How the Most Underrated High School Recruit made the NFL

[@hughjaass3787]

As a Lifelong Bucs fan, since 1976, I am VERY glad we got the Redheaded Grizzly Bear on our roster. Mad Game!

[@Blakchipskylark]

He’s not good ..

[@chriscolebank]

I know right! I am not really a fan of any team, but I enjoy following players. How could I not make a video about this guy. Thanks for the comment.

[@thejohnhend]

⁠@@BlakchipskylarkHe was good enough to start every game his rookie year which is saying a lot. If you could critique anything he was a bit underpowered so he’s put on about 15 lbs of muscle in the off season so he should only get better.

[@KamasKirian716]

You might remember Randy Hedberg (QB - Minot State) then. He's the QB coach for NDSU.

[@Blakchipskylark]

@@thejohnhend The line was bad partially because of him ..They didn’t have many options.

[@PhogofWar]

I live in Fargo and can tell you that Cody is one of the nicest and most real people you will ever meet. There's just something about big 'ol corn fed kids from small towns.

[@chriscolebank]

Man that is great news. I wish I could meet him in person one day.

[@dougfleming1708]

We say corn fed, hand spanked.

[@rl4416]

there is something special about some good ol county boys, no doubt.

[@tombambauer5220]

Definition of a gentle giant. Fun to watch him play.

[@steve734]

I grew up in a small N.D. town. We played nine man and suited up 13 guys for the final game of my senior year. You played every snap. Great fun. By season's end you were in such great shape it was unbelievable. Nice video, gotta pull for a man like this.

[@AnEnragedCat]

Love seeing Cody get recognition, the handful of times I was able to talk to him showed me how cool of a person he is! I went to NDSU the same time he did, though it was only for my senior year.

[@funny1farm]

Now what do u do?

[@Heyoka-uv8vg]

I played 9 man football in a rural ND town in the 90's. We all played multiple positions. I was a RB, LB and kick returner lol

[@chriscolebank]

That is crazy! I always just played 11 man. Thanks for sharing some of your own experience

[@jaylee5692]

did the same in the 80's for nine man, D-end OT then gunner on punts also kick offs too. Only weighed 165lbs, now I should drop 100lbs and still outweigh my high school days lol

[@mondogecko3279]

Ironman football was always fun but it was so tiring!!😂

[@that_one_foster_child]

we have 6 man lol. in junior high (middle school) ur required to play sports because classes average about 10 kids.

[@GregoryFariss]

I played 8-man in California. We had 15 on the team and played both ways. So much fun

[@lazysob2328]

That story is why I love sports. Names such as John Riggins, Walt Garrison, Steve Tasker, Mark Simeneau, all played at small high schools. Some were more highly recruited, but Garrison wasn’t recruited and a friend of a friend got him a try at Oklahoma State. Played 9 years in the NFL winning a Super Bowl. There’s something about those farm/ ranch kids!

[@louishall700]

Good job, young man. Semper Fi

[@scolebank]

“There is no substitute for hard work” - Thomas Edison. Great video, Chris!

[@chriscolebank]

No there is not! Thanks for commenting Dad!

[@tidefanyankee2428]

"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard" But when someone has some talent and a great work ethic....stand by.

[@jessekauffman3336]

Great video. Thank you for bringing Cody to us

[@chriscolebank]

Thanks for the comment! He has a great story! I am glad you enjoyed it and let me know if there are any other players you might want to hear about.

[@jessekauffman3336]

@@chriscolebank I had a cousin whom I’ve never met was all all American defensive end under temple when they went 11-1 can’t remember his name

[@Nicer_Ricer_JDM]

I love stories like this 💯

[@chriscolebank]

I'm glad because I enjoy doing the research to learn about these player. Are there any players you might wanted a story on in the future?

[@1963bigivan]

Ok, just started watching. He's not from Breckenridge MN alright. They have the regional maternity hospital. He's a North Dakota farm boy born in a MN hospital a stones throw across the river. The river is the state's border.

[@Spudnik1]

Sounds like the next Klinesaucer. Grew up in Alex, so I was a class higher but it’s great to see local corn fed farmers like that beating the odds and giving hope to the rest of us in this area.

[@Spudnik1]

For some reason autocorrect did that to Kleinsasser’s name.

[@chriscolebank]

Sounds like another video!

