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41 MJ Stumpf

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Harvey, N.D.
  • High School Harvey HS

Biography

* 2016 HERO Sports All-America Third Team
* 2016 All-MVFC First Team
* 2016 College Sports Journal National All-Star
* 2016 MVFC Defensive Player of the Week
* 2012, 2014, 2015 MVFC Honor Roll

2016 SEASON (SENIOR):
Third team All-America by HERO Sports and first team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Started all 14 games at outside linebacker...Led NDSU with 85 tackles and had 13.5 tackles for loss...MVFC Defensive Player of the Week and College Sports Journal National All-Star after making three tackles and scoring on a 21-yard interception return in a win over the 11th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes...Also had a 40-yard pick-six in the second round playoff win over San Diego...Season-high eight tackles three times.

2015 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started all 15 games at outside linebacker...Second on the team with 81 tackles including 6.0 tackles for loss...Recovered four fumbles and forced one...Credited with three quarterback hurries and three pass breakups...Made a career-high 11 tackles in the NCAA second round win over Montana...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2014 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Key part of NDSU's kickoff and punt coverage teams in all 16 games...Third on the team with nine special teams tackles, including eight on kickoff duty...Finished with 17 total tackles...Tied a career-high with three tackles against Indiana State and Missouri State...Credited with a quarterback hurry against Incarnate Word...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2013 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 12 of 15 games…Made 12 tackles including a season-high three stops (two solos) against South Dakota…Credited with tackles for loss in the Indiana State and South Dakota games…Valuable member of the special teams unit…Made three tackles on kickoff coverage.

2012 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out season as a redshirt in Bison program...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-state quarterback for Harvey-Wells County High School and head coach Brad Sandy...Named to all-region and Minot Daily News all-area team...Selected to play in the Badlands Bowl and Shrine All-Star game...Completed 59 of 87 passes for 1,163 yards, 11 TDs and two interceptions...Rushed 76 times for 488 yards and 10 TDs...Rushed for eight 2-point conversions and passed for three others...Defensively, recorded 47 tackles including 35 solos, seven pass breakups, three interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries...Led Harvey-Wells County to 8-1 record and region championship in 2011...Team compiled 22-6 record from 2009-11...Member of 2010 state champion 4x400 meter relay...Played on Region 3 runner-up basketball team.
 
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in May 2017 with a bachelor's degree in natural resource management…Son of Michael Stumpf of Harvey, N.D., and Bonnie Bentz of Bismarck, N.D...Has two brothers Michael (deceased) and Mark, and three sisters, Amy, Ann and Amanda...Father played football NDSU, NDSCS and Minnesota State Moorhead...Sister, Amy, played volleyball at Bismarck State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2012Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 185 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2013Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 204 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2014Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 206 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2015Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 218 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2016Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 220 lbs
    41