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UND football moves ahead without Wiltshire, Brunell

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM · 1 min read
UND football moves ahead without Wiltshire, Brunell — Grand Forks Herald, Aventura Schools news
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GRAND FORKS — With four games left in the regular season, the UND football program will be moving ahead without running back Colton Brunell and most likely without nickel Jonnie Wiltshire. Brunell was injured in the second half of the Fighting Hawks' upset of No. 1 South Dakota State last Saturday in the Alerus Center. Wiltshire, meanwhile, was denied Oct. 15 by Grand Forks County District Court in his pursuit of a preliminary injunction against the NCAA as he was seeking a fifth season of eligibility. Wiltshire was eligible for the first eight games of the season due to a temporary restraining order, which was in place until the court could hear arguments from both the NCAA and Wiltshire. "It's frustrating," UND head coach Eric Schmidt said of Wiltshire. "I feel like it's really hard to follow what the NCAA is doing. From our point of view, I think you have all these court cases because part of the argument on what the NCAA is talking about is just as far as not creatin

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