With the 2021 Class all, but wrapped up, it may be time to take a look at some targets I think are high priorities.
QB
Drew Allar - 6'5" with a big arm. Hok is heavily recruiting.
Jaxon Dailey. 6'2" mobile QB from SouthEast Polk. Lefty.
RB
Jaylon Glover - 5'9", Reminds me of the guys Rhoads wanted to bring in, but never could.
Quaron Adams - 5'8" one of the fastest players we've ever recruited (10.4s 100m as a sophomore). Would be used in the Lang/Silas role.
Kaleb Johnson 6'1" Malik Verdon's good friend and teammate.
Nicholas Singleton - 5’11” Top 100 recruit. Would be the best recruit in ISU history.
Ollie Gordon - 6'1" 210. Breece Hall 2.0. Ran for 450 yards in the state championship. Committed to Okie State
WR
Jayden Gibson 6'6" Hakeem Butler 2.0 but better
Jason Essex 6'3" Xavier Hutchinson type here. Would be a huge get for the clones.
Kristen Hoskins 5'10" with crazy athleticism. Super fast.
Chandler Smith 6’3” super fast. High level talent.
Rawson MacNeill 6'5" we may be looking at another Hakeem Butler here. Very raw with rare athleticism
Quinton Conley 6'5" 4 star
TE
Eli Raridon - 6'6" Valley kid. Heavily recruited
Gabe Burkle - 6'7" Iowa kid
Teigan Martin 6'7"
Chase Androff 6'6"
Yes, there is a height requirement of 6'6"
OL
No idea yet
DE
Chase Carter 6'6" great athleticism. Gonna be a problem when his body fills out. Hok target
Landon Dean 6'4" Easton's cousin.
Ikeena Ezeogu 6'6" Gonna be a better pass rusher than run stopper, and he'll be a pretty good run stopper
Venson Sneed 6'5" The one guy I hope that stays under-recruited. Only has a Kentucky and ISU offer as of this post.
Mario Eugenio 6'3" 4 star sack machine
DT
Domonique Orange 6'4" 4 star.
LB
WIll McLaughlin. 6'3" Iowa kid. Hok Priority. Grew up Cyclone.
Matt Rose 6'2" Mike's brother and the spitting image of him. The question will be if he wants to follow in Mike's footsteps
S
Xavier Nwankpa 6'2" Nuff said.
Nathanael Sulka 6'4" Is he a LB? Is he a true Safety? Who cares? he's a playmaker and we are his only offer
Trevon Howard 6'2" Will be a 4 star when it's all said and done
D'Angelo Hutchinson 6'3" Under the radar, ball hawk.
Idris WIlliams 5'11"
CB
London Hall 6'3" he's a 6'3" corner.\
Ambrose Wilson
Commits
Jacob Imming
My 2022 Dream Team (will keep track of changes, misses and commitments)
QB Drew Allar
RB Kaleb Johnson
RB/WR Quaron Adams
WR Quinton Conley
WR Kristen Hoskins
TE Eli Raridon
TE Gabe Burkle
OL Martin Koivisto
OL Deylin Hasert
OL Kale Krogh
OL Avery Henry
DE Mario Eugenio
DE Venson Sneed
DT Domonique Orange
LB Will Mclaughlin
LB Jacob Imming
LB Matt Rose
S Trevon Howard
S D'Angelo Hutchinson
S Idris Williams
CB Ambrose Wilson
5 Weekly Notes (updated February 11th)
1. Things are starting to heat up. With teams fully in 2022 mode, we are starting to see offers fly out to recruits and guys starting to trim their list down. ISU made the top 5 for a nearly 4 star safety Trevon Howard. We are also sitting well for quite a few other recruits. However, some of our priority guys are getting the "big time" offers. Eli Raridon got a Notre Dame offer. It's full speed ahead right now.
2. Things are also coming to a screeching halt. There are rumblings that the NCAA is going to extend the dead period until the end of May. DUMB. I do not know how that will play out since we haven't seen this scenario before. We will either have a splurge of commitments and craziness or we will have nothing for months. Really depends on if the levee breaks in a national scale.
3. Drew Allar is going to get a ratings bump, only a matter until the next update. He's our top QB prospect. Will we land him? who knows. It REALLY helped to have a great season.
4. Mario Eugenio has has been deemed a priority by the staff and for good reason. He's a 4 star DE out of Tampa and was top 5 in total sacks last year for the class of 2022 (17 sacks on the year). To make it even more impressive, the other top 10 players play at tiny schools where anyone with a lick of talent would rack up 12 sacks. Eugenio is a stud.
5. This is a "DUH!" statement, but the extension is huge. I'm going to bring up a name and it may hurt some of you...... Blaise Gunnerson. Ouch, I know. Scott Frost lured him away by saying Campbell would leave. Oh how the turn tables (I think frost is out after another bad year). Other programs can't convince a four star recruit that Campbell is going to leave now.
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