2017 Recruiting

[Cousin Eddie]

Known Offers:

Noah Urbanek (OLB/RB) - Kearney, NE - HUDL - 247
Gavin Blomberg (T/DT) - Plymouth, MN - HUDL - 247
Jordan Paup (DE/T) - Central City, NE - HUDL - 247
Trent Hixson (DT/T) - Omaha, NE - Skutt Catholic - HUDL - Rivals
Dillon Thomas (CB/WR) - Kansas City, MO - HUDL - 247
Tyler Ciurej (G/C) - Bellevue, NE - HUDL - 247
Peyton Jones (CB) - Kansas City, MO - HUDL - 247
Jordan Sommerville (FS) - St. Louis, MO - HUDL - Scout
Logan McCormick (DE/TE) - Kimberly, WI - HUDL - Rivals
Patrick Arnold (G/DT) - Gretna, NE - HUDL - 247
Anthony Payne (DE/OLB) - Peculiar, MO - HUDL - 247
Darrian Felix (RB) - Fort Myers, FL - HUDL - 247
Cordavien Suggs (T) - Neptune Beach, FL - HUDL - 247
DeMarco Artis (DE/TE) - Sanford, FL - HUDL - 247
Kameron Duncan (RB) - Ocala, FL - HUDL - 247
Zamari Maxwell (CB) - Largo, FL - HUDL - 247
Jake Springer (WR/SS) - Kansas City, MO - HUDL - Rivals
Luke Chuol (DE/DT) - Circle Pines, MN - HUDL - 247
Brett Kitrell (DT/G) - Ashland, NE - HUDL - 247
Jonathan King (DE/TE) - Tampa, FL - HUDL - 247
Darren Turner (SS/FS) - Tampa, FL - HUDL
Bobby Roundtree (DE/TE) - Largo, FL - HUDL - 247
Peter Nank (T) - West Des Moines, IA - HUDL - 247
Jackson Coker (DE/T) - Cedar Rapids, IA - HUDL
James Green (SS/OLB) - Orlando, FL - HUDL - 247
Eric Hoeper (T) - Kansas City, MO - HUDL
Devinn Waters (FS/WR) - Jacksonville, FL - HUDL - 247
Brock Hadacheck (OLB/TE) - LaPorte City, IA - HUDL - 247
Jack Begley (OLB) - Omaha, NE Millard North - HUDL - 247
Logan Strom (TE/T) - Norfolk, NE - (yes, the same guy offered by SDSU for MBB) HUDL - 247
Jafar Armstrong (WR/CB) - Shawnee Mission, KS - HUDL - 247
Tony Adams (WR/CR) - St. Louis, MO - HUDL - Rivals
Darren Johnson (RB) - Long Beach C.C. - HUDL - Rivals
Schad Nuno (NG/T) - San Marcos, CA - HUDL
Terrell Carey (WR/FS) - Madison, WI - HUDL - Rivals
Josh Fletcher (TE/DE) - Tarpon Springs, FL - HUDL - 247
Malik Lofton (CB/WR) - Minntonka, MN - HUDL - 247
Mitch Stanley (DE/DT) - Glenwood, IA - HUDL
Jordan Pouncey (WR) - Winter Park, FL - HUDL - Rivals - 247
Jojo Falo (C/DT) - San Diego, CA - HUDL - 247 - Rivals
Dylan Holt (WR) - Aurora, CO - HUDL - Rivals
Nico Bolden (FS/WR) - Woodbury, MN - HUDL - 247
Kai Henry (RB) - Miami, FL - HUDL - 247
Abule Abadi-Fitzgerald (DE) - Miami, FL - HUDL
Peter Gehrls (C/DT) - Omaha, NE - HUDL - Rivals
Noah Harvey (OLB/FS) - Hartland, WI - HuDL - Rivals
Austin Goehring (TE/DE) - Kiel, WI - HUDL - Rivals
Derek Kohler (T/DT) - Platte City, MO - HUDL
Milan Grice (RB) - San Diego, CA - HUDL - 247 - Rivals
Tanner Sundt (DE/TE) - Farmington, MN - HUDL - 247
Dominic Simpson (DE/G) - Papillion, NE - HUDL - 247
Kendrick Green (T/DE) - Peoria, IL - HUDL - 247
Evan Day (OL) - Batavia, IL - HUDL - Rivals
Dorian Pollard (OLB/S) - Hinsdale, IL - HUDL
Blake Holley (LB) - Barrington, IL - HUDL - Rivals
Christian Sampleton (DE/TE) - LaGrange Park, IL - HUDL - 247 - Rivals
Noah Vedral (QB/S) - Wahoo, NE - HUDL - 247 - Rivals
Mohammed Elazazy (OL) - Menasha, WI - HUDL - 247 - Rivals
Darion Bolden (FS) - St. Louis, MO - HUDL - 247
Eric Scott (CB/WR) - Basehor, KS - HUDL - Rivals
Alex Jensen (WR/TE) - Plymouth, MN - HUDL - 247
Jaden Gardner (RB/FS) - Pensecola, FL - HUDL - 247
Matt Henningsen (C/DT) - Menomonee Falls, WI - HUDL - 247

[usdtator]

Jake Springer a 6'1" 190lb WR out of Park Hill HS, Kansas City, MO just received his first D1 offer from the Yotes.

