2013 Recruiting

[SiouxVolley]

http://247sports.com...tunities-106176

Senior Johnny Peltz was the starting quarterback at Wheaton North. Holding an offer from North Dakota, Peltz was a team captain as a junior and earned All-State and All-Area Honorable mention last year. It’s not often when two of the better signal-callers in the state are on the same football team and Thorson came back as a junior much better than the year before. He always had the physical tools, and he significantly improved his accuracy and command of the offense.

Wheaton (Ill.) North junior signal-caller Clayton Thorson’s story is unique.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Thorson added a scholarship from N.C. State on Monday. The Wolfpack joined Penn State, Northwestern, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana in extending an early scholarship to a young man that only took about 35 percent of the varsity snaps from under center.

[SiouxVolley]

Rivals doesn't list an offer from North Dakota, but does list interest from NDSU. But two separate articles months apart indicate offers from UND.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Johnny-Peltz-136956

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-13/sports/ct-spt-0914-prep-foot-feature-1-20120913_1_wheaton-north-s-peltz-john-peltz-falcons

Fun is a word Peltz also repeated several times in a conversation about the situation, which is a statement itself considering the stronghold he took on the position last season.

A good athlete with a solid 6-foot-2 frame and a strong arm, Peltz was the best quarterback in one of the state's best conferences last season, throwing for 2,030 yards and 19 touchdowns to earn first-team All-DuPage Valley Conference honors and pick up a scholarship offer from North Dakota.

Yet breathing down his neck was a younger, taller (6-4), more heavily recruited player whom Peltz has made room for by spending approximately 40 percent of the Falcons' plays at receiver. A typical audition for a scholarship, this is not.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-08/sports/ct-spt-0909-prep-naper-north-wheaton-north-20110908_1_joe-wardynski-football-preview-micah-penn

Peltz grew up in an athletic environment, with a mother, Nancy Swider-Peltz, who was a four-time Olympian and former world record holder in speed skating. Sister Nancy competed in the 2010 Vancouver games, while brother Jeff is training for the 2014 Olympics. Only his father, Jeff, a defensive line coach at Wheaton College, pushed the football agenda in the house.

[geaux_sioux]

Not sure if he was too realistic to get but Max Rich committed to Harvard today.

[homer]

Coach Mannausau tweeted a half hour ago that another recruiting chest bump was near......Stay tuned. Sounds like a big one. I'd like to hear names of this one and the last.

[sultan]

Besides the receiver from Illinois, is there one or two chest bumps we don't know the names of?

[homer]

One for sure. Two with Manassau tweeting last night another was close. And possibly a few from during the season.

[UND92,96]

It's clear that Illinois is a key area this year. Not only has Schleusner done amazingly well there, but Mussman tweeted last night about being in Illinois right now, also.

[jodcon]

One for sure. Two with Manassau tweeting last night another was close. And possibly a few from during the season.

I thought there was a couple close together and then the one last night so there might be 3 still unknown, unless one was Robertson.

[UNDBIZ]

I thought 1 was Robertson, 1 was Disterhaupt, and 1 was still unkown.

[homer]

If Mannassau got the commitment last night there should be 2 unknown if we have got all of them from early in the year.

[SiouxVolley]

http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/sports/goss/16988256-419/palandech-the-ultimate-competitor-at-plainfield-north.html

The 6-foot-2, 175-pound (Kurt) Palandech is the Tigers’ All-Area quarterback/defensive back. Quarterback is his No. 1 position, and the way he operates is not unlike what Jordan Lynch does for Northern Illinois or what Chandler Harnish did before him. Palandech will beat you with his legs or his arm, he is smart and he’s a leader.

In basketball, he is not a big scorer, so the headlines are for someone else. But he brings heart and toughness to the court night after night. In baseball, he is the shortstop and a top-of-the-lineup hitter,

Palandech, who has played varsity basketball and baseball since his sophomore year, plans to visit Ivy League schools Yale and Cornell. He said Southeast Missouri State and Georgetown are in the mix for his services and Southern Illinois and North Dakota are among others expressing interest.

