a rising, physical NDSU linebacker with real downhill juice
In 2025, Chase Brixius was a redshirt freshman at North Dakota State who appeared in two regular-season games and logged two tackles against St. Thomas, while his high school résumé showed the kind of production that pops: 157 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, and five sacks as a junior, then 84 tackles and 14 TFLs as a senior. He looks like an old-school Bison fit—6-2, about 222 pounds, and built for contact—bringing toughness, closing speed, and special-teams/value depth upside. If you want a linebacker who plays with edge and still has room to grow, he’s worth a real look.