Film: www.hudl.com/athlete/2891139/jake-springer

[nccyote]

I see Coach Moose is on the loose in NE. Rivals reporter Sean Callahan tweeted several offers went out to NE kids from USD.

Noah Urbanek-LB-Kearney High
Patrick Arnold-OL-Gretna High
Brett Kittrell- OL/DL- Ashland-Greenwood High

[Cousin Eddie]

I moved this down here:

Coach Prosser and Coach Moose recently started following Spencer Waege, a 6'5" 230lb DE from Watertown, on Twitter. Might mean nothing, but I would love to see USD have the ability to lock down the local talent that is worthy of a D1 offer.

Film: www.hudl.com/athlete/3037920/spencer-waege

Will be changing the original post (OP) to a known offers list.

[nccyote]

Links to info on Brett Kitrell offer

www.hudl.com/athlete/2868850/brett-kitrell

[lakesbison]

GAVIN blocks for NDSU QB commit at Providence Academy. Great kid, im hoping NDSU offers, but we went heavy on O Line last year so who knows.

www.hudl.com/athlete/2684550/highlights/

[coyote70]

Thanks again for posting, cuz.

Hopefully, these recruits will want to attend the highest rated academic university in the Missouri Valley Conference (namely the University of South Dakota) and become Coyotes!

Regardless, I wish every one of them a successful football season their senior year.

[Cousin Eddie]

Updated OP with the following:

Jackson Coker (DE/T) - Cedar Rapids, IA - HUDL
James Green (SS/OLB) - Orlando, FL - HUDL
Eric Hoeper (T) - Kansas City, MO - HUDL
Devinn Waters (FS/WR) - Jacksonville, FL - HUDL
Brock Hadacheck (OLB/TE) - LaPorte City, IA - HUDL

3/22/16

[Cousin Eddie]

Updated OP - 3/25/16

Jack Begley (OLB) - Omaha, NE Millard North - HUDL - 247
Logan Strom (TE/T) - Norfolk, NE - (yes, the same guy offered by SDSU for MBB) HUDL - 247
Jafar Armstrong (WR/CB) - Shawnee Mission, KS - HUDL - 247
Tony Adams (WR/CR) - St. Louis, MO - HUDL - Rivals
Darren Johnson (RB) - Long Beach C.C. - HUDL - Rivals

[Cousin Eddie]

Schad Nuno (NG/T) - San Marcos, CA - HUDL
Terrell Carey (WR/FS) - Madison, WI - HUDL - Rivals
Josh Fletcher (TE/DE) - Tarpon Springs, FL - HUDL - 247
Malik Lofton (CB/WR) - Minntonka, MN - HUDL - 247
Mitch Stanley (DE/DT) - Glenwood, IA - HUDL
Jordan Pouncey (WR) - Winter Park, FL - HUDL - Rivals - 247

[usdtator]

Do we have any commits to the 2017 class that you know of...?

[Yote 53]

We are casting a seriously wide net but I do notice some trends, and frankly, have some concerns. Many offers out in Florida, too many for my liking. Would like to see us get a little more Midwestern in our recruiting and supplement with talent from Florida like we have done in the past. We had opened up some roads in Oklahoma and Colorado the last few years and don't see too many offers coming out of rather. Would like to see us continue working Oklahoma, some good football there, and as long as we are passing through Kansas should be recruited. Nebraska and Iowa need to be recruiting priorities.

New staff and they have different recruiting connections, so I get that recruiting is going to go in a different direction.

[Cousin Eddie]

Apr 4, 2016 13:43:53 GMT -6 Yote 53 said:

We are casting a seriously wide net but I do notice some trends, and frankly, have some concerns. Many offers out in Florida, too many for my liking. Would like to see us get a little more Midwestern in our recruiting and supplement with talent from Florida like we have done in the past. We had opened up some roads in Oklahoma and Colorado the last few years and don't see too many offers coming out of rather. Would like to see us continue working Oklahoma, some good football there, and as long as we are passing through Kansas should be recruited. Nebraska and Iowa need to be recruiting priorities.

New staff and they have different recruiting connections, so I get that recruiting is going to go in a different direction.

