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May 3—GRAND FORKS — With the conclusion of spring ball, UND head football coach Eric Schmidt has assigned the 7-0-1 special jersey numbers for the 2026 season.
Linebacker Mike Devereaux will wear No. 7, All-American edge Lance Rucker will be back in No. 0 and returning starting quarterback Jerry Kaminski will wear No. 1.
Devereaux, a transfer from Old Dominion, wore No. 34 last season, while Kaminski wore No. 11 in his first season as starting quarterback in 2025.
"The 7, 0 and 1 are going to be the ones we feel we'll put a lot of onus on the guys who wear those," Schmidt said when he introduced the idea in 2025. "It'll mean something to wear those. It'll be guys who exemplify who we're about day in day out with consistent leadership and work ethic ... all the things I think go with being an elite football player and person."
Offensive lineman aren't eligible to wear 7, 0 or 1.
The 2025 special jerseys went to Malachi McNeal, Rucker and Grand Forks native Sam Strandell.
Devereaux is slated to start at linebacker in his senior season. He finished the 2025 season with 65 tackles and 4.0 tackles for loss.
Rucker, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound senior, had 15 tackles for loss and finished with 11.5 sacks last season, breaking the previous school single-season record of 11. The Omaha native's best performance was in a playoff win at Tennessee Tech in which he forced three fumbles on three sacks.
Kaminski, a junior, won the starting quarterback job at fall camp. He started the season with 22 touchdowns to two interceptions en route to breaking Danny Freund's single-season record for touchdowns in a regular season.
Kaminski finished with 28 touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
The Hawks finished 8-6 in 2025, falling at Tarleton State in the second round of the FCS playoffs.
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Linebacker Mike Devereaux will wear No. 7, All-American edge Lance Rucker will be back in No. 0 and returning starting quarterback Jerry Kaminski will wear No. 1.
Devereaux, a transfer from Old Dominion, wore No. 34 last season, while Kaminski wore No. 11 in his first season as starting quarterback in 2025.
"The 7, 0 and 1 are going to be the ones we feel we'll put a lot of onus on the guys who wear those," Schmidt said when he introduced the idea in 2025. "It'll mean something to wear those. It'll be guys who exemplify who we're about day in day out with consistent leadership and work ethic ... all the things I think go with being an elite football player and person."
Offensive lineman aren't eligible to wear 7, 0 or 1.
The 2025 special jerseys went to Malachi McNeal, Rucker and Grand Forks native Sam Strandell.
Devereaux is slated to start at linebacker in his senior season. He finished the 2025 season with 65 tackles and 4.0 tackles for loss.
Rucker, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound senior, had 15 tackles for loss and finished with 11.5 sacks last season, breaking the previous school single-season record of 11. The Omaha native's best performance was in a playoff win at Tennessee Tech in which he forced three fumbles on three sacks.
Kaminski, a junior, won the starting quarterback job at fall camp. He started the season with 22 touchdowns to two interceptions en route to breaking Danny Freund's single-season record for touchdowns in a regular season.
Kaminski finished with 28 touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
The Hawks finished 8-6 in 2025, falling at Tarleton State in the second round of the FCS playoffs.
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