The on-field product is pretty obvious for Grant senior running back Tyler Zdon.

The 5-foot-9, 195-pound North Dakota commit has gotten into the habit of spending fall Friday nights gleefully avoiding oncoming defenders.

What fans see under the lights, however, wouldn’t look so simple without Zdon’s expansive amount of work behind the scenes.

“He’s got the natural ability, but when your best players are your hardest workers, which Tyler is, that’s a real advantage,” Grant coach Tim Norwood said. “He wants to be the best he can be.

“Obviously, that helps Tyler, but as far as the culture of the program, it’s helped there too. Our kids see one of the best around working like that, and that’s how they expect things to be run.”

Zdon and his talented group of classmates, which includes nine

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