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Along with the Ferguson offer that I reported yesterday, North Dakota has also offered Verona (WI) offensive lineman Adam Stiner (6-5, 265): http://www.wissports.net/roster_players/3135838

North Dakota is his only offer right now, so he took it. Other schools are starting to get involved and things could be re-evaluated if others were to offer. Distance is a bit of an issue.

http://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/169478?referrer_id=532521

I'll have the story either tonight or in the morning. Just waiting for a message back.

Full story: http://www.wissports.net/article.asp?pageID=1&newsID=23508&sportID=3

Joe Schobert will be attending the University of North Dakota. I'm still trying to get confirmation if any scholarship money freed up or anything changed from what UND was offering/talking about originally.

Yes I have.

Schobert told several schools who came in late (and offered some form of scholarship money) no thanks. It's down to two schools but UND is the prohibitive favorite.

Schobert didn't do anything differently in the All-Star Game than he did the last two years. It's not like he came out of nowhere. He was First Team All-State as a junior and senior. His team won state as a junior and he set the state record for most rushing yards in a title game. Schools just missed on him, it happens. Some realized they missed and got back in the game late, but it was too late.

Simple answer: they didn't have to offer him a scholarship to get him, so why would they?

I'm not sure. I said many times during the year that he was the most underrecruited kid in the state. I think Schobert was just below the top kids on most teams boards at running back. Some schools looked at him at defensive back or linebacker, but it wasn't until a bit later in the process, and many spots were filled. Personally, I think he could play running back, receiver, defensive back or linebacker at the next level, and should have had multiple DI-FCS and non-BCS offers. I could have seen him squeezing a BCS offer or two even. But, for whatever reason, it didn't work out that way and people missed out.

I think he can play running back. On defense, I think outside linebacker may be his best position actually (and that's what the coaches felt too but didn't want to put their star running back in that position to take additional pounding) but he could play safety as well and do quite well at it. BTW, Schobert high jumped 6-6 this year.

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Wisconsin really didn't show much interest at all, even as a preferred walk-on, during the season. Their interest has come mainly from around the time of the All-Star game and its practices.

It was. Point is that coaches recruit verbal commitments to other schools right up until they no longer can (NSD). As a preferred walk-on, Joe is essentially just a verbal commitment, there is nothing binding him to UND until he attends a practice or class. As such, like verbal commitments elsewhere, he is continuing to be recruited by other schools.

There are at least three schools that recruited Schobert just since the All-Star game, its not just NDSU. EVERY school recruits players that have verbally committed elsewhere, right up to National Signing Day.

Nothing is for sure at this time.

Follow me on Twitter and check our site this weekend as I may have some news.

Walk-ons sign "commitment papers" but they are in no way binding like a Letter of Intent. Walk-ons are announced as part of recruiting classes on Signing Day, just like scholarship players. I believe the stipulation allowing a college to comment on a walk-on is that the athlete is admitted to the school. Regarding being on the fall roster, it doesn't mean anything in terms of being able to go elsewhere. Players aren't considered part of the team and therefore under transfer rules until (from NCAA site): -- enrolled full time at a two-year or four-year school in a regular academic term? (Summer does not count.) -- reported for practice with the regular squad -- practiced or played while enrolled part time

There may be some things developing. Stay tuned.

You guys will be interested in this article from the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Games, featuring Joe Schobert: http://host.madison....19bb2963f4.html I said all year the kid was perhaps the most underrecruited player in the state, and his performance at the All-Star game, and some of the info in this article, would back that up.

Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, WI) offensive lineman Matt Degner will camp at UND.

Few more Wisconsin kids North Dakota is showing interest in: Saint Mary's Springs (Fond du Lac, WI) linebacker Matt Austin Saint Mary's Springs (Fond du Lac, WI) offensive lineman Sam Schrauth (sophomore) Franklin receiver Chad Walton (sophomore)

Not that I notice off-hand. I haven't kept a list by school though.

As I said, the "you offer, we offer" contest between NDSU and UND continues. North Dakota State yesterday offered recent UND offerees Tony Gumina (Sussex Hamilton tight end) and Brad Ambrosius (West De Pere defensive end).