(02-18-2010 05:21 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  I won't mention any names since I don't want to offend or embarrass anyone but there are some juniors who haven't gotten on the field to this point and most likely won't in 2010 either. Those are the ones you want to leave after their four years so you can get more new guys in the pipeline.

That makes sense. So we'll put the mythical number at around 18-20 max. It's also a wait and see if any former walk-ons get scholarships.

(02-18-2010 05:21 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  I won't mention any names since I don't want to offend or embarrass anyone but there are some juniors who haven't gotten on the field to this point and most likely won't in 2010 either. Those are the ones you want to leave after their four years so you can get more new guys in the pipeline.

+1....

I saw that Bama has 95 guys committed to scholarships for 2010-2011, Returning scholarships + Feb commitments. In the South, they do not renew scholarships automatically after the 2nd year. Some of the commitments will not make it academically, some will greyshirt and then .....

NIU is not messing around recruiting RBs this year:



RB Mitchell Hester
Neptune Beach, FL (Fletcher)
5'10" 180 lbs
40 time: 4.33 secs

Other offers: Illinois, Florida International, Southern Miss

Rivals Profile: NR
Scout Profile: NR

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Prospects interested in NIU per Rivals & Scout:

Athletes
WR Hayden Daniels, Naperville Central
QB Matt LaCosse, Naperville North
QB/DB Tyler Marcordes, Normal
QB Dontae McCoy, Shepard

Quarterbacks
Jake Bergren, St. Charles North
Tyrell Bolden, Springfield
Mitch Brozovich, Minooka
Nick Meyer, Elk Grove
Reilley O'Toole, Wheaton South
Jack Verducci, Regina (Iowa City, IA)

Running Backs
Kapri Bibbs, Plainfield North
Nick Burrello, Glenbard West
Ryan Herring, Belleville
Mitchell Hester, Fletcher (Neptune Beach, FL)
Daniel Holman, Lockport
Justin Schuh, Francis Howell School (Saint Charles, MO)

Tight Ends
Eric Steffes, St. Marys Springs (Fond Du Lac, WI)
Mark Szott, Waubonsie Valley

Wide Receivers
Dondre Adams, Plainfield North
Shane Henderson, East (Columbus, IN)

Offensive Linemen
Jack Allen, Hinsdale Central
Matt Anzelc, Yorkville
Jake Bernstein, Crystal Lake South
Pat Bolger, Barrington
Chris Bryant, Simeon
Tom Callahan, Lyons
Ben Carbery, Oak Park
Tyler Croton, Kingsley Area (MI)
Parker Ehinger, Rockford (MI)
Matt Frazier, Bishop Mcnamara
Rafe Kiely, Wheaton North
Luke Luhrsen, Wheaton South
Ryan Ricketts, Galesburg
Paul Wisniewski, Glenbard North

Defensive Ends
James Adeyanju, Curie
Brennen Beyer, Plymouth (Canton, MI)
Zach Colvin, Minooka
Demetrius Hill, Kankakee
Chris O'Connor, Andrew
Parker Parzych, Minooka
Ben Rasmussen, Hayward (WI)

Defensive Tackles
Zach Degner, Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, WI)
Todd Peat Jr., Corona del Sol (Tempe, AZ)

Linebackers
Andrew Bordner, Morris
Jeremy Burgos, Notre Dame
Tyler Epstein, North Iowa Area C.C. (Mason City, IA)
Justin March, Danville
Patrick Meehan, Lincoln Way East
Jorge Sanz, Gulliver Prep (Miami, FL)
Dalton Stenberg, Grand Haven (MI)
Luke Venegoni, Carmel
Derek Watt, Pewaukee (WI)

Defensive Backs
Eddie Clark, Danville
Sean Cotton, Walter Lutheran
Duwane Pipkins, Robeson
Juwane Pipkins, Robeson
Demarius Reed, Simeon
Travis Starks, St. Rita
Tyler Sykes, Center Grove (Greenwood, IN)
Breion Tucker, Joliet Catholic

Other notable IL prospects that NIU may or may not be interested in:

QB Dimitrius Hardwick, Thornton
QB Jud Weinke, Tuscola
RB Jahwon Akui, St. Rita
RB Josh Ferguson, Joliet Catholic
RB Mika'il McCall, Thornridge
WR Ahmad Evans, De La Salle
WR Keante Minor, East St. Louis
DT Mason Fuller, Urban Prep
TE Jack Konopka, Fremd
TE Calvin Lewis, Stark County
OL Justin Crawford, Bishop Mcnamara
OL Joe Damisch, Buffalo Grove
OL Pat Flavin, Benet
OL Dan Lembke, Providence
OL Michael Rouse, Homewood-Flossmoor
LB Tyler Juckett, Buffalo Grove
LB Nick Lifka, Naperville North
DB Anthony Maddie, Joliet Catholic

BCS-Bound Prospects

RB Rodney Coe, Edwardsville
RB Calvin Phillips, Momence (Minnesota Commit)
WR Davaris Daniels, Vernon Hills
WR Evan Spencer, Vernon Hills
OL Brian Bobek, Fremd
OL Ryan Klachko, Sacred-Heart Griffin
OL Victor Nelson, Maine South
OL Jordan Walsh, Glenbard West
DB Jarrell Williams, Richards (Northwestern Commit)

Couple random notes:

Wheaton South QB Reilly O'Toole is as good as gone to Kansas. He's from there and his whole family went/goes there. I wonder how many prospects that Chuck Long and KU will take from us this recruiting season.

