Cody Mauch

2022 SEASON (SENIOR): Returned for a fifth year of eligibility due to COVID-19's impact on the 2020 season...Started all 15 games at left tackle for a 12-3 Bison team that advanced to the NCAA Division I FCS championship game for the 10th time in 12 years...All-America first team by AP, Stats Perform, AFCA, FCS Athletic Directors Association, HERO Sports, Athlon Sports and Phil Steele...Selected as FCS Offensive Lineman of the Year by Phil Steele and the FCS ADA...Eighth in voting for the Stats Perform Walter Payton Award, presented to the FCS Offensive Player of the Year...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Two-time MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week...Played 33 snaps against Drake with no sacks, pressures or tackles for loss allowed...Graded 93% with 25 physicality points in a 356-yard rushing performance at South Dakota...Played 622 regular-season snaps with a 94% overall grade, no sacks allowed and one holding penalty...NDSU ranked fourth nationally with 265.7 rushing yards per game, sixth in third-down conversions (50.6%), third in tackles for loss allowed and fifth in sacks allowed.

2021 SEASON (SENIOR): All-America second team by Associated Press and third team by HERO Sports...First team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Made all 15 starts at left tackle...Blocked for a rushing attack that ranked No. 2 in the FCS averaging 280.6 yards per game...NDSU averaged 6.21 yards per carry and rushed for 4,209 yards, the third most in school single-season history...Part of unit that collectively earned the MVFC's Offensive Lineman of the Week award for a 454-yard rushing performance at Youngstown State, the most rushing yards for the Bison in 14 years of MVFC play...Graded at 92% with zero tackles for loss and one sack allowed in 625 regular-season snaps.

2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Played in a reserve role against Central Arkansas in the fall and started all nine contests during the spring...Made his first two career starts at right tackle before moving to left tackle for the remainder of the spring...On the field for 403 of the team's 411 offensive snaps during the regular season...Graded out at 91 percent with one sack allowed and zero penalties...Helped NDSU rush for 4.8 yards per carry and 192.3 yards per game in conference play with a league-high 13 rushing TDs...The Bison ranked fourth in FCS and second among MVFC teams in fewest sacks allowed (0.80/game).

2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 16 games...Wore jersey No. 70 as a backup offensive tackle but often wore No. 88 as an eligible receiver at tight end when the Bison used six offensive linemen...Part of the team's PAT and field goal unit that did not allow a blocked kick in 72 extra point and 19 field goal attempts...Caught a two-point conversion in the NCAA semifinal victory over Montana State...Helped NDSU rush for a school-record 4,601 yards and post its two highest offensive yardage totals in Division I with 690 and 700 in back-to-back weeks against Western Illinois and South Dakota.

2018 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Scout team player who provided depth on the offensive line...Appeared in six games, including the NCAA quarterfinal win over Colgate...Scout Team Player of the Week for his role in preparation for the win over Youngstown State...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Hankinson High School...Three-year starter who played tight end, quarterback and defensive end for coach Jason Monilaws...Team captain as a junior and senior...Two-time all-region and all-state pick...Region co-Senior Athlete of the Year...Selected to play in the Badlands Bowl and North Dakota Shrine Game...Caught 24 passes for 474 yards and a school-record 13 touchdowns to help Hankinson to the 2016 region championship...Finished his career with 1,072 receiving yards and school-record 24 TDs...Set school records for sacks in a season and career...Basketball all-conference and all-region standout...State qualifier in track...Also played baseball.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2021 with a degree in agricultural and biosystems engineering...Son of Joseph and Stacey Mauch...One of eight children in the family...Has four sisters and three brothers...Cousin, Jamie Mauch, played on the 2012-13 NDSU men’s basketball team...Uncle, Andrew Mauch, was a javelin thrower for NDSU.