Iowa State football has picked up three commitments since the last update, a graduate transfer for 2019 and two commitments for the class of 2020. Iowa State now has six pledges for 2020 with the class ranked 31st nationally by 247 Sports Composite.
Rice graduate transfer cornerback Justin Bickham (Pflugerville, Texas) visited and committed to the Cyclones on April 7th. Bickham is looking to restock the defensive backfield which suffered the most significant losses for the Iowa State defense from last season.
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*** Point guard Sahvir Wheeler (Houston, Texas) will announce his decision between Georgia and Iowa State on May 6th. He took official visits back-to-back to the two schools in mid-April. Wheeler is rated as the No. 6 PG and No. 92 overall for the 2019 class.
*** The second high school Spring target the Cyclones are still after is point guard Caleb Grill (Maize, Kan.), who arrived for his official visit in Ames on April 29th. Grill is thought to be down to ISU, Kansas State and UNLV. Jared interviewed him for visit recap, which you can read here.
*** Arkansas-Little Rock grad transfer Rayjon Tucker (Charlotte, N.C.) took a visit to Iowa State on May 2nd. Tucker is currently on an official visit to Kansas and has also visited Auburn, Memphis and West Virginia.
*** ISU is currently hosting Troy transfer Javan Johnson (Decatur, Ala.) on an official visit, which started May 2nd. Johnson would sit one, play two if he ends up in a Cyclone uniform.
*** The first prospect that officially visited the Cyclones this Spring will not be attending Iowa State. Combo guard Clarence Nadolny (Paris, FR/Scotland, Pa.) chose Texas Tech over finalists of ISU and West Virginia at the end of April. He had officially visited all three consecutively in mid-April.
*** Iowa State was out to see a lot of 2020 targets with offers during the April Evaluation Period. Staff was mentioned in multiple reports watching PF Chris Moore (West Memphis, Ark.), PF Xavier Foster (Oskaloosa, Iowa), PG Ty Berry (Newton, Kan.), SG Jayden Stone (Wichita, Kan.), PG Reece Beekman (Baton Rouge, La.), PF Ben Carlson (Saint Paul, Minn.), PG Jalen Suggs (Minneapolis, Minn.), SG Matthew Murrell (Memphis, Tenn.), PF Jamari Sibley (Milwaukee, Wisc.), and PG Desmond Polk (New Berlin, Wisc.).
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*** Iowa State safety commit Craig McDonald is doing the best he can to convince high school teammate Kaden Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn.) to join him in Ames. McDonald is rated No. 714 in the class and outside linebacker Johnson is No. 128, which would make him the 2nd highest rated commit of all time for ISU behind Allen Lazard.
*** A top target for the defensive line made his fourth visit. SDE Johnny Wilson (Kansas City, Mo.) was offered way back on April 21st, 2017.
*** New high-interest target Tommy Christakos (Scottsdale, Ariz.) made his way to Iowa State for a visit on April 12th. California and Nebraska are the other supposed leaders to land the wide receiver.
*** Tight end Joshua Rawlings (Pittsburgh, Pa.) declared his top seven schools via Twitter. ISU joins Indiana, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Virginia on the list. He was offered on February 20th.
SUMMARY:
Football Commitments:
2019 CB Justin Bickham
OT Hayden Pauls
OLB Hunter Zenzen
Football High Interest:
TE Joshua Rawlings
Football Visitors:
OT Monroe Mills
OT Hayden Pauls
OT Jake Seidel (No Offer)
OT Brady Peterson (No Offer)
OT George Sell
TE Blake Smith
TE Noah Abbott (No Offer)
TE Mitchell Bartol (No Offer)
WR Jordan Davis (No Offer)
WR Quentin Skinner (No Offer)
WR Wyatt Wegener (No Offer)
SDE Johnny Wilson
SDE Kevo Wesley
DE Ben Belken (No Offer)
OLB Kaden Johnson
OLB Hunter Zenzen
S Craig McDonald
S Zach Middleton
2021 OT Bastian Swinney
2021 OT Connor Colby
2021 TE Brady Peterson (No Offer)
2021 RB Max White (No Offer)
2021 OLB Jaden Feterl (No Offer)
Basketball Offers:
PG DJ Steward
SF Isaiah Adams
2021 PG Kennedy Chandler
2021 PF Matthew Mors
2019 Football Offers:
WR Darren Wilson
2020 Football Offers:
OT Brandon Coleman
WR Lorinzo Penn
WR Tommy Christakos
WR Marcus Clarke
WR Xavier McGriff
DT Quay Mays
DT Jairus Brewer
ILB Will Dempsey Jr.
CB Davonte Brown
CB Brian George
CB Emmanuell Perry
S Zach Middleton
S Jordyn Morgan
ATH Ja’Quan Randolph
2021 Football Offers:
OT Adrien Strickland
OT Teddy Prochazka
OT Jalen Travis
WDE Ethan Downs
WDE Elijah Jeudy
SDE Cade Denhoff
DT Gabriel Rubio
DT Allan Hayes Jr.
OLB Randolph Kpai
CB Shafeek Smith
S Saint McLeod
2022 Football Offers:
RB Jaylon Glover
WR Nasir Bowers
WR Kevin Coleman
WDE Enai White
ATH Arlen Harris Jr.
Football Warming:
OT Hayden Pauls: Iowa, Kansas State
Non-ISU Basketball Commitments:
CG Harlond Beverly: Miami
CG Clarence Nadolny: Texas Tech
Non-ISU Football Commitments:
OG Dalton Tomlison: UMass (No Offer)
OT Jake Seidel: Ball State (No Offer)
OT Terah Edwards: Northwestern
TE Christian Lee: North Texas (No Offer)
TE Elijah Yelverton: Iowa
WR Jordan Johnson: Notre Dame
WR Logan Kyle: Vanderbilt
OLB Xander Mueller: Northwestern (No Offer)
OLB Tyson Meiguez: Georgia Tech
CB Dontae Manning: Oklahoma
2021 ATH Charles Montgomery: South Carolina
ISU Football Eliminated:
WR Devell Washington
SDE Darrion Henry
SDE Amin Vanover
ILB Bryce Austin
OLB Alvin Mathis
S Bangally Kamara
S Xavion Alford
