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Jersey Number 51
James Fisher
- Position:
- Long Snapper
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Minn.
- High School:
- Jefferson HS
* 2016 STATS FCS All-America Second Team
* 2017 All-MVFC First Team
* 2015, 2016 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2014, 2015, 2016 MVFC Honor Roll
2017 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...NDSU's long snapper in all 15 games, running his career total to all 60 consecutive contests...Snapped for punter Jackson Koonce and kicker Cam Pedersen...NDSU had a net punting average of 34.8...The Bison converted 10 of 16 field goals and 75 of 79 PAT kicks...Credited with one tackle on punt coverage at Eastern Washington.
2016 SEASON (JUNIOR): STATS FCS All-America second team and All-MVFC second team...Long snapper in all 14 games for punter Jackson Koonce and kicker Cam Pedersen...Part of a punting unit that netted 36.0 yards on average and held opponents to an FCS-record 0.0 yards per return on three attempts...Made one tackle on the year and it went for an 8-yard loss on an attempted punt return by Indiana State...NDSU converted 15 of 23 field goal attempts and 49 of 50 PAT kicks...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll for the third straight year.
2015 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-MVFC second team...Long snapper in all 15 games...Snapped for All-America punter Ben LeCompte, who ranked second in FCS with a 45.85 punting average that was second-best in MVFC single-season history and third in the NDSU record book...NDSU ranked fourth in the FCS with a 39.27 net punting average...Also snapped for place-kicking unit that went 66 of 70 on PATs...MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Long snapper in all 16 games...Snapped for All-America kicker Adam Keller's school, conference and FCS-record 29 field goals made in 34 attempts...NDSU went 60 of 62 on PAT kicks with Keller making 58 straight during the year...Also snapped for All-America punter Ben LeCompte, who ranked second nationally in the FCS with a 45.3 average...MVFC Honor Roll.
2013 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Spent the season as a redshirt in the Bison program after enrolling at NDSU in the spring 2013 semester.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2012 from Bloomington Jefferson High School...Starter at linebacker and quarterback for the Jaguars and head coach Jon Leverenz...All-conference baseball player.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2016 with a bachelor's degree in management...Enrolled in the Master's of Business Administration program at NDSU…Son of James Fisher and Karre Fisher...Has one sister, Kendall...Father played baseball and football at Liberty University and Wichita State.
* 2017 All-MVFC First Team
* 2015, 2016 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2014, 2015, 2016 MVFC Honor Roll
2017 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...NDSU's long snapper in all 15 games, running his career total to all 60 consecutive contests...Snapped for punter Jackson Koonce and kicker Cam Pedersen...NDSU had a net punting average of 34.8...The Bison converted 10 of 16 field goals and 75 of 79 PAT kicks...Credited with one tackle on punt coverage at Eastern Washington.
2016 SEASON (JUNIOR): STATS FCS All-America second team and All-MVFC second team...Long snapper in all 14 games for punter Jackson Koonce and kicker Cam Pedersen...Part of a punting unit that netted 36.0 yards on average and held opponents to an FCS-record 0.0 yards per return on three attempts...Made one tackle on the year and it went for an 8-yard loss on an attempted punt return by Indiana State...NDSU converted 15 of 23 field goal attempts and 49 of 50 PAT kicks...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll for the third straight year.
2015 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-MVFC second team...Long snapper in all 15 games...Snapped for All-America punter Ben LeCompte, who ranked second in FCS with a 45.85 punting average that was second-best in MVFC single-season history and third in the NDSU record book...NDSU ranked fourth in the FCS with a 39.27 net punting average...Also snapped for place-kicking unit that went 66 of 70 on PATs...MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Long snapper in all 16 games...Snapped for All-America kicker Adam Keller's school, conference and FCS-record 29 field goals made in 34 attempts...NDSU went 60 of 62 on PAT kicks with Keller making 58 straight during the year...Also snapped for All-America punter Ben LeCompte, who ranked second nationally in the FCS with a 45.3 average...MVFC Honor Roll.
2013 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Spent the season as a redshirt in the Bison program after enrolling at NDSU in the spring 2013 semester.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2012 from Bloomington Jefferson High School...Starter at linebacker and quarterback for the Jaguars and head coach Jon Leverenz...All-conference baseball player.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2016 with a bachelor's degree in management...Enrolled in the Master's of Business Administration program at NDSU…Son of James Fisher and Karre Fisher...Has one sister, Kendall...Father played baseball and football at Liberty University and Wichita State.
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
