In-state recruiting tracker

[Marlins]

Bernini told me I should make a thread like this...so here it goes. Here's a list of commitments and scholarship offers for players from the state of Wisconsin's class of '08.

2008 Signees:
DE Tyler Westphal (6-6, 240), Menasha - Wisconsin
OL Peter Konz (6-6, 290), Neenah - Wisconsin
OL Kevin Zeitler (6-4, 290), Wisconsin Lutheran - Wisconsin
LB Mike Taylor (6-2, 200), Ashwaubenon - Wisconsin
ATH Troy "T.J." Williams (6-0, 180), Kenosha Bradford - Wisconsin
P Brad Nortman (6-3, 210), Brookfield Central - Wisconsin
DT/OG Chris Garner (6-5, 315), Augusta - Wisconsin
RB/WR Shane Covington (6-0, 181), Milwaukee Riverside - Indiana (over Illinois, Kansas St.)
TE Jeff Zipfel (6-6, 210), Kettle Moraine - Western Michigan
FS Jody Van Laanen (6-0, 195), Ashwaubenon - Northern Illinois
TE/DE Chris Prom (6-4, 220), Port Washington - Western Michigan
TE/DE Drew Nowak (6-4, 250), De Pere - Western Michigan
OL Jason Kons (6-3, 265), Milwaukee Marquette - Air Force
LB Jared Hassin (6-3, 218), Kettle Moraine - Air Force
LB/DE Greg Reid (6-2, 251), Milwaukee King - North Dakota State (over W. Michigan)
OL Mike Seefeld (6-3, 260), Cudahy - Illinois State
LB Ricky Hagen (6-3, 230), Colfax - North Dakota State
OL J.J. Manowske (6-3, 290), FDL St. Mary's Springs - North Dakota State
OL Misha Danilov (6-6, 270), Middleton - Northern Iowa
TE Keegan Nesvacil (6-4, 220), Middleton - South Dakota State
RB Brett Werner-Powell (6-2, 205), Homestead - Illinois State
TE/DE Mitch Quill (6-5, 215), Racine St. Catherine's - Eastern Illinois
RB Desmin Ward (6-0, 223), Milwaukee Hamilton - Eastern Illinois (over Ball St.)
OL Eric Zink (), Oshkosh West - Eastern Illinois
RB Mitch Sutton (6-0, 200), SPASH - North Dakota
WR Jon Heimler (6-3, 189), Menomonie - North Dakota
DB Eric Merserau (6-0, 170), Port Washington - North Dakota
WR Luke Standiford (6-4, 200), Pardeeville - Southern Illinois
DL Kyle Cavil (6-4, 245), Ashwaubenon - Southern Illinois
OL Thomas Barton (6-5, 250), Wauwatosa West - South Dakota
OL David Witkiewicz (), Whitnall - Drake
RB Ben Miller (6-0, 184), Milwaukee Marquette - Dayton
QB Brian Mulcahy (5-11, 183), Milwaukee Marquette - Dayton
RB Drew Herma (5-8, 175), Brookfield Central - Georgetown
WR Lars Knudsen (6-5, 180), Whitefish Bay - Yale
OL/DL Harold Lloyd (6-3, 260), Janesville Parker - Wayne State
QB Alex Delebreau (6-4, 191), Kewaunee - Michigan Tech
OL Eric Phillips (6-4, 276), Menomonie - Michigan Tech
DL Dan Maldanado (), Milwaukee Riverside - Michigan Tech
DT Nick Endres (6-1, 272), Waunakee - Southwest Minnesota State
OL Blake Walker (6-3, 265), Pardeeville - Southwest Minnesota State
LB Trevor Weinkauf (6-2, 210), Waterford - Southwest Minnesota State
DL Joe Akey (6-3, 215), Merrill - Minnesota-Duluth
WR/DB Jeremy Christian (6-0, 180), Kewaunee - Minnesota-Duluth
OL Jordan Marriott (6-6, 240), Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln - Minnesota-Duluth
DB Jordan Hoekstra (6-4, 202), DC Everest - Minnesota-Duluth
DE Mike Schaaf (6-4, 234), Chetek - Bemidji State
RB Elliot Waterhouse (6-1, 175), Chetek - Bemidji State
QB Lance Rongstad (6-2, 185), Eleva-Strum - Bemidji State
RB/LB Dustin Kroeplin (6-1, 220), Owen-Withee - Bemidji State
LB Cody Kave (6-1, 192), Waukesha North - University of Indianapolis
TE Jake Wahl (6-3, 225), Cudahy - Concordia-St. Paul
DB Wade Williams (), Waupun - St. Cloud State
WR Griffin Korth (6-2, 180), Hortonville - St. Cloud State
QB Brad Meade (6-3, 200), Chippewa Falls - St. Cloud State
DE Lucas Bauer (6-4, 245), Verona - Minnesota-Mankato
WR Justin Howard (5-10, 175), Homestead - Minnesota-Mankato
RB Mike Sewall (5-9, 172), Kimberly - Minnesota-Mankato
LB Damon Campbell (6-1, 225), Wisconsin Lutheran - Minnesota-Mankato
RB Chris Echols (5-11, 190), Wisconsin Lutheran - Minnesota-Mankato
WR Tyler Uschan (), Janesville Craig - Minnesota-Mankato
OL Troy Rolli (6-2, 290), Madison East - Winona State
P Garrett Peck (), River Valley - Northern Michigan
DE Jordan Mancl (6-4, 245), SPASH - Northern Michigan
DL Darien Skrenes (6-2, 277), Arrowhead - Northwest Missouri State
OL Jordan Dailey (6-3, 315), Weyauwega-Fremont - Northern State
QB Steve Chapiewsky (6-1, 210), Madison La Follette - UW-Eau Claire
OL Nick Bohl (5-11, 240), Chippewa Falls - UW-Eau Claire
DB Joe Pecosky (), Madison La Follette - UW-Eau Claire
DB Derek Joswiak (6-1, 175), Stratford - UW-Eau Claire
QB Justin Wagner (6-3, 225), Brookfield East - UW-Eau Claire
RB Chris Olson (5-11, 198), Stratford - UW-Eau Claire
RB Tyler Mitchell (), Milwaukee Hamilton - UW-Oshkosh
WR Jordan Leonhardt (6-0, 164), Stratford - UW-Oshkosh
P Kyle Calhoun (), Kettle Moraine - UW-Oshkosh
OL/DE Brandon Krupp (6-3, 230), Chilton - UW-Platteville
OL/DL Jacob Propanda (6-1, 235), Westosha Central - UW-Platteville
OL Jordan Schave (6-8, 250), Fon Du Lac - UW-Plateville
WR Gary Kuehl (), Milwaukee Hamilton - UW-Whitewater
OL Logan Allemand (6-3, 285), Kenosha Tremper - UW-Whitewater
OL Tyler Cory (6-2, 240), Verona - UW Whitewater
OL Matt Stieber (6-3, 275), Sun Prairie - UW-Whitewater
OL Andy Blood (6-5, 250), Lake Geneva Badger - North Dakota State College of Science
SS Jon Settle (5-11, 198), Madison West - Rochester Community and Technical College
OL Ryan Schwenn (6-5, 270), Winona Grove - Joliet Junior College