[@FlyHighPaper899]

fun fact I ran track with two of his cousins and I am playing football with one right now, they are all super nice people

[@gregb4395]

03:53 What is "the University of North Dakota State?" Is that some sort of new-and-improved version of NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY?

[@dogbone6315]

You put together a good video. Don’t know how you made it into my algorithm, but you got me to subscribe

[@chriscolebank]

Hahaha let’s go! Welcome to the familyif you have any good input on how to improve my videos I would love to hear it

[@qthemusiq4461]

The University of North Dakota is referred to as UND Cody went to North Dakota State University NDSU

[@shawnerickstad129]

Great video and he had a good rookie season and only going to get better

[@shmoejoedesy9449]

Breckenridge is big compared to a town of 200. We had 9 man as well but we had to pool 2 schools together to even make 9 man.

[@GregoryFariss]

I’m familiar with 6-man and 8-man, which I played, but I’ve never heard of 9-man. I’m surprised it exists because it’s almost 11 man. It’s only played in Dakotas and Minn and just eliminates the tackles. Played on full size filed instead of 80 yard filed like 6 and 8 man

[@Michael.Levy1]

Wow insane quality surprised this doesn't have 100k+ views

[@chriscolebank]

I’m glad you think so! Hopefully soon and thanks for the comment

[@LanceFloray-rn2lg]

This video is now approaching 250,000 views

[@BerserkerTrollSlayer]

I hope that guys like this get all the success the world has to offer, if more people like this win good hearts and humility get to the top they can move mountains and help others in ways that selfish prime time players can’t, they can also change the culture of the game and get kids moving in the right direction, looking up to positive role models and mimicking them instead of showing poor sportsmanship, no class, selfish play, worried about how they look, in grateful that I was raised to not look up to those kind of players, Barry Sanders over Deion Sanders

[@rl4416]

"no one is going to outwork him" love it !

[@dlawrengreen]

Flip side: If you can play, coaches will find you. NDSU is a FCS powerhouse. You can improve this video by focusing on how Cody moved from walk-on status onto receiving a scholarship.

[@ispeed7013]

He is a North Dakota treasure for sure!

[@jonherman6521]

It’s not the University of North Dakota State…it’s North Dakota State University.

[@mgneville]

you're the hero that the University of North Dakota State A&M Technical College needs

[@hossm1808]

Love this story!!! ❤ the real American dream!

[@dh4n1elee96]

I always love unknown player story became something special❤

[@chriscolebank]

I know right! He has such an amazing story. I hope to uncover more stories like this soon.

[@nathandavalos8891]

lets go cody!!!!!!!!!

[@larryholland7192]

Awesome player!!

[@dereklucero5785]

I like this guy……ALL HEART!!!

[@billyrobertson5213]

Look into Justin Britt kid was from Lebanon mo biggest town for about an hour either way with 15k people and made the nfl and played for about a decade

[@davidnelson7719]

Bison is already plural.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

GO BISON!!!!!

[@benmoisio232]

Would it stay plural with it being a team instead of an animal though?

[@davidnelson7719]

@@benmoisio232 I would if you are normal person and not just trying to redo what everyone else has already been doing for decades. "Go Yankeeses!"

[@benmoisio232]

@@davidnelson7719 Well first of all it would be Yankees', not yankeeses. And you only made my point by saying that because singular is Yankee, as in Aaron judge is a Yankee, and plural is Yankee's, as in the Yankee's won the world series. We don't say Aaron Judge is a Yankees, nor the Yankee won the world series

[@davidnelson7719]

@@benmoisio232 Just like Bison not being Bisons? Weird. "Yankee's" isn't plural... it is possessive. Finally, and this is all there really is to it... people/fans/etc. simply don't say "Bisons"... ever. Unless they are making videos about something that is foreign to them.

[@jasonjohnston1876]

I love seeing FCS - NFL success stories like this! Montana State Bobcat fan…..we’ll get over that MVFC hump one of these days 😂

[@alextaylor29]

Great video liked and subscribed thank you.

[@buildfirst]

This dude is the guy that seaside peasants had nightmares about for centuries.

[@ReinSouls]

I have seen more than my fair share of kids in high school where I'm puzzled how they have no offers. My senior year of high school we made it to the state semi-finals. But what stuck with me was the 5'10 running back we played in week 3 who EMBARRASED our defense for nearly 200 yards. I kept tabs on him all season. He never got an offer. And I'm like. If you did that against kids with D1 offers. How do you not get one of your own?

