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2026 Football Roster

49 Sam Knoll

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Story City, IA
  • Highschool Roland-Story

Biography

2026 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (WESTERN ILLINOIS) 

  • Transferred to Western Illinois

2025 FRESHMAN (NORTH DAKOTA STATE) 

  • Redshirt season

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Three-year starter and four-year letter winner under coach Matt Finn

  • Team captain his senior year

  • Played quarterback, punter and kicker

  • First team all-state punter in 2024 and second team in 2023

  • District special teams MVP as a senior in 2024

  • First team all-district as a junior in 2023

  • Averaged a 43.3 yards on 15 punts his senior year

  • Set marks for longest field goal (43)

  • Two-time state track qualifier in the 4x100 and sprint medley relays

  • Two-time all-conference baseball outfielder and part of a district championship team in 2024

Statistics

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