2008 Preferred Walk-Ons:

DT Jake Reynolds (6-2, 245), Catholic Memorial - Wisconsin
FB Tyrell Rosemeyer (6-0, 220), Fennimore - Wisconsin
TE Rick Wagner (6-7, 235), West Allis Hale - Wisconsin
ATH Bradie Ewing (6-1, 211), Richland Center - Wisconsin
OT Robbie Burge (6-7, 295), Holmen - Wisconsin
OG Christopher Cromwell (6-4, 300), St. John's NW Military - Wisconsin
OT Jordan Bergmann (6-7, 280), Kettle Moraine Lutheran - Wisconsin
FB Casey Casper (6-3, 240), Kettle Moraine - Wisconsin
RB Steve Spratte (), Waukesha West - Nebraska
RB Ray Smith (6-0, 200), Sheboygan South - Kansas State
DT Austin Hahn (6-5, 250), Hartford Union - Minnesota
RB Jake Ferris (), Arrowhead - Minnesota
OL Jacob Glickstein (), Brookfield Central - Minnesota
K David Schwerman (), Kettle Morain - Minnesota
RB Hunter Burke (6-0, 180), West Salem - Iowa State
LB Shane Kelly (6-5, 197), Rhinelander - Eastern Illinois

2008 Outstanding Offers:
OL/LS Chris Gill (6-6, 250), Appleton Xavier - Air Force, South Dakota St., Minnesota-Duluth, Winona State
TE/DE Andrew Wasmund (6-4, 210), Horicon - Minnesota-Moorhead
ATH Jeremy Reierson (6-5, 210), Rio - Minnesota-Mankato, Minnesota-Duluth
QB Kevin Wild (6-1, 175), Brown Deer - Minnesota-Moorhead
K/P Jake Kusters (5-11, 185), Racine Park - Southern Baptist
OG Kyle Haeberlin (6-3, 225), Big Foot - Culver-Stockton
OL Mike Bernarde (6-3, 285), Sussex-Hamilton - Minnesota-Mankato, Minnesota-Moorehead, St. Cloud State