[@davidjulseth8667]

Great work ethic

[@Kacton24]

Great video. You should also take a look at Quinn Meinerz of the broncos. He got drafted out of a division 3 school in the third round

[@chriscolebank]

I'll check it out

[@SlingbladeJim]

GOD BLESS Cody

[@_DB.COOPER]

This is the guy I kept pulling for the Cowboys to draft but…

[@richardyoung871]

In this part of the video when you have a player who weighs over 300 lbs that's like a wild train,and that train is going to run you over.So you best get out of the way.But I have never heard of NORTH DAKOTA winning so many games,as this is news to me and that's why I enjoy watching UTUBE because it gives me a lot of different information that I never knew about different subjects as my father once told me that KNOWLEDGE IS POWERFUL IF USED CAREFULLY, so true, word's of WISDOM, coming from the CHINESE PEOPLE

[@jameswright3410]

Kinda curious what his actual recruitment was like. Don't slow roll it: NDSU is the Alabama of the D1 FCS. It's a great football school. Curious if he didn't get offers from bottom end D1 FBS schools.

[@badlandskid]

Cuz they don’t bother recruiting much in ND.

[@marktait2371]

we had willy lanier skinny guy from maggie walker in richmond d2 morgan state took a chance on him slowly got bigger better hours of flim study late round chiefs early on a serious neck injury almost ended his career changed his technique to huggy bear anchored chiefs at mlb for years pro bowl i believe he said morgan was the only school to offer him maybe norfolk state also d2 also

[@jmann171]

F ya Cody...F YAAAA! Well done sir & fine # selection. You da man.😂

[@bashole5925]

He's from Hankinson ND, born and raised. Not Breckenridge MN.

[@mperry5422]

Do one on Hunter Renfrow!

[@brycelupo7120]

It’s North Dakota state university. University of North Dakota is UND

[@richardyoung871]

In this video how do you figure that a kid from a small town with those stats can get into the NFL what 6 feet 5 inches, 220 lbs what team wouldn't want a player like that I would if I was the coach. But me being a CHEF I look for desire to learn from a professional as I did going into the CULINARY FIELD and I knew it would be a long trip to see the light at the end of the tunnel was a great trip for me. As I watched TOM BRADY rise to the occasion and took 2 teams to the SUPER BOWL was even greater,but we will never see it again but NEVER SAY NEVER,as they say

[@chriscolebank]

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the family!

[@mgneville]

"The University of North Dakota State" C'mon man

[@tomlemon7694]

Hey dude, it’s not the University of North Dakota State….get it right. It’s North Dakota State University. The other FCS program in North Dakota is the University of North Dakota. Do your research.

[@tomlemon7694]

mgneville…my comments mistakenly went to you and not the producer of this video. My apologies…I was not correcting you. Great win last night over the Jackrabbits. Even though Im a former Fighting Sioux player, I’m pulling for the Bison to capture another FCS National Championship

[@SirWashed]

good story, however that side cam has to go. better off with no cam and voice overs

[@ggproductions7078]

what's with the leg brace/support?

[@t.m.indiana5507]

Ive heard that all line men at the college level are required to were the braces

[@Slycarlo]

I grow up in rural farm land, and i kid you not in messing with farm kids, they work a lot given them enormous strength compared to city boys who go to gym.

[@Antihero-4132]

Any one out of the dakotas or montana are nobodies that make the nfl... they usually do pretty good the ranking system is kind of jacked 😂

[@Vexian]

vexian style thumbnail spotted

[@Ned-Ryerson]

Just a minor detail: It is "the Bison", not the Bisons. Says so on their jerseys, the Wikipedia page, and in my hair-splitting brain.

[@jon25112]

"The University of North Dakota State" LOL!!!!

[@jasonmoser8957]

nice story!

[@Monkeyme2009]

Look at Josh allen as well. Zero offers Zero star and now he is a top 2 QB and will win a super bowl soon.

[@jarodmorris4408]

The Irish Jaon Mamoa.

[@dajay2k]

ref got taken out around 6:45 ish

[@RiverRatsTotalOutdoors]

He is not from Breckenridge mn, he is from hankinson nd

[@larrygranbois4164]

Thanks for correcting him on that River. Its right on the front of his uniform in that one picture.

[@BeastMode-qh5dh]

He said born, not from.

