Ray Ruschel is an Army veteran, a night-shift mechanic at a local sugar beet factory and a 49-year-old junior college football player in North Dakota.
Ruschel spent almost twenty years in the Army and National Guard. He became a sergeant during his time in the Army and said he wants to stay active in the National Guard until he reaches the age of 60.
He then started working as a night-shift mechanic at a sugar beet factory, when he decided to enroll at the College of Science. The school offers a variety of two-year programs. In hopes of working his way up at the factory, Ruschel chose to study business management. He soon learned the school also had a football team. And he still had eligibility.
Ray Ruschel, a 49-year-old freshman football player for the North Dakota State College of Science, at practice Sept. 20, 2022, in Wahpeton, N.D. "Something just clicked in my head, like, ‘Why not play?’" recalled Ruschel, who last played more than 30 years ago as a
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