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RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Fan56 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:08:22 GMT

Quincy Notre Dame's Quenton Keating, wide receiver, plans to walk on at Western Illinois.

"Here at Quincy Notre Dame, having only played two years, and coming in trying to show my ability I plan to do the same at Western," Keating said. "Hopefully they'll accept me, I feel like I'm good enough, I definitely feel like I have room to improve and I hope I can show my ability up there."

http://www.wgem.com/Global/story.asp?S=12200602&Call=Email&Format=HTML

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:05:17 GMT

Ryan Davis, JC Cornerback from California has committed to WIU according to rivals:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Ryan-Davis-98900

Lets hope for the best tommorrow...

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:27:21 GMT

Got a CB:

http://www.bnd.com/sports/story/1114102.html

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

leatherneck177 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:19:08 GMT

Less than a day to go. I thought we might have more information or updates regarding commits or comments on the weekend visits.

I saw on Rocky Vision that Coach Hendrickson is expecting around 15-18 signees (not including the 3 that have transferred mid year). This is a nice sized class, considering that the team has had some very large classes in the past.

Any other thoughts or insight from anyone? How about a few of you that have "connections"?

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

arlen54 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:47:10 GMT

That's what happens when you quit going to your classes...although I hear some scouts are intrigued with his size and foot speed. Another year in school definitely would not have hurt him though if he wasn't lazy about going to class.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

WIU93Alum — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:25:20 GMT

Big Mistake! Most likely will not get drafted. I am sure someone has filled him a big ear full.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:09:05 GMT

Just a tidbit... Koroma is leaving for the draft:

http://www.jbscouting.com/index.php/fcs/fcs-news-/6-fcs-news-/333-wiu-dt-enters-nfl-draft

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Neckfansince71 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:47:46 GMT

Here is the tote board!!!!!

1. Middletown senior DL Sam Current (6-2, 265) has orally committed to Western Illinois, according to Middletown coach Jason Krause. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/preps/tag/sam-current/

2. Havana senior Sam Kachanuk, a recent first-team selection on The State Journal-Register All-Area Football Team, recently made an oral commitment to attend Western Illinois University and play football for the WIU Leathernecks.

3. Junior defensive back Keith Enderlein (Calaveras, CA/San Joaquin Delta College)

4. Sophomore running back Caulton Ray (Southfield, MI/Michigan State)

5. Freshman running back Bryce Flowers (Pittsburgh, CA/Army Prep)

6. All State Player (Nevada 2005) OL Gerald Crisp Centennial 6'2 290

Looks like we are concentrating on RB's and linemen, that's no surprise!!!

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

mr_wiu — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:24:48 GMT

From the WIU Athletics home page:

http://www.goleathernecks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12000&ATCLID=204875289

The following transfers have already enrolled at WIU for Spring 2010:

Junior defensive back Keith Enderlein (Calaveras, CA/San Joaquin Delta College)
Sophomore running back Caulton Ray (Southfield, MI/Michigan State)
Freshman running back Bryce Flowers (Pittsburgh, CA/Army Prep)

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

letsgonecks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:50:44 GMT

Here's what I've found....

Middletown senior DL Sam Current (6-2, 265) has orally committed to Western Illinois, according to Middletown coach Jason Krause. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/preps/tag/sam-current/

The 6-foot-3, 265-pound senior defensive end compiled 23.5 tackles and three sacks in nine games before an injury ended his season. His postseason awards included being named Division I Southwest District honorable mention and to the Greater Miami Conference first team. http://www.middletownjournal.com/middletown-sports/high-school-sports/middletown-s-gates-commits-current-gets-offer-507530.html?imw=Y

This is from Dec......Havana’s Kachanuk commits to WIU
Havana senior Sam Kachanuk, a recent first-team selection on The State Journal-Register All-Area Football Team, recently made an oral commitment to attend Western Illinois University and play football for the WIU Leathernecks.