[@jerrymiller8313]

Lots of times the great high school jocks fail at the next level. They matured early and reached their full potential ahead of their peers. SOme hade the gifts but don't put in the work.

[@chriscolebank]

I agree. Some of the best athletes I played with in high school didn't live up to the hype. Same with kids that were sleepers in high school but did great things in college. All you can do is try and get better every day! Thanks for commenting

[@TomKite51]

Jared Verse 1st round pick of the Rams at Edge this year was a 0 star Tight end in High School.

[@chriscolebank]

Bet! I’ll definitely look into his story more

[@jefferyaron1237]

to albany and then to my noles to then hit the rams! They both have something in common, an exceptional work ethic!!

[@samdunn1807]

I know about 6 man football 8 man football and 11 man football. Never heard about 9 man football.

[@chriscolebank]

It is kinda cray right! I have not heard or seen it myself so I was surprised when I researched Cody's story

[@Woobieeee]

Oh, the same way everyone else does.

[@bashole5925]

It's North Dakota State University

[@austinlowry8995]

movie worthy story

[@jamescrowley2733]

Cody is a testament to the wonder of Pharma in football.

[@vegasprogambler5336]

pff has him at 41st out of 113 right now....

[@theaceco]

The plural of Bison... is Bison.

[@NightThings99]

I do not like how the NFL makes these guys so heavy. It is just begging for health issues in the future. So many NFL guys have played 10 years or less and have health issues because of the weight they were carrying. Anything for the money.

[@squiggs1002]

Well a lot of these guys lose a lot weight when they retire. I have seen some lineman drop 80-100 lbs. If you can do that at age 30-35 with 10-20 million in the bank. I think almost anybody would take that.

[@laserwizard2]

Well, we've seen successful college players flunk in the pros. Let's revisit this in 5 years.

[@squiggs1002]

the guy is already good. It is extremely unusual for an offensive lineman to start 17 games as a rookie and he did it on a playoff team. This year so far he has been better according to his coaches.

[@tymonishim]

case is that you?

[@s1eves325]

Because god had plans for everyone

[@SethBeck]

Don’t sleep on 0 stars.

[@Monkeyme2009]

Yeah.. Look at Josh Allen. He was also a zero star and now he is a top 2 QB

[@squiggs1002]

Well technically isn't every senior a 0 star if they don't have star rating?

[@aaron-dd5zr]

Michael Strahan has competition now on the smile area. Sorry Michael this guy got you beat and the gap in the teeth.

[@christopherbean-dp8hn]

Why do why do you keep cutting to yourself

[@jaybarnes8034]

He's a dead ringer for Zack Hample.

[@mateusavilaisidoro8305]

NFL Scouts are very good in find talents elsewhere.

[@apennameandthata2017]

*fewer

[@waynedizzzle]

HGH. 😆

[@Ishin69]

brock lesnar

[@justinalley3399]

you mean overrated

[@chriscolebank]

ok good point.

[@Alonelyalchemist]

Jealous

[@shawnerickstad129]

Lol how’s he overrated? He played good enough to be in every game as a rookie. Most rookies take time to get better if even get a chance to start. He’s only going to keep getting better that young and looks like a very solid 2nd round pick

[@justinalley3399]

@@shawnerickstad129 he Had one of the worst Rookie season by a OLineman ever and got worse as the season went on

[@ghostsamongus3370]

This​@@justinalley3399

[@robertmosher7418]

50 pounds in one year through nutrition and weight training of mostly muscle...don't forget the steroids. Those help a lot.

[@RobertDetert]

Probably did alot of steroids.

[@Blakchipskylark]

He is not good lol yall trippen😂😂😂

[@risinbison1106]

He was good enough to start every game for an NfL team in his rookie season. Which NFL team do you coach for again?

[@Blakchipskylark]

@@risinbison1106 we didn’t have many options there were a lot of injuries on the oline .. you being a casual doesn’t bother me but be a casual somewhere else and leave me alone please 😂😂😂

[@risinbison1106]

@@Blakchipskylark so we had a lot of injuries, you know who wasn’t? You know who showed up for practice everyday? You know who played every game including playoffs? You know who played multiple positions to cover for those injuries? Do you even follow this team?

[@Blakchipskylark]

@@risinbison1106 you’re too emotional..

[@Blakchipskylark]

@@risinbison1106 he was not that good .. crying won’t change that