NDSU

Big, athletic player with great potential ... Bidding for playing time in the offensive line rotation ... 2007 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program ... HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 graduate of Centerville High School ... An all-state offensive lineman for head coach Dan Evans at Centerville High School ... Charted 195 career tackles ... Centerville posted a 7-2 record, won the Tri-Valley Conference championship and lost in the first round of the South Dakota 9-man playoffs in 2005 ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Named to the Elite 45 team and academic all-state squad as a senior ... Honorable mention all-state and Elite 45 as a junior ... Three-year starter in basketball ... Competed in track & field for four years ... State qualifier in the shot put as a junior ... PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Marge Wellenstein ... Majoring in business administration.