Hambone Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 24 minutes ago, LkvlleUNDFan said: SFI has this list: Brett Finke: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2218743/brett-finke Cameron Hunt: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1506039/cameron-hunt Ben Bolinske: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1605991/benjamin-bolinske Bennett Helgren: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1740849/bennett-helgren Nathan Nguon: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2679944/nathan-nguon Sean Russo: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4284084/sean-russo Alex Cloyd: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1777374/alex-cloyd Any others? All but Russo on this list are commits. Russo was the only non-commit that I'd heard about. Big target for the staff I believe. Only other potential name I heard for this weekend that's not included above is Geier. Quote
Ozzie82 Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 It would be great to snag Russo. He plays high but I like that he's able to get out and take on linebackers. Quote
SiouxScore Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 2 hours ago, LkvlleUNDFan said: Word around the Twin Cities is that the Gophers don't even look at in-state players for the DBs and skill positions. They generally go south for those recruits, with a few exceptions of course, and look mostly at O and D linemen in the state. That may not be the new coaching regime's stance, but we really won't know until a year or two from now. I really think they get it wherever they can and really does depend on the year as they seem to have very specific requirements they look for at certain positions. The last few years the DBs they have gotten from the Midwest have been from Illinois and Michigan and You are right the only in-state DBs they have were preferred walk-ons outta high school although 1 of them has been put on scholarship now. This year is a great in-state class and they have 3 WRs from Minnesota committed in Howard(Robbinsdale), Johnson(Minneapolis), and Hmielewski(Marshall). The Gophers have 18 commits right now 8 MN, 2 TX(both played some HS in MN), and 1 each from AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, and MS. In recent years only Johannesson and Jones come to my mind at the RB spots as MN and ND kids. I can see Holm getting a PWO offer but I don't think the Gophers will offer him just seeing who they have visited this week as backup DB options and think he will end up at UND. 1 Quote
LkvlleUNDFan Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 35 minutes ago, SiouxScore said: I really think they get it wherever they can and really does depend on the year as they seem to have very specific requirements they look for at certain positions. The last few years the DBs they have gotten from the Midwest have been from Illinois and Michigan and You are right the only in-state DBs they have were preferred walk-ons outta high school although 1 of them has been put on scholarship now. This year is a great in-state class and they have 3 WRs from Minnesota committed in Howard(Robbinsdale), Johnson(Minneapolis), and Hmielewski(Marshall). The Gophers have 18 commits right now 8 MN, 2 TX(both played some HS in MN), and 1 each from AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, and MS. In recent years only Johannesson and Jones come to my mind at the RB spots as MN and ND kids. I can see Holm getting a PWO offer but I don't think the Gophers will offer him just seeing who they have visited this week as backup DB options and think he will end up at UND. Yeah - this is a pretty unusual year for them to take three WR's from the state. There's also Seth Green, of course, and Kamal Martin from Burnsville. We'll see where those guys end up position-wise, but that's 5 in-state skill guys in one year. But I digress. Back to UND... Quote
Mama Sue Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 21 hours ago, LkvlleUNDFan said: Word around the Twin Cities is that the Gophers don't even look at in-state players for the DBs and skill positions. They generally go south for those recruits, with a few exceptions of course, and look mostly at O and D linemen in the state. That may not be the new coaching regime's stance, but we really won't know until a year or two from now. The Gophers have recruited out of state illiterate, or low literacy, athletes since I have been married (mostly football and basketball). I know very few quality high school athletes who aspire to go there. When one does, it is like BIG news. I really feel bad for what has become of mostly football and hockey. The Golden Gophers were quality athletes you could teach your sons to look up to. Now they can not talk a complete sentence when interviewed on TV. Several years ago I thought, "My education dollars are paying for scholarships for these young men?" When we came to recruiting weekend at UND we were told on Tues. and Thurs. football practice was in the library until mid-terms came out. If you were 3.0 or above, you went to the outdoor field to practice. Again, all of my children could have gone to UND and I would have been a happy mama. 4 1 Quote
