KINDRED, N.D. — Kindred Vikings junior lineman Riley Sunram continues to garner heavy NCAA Division I football interest, and now has five D-I scholarship offers — including three FBS — as of Monday, Oct. 3.
Duke and Kansas are his latest Division I FBS offers with both programs extending scholarship offers to the 6-foot-5, 265-pound Sunram in the past week.
Division I schools could start contacting and offering Sunram again on Sept. 1 after a dead period in recruiting. He had
three in-person offers over the summer
before the recruiting opened up again.
“It was pretty busy,” said Sunram, who is in the 2024 recruiting class. “It was kind of fun, all these coaches were reaching out and stuff. It’s been fun. A lot of coaches have been calling me every week and stuff like that. I’m still trying to focus right now because right now college is in my future.”
Sunram plays offensive and defensive line for the defending North Dakota Class 11AB champion Vikings. Kindred (7-0) is the top-ranked team in Class 11B.
“If you don’t ask Riley about it, he won’t tell you about it,” said Ryan Sunram, Riley’s father. “I think mom and dad get more excited or want to hear more than what he tells us.”
Riley has already taken game-day visits to North Dakota State and the University of Minnesota. NDSU was his first D-I offer in late June. The Gophers were his first FBS offer and that came in late July. UND has also offered Riley.
Riley is scheduled to take a game-day visit to Iowa State on Saturday and then to Kansas State around Thanksgiving. Ryan said schools like Washington and Oregon have also shown interest in hosting Riley on a game-day visit. None of those schools have yet to offer Riley.
“It’s been fun, seeing all these big guys on TV and seeing them coach big football teams that everyone watches on TV,” Riley said. “These big schools contacting me it’s really cool. It’s cool that they notice me.”
Riley has been recruited as an offensive lineman and defensive lineman, depending on the program. He said he would likely make his decision next summer prior to his senior football season at Kindred.
“Right now he’s in no too big of a hurry,” Ryan said.
Ryan added that Riley has done a good job not letting the recruiting get in the way of his high school football season. Riley is a multiple-sport athlete for the Vikings, also playing basketball and competing in track and field.
“He stays pretty focused,” Ryan said.
Below is a running list of Riley Sunram’s Division I offers that will be updated when more are extended:
Duke offered Riley on Oct. 1.
Kansas offered Riley on Sept. 28.
Minnesota offered Riley on July 27.
UND offered Riley on July 16.
NDSU offered Riley on June 26.
David Samson/The Forum
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