Kachanuk, who’s listed at 6 foot 5 and 260 pounds, was named all-area at defensive tackle. But he was also an All-West Prairie Trail Conference Southeast Division selection as an offensive lineman — a position where Kachanuk said WIU recruited him. http://www.sj-r.com/prep/x1689182957/Prep-scoops-Basketball-No-stats-this-week

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

arlen54 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:41:40 GMT

My sources tell me over the weekend that two more California jucos (S and DE) have orally committed to WIU as well. A group of recruits visited this past weekend with one more group scheduled for next weekend prior to signing day. Expect to finally see more transfers this next season than we have in recent years.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Neckfansince71 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:38:45 GMT

All State Player (Nevada 2005)

OL Gerald Crisp Centennial 6'2 290

Crisp is another unsung star but without him the explosive Centennial offense would have never gotten off the ground. He brings a little extra to the table as a powerful blocker that is able the carry a lead role as a fluent blocker as well as a disruptive force on defense.

http://nevadaprepreport.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=493959

Someone start a board so we can keep track!

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:20:21 GMT

Looks like we got an O-Lineman:

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2010/01/23/sports/occ/dpt-spoccfball012410.txt

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Neckfansince71 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:19:51 GMT

http://rivals.yahoo.com/edgytim/football/recruiting/recruit-search-results

Here are 17 athletes who have listed WIU as a school they are considering!

By the way, South Dakota State has not listed any of their commitments, SIU has four, all from out of state. Lets see what February 3rd brings.

jc

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Neckfansince71 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:11:23 GMT

This was a quote from Tom Casey's Twitter page from yesterday!

"wiudefense

Having a great recruiting weekend! Picked up more commitments and expect more before its over. Go Necks! about 13 hours ago from web"

The staff has been very aggressive and has increased their visibility all through the state! I wonder how Matt Barr's hand is?

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

meganeck — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:58:31 GMT

Hey that is a start StLouis Neck, keep them coming.... thanks

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:13:21 GMT

Hey, I found something:

http://www.middletownjournal.com/middletown-sports/high-school-sports/middletown-s-gates-commits-current-gets-offer-507530.html

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

Neckfansince71 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:02:13 GMT

I am always the one that says, "be patient, lets see what happens on signing day!" And I am going to repeat that mantra!!
The advantage of hiring Hendrickson and staff was the fact that they could hit the recruiting road running! If we had had to do an international search, we would have lost valuable time! I think need and PT will have more to do with this class than DP and his lawsuit. As difficult a situation as DP's situation has become, I am really not too sure how important it is to 17 and 18 year olds. I don't care whether he is suing to regain the head coaching position or not, I really don't think that will happen. Tom Casey's posts have remained positive and it seems like things are progressing in the right direction. I will be happy if this staff's recruiting class has more juco and transfers in it to stop the bleeding. A healthy Barr and a stud running back with some offensive lineman will allow the Necks to move in the right direction.

I realize I should still be reeling after the TV-DP circus, but I am ready to move on and enjoy once again Leatherneck football!

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

leatherneck177 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:15:36 GMT

I too do not fully endorse Rivals when it comes to FCS recruiting. They just do not provide good coverage, plus you have several kids who say they have interest in Western, even though Western may not even be considering them.

The troubling thing is, typically Western has at least 2-3 commits on Rivals before signing day.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

StLouisNecks — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:23:09 GMT

I was going to start this thread as I have done the past two years... but this year I decided that I would wait until I had some news! Well someone beat me to it, thanks for getting it going. I don't really consider rivals news because it has a very poor track record with WIU recruiting, as in it very rarely has anyone who actually commits to WIU.

Well, we are less than two weeks from signing day, and still nothing out there other than player X chooses school Y over WIU. And its not for the lack of effort on my part, there is just really nothing out there. I checked SIU on rivals, and they have 75 potential recruits out there, as opposed to 17 from WIU. I know Rivals doesn't mean much, but recruits look at these websites too... and I think that it is still an important element in the PR battle. I think its safe to say we are getting smoked by the other Illinois schools at this point. Most other schools have some committments reported by their local newspapers. Does WIU try to keep a lid on these things? Maybe, but with information everywhere these days, I don't think its doing them any favors. The lack of information out there creates a perception of poor recruiting, and the results on the field lately justify the claim.

Again, I know I say something like this every year, but lets hope I'm wrong...

Lets hope we get some good athletes in here! AND, lets hear about it too! I want some news!

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

arlen54 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:29:51 GMT

All I've heard recently is that most of the emphasis now seems focused on (but not limited to) the HS recruits...Signing day coming up very soon....

