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Mar. 15—GRAND FORKS — As the UND football program ended a spring ball practice on Thursday at the Pollard Center, Isaac Fruechte’s voice was almost gone.
The new offensive coordinator has had plenty to communicate as he places his stamp on the Fighting Hawks’ offense.
“Coach Fruechte has brought a great energy to practice every day,” UND quarterback Trey Feeney said. “There’s an intensity and a focus to get better and excel at everything, whether that’s an individual drill, 7-on-7 or team.
“He’s going to coach you hard, which gets the best of us. He demands an excellence and that’ll help us down the road.”
With record-setting quarterback Tommy Schuster leaving after the 2023 season to join Michigan State, the Fighting Hawks have a wide-open competition at quarterback for the first time in years.
Fruechte doesn’t plan to name a starter any time soon.
“It has been very simple,” Fruechte said. “The best player will play. They’re all going to get as close to equal reps as they can. It’s all about evaluation for me. I’m trying to keep it as even as we can with similar reps and see how they perform.
“Based off that, we’ll have an idea going into fall camp, but I don’t think we’ll make any decisions until fall camp is going on. The message to them is to come out and compete and give yourself the best option at the end of the day.”
UND has four quarterbacks taking snaps in spring ball: Feeney, Jerry Kaminski, Simon Romfo and Cole Hentges.
Kaminski is a young, heralded recruit out of Wisconsin, Romfo carved a role in 2023 as a running quarterback and Hentges is a first-year transfer from the University of Mary.
Feeney has the most game experience, having been able to get his feet wet in the 2023 season.
The 6-foot-3 left-hander from Moorhead played in seven games in 2023. Feeney, who threw for 36 touchdowns to one interception as…
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Author : Grand Forks Herald
Publish date : 2024-03-15 14:32:00
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