2023 Dakota Wesleyan Football Roster
#0
Kiel
Nelson
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Mitchell, S.D.
- Highschool: Mitchell High School
#1
Connor
Drake
- Position: QB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Maryville, Mo.
- Highschool: Maryville High School
#1
Romeon
Greve
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Kirkland, Wash.
- Highschool: Juanita High School
#2
Jamin
Arend
- Position: RB
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Emery, S.D.
- Highschool: Bridgewater-Emery High School
#2
Jesus
Herrera
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Palmview, Texas
- Highschool: Palmview High School
#3
Adam
DeJong
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Watertown, S.D.
- Highschool: Watertown High School
#3
Cole
Holden
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Watertown, S.D.
- Highschool: Watertown High School
#4
Layton
Eide
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Clear Lake, S.D.
- Highschool: Deuel High School
#4
Braeden
Wulf
- Position: QB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Lennox, S.D.
- Highschool: Lennox High School
#5
Koby
Kayser
- Position: RB
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Emery, S.D.
- Highschool: Bridgewater-Emery High School
#5
Victor
Kniesche
- Position: LB
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Wayne, Neb.
- Highschool: Wayne High School
#6
Wyatt
VanDenTop
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
#7
Landon
Ruesink
- Position: DB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Dell Rapids, S.D.
- Highschool: Dell Rapids High School
#8
Austin
Lee
- Position: QB
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
- Highschool: MacArthur High School
#10
Kreggor
Clark
- Position: TE
- Class: Grad.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Frederick, Md.
- Highschool: Tuscarora High School
#11
Grayson
Hanson
- Position: LB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Platte, S.D.
- Highschool: Platte High School
#12
Preston
Nedved
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Wagner, S.D.
- Highschool: Wagner High School
#13
Maxwell
Raab
- Position: WR
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Yankton, S.D.
- Highschool: Yankton High School
#14
Dillon
Barnes
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Norfolk, Neb.
- Highschool: Norfolk Catholic High School
#16
Mikey
Hart
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Elkhorn, Neb.
- Highschool: Elkhorn High School
#17
Jed
Jenson
- Position: QB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Rapid City, S.D.
- Highschool: Rapid City Stevens High School
#18
Joshua
Coleman
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-7
- Hometown: Kansas City, Kan.
- Highschool: Turner High School
#19
Logan
Feuerbach
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Loxahatchee, Fla.
- Highschool: Seminole Ridge High School
#20
Logan
Serck
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Hudson, S.D.
- Highschool: Alcester-Hudson High School
#21
Hunter
Cordell
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Watertown, S.D.
- Highschool: Watertown High School
#22
Kale
Stevenson
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Watertown, S.D.
- Highschool: Watertown High School
#23
Isaac
Foust
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Arlington, Neb.
- Highschool: Arlington High School
#24
Vicente
Zepeda
- Position: DB
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 5-6
- Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
- Highschool: Roosevelt High School
#25
Ethan
McCune
- Position: DL
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: De Smet, S.D.
- Highschool: De Smet High School
#26
Cody
Cavanaugh
- Position: DB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: De Smet, S.D.
- Highschool: De Smet High School
#27
Rayner
Roig
- Position: DB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Yankton, S.D.
- Highschool: Yankton High School
#29
Landon
Iverson
- Position: RB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-5
- Hometown: Hot Springs, S.D.
- Highschool: Hot Springs High School
#30
Nate
Rupprecht
- Position: DB
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Bennington, Neb.
- Highschool: Bennington High School
#34
Jaiden
Walton
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Rapid City, S.D.
- Highschool: Douglas High School
#35
Samuel
Welch
- Position: TE
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Vesta, Minn.
- Highschool: Wabasso High School
#36
Xzavian
Ferris
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Hartford, S.D.
- Highschool: West Central High School
#37
Jeremy
Sanchez
- Position: DB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-6
- Hometown: Laramie, Wyo.
- Highschool: Laramie High School
#38
Hadley
Wallace
- Position: RB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Alexandria, S.D.
- Highschool: Hanson High School
#39
Connor
Kerkhove
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Bridgewater, S.D.