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

leatherneck177 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:31 GMT

Has anyone heard anything else regarding football recruiting? I haven't heard of any high school commits at all.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

meganeck — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:14:41 GMT

read this morning that David Johnson (RB) from Clinton, Ia chose UNI over WIU and Illinois St. Johnson said UNI and Illinois St were the only schools that offered him a full ride scholarship. So I'm assuming Western must only been offering a partial scholarship. He would have been a good one to get.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

leatherneck177 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:21:01 GMT

Any news on this lately? Casey's twitter page says that have at least one committment.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

WIU93Alum — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:42:48 GMT

I am glad to see Western has such a high interest level

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

arlen54 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:07:18 GMT

Possibly be looking for another Michigan State transfer paying a visit to WIU in January...D-lineman.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

meganeck — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:01:44 GMT

wow, what is the deal with Michigan. Who has the connection in Michigan. i don't remember getting many guys from Michigan before.

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

mr_wiu — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:38:32 GMT

Also, any word on transfers??? If you got something, post!

RE: Football Recruiting 2010

mr_wiu — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:34:39 GMT

All info listed below from the Rivals.com site......searched all interest levels in WIU......

Any words on commits yet????

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RB Dakota Bender Clarkston, Michigan Clarkston 6'0" 186 N/A N/A N/A

* Central Michigan (medium)

* Eastern Michigan (medium)

* Robert Morris (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

RB Damon Brown Troy, Michigan Troy 5'9" 200 N/A N/A N/A

* Central Michigan (medium)

* Eastern Michigan (medium)

* Southern Illinois (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

LB Lawrence Brown West Bloomfield, Michigan West Bloomfield 6'0" 200 N/A N/A N/A

* Ball State (medium)

* Bowling Green (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Southern Illinois (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

DE Austin Copley Fraqnkfort, Illinois Lincoln Way East 6'5" 230 N/A N/A N/A

* Eastern Illinois (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Southern Illinois (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Wisconsin (medium)

WR Alex Evans Frankfort, Illinois Lincoln Way East 6'1" 182 5.0 N/A N/A

* Illinois (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Indiana (medium)

* Northern Illinois (medium)

* Purdue (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

RB Idris Hanidu Naperville, Illinois Naperville North 5'6" 180 N/A N/A N/A

* Drake (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Louisville (medium)

* Northwestern (medium)

* Purdue (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

WR Jason Jozaites Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove South 6'3" 185 N/A N/A N/A

* Eastern Illinois (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Southern Illinois (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Wyoming (medium)

QB Drew McAdams Madison, Wisconsin Madison East 6'1" 185 N/A N/A N/A

* Illinois State (high)

* Wisconsin (high)

* Bowling Green (low)

* Central Michigan (low)

* Eastern Illinois (low)

* North Dakota (low)

* Northern Illinois (low)

* Western Illinois (low)

* Western Michigan (low)

OL Jacob Ninneman Oregon, Wisconsin Oregon 6'4" 280 N/A N/A N/A

* Army (medium)

* Brown (medium)

* Drake (medium)

* Minnesota (medium)

* North Dakota State (medium)

* Princeton (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Wisconsin (medium)

ATH Chris Pulley Grand Rapids, Michigan Ottawa Hills 5'11" 190 N/A N/A N/A

* Ball State (medium)

* Central Michigan (medium)

* Eastern Michigan (medium)

* Kent State (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

WR Kyle Sampson Belleville, Michigan Divine Child 5'11" 165 4.6 N/A N/A

* Akron (medium)

* Ball State (medium)

* Bowling Green (medium)

* Central Michigan (medium)

* Eastern Michigan (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Southern Illinois (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

RB Vince Simpson West Bloomfield, Michigan West Bloomfield 6'0" 190 4.5 N/A N/A

* Ball State (medium)

* Bowling Green (medium)

* Illinois State (medium)

* Michigan State (medium)

* Ohio (medium)

* Toledo (medium)

* Western Illinois (medium)

* Western Michigan (medium)

ATH Dionte Sullivan O'Fallon, Illinois O'Fallon 5'9" 165 4.5 2 stars 5.4 N/A

* Colorado State Medium

* Illinois Medium

* Iowa Medium

* Louisville Medium

* Missouri Medium

* Murray State Medium

* Texas Tech Medium

* Western Illinois Medium

Football Recruiting 2010

mr_wiu — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:28:20 GMT

Haven't heard anything about Football Recruiting 2010....so let's get it going!!!!!