Optimism abounds in the preparatory month of August for a 2021 Concordia Football team that league coaches have pegged for fifth place in the GPAC. The Bulldogs will kick off the season at Morningside.
In the 2021 GPAC Preseason Football Coaches’ Poll revealed on Monday (Aug. 9), the Concordia University Football team landed at No. 5 while totaling 62 points in the poll.
Concordia Football looks to build upon its 4-4 mark in 2020 behind 16 returning starters. The Bulldogs return All-American linebacker Lane Napier and first team All-GPAC running back Jonah Weyand.
Just in time for preseason camp, alum Grady Koch has been promoted to a full-time role on the Concordia Football staff. Koch takes the title of Assistant Football Coach / Head Junior Varsity Football Coach.
A second team All-American last season, Lane Napier has been named to the College Football America NAIA Starting Lineup this preseason. Napier is a four-time first team All-GPAC performer.
Having already been named to a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, Concordia Football's Jonah Weyand has been upgraded to an Academic All-America selection.
Crete High School alum Jonah Weyand has his sights set on bigger and better in 2021. More than just a football player, Weyand has excelled as a leader and in the classroom.
First team All-GPAC running back Jonah Weyand has been named a CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner for his work on the football field and in the classroom.
For the third year in a row, linebacker Lane Napier has been named an NAIA All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. He landed on the 2020 All-America second team.
Concordia Football returned to a fairly normal spring practice season this April. Storylines have included the return of Lane Napier, a welcome back to campus for 'G' and the progress of Wyatt Ehlers.
Vance Winter's eighth season as head football coach will be his last at Concordia. Winter has announced that he will step down following the completion of the 2016 season.
There are busy schedules and then there is Le'Dontrae Gooden's schedule. Part student. Part football player. Part military serviceman. Part caretaker. Gooden wears many hats.
Sean Stewart's contributions to head coach Courtney Meyer’s football program were immense, but what he’s done since his graduation has been even more impressive. Stewart serves the U.S. Coast Guard.
Jared Garcia rose to the top of the Concordia football program's all-time list for career touchdown catches following Saturday's 56-0 rout of Briar Cliff.
Senior linebacker Michael Hedlund has become a star and a centerpiece for Concordia's rugged defense. On and off the field, Hedlund represents the best of Bulldog football.
Here's why we should celebrate Concordia University football, from the people that know best.
Belgium is not exactly considered a hotbed for college football recruiting. But Brussels native Dylan Pierquin has found a home and a role with Concordia football.
Picked third in the GPAC by league coaches, the 2016 Bulldogs are packed with star power. The likes of Trey Barnes and Bryce Collins have Concordia thinking big.
Bernard "Arkie" Arkebauer received induction as part of the very first Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame class. He's a legendary figure in Concordia football history.
One GPAC coach thought enough of the Concordia football program to give it a first-place vote in the conference's preseason poll. That's exciting.