UND football picks up commitment from Marial Deng, the brother of Fighting Hawks wide receiver Deng Deng

UND football picks up commitment from Marial Deng, the brother of Fighting Hawks wide receiver Deng Deng

GRAND FORKS — The UND football program has gone back to Four Winds to collect another Deng at wide receiver. Marial Deng, the younger brother of UND wide receiver Deng Deng, has committed to the Fighting Hawks — becoming the program's 11th commitment of the 2026 recruiting class. Both Dengs are young for their grade. Marial (pronounced muh-rell) is still 16 years old until late June, while Deng Deng is still 18 after one season of college footba…

Four Winds’ Marial Deng commits to UND football

Four Winds junior Marial Deng announced his commitment to University of North Dakota football on Tuesday. Deng is set to join his older brother, Deng Deng, who just redshirted during his freshman year on the Fighting Hawks. Both Dengs are wide receivers. On April 25, M. Deng announced that he had received an offer from first-year head coach Eric Schmidt and his staff. He officially committed just 11 days later. He revealed the news in an X post …