Football Recruiting - 2015

wiu712 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:09 pm

huskie wrote:Just read this morning in the McDonough County Voice on line that WIU is still recruiting and working hard.

Here is that article:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/article/2 ... 020/SPORTS

Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:04 am

WIU0812 wrote:Michael Veldman

Height- 6'4"
Weight- 190 LB
Position- QB
Hometown- Becker, MN
Offered- Yes

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... R2dGlkAw--
http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/hig ... /19691615/
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1345932/michael-veldman
http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/michael ... efault.htm

Looks like you can change Veldman to a "Verbal": http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/hig ... /21934647/

Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:15 am

Over on Scout.com, they've got 6 players listed as verbals for us: http://recruiting.scout.com/topic/playe ... itted=true

In addition to the previously mentioned, Brody Crossin, Elmando McCoy, Riggs Baxter, and Quentin Moon, there's also:

Tristin Decker

5'11", 185lbs
Safety, Sunrise Mountain HS (Peoria, AZ)
Also had an offer from San Diego

and

Rashad Medaris

5'10", 165lbs
WR, Pike HS (Indianapolis, IN)
Had offers from Eastern IL, Eastern KY, and Robert Morris

sealhall74 · Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:37 am

Holy Cow! That Pike connection is working for BB and FB. Need to start referring to that place as the Western Illinois Preparatory School. LOL

Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:03 am

sealhall74 wrote:Holy Cow! That Pike connection is working for BB and FB. Need to start referring to that place as the Western Illinois Preparatory School. LOL

Yup, that and the Phoenix, AZ area. I've lost track of all the players we've recruited from high schools and community colleges in the Phoenix area.
It looks like there's 7 currently listed on the roster for 2015 from AZ (4 of them from Glendale CC), and that doesn't include any that were seniors last year, like JC Baker, or any that will be signing with us this spring (two listed on the Scout page so far).

Tere North · Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:52 pm

108TDs, 3.75GPA, but 0 scholarship offers
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2322 ... =editorial

Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:01 pm

Tere North wrote:108TDs, 3.75GPA, but 0 scholarship offers
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2322 ... =editorial

I'm really surprised he doesn't at least have a few FCS offers...some of the southern Big Sky teams (Northern AZ, Southern UT, etc.) maybe. If he really doesn't get picked up, maybe he should head to a Phoenix area community college and we'll get him in two years

Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:02 am

WIU0812 wrote:Dyson Chmura

Chmura has committed to New Mexico

Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:08 am

Couple of guys from Muscatine:

Matt Wieskamp - 6'1" QB/P (will be listed as Athlete/Punter)
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1152987/matt-wieskamp
http://muscatinejournal.com/sports/high ... a276d.html
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Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:18 am

and

Spencer Beatty - 5'9" WR
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1555760/spencer-beatty
http://muscatinejournal.com/sports/high ... 9f761.html
[tweet]556188005573349376[/tweet]
Spencer will be joining his older sister, Rachel, in Leatherneck Athletics. Rachel Beatty is currently a freshman on the Leatherneck Softball team: http://goleathernecks.com/roster.aspx?r ... h=softball