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Report: JUCO offensive lineman close to committing

According to multiple reports, a junior-college offensive lineman is on the verge of committing to Iowa State. The reports are stating that Wendell Taiese, a 6-foot-5, 330-pound lineman out of Laney College (Calif.), visited Iowa State this past weekend and has decided to become a Cyclone. 

Trey Scott from Scout.com broke the news on Monday afternoon. Rivals.com and the Ames Tribune have also reported the same information. 

In Bobby La Gesse’s report for the Ames Tribune, it notes that Taiese would be a strong-side guard at the next level and that the prospect planned on calling Paul Rhoads on Monday night. 

Should this all play out as the reports indicate that it will, Taiese would be the 21st member of Iowa State’s 2014 recruiting class and the fifth junior-college prospect to commit in the past two weeks. 

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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