“I want to play quarterback,” he said. “I made that choice. Some schools wanted me as a defensive back. Of course, I love playing defense, too. But I feel quarterback is my position. I’m looking for a speed-type offense that wants me to be a dual threat.”

[SiouxVolley]

http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/28267/group/Sports/

“I really liked it,” Disterhaupt said of UND. “I thought ‘Why am I waiting to talk to other colleges when I like this place most?’ Ever since the first day of seventh-grade practices, I wanted to play football. This is the real deal. It’s the right place.”

Disterhaupt, a 6-foot-1, 192-pound superstar, helped guide the Rebels to three Class AA Prep Bowl runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2012, totaling 4,608 rushing yards – second-most in Rebels program history – along with 80 touchdowns and an amazing 11.6 yards per carry.

Wednesday, Disterhaupt was named the Duluth News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year for a second straight time, after rushing for 1,614 yards and 30 touchdowns in leading ML-WR to a 13-1 overall record this past fall.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/252569/

“I loved everything about it,” Disterhaupt said about his official visit to the Grand Forks campus. “The people seem nice and I really liked the coaching staff and the team. I haven’t found anything that I haven’t liked about the college except for the wind.”

North Dakota had offered Disterhaupt a scholarship last spring, but he held out to see who else was interested. The Minnesota Gophers continued to talk to Disterhaupt throughout the process, but ultimately wanted him to walk-on to the team. He also engaged in dialogue with fellow Division I schools Iowa State, North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Northern Iowa.

“I talked to other colleges, but one day it came to me that ‘Why am I talking to other colleges when clearly I like this place the most?’ ” he said about North Dakota. “They liked me as a person. They said, ‘We don’t just recruit athletes, we recruit good people.’ I thought that was the best compliment I could have.”

[Hambone]

Jordan hein has committed to N Iowa per Kolpak tweet

[geaux_sioux]

I thought we'd get him. Cue the ndsu buttdeapthchart excuse for why he didn't come.

[Johnny Five]

I thought we'd get him. Cue the ndsu buttdeapthchart excuse for why he didn't come.

You mad.

I was hoping he would stay local. Looks like a great athlete.

[Matt]

Per Izzo, the AC didn't offer yet. Keep in mind it is December, when's signing day...in Feb? I don't blame Hein for choosing the school that really wanted him.

[UND-1]

Good athlete but kind of a tweener. Will be interesting to see where he ends up playing. I believe UNI was his only standing offer at the time, other than D2's. I know for a fact that UND hadn't talked to Hein in months and he never came up for a visit on those first two recruiting weekends, which says a lot.

[UND Fan]

Offer:

DE Dean Helt, 6'6", 225, Waunakee (Waunakee), WI Has offers from IL St & W IL

[Siouxhockey1978]

Rather interesting we get a kid that was committed to Illinois but i will take it

[choyt3]

Good athlete but kind of a tweener. Will be interesting to see where he ends up playing. I believe UNI was his only standing offer at the time, other than D2's. I know for a fact that UND hadn't talked to Hein in months and he never came up for a visit on those first two recruiting weekends, which says a lot.

Smart money locally was on him joining brother at BSU.

[Hambone]

Offeree Nathan Tanguay committed to SU

[UND Fan]

We had offered Ely Anderson, OL from Santa Rosa JC. He verballed to Old Dominion.

[UND Fan]

Offeree Nathan Tanguay committed to SU

NDSU?

[Hambone]

NDSU?

Correct

[homer]

Apologize if this was posted earlier but an article on the top 10 players that UW couldn't let get away prior to the season.

OL Dan Bell made the list and really sounds like a real solid OL prospect.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1088879-wisconsin-football-recruiting-10-in-state-prospects-who-cant-slip-away#/articles/1088879-wisconsin-football-recruiting-10-in-state-prospects-who-cant-slip-away/page/6