Basketball

Recruiting Roundup: May 12, 2018

BASKETBALL LATEST:

*** Iowa State offered PG Tyrell Terry (Minneapolis, Minn.) on Monday.  The staff has been in to see him multiple times over the last few weeks.  Terry holds notable offers from Baylor, Butler, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Stanford, and Xavier.

*** After offering earlier this month, ISU has joined Minnesota and Wisconsin in the top three for power forward Tyler Wahl (Lakeville, Minn.).  Wahl has offers from his top three, Butler, Colorado State and a bunch of MVC schools.

*** Point guard target D.J. Carton (Bettendorf, Iowa) eliminated the Cyclones in a top 6 released via his Twitter on Thursday evening.  His top 6 include Indiana, Iowa, Marquette, Michigan, Ohio State and Xavier.

FOOTBALL LATEST:

*** Safety Marvin Grant Jr. postponed his May 5th commitment and mentioned visits to Iowa State, Purdue and Kentucky.  Michigan and Kentucky are thought to be the leaders.

*** Iowa State, Colorado and Louisville are the top schools after cornerback Keithan Gooden Jr. (Calabasas, Calif.) according to this CBS article.

*** Wide receiver Maliq Carr (Oak Park, Mich.) was offered on Monday.  Carr is a 2020 prospect and the son of former Iowa State men’s basketball assistant coach Cornell Mann.

*** Linebacker Omari Fiffer (Jacksonville, Fla.) is a new name on the high interest list this week.  His profile shows Boston College, Syracuse, UCF and USF as the rest of the top 5.  The Cyclones offered March 7th.

*** The other new high target this week is Dez Melton (Glendale, Ariz.).  The Cyclones are the only program listed warm for the No. 77 rated athlete in the 2019 class.  Melton holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Nebraska and Nothern Arizona.

*** Top linebacker target Jestin Jacobs (Clayton, Ohio) committed to Iowa on Friday morning.  Iowa State offered back in January and he visited in March.  He had previously released a top 7 including the Cyclones, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Michigan State, Northwestern and Purdue.

*** Three football targets are expected to release top lists this week.  Wide receivers Kyren Williams (St. Louis, Mo.) and Marcus Washingon (St. Louis, Mo.) will release a top 7 and top 6 Sunday.  Safety Corien Azema (Houston, Texas) will announce a top 10 on Thursday.

*** Not sure I tracked every offer this week but I did find 41 of them.  The breakdown by class is 21 for 2019, 18 for 2020 and 2 for 2021.  Names and profiles are below in the summary.  Follow @CFRecruitingHQ on Twitter for up to date recruiting info.

SUMMARY:

Basketball High Interest:
PF Tyler Wahl

Football High Interest:
OLB Omari Fiffer
ATH Dez Melton

Basketball Offers:
PG Tyrell Terry: 5/7

2019 Football Offers:
OG CerTadrian Brooks (Allen, Texas) 5/4
WR  Donovan Ollie (Wylie, Texas) 5/4
WR Jaylen Ellis (Round Rock, Texas – Baylor commit) 5/5
ILB Jashua Allen (Riverside, Calif.) 5/5
WR Tyrone Broden (West Bloomfield, Mich.) 5/7
S Brandon Joseph (College Station, Texas) 5/7
TE Garrett Miller (Round Rock, Texas) 5/8
S Andrew Plummer IV (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 5/8
ILB Maema Njongmeta (Lincolnshire, Ill.) 5/9
OLB Devin Nicholson (Detroit, Mich.) 5/9
OLB Jalen Williams (Phoenix, Ariz.) 5/9
OLB Caleb Johnson (Fullerton, Calif. 6’1″ 220lb.) 5/9
ATH Kyron McKinnie-Harper (Detroit, Mich.) 5/9
ATH Kenny Logan (St. Augustine, Fla.) 5/9
OG Tilini Livai (Harbor City, Calif. 6’3″ 285lb.) 5/10
OT Dohnovan West (Mission Hills, Calif.) 5/10
TE Jeffrey Blake (Norcross, Ga.) 5/10
CB Isaiah Essissima: (Missouri City, Texas) 5/10
CB Cornelius Cutliff: (Gulfport, Fla. 6’1″ 168lb.) 5/10
S Xavion Alford (Pearland, Texas) 5/10
S T.J. Robinson (Riverview, Fla. – USF commit) 5/10

