Mountain West · Through Week 9
North Dakota State Bison Depth Chart
Offense
Season snap share: share of all the team’s offensive plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Quarterbackseason snap share
QB1#2 Nathan HayesQB · SR · 9 G · 7 GS93%546 snapsQB2#0 Preston BrownQB · SO · 6 G5%28 snapsQB3#10 Trey DrakeQB · JR · 2 G2%14 snapsRunning backseason snap share
RB1#7 DJ ScottRB · JR · 8 G · 7 GS38%30–46% · ~221 est.RB2#5 Myles MitchellRB · FR · 8 G35%28–43% · ~204 est.RB3#4 Nyeoti PunniRB · SR · 7 G17%13–37% · ~101 est.RB4#32 Barry KpeenuRB · SO · 4 G12%9–14% · ~69 est.Wide receiversseason snap share
WR1Jackson WilliamsWR · 9 G · 4 GS75%65–89% · ~442 est.WR2#15 Mekhi CollinsWR · SR · 8 G · 6 GS52%32–64% · ~308 est.WR3#21 Chris KielWR · FR · 7 G · 1 GS40%25–48% · ~235 est.—#17 Isiah St. RomainWR · SO · 8 G · 1 GS24%15–30% · ~144 est.—#11 Jordan McCantsWR · SR · 6 G · 1 GS15%8–19% · ~86 est.—#84 Logan ConklinWR · SO · 4 G · 1 GS20%11–26% · ~116 est.—#3 Jeremiah PattersonWR · SR · 5 G16%9–21% · ~95 est.Tight endseason snap share
TE1#81 Reis KesselTE · SO · 9 G · 5 GS72%63–87% · ~423 est.TE2#44 Luke KokatTE · SR · 7 G · 5 GS17%12–23% · ~100 est.TE3Jett ZabelTE · 1 G4%2–5% · ~22 est.TE4Kaden ZenzenTE · 4 G · 4 GS3%2–5% · ~20 est.Offensive linestarts · snap share
OL1#62 Griffin EmpeyG · JR · 8 G · 7 GS74%69–76% · ~435 est.OL2#55 Kene AneneOL · SO · 8 G · 7 GS74%69–76% · ~435 est.OL3#61 Gage SchmidtC · SO · 7 G · 7 GS74%69–76% · ~435 est.OL4#76 Ryan BabatzOT · SO · 6 G · 6 GS64%59–66% · ~374 est.OL5#68 Coy OkesonG · SO · 7 G · 6 GS63%58–65% · ~369 est.—#75 Josh MaginOT · SR · 1 G · 1 GS11%10–12% · ~66 est.—#78 Noah StommesOT · SO · 2 G · 1 GS10%10–11% · ~61 est.From each game’s starting lineup. Starting linemen play nearly every snap (NFL median: 100%), so a start counts as about 97% of the team’s plays.
Defense
Season snap share: share of all the opponents’ plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Defensive lineseason snap share
DL1#94 Logan LarsonDT · SR · 9 G · 7 GS57%42–74% · ~293 est.DL2#11 Matthew StenbrotenDE · SO · 9 G · 7 GS54%40–69% · ~275 est.DL3Keenan WilsonDT · 9 G · 7 GS51%37–65% · ~259 est.DL4#9 Kelton McCaslinDE · SR · 9 G · 7 GS45%29–58% · ~229 est.—Zach VanderpoolDT · 6 G25%16–33% · ~130 est.—#99 Obald NiyonkuruDT · JR · 5 G23%13–30% · ~119 est.—#93 Anthony OkesDE · JR · 6 G27%17–35% · ~140 est.—#48 Blake SchiltzDE · FR · 4 G14%7–18% · ~70 est.—#0 Victor IseleDE · JR · 3 G14%7–19% · ~73 est.Linebackersseason snap share
LB1Donovan WoolenLB · 9 G · 7 GS78%66–91% · ~399 est.LB2#3 Gavin SellLB · FR · 8 G · 7 GS69%58–83% · ~355 est.LB3#25 Ray James Jr.LB · SO · 9 G · 7 GS61%28–83% · ~310 est.—#41 Peder HaugoLB · SO · 7 G33%15–45% · ~170 est.—#42 Alex ElliottLB · JR · 7 G32%15–44% · ~166 est.—Keith WilliamsLB · 5 G14%0–27% · ~71 est.—Noah TaylorLB · 4 G7%0–14% · ~38 est.Cornerbacksseason snap share
CB1#16 Marion MooreCB · FR · 9 G · 6 GS78%63–87% · ~400 est.CB2#34 Deron RussellCB · FR · 4 G · 1 GS25%9–30% · ~130 est.—DJ VoltzCB · 6 G · 5 GS22%8–26% · ~112 est.—#28 Kendrick CarterCB · FR · 3 G20%3–27% · ~104 est.—#4 Najee NelsonCB · JR · 4 G · 1 GS16%3–21% · ~82 est.Safetiesseason snap share
S1#20 Will SteilS · SO · 8 G · 1 GS79%60–88% · ~404 est.S2#14 Taylen EadyS · SO · 9 G · 7 GS76%61–84% · ~387 est.—#6 Jaylin CrumbyS · JR · 8 G · 1 GS70%53–78% · ~358 est.—#29 Darius GivanceS · SR · 6 G · 6 GS57%43–63% · ~290 est.—#22 Hudson ArtzS · SR · 5 G35%12–41% · ~179 est.Special Teams
By kicks and punts
Punterby punts
P1#39 Aaron BickertonP · SR · 9 G35punts · 5 lastLong snapperroster order
LS1#48 CJ AndersonLS · SR · 2 GSRNo plays recorded yet, so this is roster order.