- Highschool: Bridgewater-Emery High School
#40
Cody
Winslow
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Hillsdale, Wyo.
- Highschool: Burns High School
#41
Brodey
Ballinger
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Jefferson, S.D.
- Highschool: Dakota Valley High School
#42
Lane
Darrow
- Position: RB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-7
- Hometown: Rapid City, S.D.
- Highschool: Rapid City Central High School
#44
Joseph
VanOverschelde
- Position: LB
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Mitchell, S.D.
- Highschool: Mitchell High School
#45
Lane
Harshman
- Position: DB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: St. Joseph, Mo.
- Highschool: Bishop LeBlond High School
#46
Nicholas
Lombardi
- Position: TE
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Apple Valley, Minn.
- Highschool: Eastview High School
#47
Ashton
Munsell
- Position: DB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Carroll, Neb.
- Highschool: Wayne High School
#48
Dominic
McGargill
- Position: LB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
- Highschool: Millard South High School
#49
Gavin
Spurrell
- Position: DB
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Irene, S.D.
- Highschool: Irene-Wakonda High School
#50
Trent
Suckut
- Position: OL
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Bothell, Wash.
- Highschool: Bothell High School
#51
Aidan
Brower
- Position: OL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Volga, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Valley High School
#52
Todd
Obele Jr.
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Selby, S.D.
- Highschool: Selby Area High School
#53
Parker
Grotjohn
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Sr.
- Height: 6-0
- Hometown: Stewartville, Minn.
- Highschool: Stewartville High School
#54
Connor
Tapia
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 5-9
- Hometown: Tea, S.D.
- Highschool: Tea Area High School
#55
Gavin
Haselhorst
- Position: LB
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Yankton, S.D.
- Highschool: Yankton High School
#56
John
Pica
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-4
- Hometown: Dell Rapids, S.D.
- Highschool: St. Mary's High School
#58
Jestin
Bayer
- Position: LB
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Howells, Neb.
- Highschool: Howells-Dodge Consolidated
#59
Carter
Rentz
- Position: LB
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 5-5
- Hometown: Dell Rapids, S.D.
- Highschool: Dell Rapids High School
#61
Ethan
Rogich
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
#63
Logan
Halls
- Position: OL
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Hot Springs, S.D.
- Highschool: Hot Springs High School
#64
Jarien
Montgomery
- Position: OL
- Class: Sr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
- Highschool: Park Hill High School
#65
Andrew
Kortemeyer
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 6-4
- Hometown: Custer, S.D.
- Highschool: Custer High School
#66
Calvin
Wright Jr.
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Wagner, S.D.
- Highschool: Wagner High School
#67
Christian
Hanna
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Mill Creek, Wash.
- Highschool: Archbishop Murphy High School
#69
Kristofer
Brekel
- Position: OL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-6
- Hometown: Bennet, Neb.
- Highschool: Palmyra High School
#71
Justin
Becker
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 6-6
- Hometown: White Lake, S.D.
- Highschool: White Lake High School
#72
Ben
Harms
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Rapid City, S.D.
- Highschool: Rapid City Central High School
#73
Zarian
Kama
- Position: OL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Orem, Utah
- Highschool: Mountain View High School
#75
Jake
Hedges
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Fremont, Neb.
- Highschool: Archbishop Bergan High School
#76
Carson
Kruggel
- Position: OL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Falls Jefferson High School
#77
Titus
Ludy
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Oxnard, Calif.
- Highschool: Oaks Christian High School
#78
Dylan
Albrecht
- Position: OL
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
#79
Jackson
Knuth
- Position: OL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-5
- Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Highschool: Sioux Falls Jefferson High School
#80
Jacob
Marxhausen
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 6-1
- Hometown: Two Harbors, Minn.
- Highschool: Two Harbors High School
#82
Nolan
Dvorak
- Position: TE
- Class: So.
- Height: 6-2
- Hometown: Lake Andes, S.D.
- Highschool: Wagner Community High School
#84
Jackson
Jarding
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Alexandria, S.D.
