****Official Class Of 2026 Recruiting Thread****
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Busse already put in a crystal ball for Pearson to ISU with high confidence.
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.
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.
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
I’m guessing this will just be a one time thing with the jucos. 5 to play 5 is most likely going to happen
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.
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
Edit: he’s not locked up just Chrystal Balls, my bad
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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
More good news is 2027 is out on 247 and Harrington his 30th!
6'4 SG Christian Wiggins is visiting this weekend for the K-State game. 6'10 PF Sheek Pearson is visiting on February 8 for the TCU game.
Is it the 6' 11", long arms, great defensive instincts thing?