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2009 Commitments:
DT Zach Anderson (6-2, 285), Ladysmith - Northern Illinois
DE Tyler Dippel (6-5, 254), Hartford Union - Wisconsin
OG/DT Travis Frederick (6-5, 315), Big Foot - Wisconsin
OG Ryan Groy (6-5, 300), Middleton - Wisconsin
DE Shelby Harris (6-3, 245), Mequon Homestead - Wisconsin
LB A.J. Klein (6-2, 219), Kimberly - Iowa State
DT Jordan Kohout (6-4, 265), Waupun - Wisconsin
OL Greg Peterson (6-5, 255), Waukesha West - Western Michigan
LB Paul Swan (6-1, 212), Oconomowoc - Bowling Green


2009 Offers:
WR Teon Banks (6-2, 185), Milwaukee Bay View - Minnesota-Moorhead
K Jeff Budzien (5-11, 165), Arrowhead - Kansas St., Rice, Army, Illinois St.
LB Ross Elliott (6-2, 225), Madison La Follette - Western Michigan
LB Cordero Finley (6-2, 210), Kenosha Bradford - South Dakota
DE Ben Gardner (6-4, 225), Homestead - South Dakota, South Dakota State
RB Ryan Givens (5-10, 175), Milwaukee Riverside - Illinois St., North Dakota, South Dakota
DL Clay Gosse (6-4, 245), Appleton North - Western Michigan, South Dakota
DL Ethan Hemer (6-6, 260), Medford - Illinois St., Northern Iowa, South Dakota
OG Hank Jacobs (6-5, 285), Beaver Dam - Western Michigan, North Dakota St., Army
TE Justin Juckem (6-5, 245), Chilton - Boston College, Washington St., Army, North Dakota St., North Dakota
LB Brian Otto (6-1, 217), West Allis Hale - North Dakota, South Dakota
OG Jared Volk (6-4, 287), Arrowhead - Northern Illinois, Illinois St., North Dakota, North Dakota St.
QB/WR Adam Walker Jr. (6-3, 205), Milwaukee Lutheran - Minnesota-Moorhead
CB Jayme Wells (5-10, 183), Kimberly - Northern Illinois
WR Ben Ericksen (6-1, 185), Greendale - South Dakota, preferred walk-on at UW
OG Nick Doehling (6-2, 296), Arrowhead - South Dakota


2010 Prospects to Watch:
LB Konrad Zagzebski (6-3, 225), DC Everest - interest from Wisconsin, Penn State, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, Minnesota
WR Marquis Mason (6-3, 215), Madison East - interest from Wisconsin, Purdue, UCLA
RB Sean Marshall (5-10, 215), Sun Prairie - interest from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois
OT Sam Cunningham (6-6, 305), Hudson - interest from Standford, Minnesota
RB D.J. Fuller (5-10, 185), Madison La Follette
RB Leighton Settle (5-11, 185), Madison West - interest from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Oregon
DT/OG Joe Laboets (6-1, 275), Baraboo - interest from Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Illinois State, Bemidji State
OL Matt Eggen (6-5, 290), La Crosse Logan
OT Kyle Deavers (6-6, 315), Racine Park
RB/DB Brian Crook (6-0, 190), Arrowhead - interest from Wisconsin, Iowa
S/LB Michael Trotter (6-0, 200), Milwaukee Marquette
LB Eric Oertel (6-2, 195), Racine Lutheran
P Will Hagerup (6-4, 205), Whitefish Bay - interest from Wisconsin, Oregon
K/P Kyle French (6-2, 205), Menomonie Falls - interest from Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Ball State, Stanford, Hawaii, Purdue, Boston College, Louisville, Princeton, Brown

[Bernini]

Thanks a lot Marlins!

Do you have any idea who else will get offers?

[Marlins]

Other potential D1 prospects include:

FB/LB Damon Campbell (6-0, 226), Wisconsin Luthern
TE Rick Wagner (6-7, 235), West Allis Hale
OL/DL Austin Hahn (6-5, 240), Hartford Union
RB/LB Desmin Ward (6-0, 223), Milwaukee Hamilton
OL Ryan Schwenn (6-5, 270), Monona Grove
DE Lucas Bauer (6-4, 230), Verona
DE Lucas Davis (6-4, 225), Evansville
RB Chris Echols (5-11, 190), Wisconsin Lutheran
OL Harold Lloyd (6-3, 260), Janesville Parker
TE/DE Chris Prom (6-4, 220), Port Washington

[Bernini]

That's awesome. I realize a lot of these offers and commitments seemingly come out of nowhere, but you would definitely be able to make a more educated guess than anyone, seeing as though you're a Wisconsin insider.

I saw Chris Prom on Tom Lemming's top 100 watch list, along with only 2 other Wisconsin players (Westphal and Konz), and I thought it might be a misprint. Good to see he does have legit D-1 interest at least. Echols, along with the other running back Sutton, and Hahn; I thought had become the forgetten men after being frontrunners for offers out of the gate.

