{"id":2591,"date":"2012-08-21T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2012-08-21T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:31:00","slug":"bison-move-thorton-to-outside-lb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"Bison Move Thorton To Outside LB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NDSU2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-917\" title=\"NDSU2\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NDSU2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FARGO, N.D. (AP) &#8211; North Dakota State University backup quarterback Esley Thorton is being moved to outside linebacker.<br \/>\n\u00a0Coach Craig Bohl says the sophomore who was a standout at Bismarck High asked to try another position so he could get on the field after freshman Carson Wentz beat him out for the backup quarterback job.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz is a former prep standout at Bismarck Century.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thorton says he got a fair chance at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>He says he has to make a change and linebacker is the best fit for him.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear where he fits on the linebacker depth chart, but he will play<br \/>\non special teams.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NDSU begins its season on Sept. 1 at home against Robert Morris.<br \/>\nThe Bison are the defending champions of the Football Championship Subdivision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FARGO, N.D. (AP) &#8211; North Dakota State University backup quarterback Esley Thorton is being moved to outside linebacker. \u00a0Coach Craig Bohl says the sophomore who was a standout at Bismarck High asked to try another position so he could get on the field after freshman Carson Wentz beat him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}