Football Recruits - 2016

[meganeck]

Another commitment for WIU, Avery Andrews, DB from Sacred Heart-Griffin.

[ST_Lawson]

WIU picked up a commitment today from Tyler Tsagalis, QB from Niles (IL) Notre Dame

Short article today about him: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/n ... story.html

Rated the 5th best QB in Illinois for the Class of '16.

Here's another article about Tsagalis: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/n ... story.html

[ST_Lawson]

Started putting together the 2016 list in a spreadsheet for easy viewing here:
I'll try to keep it updated as people post recruits. I'd like to keep it to recruits who have verbally committed...if we just did people that had interest and /or offers, it'd be a pretty unwieldy list to manage.
I'm also going to see about making it a sticky link in this forum subcategory, for easy access.

[letsgonecks]

Found this recent article about WR commit Phillip Powell. Sad, but great story and wanted to share.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2015102 ... uring-game

[letsgonecks]

Rivals showing a recent commit for us in Williams Bradley-King. Could be our future pass rushing DE?

Williams Bradley-King - OLB/DE - Kansas City, MO (Hogan Prep)

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... ing-179158
http://www.scout.com/player/199852-will ... adley-king
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4317157/wil ... adley-king
https://mobile.twitter.com/willxd_

[ST_Lawson]

Wonder who this might be...
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Checked out Rivals for O-line guys with interest. A few from the suburbs, but the only one from Chicago is this guy: https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ ... ree-170915

[ST_Lawson]

Just found out about another guy. He's been added to the list, but here's his info:

TE/DE Dante Cleveland
Hoffman Estates HS
6'3", 240 lbs

EDIT: I'm confused now...Rivals lists him as a Defensive End, the article I found the info for lists him as a Tight End. Hudl lists him as both: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2672920/dante-cleveland
So, I'm not really sure what he's going to be playing.

Had offers from Florida Atlantic, Army, Air Force, Ball State, North Dakota State, and Northern Iowa: http://herosports.com/collegefootball/w ... s-schools/#
Info and highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2672920/dante-cleveland

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[ST_Lawson]

Looks like Lance Lenoir's younger brother may not be interested in joining Lance at Western: https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ ... oir-183980
He's currently committed to SIU, although had interest in Western. I wonder if he's considering options now that the SIU HC is out?

Looks like he was the 15th ranked WR in Illinois this season (we already have a verbal from the #7 guy on the list, Phillip Powell):
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[letsgonecks]

In a previous interview Landon mentioned he was verbally committed to SIU but open to larger schools and Western. If that's still the case we could land him with an offer.

[ST_Lawson]

In a previous interview Landon mentioned he was verbally committed to SIU but open to larger schools and Western. If that's still the case we could land him with an offer.

Cool...if we're interested. I mean, I guess it depends on who we have coming in, the talent level of the other young guys. If he's on-par with his brother, I'd have to imagine we'll give him a serious look.

Something else I noticed...holy cow has Crete-Monee had some serious WR talent. Both Lenior brothers, as well as both of the Treadwell brothers. For those who don't know, older brother Laquon was the best WR in the country out of his HS class and is now a Junior at Ole Miss and is a finalist for the Biletnikoff award. Younger brother Juawan doesn't graduate until 2017, but is currently looking at a few different P5 FBS schools: https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ ... ell-166074.