* 2024 All-MVFC First Team
* 2024 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team
* 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
* 2024 MVFC Scholar-Athlete First Team
* 2024 MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award
* 2022, 2023, 2024Â MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2022, 2023, 2024Â MVFC Honor Roll
* 2025Â National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 16 games and started 13 at wide receiver for the NCAA Division I FCS national champions...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Made 75 catches for 1,071 yards, the second most catches and third most yards in NDSU single-season history...Led the FCS with a school-record 17 receiving touchdowns, which tied the Missouri Valley Football Conference record...Had four games over 100 receiving yards, and four games of two or more touchdowns...Career-high nine catches in the national championship game against Montana State...Six catches for 125 yards and three touchdowns in the semifinal against South Dakota State...Had 108 yards and three touchdowns on four catches at Murray State, all in the first half...Scored one rushing touchdown at East Tennessee State...MVFC Scholar-Athlete first team...CSC Academic All-District selection...Made the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team...Named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Presidents Council Academic Award.
2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 15 games at wide receiver and on special teams...One catch on the season for seven yards against Maine...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN):Â Played in 13 games primarily on special teams...Did not catch any passes...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Did not participate in any games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2021 from Marshall High School...Played wide receiver and safety for coach Terry Bahlmann...Set school records for receiving yards in a game (199), season (873) and career (1,766)...Also set career records for receptions (68) and interceptions (12)...District Offensive Player of the Year in 2020...Made 30 receptions for 631 yards and eight touchdowns along with six interceptions in a seven-game senior year...Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the district as a junior, sharing the award with Marshall teammate Trey Steinbach...All-conference basketball player...Scored a team-high 15 points in Marshall’s section championship victory in 2020.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2024 with a bachelor's degree in marketing...Working on a master's degree in business administration...Son of Carlton and Angie Lance...Older brother,
Trey Lance, spent two-and-a-half years at NDSU, quarterbacked the Bison to a national championship with a 16-0 record as a redshirt freshman in 2019, and was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
