Sawyer Seidl

Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Hugo, MN
High School:
Hill-Murray

Prior to Wake Forest
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 14 games for North Dakota at running back and kick returner, earning second team All-MVFC honors … Accumulated 1,380 all-purpose yards including 897 rushing, 177 receiving and 306 return yards … Totaled 188 attempts for 897 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground while also adding 19 receptions 177 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns…Also was the primary kick returner tallying 11 returns for 306 yards and a 92-yard kick return touchdown in a win against Valporasio…Recorded four 100-yard rushing games against Youngstown State, Southern Illinois, Indiana State and South Dakota…

2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in every game at running back and kick returner … Ranked No. 6 in the FCS and led the MVFC in yards per kick return (28.5) ... No. 4 in the conference in combined kick return yardage (484), No. 9 in all-purpose yards per game (92.7), No. 15 in rushing yards per game (44.9) and No. 20 in total rushing yards (494) ... Led UND in chunk plays with 17 plays of 20+ yards ... Had 91 carries for 494 yards and three scores ... Averaged 5.4 yards per carry ... Recorded his first 100-yard rushing game with 123 yards on the ground in the 41-24 win over San Diego ... Named to the MVFC All-Newcomer Team.

2023 (Freshman)
Redshirt season ... Appeared in four games as a reserve running back ... Rushed 16 times for 84 yards ... Averaged 5.25 yards per carry and 21.0 yards per game ... Rushed for a season-high 49 yards on seven touches in the 45-31 victory at Murray State.

High School
Spent four seasons at running back at Hill-Murray High School … Named All-State and First Team All-Conference in 2022 … Piled up 5,069 yards rushing in his prep career and scored 65 touchdowns … Finished with 5,802 all-purpose yards as a Pioneer … Also participated in hockey and track & field.