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Jersey Number 38
Eli Ozick
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Liberty, Mo.
- High School:
- Liberty HS
* 2025 All-MVFC First Team
* 2025 Fred Mitchell Award Finalist
* 2025 FCS ADA All-America Team
* 2025 FCS Football Central All-America First Team
* 2025 STATS Perform FCS All-America Second Team
* 2025 Associated Press FCS All-America Second Team
* 2025 Phil Steele FCS All-America Third Team
* 2024 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2023, 2024 MVFC Honor Roll
2025 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games as NDSU’s placekicker...Named FCS first team All-America by FCS Football Central and second team by STATS Perform and the Associated Press...All-MVFC first team...Made 62 of 63 PATs...Made 16 of 18 field goals on the season with his only two misses coming from 50 yards against Southeast Missouri State and 40 yards outdoors at Illinois State...Tied his career long of 54 yards at Indiana State, the second longest field goal made in school history...Made a career-high three field goals in a 15-10 win at North Dakota, which tied for fifth most in a game in school history...Recorded a career-high 12 points against Northern Iowa, which came from six PATs and two field goals...Also recorded a career high with seven PATs made at Tennessee State...Ranked seventh in school history for both made PATs and attempted PATs in a season...Tied for fourth in school history for field goals made in a season, and tied for second in school history in field goal percentage in a season at 88.9 percent...Also recorded a tackle on kickoff against Youngstown State.
2024 SEASON (FRESHMAN): NDSU's kickoff specialist all 16 games...Averaged 62.4 yards with 70 touchbacks in 111 kickoffs...Made 3 of 5 field goals on the season with his only two misses from 51 and 57 yards outdoors at Murray State...Converted the second longest field goal in school history, a 54-yarder in a three-point win at East Tennessee State...Also connected from 51 yards the week prior in his first career attempt at home against Tennessee State...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Used a redshirt year at NDSU...Participated in four of the final five regular-season games and all four NCAA playoff games as the Bison reached the FCS semifinals...Averaged 62.2 yards on 55 kickoff attempts with 20 touchbacks...Handled all 28 kickoffs for the Bison in the playoffs and 27 of the team's 29 kickoffs in his other four games...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2023 graduate of Liberty High School...Placekicker and punter for coach Chad Frigon...Made 9 of 11 field goals and went 33-for-33 on extra-point attempts...Had 42 of 50 kickoffs go for touchbacks...First team all-conference kicker and second team all-conference punter his senior year...Also played center back on the soccer team for coach Tom Rottjakob...Named conference, district and region Defensive Player of the Year in soccer as a junior...First team all-state...National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Majoring in business management...Son of Jon Ozick and Jennifer Johnston...Has one brother, Dillon Ozick.
* 2025 Fred Mitchell Award Finalist
* 2025 FCS ADA All-America Team
* 2025 FCS Football Central All-America First Team
* 2025 STATS Perform FCS All-America Second Team
* 2025 Associated Press FCS All-America Second Team
* 2025 Phil Steele FCS All-America Third Team
* 2024 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2023, 2024 MVFC Honor Roll
2025 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games as NDSU’s placekicker...Named FCS first team All-America by FCS Football Central and second team by STATS Perform and the Associated Press...All-MVFC first team...Made 62 of 63 PATs...Made 16 of 18 field goals on the season with his only two misses coming from 50 yards against Southeast Missouri State and 40 yards outdoors at Illinois State...Tied his career long of 54 yards at Indiana State, the second longest field goal made in school history...Made a career-high three field goals in a 15-10 win at North Dakota, which tied for fifth most in a game in school history...Recorded a career-high 12 points against Northern Iowa, which came from six PATs and two field goals...Also recorded a career high with seven PATs made at Tennessee State...Ranked seventh in school history for both made PATs and attempted PATs in a season...Tied for fourth in school history for field goals made in a season, and tied for second in school history in field goal percentage in a season at 88.9 percent...Also recorded a tackle on kickoff against Youngstown State.
2024 SEASON (FRESHMAN): NDSU's kickoff specialist all 16 games...Averaged 62.4 yards with 70 touchbacks in 111 kickoffs...Made 3 of 5 field goals on the season with his only two misses from 51 and 57 yards outdoors at Murray State...Converted the second longest field goal in school history, a 54-yarder in a three-point win at East Tennessee State...Also connected from 51 yards the week prior in his first career attempt at home against Tennessee State...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Used a redshirt year at NDSU...Participated in four of the final five regular-season games and all four NCAA playoff games as the Bison reached the FCS semifinals...Averaged 62.2 yards on 55 kickoff attempts with 20 touchbacks...Handled all 28 kickoffs for the Bison in the playoffs and 27 of the team's 29 kickoffs in his other four games...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2023 graduate of Liberty High School...Placekicker and punter for coach Chad Frigon...Made 9 of 11 field goals and went 33-for-33 on extra-point attempts...Had 42 of 50 kickoffs go for touchbacks...First team all-conference kicker and second team all-conference punter his senior year...Also played center back on the soccer team for coach Tom Rottjakob...Named conference, district and region Defensive Player of the Year in soccer as a junior...First team all-state...National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Majoring in business management...Son of Jon Ozick and Jennifer Johnston...Has one brother, Dillon Ozick.
NDSU Football Mountain West Press Conference - February 9, 2026
Monday, February 09
The Bison Football Show - December 7, 2025
Monday, December 08
NDSU Football Postgame Press Conference - December 6, 2025 (FCS Playoffs 2nd Round)
Saturday, December 06
NDSU Football Press Conference - December 2, 2025
Tuesday, December 02