homer Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 A commitment from Denver according to Coach Maurice. Would this be Russo? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 1 minute ago, homer said: A commitment from Denver according to Coach Maurice. Would this be Russo? SiouxFootballInsider @SiouxFootball Appears #UND has received a commitment from OT Sean Russo of ThunderRidge High School in Colorado. 6'-6"-270 Quote
Longtime fan Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: SiouxFootballInsider @SiouxFootball Appears #UND has received a commitment from OT Sean Russo of ThunderRidge High School in Colorado. 6'-6"-270 Great news. Keep the bigs coming! 1 Quote
Siouxperman8 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 11 hours ago, Mama Sue said: The Gophers have recruited out of state illiterate, or low literacy, athletes since I have been married (mostly football and basketball). I know very few quality high school athletes who aspire to go there. When one does, it is like BIG news. I really feel bad for what has become of mostly football and hockey. The Golden Gophers were quality athletes you could teach your sons to look up to. Now they can not talk a complete sentence when interviewed on TV. Several years ago I thought, "My education dollars are paying for scholarships for these young men?" When we came to recruiting weekend at UND we were told on Tues. and Thurs. football practice was in the library until mid-terms came out. If you were 3.0 or above, you went to the outdoor field to practice. Again, all of my children could have gone to UND and I would have been a happy mama. I know a friend who is pretty high up in UM athletic dept. he said Brewster was getting football players in with ACT scores of 10 and 11. Most all of his highly rated recruits were out of school within a year or two. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 On 1/15/2016 at 2:24 PM, LkvlleUNDFan said: SFI has this list: Brett Finke: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2218743/brett-finke Cameron Hunt: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1506039/cameron-hunt Ben Bolinske: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1605991/benjamin-bolinske Bennett Helgren: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1740849/bennett-helgren Nathan Nguon: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2679944/nathan-nguon Sean Russo: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4284084/sean-russo Alex Cloyd: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1777374/alex-cloyd Any others? All but Russo on this list are commits. I'm glad to see Cloyd on the list. I know there were some FCS schools that offered him, and I believe he had given a soft verbal, as he was still looking at some FBS schools. Definitely a guy that I would like to see us keep. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 So does anyone have any insight on how many of these OL will be redshirting? I assume that with some of the departures we have seen that we might have to pull a redshirt or two. Aside from OL, who else could we see get a RS pulled (I know it is early and we need to see how these guys do in camp) Toivenen? Holm? Helgren? Hunt? Whoever plays, and Whoever redshirts, I hope ALL of these guys plan to be in Grand Forks for the whole summer. I think that is huge for kids to start acclimating to the college environment, to really gel with their teammates, and to get their workouts in. Quote
jjensen Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 16 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: I'm glad to see Cloyd on the list. I know there were some FCS schools that offered him, and I believe he had given a soft verbal, as he was still looking at some FBS schools. Definitely a guy that I would like to see us keep. Cloyd is still committed to the program but I'm fairly certain that he wasn't on campus this weekend with the rest of the recruits. Cloyd appears to have been at a wrestling tournament this weekend and winning the Metro Championship for his weight class. I do know for sure that Jake Geier was on campus this weekend who wasn't noted by SFI. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Obviously, our run game was great this past year with Santiago and Oliveira. Add Norberg (maybe a move back to LB?), Nevermann and Gordon to the mix and we should be really deep at RB. So with the run game in tact, how do we see our passing game developing. Obviously Keaton is the guy for us, barring any injuries; and I think he proved just how deserving he is of that job in the last few games of the season. He was really solid coming back from injury. We lose Cerriteno, but keep Clive who really showed his worth late in the season. If he can get a little stronger and stay healthy, he could be a huge factor in the pass game. Seibel has been pretty steady for us, and while I don't think you are ever going to see really big numbers from him, he'll still be a steady player on the field. Stanley and Dulin are guys I am the most interested in. Stanley did well and is certainly a big kid. Dulin has been pretty hyped up on these message boards, hopefully we can see strong production there. I'm also really interested to see if Toivenen