Major Midwest Commitments from August 2021
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As I write this, I am duel-wielding college football games on the eve of Friday Night Lights as I watch some DII Northern Sun ball between MSU-Mankato and Northern State on my computer and my homestate Minnesota Gophers battle against…
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Continue ReadingAs I write this, I am duel-wielding college football games on the eve of Friday Night Lights as I watch some DII Northern Sun ball between MSU-Mankato and Northern State on my computer and my homestate Minnesota Gophers battle against the Ohio State Buckeyes, so I think it’s safe to say that life is good. In case you’re unfamiliar, my name is Oliver West and I am the Midwest Scouting Director for PrepRedzone. After being promoted to that role last spring I have been trying to increase our presence in the Midwest while becoming more inclusive in my own recruiting coverage in the middle of the United States as well, and with the 2021 prep season underway, I will attempt to meet those goals by introducing some new weekly and monthly series focusing on athletes from the Dakotas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin, with a little bit of Missouri love sprinkled in. I begin things by publishing my first weekly “Midwest Top Performers” feature a few days ago and wanted to keep the momentum going by starting my first monthly series with this “Major Midwest Commitments” piece focusing on high school commitments from the previous month. We have almost 100 athletes who inked with a college program this past month from nine Midwest states listed below, but before I begin I wanted to say that our presence in Ohio’s social media scene is pretty weak (which is my fault) which is why they aren’t included in this piece, but in September I will be making sure to increase our occupancy in the Buckeye State, and the same goes for Kansas and Michigan. Anyway, take a look at where some of the Midwest’s best committed to this past month, and thank you for reading.
Dakotas
Corbin Wirkus (Baltic, SD) 2022. Committed to Augustana University
Aiden Brink (Sioux Falls-Washington, SD) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Max Thomson (Sioux Falls-Washington, SD) 2022. Committed to Northern State University
Manny Struck (O’Gorman, SD) 2022. Committed to Augustana University (end of July)
Brady Koupal (Brandon Valley, SD) 2022. Committed to South Dakota (end of July)
Illinois
Jimmy Liston (Fenwick) 2022. Committed to Purdue
Brian Allen Jr. (Marian Central Catholic/St. Thomas More) 2022. Committed to Illinois
Luther Burden (East St. Louis) 2022. Decommitted from Oklahoma
Luke Dalton (Marian Central Catholic) 2022. Committed to the University of Cincinnati
Jamol Molton (East St. Louis) 2022. Committed to Murray State
Brendan Keane (Reavis) 2021. Committed to the College of DuPage
Charlie Adams (Downers Grove South) 2022. Committed to Middlebury College
Jack Schnoor (Prairie Ridge) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Kyle Moede (Benet Academy) 2022. Committed to Carleton College
Derek Whaley (Mt. Carmel) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Paolo Gennarelli (St. Charles North) 2022. Committed to Army-West Point
Kaden King (Prairie Central) 2021. Committed to St. Ambrose University
Eddie Dreher (Loyola Academy) 2022. Committed to Denison University
Tony Roberts (Batavia) 2022. Committed to Indiana State
Valen Erickson (St. Rita) 2022. Committed to Nebraska (end of July)
Indiana
Al McKeller (Lawrence North) 2017. Transferred from UIndy to Northwest Missouri State
Jeff Becker (Fort Wayne-Carroll) 2022. Committed to South Dakota State
Danny Norocea (Avon) 2022. Committed to Colgate University (end of July)
Chaikou Diallo (Decatur Central) 2022. Committed to Davidson College
Jahmad Harmon (Lawrence Central) 2022. Committed to Furman
Iowa
Cam Buffington (Winfield-Mt. Union) 2024. Committed to Iowa (end of July)
Dawson Ripperda (West Lyon) 2022. Committed to Northern Illinois
Rex Johnson (Logan-Magnolia) 2022. Committed to Wyoming (end of July)
Luke Vonderhaar (Pleasant Valley) 2022. Committed to the Air Force Academy
Brandon Vander Sluis (Le Mars) 2022. Committed to South Dakota
Dallas Westhoff (Columbus Catholic) 2022. Committed to Indiana State
Kyson Van Vugt (Western Christian) 2022. Committed to South Dakota
Keith Moko (Newton) 2022. Committed to Northern Iowa
Cade Borud (Southeast Polk) 2022. Committed to North Dakota (end of July)
Logan Cassady (Interstate 35) 2022. Committed to the University of St. Thomas
Mitchell Schares (Cedar Rapids-Kennedy) 2022. Committed to the University of St. Thomas
Colin Kadolph (Ankeny) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Caeden Janssen (Cedar Falls) 2022. Committed to Upper Iowa University
Jack Rutz (Johnston) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Tyler Schmitt (East Sac County) 2022. Committed to the University of Sioux Falls