[Marlins]

Originally Posted by Bernini

That's awesome. I realize a lot of these offers and commitments seemingly come out of nowhere, but you would definitely be able to make a more educated guess than anyone, seeing as though you're a Wisconsin insider.

I saw Chris Prom on Tom Lemming's top 100 watch list, along with only 2 other Wisconsin players (Westphal and Konz), and I thought it might be a misprint. Good to see he does have legit D-1 interest at least. Echols, along with the other running back Sutton, and Hahn; I thought had become the forgetten men after being frontrunners for offers out of the gate.

There is a slight problem with Prom. He was receiving serious D1 interest and probably had a shot at a D1 offer, but he tore his ACL playing summer basketball and had surgery on it. He'll have to miss the entire football season with the injury. So the question is whether someone like a MAC school will take a chance on him, or if he'll slip down to a D1-AA or D2 school. The guy was getting looks from Wisconsin and Iowa before his injury, so it would be a pretty big steal for one of those smaller colleges.

[Bernini]

Tough break. Hopefully he can sneak onto a MAC school late for his sake or maybe even as a preferred walk-on at UW. We could definitely still use DE depth, which we may not be able to satisfy with few schollies left.

Is anybody interested in Knudsen anymore?

[Marlins]

There's still some interest there. The last time I spoke to him he said these schools had been in contact: Wisconsin, Air Force, Northern Illinois, Wyoming, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Duke, Illinois, Cornell, North Dakota State, Georgetown, Brown, Princeton, Penn, Illinois State, South Dakota State, Yale.

[Bernini]

I'm assuming the list of D-1 prospects you made was your prediction of who will receive scholarship offers. If so, do you have a list of players who are on the fringe to receive offers? Can I include your Wisconsin top 40 prospects or is that not free content typically on your site? And what's the current status with the Oak Creek program, and how much do you believe that's hurt the talent level the last two years. Like I've said before, I don't notice too much difference between this year and any other year. However, the elite type prospects are missing, and in years past, many of them came from Oak Creek. Depth may be effected a barely discernible amount as well.

[Marlins]

Some of the players I perviously listed could be considered fringe players.

Basically check out this link for a list of the top overall players and top players by position: Wisconsin High School Football / Youth Football

Oak Creek should be a little better this year I guess. Coach Mike Bartholomew came over from Kenosha Bradford and he's a really good guy and coach. I don't think the Oak Creek program hurt the talent level at all. All they did was lure the best City Conference players, hype them up to colleges, and then watch as the scholarship offers came it.

Keep an eye on Arrowhead. They've been a traditional football factory over the years, but they have a lot of talent in the class of 2008 and 2009. Not all of it is D1 level, but they'll have a lot of kids playing college ball somewhere.

As far as top level talent...the state already has one All-American this year in Westphal. That's about normal. I wouldn't be shocked to see Nortman, Zeitler, or Konz invited to one of the smaller All-American games too.

Last year was just a REALLY good year with five All-Americans (Clay, Oglesby, Toon, Hagerup, Brunner).

[Bernini]

I don't want to include anything that's not your opinion, since the original post carries your name. So I'll stick with what's there and include the top 40.

I don't know how much Oak Creek's players were hype. Beckum and B-Cal were certainly studs. The jury is still completely out on Hendo. He had such a small window at Tennessee. We'll see how he fares at Minnesota. I still think he could be pretty special...off the field issues aside. For Ando, it's tough to crack the Miami D-Line rotation. He still has a couple years to shine. Hopefully Reynolds can work things out so he even has an opportunity to prove himself. I think the state is definitely better off with a powerhouse like that. They were as close as we've had recently to Glenville.

[Bernini]

Former Wisconsin prep star DL Rhyan Anderson transferred from the University of Miami to New Mexico State. Now he will get that opportunity to shine most likely, but will have to wait a year to do so, only has one more shot. He graduated from Miami with a Bachelor's in three years, so congrats to him on that, and good luck to him at NMSU!

[Bernini]

Marlins, does Ward look like a possibility for a Wisconsin offer as a slow play? We could certainly use running backs and are still pursuing linebackers.

If he can make the offense-defense All American bowl, one would certainly think D1 offers are imminent. I would imagine it's a rarity that a player in that game doesn't get a free ride. High major D1 prospect?

[Marlins]

Ward is in a tough situation since he had to sit out all of last season. Teams are waiting to see his first couple of games of film before they make a decision on him either way.

Right now he's getting interest from Michigan State, Purdue, and then some MAC schools.

I think he has a really good shot at getting a MAC offer. We'll see about anything bigger than that I guess. First few games will help determine it.