Snaps by Game
| Player | Pos | Wk 1 vs Jacksonville State | Wk 1 vs Fordham | Wk 2 @ Air Force | Wk 3 @ Sacramento State | Wk 5 vs Wyoming | Wk 6 @ UNLV | Wk 7 vs Nevada | Wk 8 @ New Mexico | Wk 9 vs UTEP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team offensive plays | 68 | 68 | 60 | 59 | 70 | 61 | 70 | 63 | 69 | 588 | |
| Opponent offensive plays | 54 | 48 | 66 | 66 | 49 | 63 | 57 | 58 | 50 | 511 | |
| Quarterbacks · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Nathan Hayes | QB | 60 | 52 | 60 | 53 | 70 | 58 | 69 | 55 | 69 | 546 |
| Preston Brown | QB | 7 | 3 | · | 6 | · | 3 | 1 | 8 | · | 28 |
| Trey Drake | QB | 1 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| Running backs · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| DJ Scott | RB | ~30 | ~27 | ~22 | ~31 | ~46 | ~10 | · | ~28 | ~27 | 221 |
| Myles Mitchell | RB | ~22 | ~25 | ~31 | ~22 | · | ~38 | ~26 | ~28 | ~12 | 204 |
| Nyeoti Punni | RB | ~18 | ~16 | ~9 | ~11 | ~12 | ~10 | ~25 | · | · | 101 |
| Brady Wavrunek | RB | ~10 | ~11 | · | ~10 | ~12 | ~12 | ~10 | · | ~12 | 77 |
| Barry Kpeenu | RB | · | · | · | · | ~14 | ~10 | ~19 | · | ~26 | 69 |
| Jonathan Harvey | RB | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~10 | · | · | 10 |
| Receivers & tight ends · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Jackson Williams | WR | ~42 | ~38 | ~45 | ~51 | ~60 | ~37 | ~55 | ~52 | ~62 | 442 |
| Reis Kessel | TE | ~51 | ~39 | ~45 | ~43 | ~51 | ~42 | ~55 | ~47 | ~50 | 423 |
| Mekhi Collins | WR | ~41 | ~41 | ~32 | ~40 | ~41 | ~41 | ~21 | ~51 | · | 308 |
| Chris Kiel | WR | ~31 | ~40 | · | · | ~13 | ~19 | ~48 | ~36 | ~48 | 235 |
| Isiah St. Romain | WR | ~9 | · | ~11 | ~9 | ~8 | ~41 | ~40 | ~13 | ~13 | 144 |
| Logan Conklin | WR | · | ~12 | ~41 | ~30 | ~33 | · | · | · | · | 116 |
| Luke Kokat | TE | ~21 | · | ~21 | · | ~25 | · | · | · | ~33 | 100 |
| Jeremiah Patterson | WR | · | ~25 | ~17 | ~15 | ~20 | · | · | ~18 | · | 95 |
| Jordan McCants | WR | ~18 | ~7 | · | · | · | ~10 | ~17 | · | ~34 | 86 |
| Jett Zabel | TE | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~22 | · | 22 |
| Cade Osterman | WR | ~14 | ~7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 21 |
| Kaden Zenzen | TE | · | · | · | ~20 | · | · | · | · | · | 20 |
| Dylan Vokal | WR | · | ~7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| Defensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Logan Larson | DT | ~31 | ~12 | ~45 | ~33 | ~28 | ~45 | ~35 | ~39 | ~25 | 293 |
| Matthew Stenbroten | DE | ~33 | ~29 | ~26 | ~39 | ~26 | ~31 | ~33 | ~27 | ~31 | 275 |
| Keenan Wilson | DT | ~15 | ~12 | ~41 | ~37 | ~17 | ~38 | ~40 | ~31 | ~28 | 259 |
| Kelton McCaslin | DE | ~36 | ~24 | · | ~29 | ~30 | ~40 | ~22 | ~25 | ~23 | 229 |
| Anthony Okes | DE | ~26 | · | ~38 | · | ~21 | ~19 | ~16 | ~20 | · | 140 |
| Zach Vanderpool | DT | · | ~20 | · | ~35 | ~15 | · | ~28 | ~17 | ~15 | 130 |
| Obald Niyonkuru | DT | · | ~23 | · | ~22 | ~23 | · | · | ~29 | ~22 | 119 |
| Victor Isele | DE | · | ~16 | · | · | ~24 | · | · | ~33 | · | 73 |
| Blake Schiltz | DE | ~21 | · | ~32 | · | · | · | · | · | ~17 | 70 |
| Allante Burley | DE | · | ~19 | · | ~30 | · | · | · | · | · | 49 |
| Thomas Roberts | DT | · | ~21 | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~26 | 47 |
| Alijah Wayne | DT | · | ~12 | ~19 | ~16 | · | · | · | · | · | 47 |
| Chase Evink | DT | · | ~18 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 18 |
| Linebackers · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Donovan Woolen | LB | ~54 | ~15 | ~66 | ~18 | ~47 | ~63 | ~55 | ~31 | ~50 | 399 |
