Football Recruits - 2016

Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:41 pm

ibleedpurpleandgold wrote:kyle williams and Cameron Russell Clemons.

Great, thanks. They've been added. I knew I'd miss a few.

Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:14 pm

A few more things...

Article about Jake Richardson - http://www.scout.com/college/football/r ... richardson
Interesting bit from it...

Throughout the entire season teams have been avoiding Richardson and while it does get frustrating for him he knows he needs to keep a level head.

When teams are actively playcalling to avoid 1 specific guy for large parts of the game, that really says something.

It looks like Landon Lenior (Lance's younger brother) has re-confirmed his commitment to Southern Illinois. With Lance here and Landon's QB choosing to come here, I was hoping we'd get Landon here as well, but we do have 3 guys in this group who have played WR: Cameron Russell-Clemons (WR/CB), Darron Wheeler (WR), and Mike Viti (FS/WR).

Also, it looks like Jackson Riley (TE, http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=14181) is no longer listed on the team roster. He was retweeting Wesern stuff as recently as just over a week ago and I haven't heard if he's transferring somewhere yet. We currently have 3 other TE's listed on the roster:
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football

ibleedpurpleandgold · Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:25 pm

ST_Lawson wrote:A few more things...

Article about Jake Richardson - http://www.scout.com/college/football/r ... richardson
Interesting bit from it...
Throughout the entire season teams have been avoiding Richardson and while it does get frustrating for him he knows he needs to keep a level head.
When teams are actively playcalling to avoid 1 specific guy for large parts of the game, that really says something.

It looks like Landon Lenior (Lance's younger brother) has re-confirmed his commitment to Southern Illinois. With Lance here and Landon's QB choosing to come here, I was hoping we'd get Landon here as well, but we do have 3 guys in this group who have played WR: Cameron Russell-Clemons (WR/CB), Darron Wheeler (WR), and Mike Viti (FS/WR).

Also, it looks like Jackson Riley (TE, http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=14181) is no longer listed on the team roster. He was retweeting Wesern stuff as recently as just over a week ago and I haven't heard if he's transferring somewhere yet. We currently have 3 other TE's listed on the roster:
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football
http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=football

If we could get this kid that would be great especially know USD offered him and Nielson's ties in Minnesota.

Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:51 pm

ibleedpurpleandgold wrote:
ST_Lawson wrote:A few more things...

Article about Jake Richardson - http://www.scout.com/college/football/r ... richardson
Interesting bit from it...
Throughout the entire season teams have been avoiding Richardson and while it does get frustrating for him he knows he needs to keep a level head.
When teams are actively playcalling to avoid 1 specific guy for large parts of the game, that really says something.
If we could get this kid that would be great especially know USD offered him and Nielson's ties in Minnesota.

Hmmm, I guess I thought he had committed, but now I can't seem to find confirmation of that. I'll keep looking and keep an eye out. He did visit this weekend, I believe.

Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:44 pm

Maxwell Gober just committed to Western...
Big (6'4", 297lb) front-line guy (G/DT) from Madison, WI with offers from Hampton and South Dakota.
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Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:19 pm

LN57 brought this to my attention. Derek Gibson is a center who is a junior transfer from Highland Community College in Kansas this winter.

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Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:17 am

Completely random, but it's very annoying when I see a tweet come through that someone who's name I don't recognize has committed to playing football and have a #WIU tag...only to find out it's Webber International University (a private school in Florida that competes in NAIA).

rocki · Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:19 am

Is it Wednesday yet?

Getting really excited to see this class!!!!

Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:53 pm

rocki wrote:Is it Wednesday yet? Getting really excited to see this class!!!!

Only about 48 hours to go.
In the meantime, here's a nice article about how much fun FCS recruiting is compared to the FBS: http://herosports.com/news/heres-why-fc ... recruiting

letsgonecks · Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:26 pm

ST_Lawson wrote:Completely random, but it's very annoying when I see a tweet come through that someone who's name I don't recognize has committed to playing football and have a #WIU tag...only to find out it's Webber International University (a private school in Florida that competes in NAIA).

Webber International has been killing me for years with that. I like the #w1u and hope that becomes the norm.