Tanner Thorsness brings classic trench toughness to UND’s defensive line
Thorsness is a Bismarck product who signed with North Dakota in 2018 after a standout Century High School career, where he earned all-conference and all-state honors and posted 51 tackles and 11 sacks as a senior. At UND, he developed into a 6-foot-3, 260-pound defensive lineman and was recognized academically by the MVFC, which hints at the kind of dependable, disciplined player coaches tend to trust. The stat sheet is sparse, but the profile says “blue-collar interior defender” with size, toughness, and team-first reliability—good fit material if you want effort, maturity, and low-drama depth in the trenches.
