Here is #53 for the 17 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.



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Eli
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Position Defensive Tackle
Height 6-3
Weight 287
Class Senior
Hometown Lakeville, Minn.
High School Lakeville North HS
Bio Related Stats Historical
Biography
* 2021 HERO Sports Sophomore All-America Team
* 2020-21 HERO Sports Freshman All-America Team
* 2020-21, 2021 All-MVFC Honorable Mention
* 2020-21 MVFC All-Newcomer Team
* 2021 MVFC All-Academic Second Team
* 2022 MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award
* 2020-21, 2021, 2022 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2019, 2020-21, 2021, 2022 MVFC Honor Roll

2022 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started the first two games of the season at defensive tackle before being sidelined with a broken leg...Returned to start in the national championship game against South Dakota State...Finished the year with five total tackles...Credited with one quarterback hurry...Had a half-sack in each of the home wins over Drake and North Carolina A&T...Fourth straight year on the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award.

2021 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): HERO Sports Sophomore All-American...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorable mention for the second straight year...Played all 15 games at defensive tackle...Totaled 44 tackles and was second on the team with 10.0 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, tied for fourth-most sacks among MVFC players...Also had two pass breakups...Career-high 3.5 sacks in the win at Illinois State, tied for fifth-most sacks in Bison single-game history...Tied a career high with six tackles at Illinois State and South Dakota State...MVFC All-Academic second team...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 10 games including one start in the home win over North Dakota...Named to the HERO Sports Freshman All-America Team and Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team...Honorable mention to the All-MVFC team...His 34 total tackles were fifth-most on the Bison...Third on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with 4.5 sacks...Big game in the three-point win at Northern Iowa making six tackles with 3.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two pass breakups and a QB hurry...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year with the Bison...Played in two regular-season games but did not make a tackle...Recovered a fumble against Western Illinois on a strip sack by his brother, Will Mostaert...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2019 graduate of Lakeville North High School...Two-year starter and three-year letterman under coach Brian Vossen...Team captain...Helped Lakeville North to a 13-0 record and Class 6A state championship in 2018...Associated Press all-state first team defensive lineman...Made 96 tackles with 22 tackles for loss, nine sacks, two interceptions and a touchdown...Two-time all-district first team...Career totals of 138 tackles, 34 TFLs and 14 sacks...Academic all-state in track and field...Competes in the shot put and discus...Also participates in basketball.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in finance...Son of Troy and Tracey Mostaert...Has a sister, Riley, and a twin brother, Will Mostaert, who is a teammate at NDSU.

Go Bison!

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