- Highschool: Hanson High School
#85
Jonah
Brown
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Lander, Wyo.
- Highschool: Lander Valley High School
#86
Mason
Barnhard
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Alden, Mich.
- Highschool: Elk Rapids High School
#87
Evan
Nordstrom
- Position: WR
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Fort Pierre, S.D.
- Highschool: Stanley County High School
#88
Dexter
Curry III
- Position: TE
- Class: Jr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
- Highschool: Park Hill High School
#89
Elijah
Hoyt
- Position: WR
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-6
- Hometown: Rapid City, S.D.
- Highschool: Rapid City Christian School
#90
Ethan
Engen
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 6-5
- Hometown: Viborg, S.D.
- Highschool: Viborg-Hurley High School
#94
Jaxon
Patrick
- Position: K
- Class: So.
- Height: 5-10
- Hometown: Pullman, Wash.
- Highschool: Pullman High School
#95
Caleb
Maciejewski
- Position: DL
- Class: RS-Jr.
- Height: 5-11
- Hometown: Hot Springs, S.D.
- Highschool: Hot Springs High School
#97
Gabe
Beman
- Position: DL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Lennox, S.D.
- Highschool: Lennox High School
#98
Carter
Skogsberg
- Position: DL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-3
- Hometown: Vermillion, S.D.
- Highschool: Vermillion High School
#99
Weston
Wollberg
- Position: DL
- Class: Fr.
- Height: 6-5
- Hometown: Arlington, Neb.
- Highschool: Arlington High School
Ky
Becker
- Position: SA
- Class: RS-Fr.
- Hometown: White Lake, S.D.
- Highschool: White Lake High School
Aaron
Black
- Position: SA
- Class: RS-So.
- Height: 5-8
- Hometown: Omak, Wash.
- Highschool: Omak High School
Samuel
Callies
- Position: SA
- Class: Sr.
- Hometown: Howard, S.D.
- Highschool: Howard High School
Jacob
Chvatal
- Position: SA
- Class: So.
- Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
- Highschool: Concordia Jr.-Sr. High School
Carter
Dreyer
- Position: SA
- Class: Sr.
- Hometown: Warner, S.D.
- Highschool: Warner High School
Braxton
Gahan
- Position: SA
- Class: So.
- Hometown: Fredonia, Wis.
- Highschool: Ozaukee High School
Austin
Meikle
- Position: SA
- Class: RS-So.
- Hometown: Norfolk, Neb.
- Highschool: Norfolk Catholic High School
Rave
Uhlich
- Position: SA
- Class: RS-So.
- Hometown: Sherman, S.D.
- Highschool: Garretson High School
Coaching Staff
Alex Kretzschmar
Head Football Coach / Offensive Coordinator
Chris Bessler
Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line
Mike Bernarde
Run Game, Recruiting & Academic Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
Luke Loudenburg
Running Backs Coach
Mason Frost
Linebackers / On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator
Torren Devericks
Camp Coordinator / Quarterbacks
Bailey Berg
Defensive Backs / Community Service Coordinator / Travel Coordinator
Romeon Greve
Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Aaron Black
Tight Ends & Fullbacks Coach
Dexter Curry
Graduate Assistant
Joshua Coleman
Graduate Assistant
Cole Kuznia
Graduate Assistant
Dillon Barnes
Student Assistant
Lane Harshman
Student Assistant
- Alex Kretzschmar - Head Football Coach / Offensive Coordinator
- Chris Bessler - Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line
- Mike Bernarde - Run Game, Recruiting & Academic Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
- Luke Loudenburg - Running Backs Coach
- Mason Frost - Linebackers / On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator
- Torren Devericks - Camp Coordinator / Quarterbacks
- Bailey Berg - Defensive Backs / Community Service Coordinator / Travel Coordinator
- Romeon Greve - Assistant Defensive Line Coach
- Aaron Black - Tight Ends & Fullbacks Coach
- Dexter Curry - Graduate Assistant
- Joshua Coleman - Graduate Assistant
- Cole Kuznia - Graduate Assistant
- Dillon Barnes - Student Assistant
- Lane Harshman - Student Assistant