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Jersey Number 74
Tanner Volson
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 306
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Balfour, N.D.
- High School:
- Drake-Anamoose HS
* 2018 FCS Rimington Award Winner
* 2018 FCS ADA Offensive Lineman of the Year
* 2018 AP All-America First Team
* 2018 AFCA All-America First Team
* 2018 STATS FCS All-America First Team
* 2018 HERO Sports All-America First Team
* 2018 Phil Steele All-America First Team
* 2018 Athlon Sports All-America First Team
* 2018 All-MVFC First Team
* 2017 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2018 MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week (2)
* 2017 MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week (2)
* 2019 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
* 2015, 2017, 2018 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 MVFC Honor Roll
IN HIS CAREER: Played 59 games and made 32 starts at center including 30 straight over his final two seasons...2018 Rimington Award winner as the top center in the Football Championship Subdivision...Consensus first-team FCS All-American in 2018 including the Top Offensive Lineman honor from the FCS Athletic Directors Association...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team in 2018...Played 578 snaps in 11 regular-season games with a team-high 55 total knockdowns while allowing just two sacks...Two-time MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week in wins over Cal Poly and South Dakota...Second team All-MVFC in 2017...Had the team's second-best technique grade at 84 percent through the regular season...Two-time MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week in 2017 including a team-high seven knockdowns and zero sacks in the win over South Dakota...Came to NDSU as a redshirt in 2014 and then played in all 29 games his first two seasons as a guard on the first string PAT and field goal unit...Made the first two starts of the 2016 season at center against Charleston Southern and Eastern Washington...Five-time MVFC Honor Roll member from 2014 to 2017...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award honoree in 2015, 2017 and 2018...Named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society in the spring of 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter for Drake-Anamoose High School and head coach Chris Arnold...Named to all-region team in 2012 and 2013...First team all-state as a senior...Played on offensive and defensive line...Also served as a fullback and kicker...Recorded 231 tackles and 36 sacks during his prep career...Broke a school record for most rushing yards in a game...Selected to participate in 2014 Badlands Bowl...Four-year letterwinner in basketball...All-district and all-region in 2012-13.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in construction management and a minor in business...Son of Ralph and Wendy Volson...Has three brothers, Cordell, Kyle and Zack...Cordell joined the Bison offensive line in 2016...Three cousins, Brandon, Brock and Brent Lemer, all played football for the University of Jamestown...Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Chargers.
* 2018 FCS ADA Offensive Lineman of the Year
* 2018 AP All-America First Team
* 2018 AFCA All-America First Team
* 2018 STATS FCS All-America First Team
* 2018 HERO Sports All-America First Team
* 2018 Phil Steele All-America First Team
* 2018 Athlon Sports All-America First Team
* 2018 All-MVFC First Team
* 2017 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2018 MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week (2)
* 2017 MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week (2)
* 2019 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
* 2015, 2017, 2018 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 MVFC Honor Roll
IN HIS CAREER: Played 59 games and made 32 starts at center including 30 straight over his final two seasons...2018 Rimington Award winner as the top center in the Football Championship Subdivision...Consensus first-team FCS All-American in 2018 including the Top Offensive Lineman honor from the FCS Athletic Directors Association...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team in 2018...Played 578 snaps in 11 regular-season games with a team-high 55 total knockdowns while allowing just two sacks...Two-time MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week in wins over Cal Poly and South Dakota...Second team All-MVFC in 2017...Had the team's second-best technique grade at 84 percent through the regular season...Two-time MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week in 2017 including a team-high seven knockdowns and zero sacks in the win over South Dakota...Came to NDSU as a redshirt in 2014 and then played in all 29 games his first two seasons as a guard on the first string PAT and field goal unit...Made the first two starts of the 2016 season at center against Charleston Southern and Eastern Washington...Five-time MVFC Honor Roll member from 2014 to 2017...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award honoree in 2015, 2017 and 2018...Named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society in the spring of 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter for Drake-Anamoose High School and head coach Chris Arnold...Named to all-region team in 2012 and 2013...First team all-state as a senior...Played on offensive and defensive line...Also served as a fullback and kicker...Recorded 231 tackles and 36 sacks during his prep career...Broke a school record for most rushing yards in a game...Selected to participate in 2014 Badlands Bowl...Four-year letterwinner in basketball...All-district and all-region in 2012-13.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in construction management and a minor in business...Son of Ralph and Wendy Volson...Has three brothers, Cordell, Kyle and Zack...Cordell joined the Bison offensive line in 2016...Three cousins, Brandon, Brock and Brent Lemer, all played football for the University of Jamestown...Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Chargers.
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