Ethan Snieder (Sioux City-East) 2022. Committed to Dordt University
Kansas
Jaren Kanak (Hays) 2022. Committed to Clemson (end of July)
Mason Ellis (Mulvane) 2022. Committed to North Dakota State
Spencer Sprenger (Blue Valley North) 2021. Committed to Murray State
Michigan
Nick Flegler (Dewitt) 2022. Committed to the Air Force Academy (end of July)
Tyler-Scott Bivens (Ann Arbor-Huron) 2022. Committed to Kent State (end of July)
Larry Robinson II (Saline) 2022. Committed to Army-West Point
Tyler Stolsky (Portage Central) 2022. Committed to Lehigh
Jayden Lewin (Grand Blanc) 2022. Committed to Wayne State
Colin Kraatz (Saginaw Heritage) 2022. Committed to Saginaw Valley State
Brett Anderson (Fraser) 2022. Committed to Bowdoin College
Cooper Phillips (Dakota) 2022. Committed to Grand Valley State
Brett Weaver (Traverse City Central) 2022. Committed to Grand Valley State
Cross Dobbs (Grand Blanc) 2022. Committed to Grand Valley State
Minnesota
Trejuan Holloman Trejuan Holloman 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Cretin Derham Hall | 2022 State MN (Cretin-Derham Hall) 2022. Committed to Michigan State (basketball)
Darius Givance Darius Givance 6'2" | 200 lbs | RB Champlin Park | 2022 State MN (Champlin Park) 2022. Committed to North Dakota State
Ryan Haley Ryan Haley 6'0" | 205 lbs | LB Mankato-West | 2022 State MN (Mankato West) 2022. Committed to Brown University
Mekhi Collins Mekhi Collins 6'4" | 205 lbs | WR Mankato West | 2022 State MN (Mankato West) 2022. Committed to North Dakota State
Tait Kongsjord (Deer River) 2022. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Jacob Kelly Jacob Kelly 6'3" | 210 lbs | WR Bemidji | 2022 State MN (Bemidji) 2022. Committed to North Dakota State on a PWO
Hudson Artz Hudson Artz 6'0" | 185 lbs | DB Fairmont | 2022 State MN (Fairmont) 2022. Committed to North Dakota State on a PWO
Blake Gode (Lakeville North) 2022. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Nicholas Ojile Nicholas Ojile 6'2" | 220 lbs | DL Spring Lake Park | 2022 MN (Spring Lake Park) 2022. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Gavin Luksik (Bemidji) 2022. Committed to Bemidji State
Tommy Niggeling Tommy Niggeling 5'11" | 190 lbs | LB Lakeville North | 2022 State MN (Lakeville North) 2022. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Zach Krause Zach Krause 6'4" | 280 lbs | DL Lakeville North | 2022 State MN (Lakeville North) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Camden Dean Camden Dean 5'11" | 170 lbs | ATH Lakeville South | 2022 State MN (Lakeville South) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Nate Graham Nate Graham 6'5" | 190 lbs | WR Wayzata | 2022 State MN (Wayzata) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Moorhead
Ashton Hoffman (Minnetonka) 2022. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Nebraska
Mackenson Owens (Aurora) 2022. Committed to South Dakota
Kaden Johnson (Papillion La-Vista) 2022. Committed to South Dakota State (end of July)
TJ Murray (Boys Town) 2022. Committed to Augustana University
Chase Emsick (Elkhorn South) 2022. Committed to Augustana University
Grant Guyett (Omaha Westside) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Jameson Krayneski (Bennington) 2022. Committed to Wayne State (NE)
Spencer Smith (Papillion La-Vista) 2022. Committed to Wayne State (NE)
Jake Stier (Bennington) 2022. Committed to Wayne State (NE)
Alec Blevins (Papillion La-Vista) 2022. Committed to Wayne State (NE)
Cooper Tracy (Lincoln Southeast) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Wisconsin
Chad Schuster Chad Schuster 6'6" | 280 lbs | OL Franklin | 2022 State WI (Franklin) 2022. Committed to Syracuse
Gavin Lahm Gavin Lahm 6'0" | 200 lbs | K Kaukauna | 2022 State WI (Kaukauna) 2022. Committed to Wisconsin on a PWO
Matt Jung Matt Jung 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Neenah | 2022 State WI (Neenah) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato
Owen Pawlikowski Owen Pawlikowski 6'3" | 195 lbs | WR Kimberly | 2022 State WI (Kimberly) 2022. Committed to Saint Leo University (basketball)
Max Weisbrod (DeForest) 2022. Committed to Northern Michigan (basketball)
Ty Strehlow Ty Strehlow 6'0" | 190 lbs | ATH D.C. Everest | 2022 State WI (D.C. Everest) 2022. Committed to Augustana University
Kennan Stowers Kennan Stowers 5'11" | 175 lbs | ATH New Richmond | 2022 State WI (New Richmond) 2022. Committed to Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Ben Werner Ben Werner 6'4" | 235 lbs | DL Benton | 2022 State WI (Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg) 2022. Committed to Upper Iowa
Michael Jenson Michael Jenson 5'11" | 160 lbs | DB Elk Mound | 2021 State WI (Elk Mound) 2021. Transferred from Upper Iowa to UW-River Falls
Jaylen Carter (Germantown/Southwest Minnesota State) 2018. Committed to the University of North Carolina-Pembroke