Michigan State University Athletics
Trent Fraley
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Moon Township, Pa. | Moon Area High School | Marshall (2022-23) | North Dakota State (2024-25)Â
All-America transfer from North Dakota State will be in his fifth year of college football in 2026 . . . has played in 33 career games, including 29 consecutive starts at center at NDSU . . . began his career at Marshall (2022-23).
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE): Named the 2025 Rimington Award winner as the top center in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) . . . started all 13 games for the Bison . . . earned first-team All-America honors by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Stats Perform, Associated Press and Sports Illustrated FCS Central . . . named the FCS’s most outstanding offensive lineman by the FCS Athletic Directors Association and Phil Steele . . . garnered first-team All-MVFC accolades . . . played 725 snaps on offense . . . helped the Bison to a 12-1 record, a No. 5 national ranking, and the Missouri Valley Football Conference for the second year in a row.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE): Started all 16 games for the FCS National Champion Bison . . . named to the MVFC All-Newcomer Team . . . played 984 snaps on offense, fifth most in the FCS.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT MARSHALL): Appeared in three games on special teams, including the Frisco Bowl against UTSA.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT MARSHALL): Played in one game against Norfolk State to preserve his redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-year starter at Moon Area High School in Moon Township, Pennsylvania . . . was a team captain as a senior in 2021 . . . earned first-team all-conference honors as an offensive tackle in 2020 and as an offensive guard in 2021 . . . garnered first-team all-state honors during his senior year . . . also played defensive tackle . . . helped Moon Area to two section championships . . . parents are Christy and Donald Desselle and Hank and Danielle Fraley . . . his father, Hank, played 10 seasons in the NFL from 2001-10 (Eagles, 2001-05; Browns, 2006-09; Rams, 2010) and is currently the offensive line coach/run game coordinator for the Detroit Lions.