Hold up a sec. Don't get too bogged down in this yet. This list is infinitely larger than we EVER had under the previous regime. It is a checklist and they work their board. Tons of the guys on this list, especially from FL, have offers from P5 schools and will never look at us. Regardless, we are trying and this is getting our name out there and in the discussions. Under the precious regime, we wouldn't see a number of names close to this until very late fall. These guys are pros in comparison. They are casting a wide net, aiming high and will continue to narrow the scope and will focus on players closer to home as the year progresses.

They have offered a TON of Nebraska and KC guys. A welcome change. WI and MN are getting hit well and you could see that we were able to close there back in February. To me, the way these guys are handling recruiting makes the previous gang look like a D2 staff. I love Joe Glenn, but this is another level.

[Yote 53]

Apr 4, 2016 14:07:48 GMT -6 Cousin Eddie said:

Apr 4, 2016 13:43:53 GMT -6 Yote 53 said:

We are casting a seriously wide net but I do notice some trends, and frankly, have some concerns. Many offers out in Florida, too many for my liking. Would like to see us get a little more Midwestern in our recruiting and supplement with talent from Florida like we have done in the past. We had opened up some roads in Oklahoma and Colorado the last few years and don't see too many offers coming out of rather. Would like to see us continue working Oklahoma, some good football there, and as long as we are passing through Kansas should be recruited. Nebraska and Iowa need to be recruiting priorities.

New staff and they have different recruiting connections, so I get that recruiting is going to go in a different direction.

Hold up a sec. Don't get too bogged down in this yet. This list is infinitely larger than we EVER had under the previous regime. It is a checklist and they work their board. Tons of the guys on this list, especially from FL, have offers from P5 schools and will never look at us. Regardless, we are trying and this is getting our name out there and in the discussions. Under the precious regime, we wouldn't see a number of names close to this until very late fall. These guys are pros in comparison. They are casting a wide net, aiming high and will continue to narrow the scope and will focus on players closer to home as the year progresses.

They have offered a TON of Nebraska and KC guys. A welcome change. WI and MN are getting hit well and you could see that we were able to close there back in February. To me, the way these guys are handling recruiting makes the previous gang look like a D2 staff. I love Joe Glenn, but this is another level.

If you say this is better I believe you as you are our version of Mel Kiper Jr. on the football recruiting board.

I did like what we were able to get out of Okie. Do you see recruiting efforts continuing there? We're already down in MO, might as well recruit KS and Okie while we're there.

Better watch out with the bolded part, CF will be around soon enough to remind you that our previous staff was D2 with the exception of Joe.

[nccyote]

Apr 4, 2016 14:07:48 GMT -6 Cousin Eddie said:

Apr 4, 2016 13:43:53 GMT -6 Yote 53 said:

We are casting a seriously wide net but I do notice some trends, and frankly, have some concerns. Many offers out in Florida, too many for my liking. Would like to see us get a little more Midwestern in our recruiting and supplement with talent from Florida like we have done in the past. We had opened up some roads in Oklahoma and Colorado the last few years and don't see too many offers coming out of rather. Would like to see us continue working Oklahoma, some good football there, and as long as we are passing through Kansas should be recruited. Nebraska and Iowa need to be recruiting priorities.

New staff and they have different recruiting connections, so I get that recruiting is going to go in a different direction.

Hold up a sec. Don't get too bogged down in this yet. This list is infinitely larger than we EVER had under the previous regime. It is a checklist and they work their board. Tons of the guys on this list, especially from FL, have offers from P5 schools and will never look at us. Regardless, we are trying and this is getting our name out there and in the discussions. Under the precious regime, we wouldn't see a number of names close to this until very late fall. These guys are pros in comparison. They are casting a wide net, aiming high and will continue to narrow the scope and will focus on players closer to home as the year progresses.

They have offered a TON of Nebraska and KC guys. A welcome change. WI and MN are getting hit well and you could see that we were able to close there back in February. To me, the way these guys are handling recruiting makes the previous gang look like a D2 staff. I love Joe Glenn, but this is another level.

Agreed, I really like the way this staff is going about the spring recruiting season.  It seems as though this staff is much more organized and aggressive at this point in the year compared to years prior.  Coach Moose has been a BIG presence in Nebraska thus far which is music to my ears.  I think that this offer list has a Midwest flavor to it with some national seasoning as well.  We all know that the bulk of our recruits should come from the MVFC footprint but we can also make a few splashes in FL, CA, TX as well.  I agree with Cuz that as time goes on we will surely see this list narrowed down and a higher concentration of local talent (NE,MN,IA,SD,IL,KS,WI) will be the focus.  

Right now its about branding and name recognition.  The more kids we have offers to out of region, the more relationships we can build with coaches in that area and that can pay dividends in the future.  Often times in out of region recruiting, it is not this years class that you will see a huge rate of success with, but the years following as coaches and kids become more familiar with USD & our staff in those areas of the country.