2020 Football Offers:
WR Lawrence Arnold (DeSoto, Texas) 5/4
WDE Kortlin Rausaw (Wylie, Texas) 5/4
PQB Aidan Bouman (Buffalo, Minn.) 5/6
WR Maliq Carr (Oak Park, Mich.) 5/7
OT Trey Zimmerman (Roswell, Ga.) 5/8
RB Elijah Green (Roswell, Ga.) 5/8
ILB Bryce Austin (Southfield, Mich.) 5/8
OT Courtland Ford (Cedar Hill, Texas) 5/9
PQB Deuce Hogan (Grapevine, Texas) 5/9
WR Josh Downs (Suwanee, Ga.) 5/9
Antonio “AJ” Johnson (East St. Louis, Ill.) 5/9
OT Deondre “Deon” Buford (Detroit, Mich.) 5/10
OT Cameron Kinnie (Suwanee, Ga. 6’3″ 265lb.) 5/10
RB Terry Lindsey (North Ft. Myers, Fla.) 5/10
TE Keshon Williams (Longview, Texas) 5/10
WR/RB Quinshone “Quin” Bright (Cedar Hill, Texas) 5/10
WR Brenden Rice (Chandler, Ariz.) 5/10
CB Charles Toombs (Immokalee, Fla.) 5/10

2021 Football Offers:
SDE Jonathan Jefferson (Douglasville, Ga.) 5/4
ATH Charles Montgomery (Valrico, Fla.) 5/4

Heating (Warmer on 247):
CB Justin Harris: Cincinnati, Indiana
2020 OG Justin Rogers: Georgia, Michigan

Basketball Warming (Warm on 247):
SF Diante Smith: Alabama, Florida, LSU, S. Alabama, Georgia, TCU
PF Zeke Nnaji: Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Xavier

Warming:
OG Sataoa Laumea: USC
OT J.D. Duplain: Michigan State
OT Joacheim Price: Minnesota
OT Damon Kaylor: Cincinnati, Michigan State
DQB Jayden Daniels: UCLA
WR Taj Davis: Washington
SDE Jason Gold Jr.: TCU
SDE Mario Kendricks Jr.: Wake Forest
DT Isaiah Gibson: Wisconsin
DT Jayden Jernigan: SMU
OLB Omari Fiffer: Boston College, Syracuse, UCF, USF
CB Jaquan Brisker (JC): Alabama, Utah
S Noa Pola-Gates: Penn State, Oregon, Texas, USC, Washington
ATH Tristan Sinclair: USC
2020 OG Justin Rogers: Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee
2020 WR Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen: Boston College
2020 WR Rashawn Williams: Michigan State, Mizzou
2020 DT Denver Warren: Illinois

Cooling (No longer Warm on 247):
OG Sataoa Laumea: Ole Miss
OT Bryce Benhart: UCLA
DQB Jayden Daniels: USC
DT Jayden Jernigan: Texas Tech
ILB David Gbenda: Mizzou, Ole Miss
2020 OG Justin Rogers: Alabama, Florida State

Non-ISU Commitments:
OT Anthony Bradford: LSU (No ISU Offer)
TE Brayden Liebrock: Texas
WR Desmond Hutson: Iowa (No ISU Offer)
WDE Jason Bargy: Minnesota
ILB Stanley Taufoou: USC
OLB Jestin Jacobs: Iowa

ISU Basketball Eliminated:
PG D.J. Carton

ISU Football Eliminated:
RB Marcus Major

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