Kava is fourth of that group in tackles with 12. The Bison play up to six defensive ends and that doesn’t include Spencer Waege, who had his season end because of an ACL injury in September.

I’ve been fortunate enough to where that is the only injury I’ve had in my career so I feel pretty fortunate about that.”įortunate is how NDSU feels about its depth on the defensive line. “I was just trying to be athletic on punt coverage,” he said. Kava was running down the Dacotah Field turf, made a cut and his knee gave out. It happened in practice in early September of 2020 on a punt coverage drill. He’s been rewarded for successfully coming back from an ACL tear, an injury that also tore some meniscus. He’s been an unbelievable teammate and I’m sure he’s going to be rewarded in the future for it.” That tells me he’s really feeling well and playing at a confident level. “I don’t know if I’ve seen Jake move like that, on the practice field or the game field,” he said. Bison head coach Matt Entz called the sack of SIU quarterback Nic Baker a “different level” play by Kava. It was one play in NDSU advancing to Saturday’s quarterfinal game against East Tennessee State at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. “It was special, especially being a local kid was pretty special.” “All I had to do was run around the corner untouched,” Kava said. Kava, the Fargo Shanley graduate from Moorhead, is probably the exception and it’s a good thing the four don’t have a torn ACL in common with Kava, either.īut the junior defensive end returned this season and put a stamp on a valuable role he’s played this season with a quarterback sack in last week’s FCS second round playoff win over Southern Illinois. There are similar traits, like being from the Midwest.

The North Dakota State football players have a non-scholarship beginning to their careers in common. FARGO - The street that Jake Kava, Costner Ching, Cody Mauch and Mason Hofstedt live on could just as well take on another name: Walk-on Way.

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