ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 40th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football. To celebrate the league's 40 years, fans voted for 40 days to recognize the league's all-time best players. More than 2,000 ballots were cast and North Dakota wide receiver Bo Belquist was recognized on the team, the conference announced on Tuesday.

Belquist is the first North Dakota football player to make an MVFC anniversary team, with NoDak joining the conference in 2020. During his five-year career with the Fighting Hawks, Belquist started 36 games at wide receiver and appeared in 52 contests. Belquist was a four-time All-MVFC honoree, making the All-Newcomer Team in 2020-21, earning Second Team All-MVFC honors in both 2022 and 2023 and capped his career as a First Team wide receiver in 2024.

Most recently, Belquist was recognized an AFCA Second Team All-American and an honorable mention Associated Press All-American this past December.

He started 11 games at receiver in 2024 and appeared in every game. He ended the year ranked No. 17 nationally in receiving touchdowns with 10. In the MVFC, he ranked No. 2 in receiving yards per game (77.7), No. 3 in both receiving touchdowns (10) and receptions per game (5.4), No. 4 in total receiving yards (932), No. 10 in yards per reception (14.3) and No. 12 in all-purpose yards per game (87.3). He also tied for No. 11 in the league in total touchdowns (10) and No. 19 in points per game (5.0). He finished the season with four games of 100+ yards receiving.

In UND's record books, he is the all-time record holder in career receptions (271). He is also No. 3 in career touchdown grabs (30), No. 3 in career receiving yards (3,305) and No. 10 in career total touchdowns scored (30).

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