying 35 times for 201 yards and four touchdowns...Finished eighth on NDSU's all-time rushing list with 3,028 yards.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first seven games before missing seven games with a hip injury...Came off the bench to play in the national championship game, running 13 times for 50 yards against James Madison...Finished as NDSU's third leading rusher with 93 attempts for 684 yards...Was on school-record pace with 12 rushing touchdowns and 13 total TDs before his injury...Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week after scoring TDs on his only four touches against Robert Morris...Scored on runs of 61, 5 and 10 yards and a 10-yard passing play...Started the year with three straight 100-yard rushing games going for 142 against Mississippi Valley State, 148 at Eastern Washington, and 111 against Robert Morris.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 14 games including a pair of starts...Led the Missouri Valley Football Conference with an average of 6.0 yards per carry...Ranked third in the league with 996 rushing yards and was fifth with a team-high 71.1 rushing yards per game...Three 100-yard games...Ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the overtime win against Eastern Washington, including a 25-yard game-winning TD on the first offensive play of OT...Ran for 118 in a hometown win at Northern Iowa and a career-high 145 in the win at South Dakota.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 13 games...Rushed 95 times for 354 yards and five touchdowns...Caught five passes for 26 yards...Scored his first two career TDs on runs of 2 and 5 yards in the home win over Western Illinois...Totaled a season-high 125 yards against Missouri State...NDSU's second-leading rusher in the playoffs with 31 carries for 120 yards...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Second team all-state running back for Waterloo West High School and head coach Lonnie Moore...Helped the Wahawks make back-to-back state playoff appearances for the first time in 20 years...Two-year starter…Played running back, cornerback, free safety, and returned punts and kickoffs...Credited with 1,800 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns on offense, along with three interceptions during his senior year...Set the Wahawks' single-game record with 336 all-purpose yards...Two-time all-conference and all-metro player...Three-year letterwinner in track and field...Member of the record-breaking state champion 4x100 meter relay team that recorded a time of 41.8 seconds...State and Drake Relays placewinner in the 100-meter dash...Conference champion in both the 100 and 200 as a junior...Two-year basketball letterman at point guard and shooting guard, earning honorable mention all-conference honors.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in university studies...Son of Lance and Jayme Dunn...Has three sisters, Lexus, Brooke and Kennedy...Father played football for Minnesota State Mankato (1989-92).
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