Jett Becomes Second Zabel to Sign with North Dakota State

Jett Becomes Second Zabel to Sign with North Dakota State

For the second time in the Zabel family, a brother will be heading to North Dakota State to play football for the Bison. Jett, a senior at Pierre High School, would sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday.

The Governor standout tight end will join his brother, Grey, who signed with North Dakota State as an offensive lineman back on December 18 of 2019. Zabel has been an All-State and All-Conference tight end for the Governors nabbing numerous school records during his time with the Govs helping Pierre reach the seventh straight state championship this fall. Zabel says there was a couple of things that drew him to North Dakota State…

Matt Entz, the head coach of the Bison has left and taken a position at USC and the former Wyoming offensive coordinator Tim Polasek takes over as the new head coach. Polasek had recruited Zabel while a coach with the Cowboys. Zabel says when it first announced he had to see everything through…

Steve Steele, the head coach of the Governors says Zabel is the definition of a competitor…

Zabel is the first official football signee of the Class of 2024 for the Governors with four other players (Trey Lewis, Spencer Skjonsberg, Spencer Easland and Cade Kaiser) currently verbally committed to play college football next year.