a bruising, veteran Bison edge who helped build NDSU’s standard
Cole Jirik was a 6-foot-5, 248-pound defensive end for North Dakota State from 2010–2013, earning 2012 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second-team honors and finishing his Bison career with 26.0 sacks, which still ranks among the program’s all-time leaders. He stands out for length, power, and steady production in a blue-collar NDSU front, plus the kind of program-first edge that teammates and alumni still praise years later. For a team looking for toughness, experience, and a defender who understands winning football, Jirik is exactly the type of guy who changes the temperature.
