Plenty of Recruits on campus this weekend

by GopherNation on Sep 11, 2009 3:50 PM CDT in Recruiting - Football

Being lost in all of the hubub surrounding the new stadium and the actual game, there will be a good number of recruits taking official and unofficial visits this weekend. According to GopherIllustrated.com here is who will be in attendance and considering whether their football future will be in maroon and gold.

Offensive Players

RB - Ethan Grant (Coconut Creek , FL) - 4-stars, currently committed to Oregon
RB - Josh Huff (Aldine , TX) - 4-stars, currently committed to Utah (for now)
RB - Dontae Williams (Houston , TX) -4-stars,likes Ore and has offers from all over including Cal and OSU
RB - Wesley Vincent (Houston , TX) - no offer yet
WR - Toby Durham (Sanford, FL) - teammate of Tyrone Bouie (below)

Defensive Players

LB - Zachary Allen (Pahokee, FL) - 3-stars, currently committed to Wake Forest
LB - Kevin Kisseberth (Klein, TX) - 3-stars, commitment could come this weekend
LB - Dwayne Mitchell (New Orleans, LA) - 2-stars and a Gopher commit
CB - Tyrone Bouie (Sanford, FL) - 3-stars, a favorite of mine!
CB - Jabari Price (Pompano Beach, FL) - 3-stars, teammate of freshman, Michael Carter, another favorite of mine.
DT - Harold Legania (New Orleans , LA) - 3-stars, teammate of Michell's with offers from Miss, Miss St and Virginia
DT - Doral Willis (Pahokee , FL) - 2-star, current Gopher commit

Unofficial Visits

OT - Jimmy Gjere - Irondale - Gopher commit
DT - Beau Allen - Minnetonka - uncommitted
ATH - Tobi Okuyemi - Wayzata - uncommitted
QB - Tom Parrish - Wisconsin - Gopher commit
ATH - Lamonte Edwards - Woodbury - Gopher commit

Recruiting is picking up significantly and it will be VERY interesting to see what kind of an impact the stadium will have on recruiting this weekend. It clearly has had an impact in the past but now being able to see the packed stadium and all of the surrounding festivities it can only help that much more.

As Brewster tries to impress the local kids who have not yet committed he has decided it is in his best interest to charter a helicopter tonight so he can watch Irondale, Cretin and Minnetonka all in the same evening. Kind of crazy but kind of cool.

I haven't posted this in a while but here is my current top 10 recruiting wish list. And here is the current class of verbal commitments, let's hope we get to add to this list on Monday.

Gopher Nation's (semi-realistic) Top 15 Recruiting Wish List

OT - Seantrel Henderson - Seantrel will be at Ohio State this weekend watching USC
DT - Beau Allen - local, position of need and has very good other offers. A must get!
CB - Tyrone Bouie - love the way this kid tackles in his videos, I'd really like to see this Florida native choose Minnesota.
CB - Jabari Price - teammate of Michael Carter down in Pompano Beach, FL
DE - Tobi Okuyemi - Wayzata native and athletic DE. May end up moving to OLB at this level but very good player.
OLB - Zachary Allen - (new to the list) committed to Wake, visiting this weekend
RB - Dontae Williams - (new to the list) - visiting this weekend appears ready to play right away.
DE - CJ Olaniyan - Four-star, Michigan native with offers from all over (PSU, UCLA, OK, Miami, Big Tens). Highly unlikely but we are in the running.
DT - Harold Legania - (new to the list) offers from Miss and Miss St, teammate of Mitchell's, position of need
OC - Antonio Ford - (new to the list) position of need, Pahokee native
RB - Andre Dawson - Iowa native and three-star running back
OLB - Troy Gloster - grandson of Sandy Stephens, smart kid (looking at Stanford)
WR - Toby Durham - teammate of Tyrone Bouie, three-star receiver, visiting this weekend
OLB - Kevin Kisserberth - visiting this weekend and may commit
OLB - Nduka Onyeali - Colorado native, has us in top 5

OFF the list

S - Isaiah Lewis - committed to Michigan State

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Good post

I commented earlier on the fact this is probably the biggest weekend for Minnesota to firmly set the ground as a team a lot of top recruits look at and pick in the future. 15 recruits making official and unofficials and all at this game shows the anticipation. The play on the field needs to be good though. Last year the Michigan game saw a fairly large number of top recruits and probably ruined our chances of signing any of them esp. the 5 star DT who signed with Missouri.

by Jeffdu on Sep 12, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions

that 5-star DT

had to go the JUCO route, there is still a chance!

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Sep 12, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions

My bad

Its 17 recruits not 15 visisting.

by Jeffdu on Sep 12, 2009 10:28 AM CDT reply actions

Agreed

This is a huge game for the gophers as far as recruiting. Im sure the recruits will be wowed by the stadium and the gigantic locker room, but the play on the field is equally important.

by MinnesotaCatFan on Sep 12, 2009 11:42 AM CDT reply actions