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44 Hunter Luepke

  • Position Fullback
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 236
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Spencer, Wis.
  • High School Spencer HS

Biography

* 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl
* 2022 Stats Perform Walter Payton Award Finalist (T12th)
* 2022 NCAA Championship Game Most Outstanding Player
* 2020-21, 2021, 2022 Stats Perform All-America First Team
* 2020-21, 2021, 2022 Phil Steele All-America First Team
* 2021, 2022 HERO Sports All-America First Team
* 2022 Athlon Sports FCS All-America
* 2022 FCS Football Central All-America First Team
* 2022 Associated Press FCS All-America Second Team (AP)
* 2020-21 HERO Sports Sophomore All-America Team
* 2020-21, 2021, 2022 All-MVFC First Team (FB)
* 2022 All-MVFC First Team (AP)
* 2019 All-MVFC Honorable Mention
* 2020-21 Stats Perform National Offensive Player of the Week
* 2020-21 MVFC Offensive Player of the Week (2)
* 2020-21, 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
* 2021 MVFC All-Academic Second Team
* 2020-21 MVFC All-Academic Honorable Mention
* 2020-21, 2021 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2018, 2020-21, 2021, 2022 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

2022 SEASON (SENIOR):
Tied for 12th in the voting for the Walter Payton Award, presented annually by Stats Perform to the Offensive Player of the Year in the Football Championship Subdivision...Earned two spots on the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team as a fullback and all-purpose player...All-America first team fullback by Stats Perform, HERO Sports, Phil Steele, Athlon Sports and FCS Football Central...Associated Press All-America second team all-purpose player...NDSU's leading rusher and MVFC's scoring leader through the first 10 games of the season before missing the final five contests due to injury...Had 98 carries for 621 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 6.3 yards per carry...Also caught 14 passes for 196 yards and four touchdowns...Had back-to-back 100-yard rushing games at Arizona and South Dakota...Accounted for 180 yards and a career-high three touchdowns in the 31-28 loss at Arizona...Rushed 18 times for 115 yards and two TDs while making three receptions or 65 yards and one score...Season-high 20 carries and 150 yards with two TDs in the 34-17 win at South Dakota...Named to the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society...Made the MVFC Honor Roll.

2021 SEASON (JUNIOR): First team All-America fullback by Stats Perform, HERO Sports and Phil Steele...First team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Played in 13 of 15 games and made four starts...NDSU's fourth leading rusher with 87 carries for 543 yards and eight touchdowns...Averaged 6.2 yards per carry...Also caught nine passes for 165 yards and three TDs...Second on the team with 11 total touchdowns...Rushed 19 times for a season-high 110 yards in the NCAA semifinal win over James Madison...Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 NCAA Division I Championship Game against Montana State with 14 carries for 82 yards and three touchdowns...Second straight year on the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team...MVFC All-Academic second team...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...MVFC Honor Roll.

2020-21 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): First team All-America fullback by Stats Perform and Phil Steele...HERO Sports Sophomore All-American...First team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Played in 6 of 10 games including five starts...Missed the first four games of the spring season with an injury...Carried 28 times for 190 yards and three touchdowns against North Dakota in his first game back to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Week and Stats Perform National Offensive Player of the Week...Was NDSU's leading rusher in four of the last five games of the season after the transfer of Adam Cofield and injuries to teammates Seth Wilson and Kobe Johnson...Finished the year second on the team in rushing with 84 carries for 458 yards averaging 5.5 yards per carry...Led the Bison with seven total touchdowns including one TD catch in the fall against Central Arkansas...Scored twice in the final eight minutes against UCA to help NDSU overcome its first fourth-quarter deficit in nearly two years and was named an MVFC Performer of the Week...His 23-yard reception put the Bison ahead for good, and his 13-yard TD run on the next possession made it a two-possession game with 1:51 remaining...Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...MVFC Honor Roll.

2019 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 14 games including two starts at fullback against Missouri State and Western Illinois...Honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Made 11 receptions for 196 yards and one touchdown, a 3-yard pass from Zeb Noland against South Dakota...Scored twice against USD including a 7-yard rush...Had two carries in the USD game, the other a season-long 21 yards...Season-high four catches and 38 yards in the win over Western Illinois.

2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year with the Bison and did not play in any games...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Spencer High School...Four-year starter and two-year captain for Spencer/Columbus Catholic under coach Jason Gorst...Played running back, linebacker, defensive end and returned kicks...Three-time all-conference first team running back...Racked up 5,770 all-purpose yards and 95 touchdowns in his career...Rushed for 4,452 yards and 82 TDs...Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2017...Regional Offensive Player of the Year in 2017...First team all-region linebacker as a junior...Had 171 career tackles and 10 sacks...Four-time conference champion and three-time state qualifier in wrestling...School’s first state champion wrestler, winning the 2017 title at 195 pounds and the 2018 title at 220 pounds...Went 49-0 on the mat his senior year...Three-time all-conference center fielder in baseball...Conference champion in the 100-meter dash...National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2022 with a bachelor's degree in finance...Married to Sadie Luepke...Son of Jon and Maria Luepke and Jenn Luepke...Has a brother, Carter, and a sister, Emma.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Fullback
    6'1" 239 lbs
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    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Fullback
    6'1" 249 lbs
    44
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    2020Sophomore

    Fullback
    6'1" 245 lbs
    44
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    2021Junior

    Fullback
    6'1" 236 lbs
    44
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    2022Senior

    Fullback
    6'1" 236 lbs
    44