| Gavin Sell | LB | ~30 | ~35 | ~57 | ~58 | ~42 | ~29 | ~47 | ~57 | · | 355 |
| Ray James Jr. | LB | ~41 | ~8 | · | ~40 | ~24 | ~59 | ~38 | ~58 | ~42 | 310 |
| Peder Haugo | LB | ~18 | · | ~46 | ~33 | ~26 | ~4 | ~20 | · | ~23 | 170 |
| Alex Elliott | LB | ~21 | ~31 | ~15 | ~53 | ~11 | · | ~26 | · | ~9 | 166 |
| Keith Williams | LB | ~3 | ~25 | ~1 | ~23 | ~19 | · | · | · | · | 71 |
| Noah Taylor | LB | ~11 | ~8 | ~12 | · | ~7 | · | · | · | · | 38 |
| Damian Devine | LB | · | ~20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 20 |
| Ryland Satter | LB | · | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17 |
| Jacob Wrbanek | LB | · | ~14 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| Secondary · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Will Steil | S | ~51 | ~33 | · | ~59 | ~37 | ~59 | ~57 | ~58 | ~50 | 404 |
| Marion Moore | CB | ~53 | ~9 | ~62 | ~16 | ~48 | ~61 | ~57 | ~58 | ~36 | 400 |
| Taylen Eady | S | ~5 | ~43 | ~64 | ~65 | ~46 | ~57 | ~39 | ~18 | ~50 | 387 |
| Jaylin Crumby | S | ~53 | · | ~7 | ~23 | ~48 | ~62 | ~57 | ~58 | ~50 | 358 |
| Darius Givance | S | ~54 | ~11 | ~65 | ~64 | ~49 | ~47 | · | · | · | 290 |
| Hudson Artz | S | · | · | ~23 | · | · | ~13 | ~53 | ~42 | ~48 | 179 |
| Deron Russell | CB | · | ~46 | · | ~2 | · | ~26 | · | ~56 | · | 130 |
| DJ Voltz | CB | ~41 | · | · | ~54 | ~17 | · | · | · | · | 112 |
| Kendrick Carter | CB | ~16 | ~47 | · | ~41 | · | · | · | · | · | 104 |
| Najee Nelson | CB | · | · | ~60 | · | · | · | ~9 | · | ~13 | 82 |
| Jaylen Archibald | S | · | · | ~47 | ~6 | ~7 | · | · | · | · | 60 |
| Mikhale Ford | S | · | ~39 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 39 |
| Walker Braaten | S | · | ~16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 16 |
| Chance Tucker | CB | · | ~6 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| Offensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Kene Anene | OL | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | ~61 | · | 435 |
| Gage Schmidt | C | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | ~61 | · | 435 |
| Griffin Empey | G | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | ~61 | · | 435 |
| Ryan Babatz | OT | ~66 | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | · | · | 374 |
| Coy Okeson | G | · | ~66 | ~58 | ~57 | ~68 | ~59 | · | ~61 | · | 369 |
| Josh Magin | OT | ~66 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 66 |
| Noah Stommes | OT | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~61 | · | 61 |
How the snap estimates work. No free source publishes college snap counts, so these are estimates. Quarterbacks: every offensive play is credited to the QB running the offense, which is close to exact. Everyone else: a model trained on real NFL snap counts (nflverse, 2023–24) turns each player's share of their position group's involvement that game (carries and targets on offense, tackles, sacks and breakups on defense) into a share of the team's plays. Tested on a season it never saw, it's typically within 5 snaps a game for running backs and 9–10 for other positions, and within about 10–15% over a season. The ranges shown are where the real number landed 80% of the time in that test. They narrow as the season goes on, and are widest for part-time players in a single game. Blocking tight ends and receivers who rarely see the ball get underestimated. Offensive linemen leave no trace in the play-by-play, so the line comes from each game's starting lineup. Where a school's game notes list its starters by spot, and its website allows automated access, the line shows who played left tackle through right tackle.