Basketball

Recruiting Roundup: June 1, 2018

Iowa State football picked up two commitments last weekend.  The class now has 9 commits and is ranked as the No. 29 class by 247 Sports and Rivals.

The first commitment came from wide receiver Nathaniel Beal III (Houston, Texas) on Friday.  Beal is rated as the No. 92 receiver and No. 697 overall in the 2019 class.  He chose the Cyclones over P5 offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, and Purdue with 13 total D1 offers.  Read his commitment article by Jared here.

ISU received the second commitment from defensive end Corey Suttle (Jefferson City, Mo.) on Sunday.  Suttle jumped 16 spots at the SDE position this week and is now rated as the No. 54 SDE and No. 791 overall (Up 185 spots) for the 2019 class.  He held offers from Indiana State, Missouri State, UNI, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Wyoming.  Read his commitment article here.

The Iowa State football staff will host the first of three camps in June this weekend.  There will be lots of visitors to indicate some interests in who the staff is targeting as top priorities to fill out the class.  There are currently five known official visits for uncommitted prospects lined up for June as well as two more uncommitted unofficial visits.  You can see a list of upcoming visits in the forums, and a list of this weekends visitors at the bottom of this article.

BASKETBALL LATEST:

*** Iowa State offered small forward Brandon Boston (Atlanta, Ga.) on Wednesday.  Boston is rated as the No. 5 SF and No. 19 overall in the class of 2020.  He holds 18 P6 offers with a Big 12 offer from Texas.

FOOTBALL LATEST:

*** ISU made the top 10 for safety Brandon Hill (Apopka, Fla.) released via Twitter last Friday.  Hill received an offer on May 3rd.  The other teams in the list are Duke, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, South Florida and Virginia.

*** Cornerback Jarrad Baker Jr. (Melbourne, Fla.) announced via Twitter that he will take an official visit on June 16th.  Baker holds P5 offers from Arizona State, Boston College, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisville, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Tennessee and Virginia.  He will officially visit Arizona State on June 8th.

*** A second official visit announced via Twitter this week, wide receiver and cornerback DK Blaylock (New Deal, Texas) will be in Ames on June 22nd.  Blaylock holds a P5 offer from Illinois and a handful of other FBS offers.  ISU extended the offer on April 25th.

*** June 1st will hold announcements by at least five prospects.  DT/OT Austin Williams (Top 7), OT Ira Henry (Top 10), OLB Lance Dixon (Top 5), S and WR Fabian McCray (7PM Top List) are set to cut their lists.  Marvin Grant Jr. has announced his commitment to Purdue.

SUMMARY:

Commitments:
WR Nathaniel Beal III
SDE Corey Suttle

Commit Rating Boost:
Corey Suttle: Up 16 SDE, 185 Overall

Official Visits:
CB Jarrad Baker Jr.: 6/16
WR/CB DK Blaylock: 6/22

June 2 Camp Visits:
OT Grant Treiber
OT Jake Remsburg (ISU Commit)
QB Easton Dean (ISU Commit)
WR D’Shayne James (ISU Commit)
WR Darien Porter (ISU Commit)
WDE Blake Peterson (ISU Commit)
2020 PQB Aidan Bouman
2020 PQB Joseph Campbell
2020 ATH Freddy Edwards

Other Visits:
2020 PQB Deuce Hogan: 5/31
2020 OT Nash Hutmacher: 6/4

Basketball Offers:
2020 SF Brandon Boston: 5/30

Football Offers:
WR Rahmon Hart Jr.: (Pittsburgh, Pa. – Ball St. Commit) 5/30
CB Major Williams: (Ft. Myers, Fla. – Virginia Commit) 5/31
2020 RB Jaden Hullaby: (Dallas, Texas) 5/30
2020 TE Elijah Yelverton: (Dallas, Texas) 5/30

Football Heating (Warmer on 247):
OLB Michael Jansey Jr.: Northwestern
OLB Omari Fiffer: Syracuse
S Brandon Hill: North Carolina State

Football Warming (Warm on 247):
RB Tony Mathis Jr.: Appalachian State
SDE Michael Fletcher: Kentucky, Alabama, Nebraska
DT Jaelin Humphries: Florida
ILB Nick Henrich: Nebraska
OLB Michael Jansey Jr.: Purdue
CB LaCarea Pleasant-Johnson: Colorado
CB Wynston Russell: Oregon State
CB Solomon Brown: Minnesota
S Connor Greico: Army, Navy
2020 RB Jayion McCluster: LSU, Miami, Oregon

Basketball Warming:
PG Kira Lewis: Indiana, Kansas
PG Kyle Sturdivant: Georgia
SF Malik Hall: Louisville, OU, Oregon, Texas, Villanova
PF Luke Anderson: Notre Dame
PF Tyler Wahl: Butler, Northwestern
PF Zeke Nnaji: UCLA

Football Cooling (No longer Warm on 247):
OG Sataoa Laumea: Notre Dame
OT Bryce Benhart: Iowa State, Northwestern
WDE Isaac Townsend: Notre Dame
ILB Nick Henrich: Iowa State
OLB Omari Fiffer: Boston College
S Andrew Plummer IV: South Florida
2020 RB Jayion McCluster: Florida

Basketball Cooling:
PF Luke Anderson: Xavier

Non-ISU Football Commitments:
OG Zach Carpenter: Michigan
TE Luke Deal: Auburn
TE Duke Olges: Northwestern
Corien Azema: Northwestern
Marvin Grant Jr.: Purdue
ATH MJ Griffin: Temple

Non-ISU Basketball Commitments:
SG Josh Nickelberry: Louisville

ISU Football Eliminated:
SDE Jalen Hunt
WDE Ruke Orhorhoro
ATH Jammie Robinson

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