****Official Class Of 2026 Recruiting Thread****

cyfan92

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Curious if the coaching staff targets any JUCO's moving forward, given that they have 4 years of eligibility, after the recent court ruling?

They would be 2-3 years older, physically bigger, and already proven against college players (versus HS players).. Likely do both but curious if that has been communicated but I missed it..

We do have several elite JUCO programs within a close distance to Ames, especially Indian Hills.
 

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Curious if the coaching staff targets any JUCO's moving forward, given that they have 4 years of eligibility, after the recent court ruling?

They would be 2-3 years older, physically bigger, and already proven against college players (versus HS players).. Likely do both but curious if that has been communicated but I missed it..

We do have several elite JUCO programs within a close distance to Ames, especially Indian Hills.
I think most of the Indian Hills team was at the game last night. Saw them in the concourse..some really big guys.
 

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Curious if the coaching staff targets any JUCO's moving forward, given that they have 4 years of eligibility, after the recent court ruling?

They would be 2-3 years older, physically bigger, and already proven against college players (versus HS players).. Likely do both but curious if that has been communicated but I missed it..

We do have several elite JUCO programs within a close distance to Ames, especially Indian Hills.
The recent court ruling wasn't a ruling, just an injunction until there is a ruling. The injunction allows Vandy QB to play another season of eligibility until hearing is complete. In response, the NCAA approved a one year blanket waiver to provide 1 year of extra eligibility to those who played at JUCO. That is also a temporary 1 year waiver to prevent further lawsuits. Nobody gets 2 years right now, and all temporary at this time.
 

Drew0311

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The recent court ruling wasn't a ruling, just an injunction until there is a ruling. The injunction allows Vandy QB to play another season of eligibility until hearing is complete. In response, the NCAA approved a one year blanket waiver to provide 1 year of extra eligibility to those who played at JUCO. That is also a temporary 1 year waiver to prevent further lawsuits. Nobody gets 2 years right now, and all temporary at this time.


Which means if you take a juco you are automatically getting 3 years for a player and possibly 4 if they red shirted at juco
 

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Curious if the coaching staff targets any JUCO's moving forward, given that they have 4 years of eligibility, after the recent court ruling?

They would be 2-3 years older, physically bigger, and already proven against college players (versus HS players).. Likely do both but curious if that has been communicated but I missed it..

We do have several elite JUCO programs within a close distance to Ames, especially Indian Hills.
I’m guessing this will just be a one time thing with the jucos. 5 to play 5 is most likely going to happen
 

Thomasrickj

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Curious if the coaching staff targets any JUCO's moving forward, given that they have 4 years of eligibility, after the recent court ruling?

They would be 2-3 years older, physically bigger, and already proven against college players (versus HS players).. Likely do both but curious if that has been communicated but I missed it..

We do have several elite JUCO programs within a close distance to Ames, especially Indian Hills.
If there’s a really good juco player near Ames TJ will be all over it. He’s very smart and an elite recruiter so we would know if there was a juco player he wanted.
 

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Anybody in the Norwalk area seen 6-11 280 pound Arafat Diane play? He’s listed as a 4 star top 100 recruit. It shows we haven’t offered and I think it’s because we already have Pearson locked up for this class.

Edit: he’s not locked up just Chrystal Balls, my bad
 
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Anybody in the Norwalk area seen 6-11 280 pound Arafat Diane play? He’s listed as a 4 star top 100 recruit. It shows we haven’t offered and I think it’s because we already have Pearson locked up for this class.

Edit: he’s not locked up just Chrystal Balls, my bad
I didn’t even know there was a prep school in Norwalk. That kid looks pretty legit! From the few articles that I read, looks like he’s from Canada. I think he just started playing here so the staff probably didn’t have a connection with him. Lots of big names after him.
 
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Drew0311

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I didn’t even know there was a prep school in Norwalk. That kid looks pretty legit! From the few articles that I read, looks like he’s from Canada. I think he just started playing here so the staff probably didn’t have a connection with him. Lots of big names after him.


Yeah Iowa has a recruit. It’s a national prep school. Pretty well respected. Their will be a bunch of recruits in the future going there
 
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