NDSU’s hard-nosed hometown long snapper with two-way toughness
Grant Knodle is a West Fargo native and North Dakota State long snapper who brings uncommon football toughness to a specialty role: he also played defensive end in high school, was a two-year starter, and served as a senior captain while posting 53 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks in 2023. He arrives with a strong pedigree from Sheyenne HS and a blue-collar profile that fits NDSU’s identity, but public college stat lines are limited because long snapper value is mostly felt in consistency, timing, and clean operation rather than box-score numbers. If you want dependable, gritty special-teams depth, he’s the kind of guy worth caring about.