gets in the mix this year or redshirts. I hope to see Fiedler get more in the mix, and I'll be interested to see if they pull Cloyd's redshirt. Regardless, I definitely think we will have an improved passing game this year. RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yards Avg TD Long Avg/G Luke Stanley 11-8 26 312 12.0 5 59 28.4 Josh Seibel 11-10 26 278 10.7 2 28 25.3 Zach Adler 11-11 18 179 9.9 3 36 16.3 Miguel Cerriteno 10-4 13 213 16.4 2 47 21.3 Clive Georges 6-1 10 250 25.0 3 64 41.7 Brandon Walker 7-1 10 92 9.2 0 18 13.1 Luke Mathewson 11-7 7 90 12.9 0 30 8.2 John Santiago 11-11 5 81 16.2 0 33 7.4 Brady Oliveira 8-0 5 45 9.0 0 26 5.6 Luke Fiedler 11-0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.8 Jacob Francis 11-1 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Stetson Carr 3-0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, jjensen said: Cloyd is still committed to the program but I'm fairly certain that he wasn't on campus this weekend with the rest of the recruits. Cloyd appears to have been at a wrestling tournament this weekend and winning the Metro Championship for his weight class. I do know for sure that Jake Geier was on campus this weekend who wasn't noted by SFI. Good to know, and while I know he is still committed, I'll feel better on signing day. Bubba and his staff have done a nice job again and hopefully we don't lose anyone late. Quote
bang Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: So does anyone have any insight on how many of these OL will be redshirting? I assume that with some of the departures we have seen that we might have to pull a redshirt or two. Aside from OL, who else could we see get a RS pulled (I know it is early and we need to see how these guys do in camp) Toivenen? Holm? Helgren? Hunt? Whoever plays, and Whoever redshirts, I hope ALL of these guys plan to be in Grand Forks for the whole summer. I think that is huge for kids to start acclimating to the college environment, to really gel with their teammates, and to get their workouts in. I have no insight but I'm guessing all OL are brought in with the expectations of being red shirted. Fall evaluations and injuries may change that. There's a huge difference physically as well as assignment wise between high school and college at this position. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 1 minute ago, bang said: I have no insight but I'm guessing all OL are brought in with the expectations of being red shirted. Fall evaluations and injuries may change that. There's a huge difference physically as well as assignment wise between high school and college at this position. Definitely agree with that. Grady was definitely exceptional from a size and physicality standpoint. I wasn't sure how we are there in terms of depth though. Quote
bang Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: Definitely agree with that. Grady was definitely exceptional from a size and physicality standpoint. I wasn't sure how we are there in terms of depth though. Ya, maybe they're going into camp next year with the plan of pulling one shirt. Waiting to see which one steps up. I can see the staff doing something like that. Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 CB Jeremy Chinn has decommitted Big loss - I thought he had the most potential of CB commits, including Holm. He was an Indiana all-state selection. Quote
sioux24/7 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 I appreciate the class he had in his note though. 2 Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said: Dang this sucks. Major bummer. i was really excited about that kid too. Any idea where he is going to play? I wonder if he just wanted to go somewhere closer to home. Quote
sioux24/7 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 19 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: Major bummer. i was really excited about that kid too. Any idea where he is going to play? I wonder if he just wanted to go somewhere closer to home. Yeah not sure. I did notice former UND commit Jake Hartford now SDSU commit liked it but that might mean nothing. Quote
Longtime fan Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, bang said: I have no insight but I'm guessing all OL are brought in with the expectations of being red shirted. Fall evaluations and injuries may change that. There's a huge difference physically as well as assignment wise between high school and college at this position. Other then the qb, O lineman are the most likely to redshirt. Like you mentioned, the physicality aspect is like non other position. Only the likes of Grady and turner from ag school can come in and start as a true fresh. Well not only did they start but they made a difference is a very positive way. That happens once in a lifetime. If I was to guess, they all will redshirt. Und will be very thin and inexperienced on the line next year but have some good looking guys. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, siouxfan512 said: Major bummer. i was really excited about that kid too. Any idea where he is going to play? I wonder if he just wanted to go somewhere closer to home. Sounds like he went to SIU Quote
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