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53 Eli Mostaert

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 289
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lakeville, Minn.
  • High School Lakeville North HS

Biography

* 2024 Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team
* 2024 FCS Football Central All-America First Team
* 2024 Associated Press FCS All-America Second Team
* 2024 Phil Steele FCS All-America Second Team
* 2021 HERO Sports Sophomore All-America Team
* 2020-21 HERO Sports Freshman All-America Team
* 2024 All-MVFC First Team

* 2023 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2020-21, 2021 All-MVFC Honorable Mention
* 2020-21 MVFC All-Newcomer Team
* 2024 MVFC Defensive Player of the Week
* 2024 CSC Academic All-America
® Second Team
* 2023, 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
* 2024 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team

* 2021, 2023, 2024 MVFC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
* 2022 MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award
* 2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2019, 2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2025 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society


Two-time team captain of the Bison in 2023 and 2024...First team FCS All-American his senior year...Part of three NCAA Division I FCS national championships and three Missouri Valley Football Conference titles in 2019, 2021 and 2024...Played in 61 career games...Made 176 total tackles with 33.0 tackles for loss and 19.5 sacks...Credited with 14 quarterback hurries and six pass breakups plus one interception.

2024 SEASON (SENIOR): Returned to NDSU for an extra year of eligibility due to the impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 season...First team All-America selection by Stats Perform and FCS Football Central...Second team All-America by Phil Steele and the Associated Press...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Started all 16 games at defensive tackle for the NCAA Division I FCS national champions...NDSU's second-leading tackler with 56 total tackles...Led the Bison with 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks...Career-high six tackles in back-to-back games against Southern Illinois and South Dakota State...Named MVFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Illinois State, where he had two of NDSU's five sacks to help limit the Redbirds to eight net rushing yards...Credited with five quarterback hurries on the season...Named to the MVFC Scholar-Athlete second team for the third time of his career...FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team selection...Voted to the Academic All-America® second team by College Sports Communicators...Named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society and Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2023 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Started all 15 games at defensive tackle...Made 37 tackles on the season including 4.0 tackles for loss...Earned a half-sack against Western Illinois and was credited with five quarterback hurries on the season...Had a season-high five tackles twice against South Dakota and South Dakota State...Broke up two passes and had one interception, which he returned 35 yards for a touchdown against Central Arkansas...Blocked a field goal in the season-opener against Eastern Washington...Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team...Also named to the MVFC Scholar-Athlete second team...Recipient of the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2022 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first two games of the season at defensive tackle before being sidelined with a broken leg...Returned to start in the national championship game against South Dakota State...Finished the year with five total tackles...Credited with one quarterback hurry...Had a half-sack in each of the home wins over Drake and North Carolina A&T...Fourth straight year on the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award.

2021 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): HERO Sports Sophomore All-American...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorable mention for the second straight year...Played all 15 games at defensive tackle...Totaled 44 tackles and was second on the team with 10.0 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, tied for fourth-most sacks among MVFC players...Also had two pass breakups...Career-high 3.5 sacks in the win at Illinois State, tied for fifth-most sacks in Bison single-game history...Tied a career high with six tackles at Illinois State and South Dakota State...MVFC All-Academic second team...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 10 games including one start in the home win over North Dakota...Named to the HERO Sports Freshman All-America Team and Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team...Honorable mention to the All-MVFC team...His 34 total tackles were fifth-most on the Bison...Third on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with 4.5 sacks...Big game in the three-point win at Northern Iowa making six tackles with 3.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two pass breakups and a QB hurry...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year with the Bison...Played in two regular-season games but did not make a tackle...Recovered a fumble against Western Illinois on a strip sack by his brother, Will Mostaert...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2019 graduate of Lakeville North High School...Two-year starter and three-year letterman under coach Brian Vossen...Team captain...Helped Lakeville North to a 13-0 record and Class 6A state championship in 2018...Associated Press all-state first team defensive lineman...Made 96 tackles with 22 tackles for loss, nine sacks, two interceptions and a touchdown...Two-time all-district first team...Career totals of 138 tackles, 34 TFLs and 14 sacks...Academic all-state in track and field...Competed in the shot put and discus...Also participated in basketball.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in finance...Earned a master's degree in business administration from NDSU in December 2024...Son of Troy and Tracey Mostaert...Has a sister, Riley, and a twin brother, Will Mostaert, who was a teammate at NDSU.

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Historical Player Information

  • 73

    2019Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 254 lbs
    73
  • 53

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 275 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 280 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2022Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 280 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2023Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 287 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2024Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 289 lbs
    53