Naperville North ATH/QB Matt LaCosse got offered by Illinois the other day. It is his first offer. He is 6'6" 220 don't know how he would have fit in our system anyways.

In addition to LaCosse, Illinois has already offered OT Chris Bryant of Simeon and DE James Adeyanju of Curie. Ball State, BGSU & Toledo have offered Adeyanju as well. His older brother played at Indiana, who he just added to his offer list.

Twin DB's interested in NIU. That sounds familar.

Nobody from Louisiana.
I guess Kill gave up on that state. :)

(02-21-2010 09:30 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Couple random notes:

Wheaton South QB Reilly O'Toole is as good as gone to Kansas. He's from there and his whole family went/goes there. I wonder how many prospects that Chuck Long and KU will take from us this recruiting season.

Naperville North ATH/QB Matt LaCosse got offered by Illinois the other day. It is his first offer. He is 6'6" 220 don't know how he would have fit in our system anyways.

In addition to LaCosse, Illinois has already offered OT Chris Bryant of Simeon and DE James Adeyanju of Curie. Ball State, BGSU & Toledo have offered Adeyanju as well. His older brother played at Indiana, who he just added to his offer list.

Sounds like a BIG QB, not like OSEI .... ...still had to say it.

Still can't understand what possessed Osei to go there. He'll be totally riding the bench for the next 4 years when the possibility exists he could have been our starter beginning this year.

(02-22-2010 02:53 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  Sounds like a BIG QB, not like OSEI .... ...still had to say it.

LaCosse isn't being recruited as a QB by Illinois.

I think we have a junior day this weekend...

This guy's visiting:
http://northernillinois.scout.com/a.z?s=...id=4759468
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...fer-107059

[quote='rabidawg900' pid='5187564' dateline='1266794648']
Prospects interested in NIU per Rivals & Scout:


[u]Linebackers[/u
Jorge Sanz, Gulliver Prep (Miami, FL)
Dalton Stenberg, Grand Haven (MI)

These 2 have excellent speed, (4.58/4.59) and would seem to fit in well on a defense that has to be even more concerned about the pass than the run in a league that is heavily tilted toward throwing the football.

CMU offers Jud Wienke, the 6'4" 225 pro-style QB from down south.

http://blog.mlive.com/fireupchips/2010/0...llino.html

Funny how we passed on LeFevour because we ran a pro-style offense and now we're passing on this guy because we run the spread.

(02-24-2010 01:39 AM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  CMU offers Jud Wienke, the 6'4" 225 pro-style QB from down south.

http://blog.mlive.com/fireupchips/2010/0...llino.html

Funny how we passed on LeFevour because we ran a pro-style offense and now we're passing on this guy because we run the spread.

Who says we've passed on him yet? Maybe we haven't offered yet but who is to say we won't? Next Feb is 11 months away, a ton can happen.

We will wait toward the end of the recruiting period to offer as we always do. Each year under Kill we get most of our earlier offers and are late to the party with our other offers. To give you an idea, according to rivals we have 1 offer out, scout has us with 2 offers out. In the MAC west Toledo has 41, Ball ST., 28, CMU, 15. In the East B.G., 17, Ohio 16. Our recruiting strategy is 3-5 years behind everyone else. We are not performing as we should. I have a pal in sports media and he would agree with this sad turn of events. I do not know how this should be reviewed, but we are behind the 8 ball by a very wide margin. Updated: 3/2/10

(02-21-2010 09:30 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Couple random notes:

Wheaton South QB Reilly O'Toole is as good as gone to Kansas. He's from there and his whole family went/goes there. I wonder how many prospects that Chuck Long and KU will take from us this recruiting season.

I have to agree with you there. FWIW, O'Toole has been wearing nothing but KU shirts around school at WWSHS.

Junior day this Sunday:

http://www.galesburg.com/sports/x1570099...ay-tourney

Quote:Odds and ends: Galesburg offensive lineman Pudge Ricketts will join the other top juniors in the state at the Northern Illinois junior day on Sunday. Ricketts is being recruited by NIU, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Ball State, Iowa, Illinois and a host of Football Championship Subdivision teams. ...

(02-25-2010 08:57 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Junior day this Sunday:

http://www.galesburg.com/sports/x1570099...ay-tourney

Quote:Odds and ends: Galesburg offensive lineman Pudge Ricketts will join the other top juniors in the state at the Northern Illinois junior day on Sunday. Ricketts is being recruited by NIU, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Ball State, Iowa, Illinois and a host of Football Championship Subdivision teams. ...

Pudge Ricketts? is that seriously this kids name????? wow, we def need this kid now, i want a online named Pudge on my squad:moon2:

Where does junior day take place?? Convo??
or is this a get to know you session?

(02-27-2010 12:40 AM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  Where does junior day take place?? Convo??
or is this a get to know you session?

More of the latter. Players get to know the coaches better, see the facilities, etc. It's also where the coaches will extend early scholarship offers to the select few players they really like.