[homerHAWKeye777]

QB:
Braxton Miller (OH) - (tOSU Verbal)
Cardale Jones (OH) - [no shot]
Jacob Rudock (FL) - (Iowa Verbal)
Josh Grady (FL)

RB:
Rodney Coe (IL) - (Iowa Verbal)
Jameel Poteat (PA) - (Cincinatti Verbal)
Justice Hayes (MI) - (Notre Dame Verbal)
Remound Wright (IN) - (Stanford Verbal)
Joe Bergeron (TX) - (Texas Verbal)
Mike Blakely (FL) - (Florida Verbal)
Melvin Gordon (WI) - (Wisconsin Verbal)
Kenny Williams (TX) - (Texas Tech Verbal)
Tra Carson (TX) - (Oregon Verbal)
Mikail McCall (IL) - (Iowa Verbal)

WR:
DeAnthony Arnett (MI) - (Tennessee Verbal)
DaVaris Daniels (IL) - (Notre Dame Verbal)
Damiere Byrd (NJ) - (South Carolina Verbal)
Evan Spencer (IL) - (tOSU Verbal)
Jonathan Lee (TX) - (Baylor Verbal)
Brandon Phelps (MD) - (Virginia Verbal)
Jeremiah Hendy (MD) - (soft Maryland Verbal)
Marcus Grant (MA) - (Iowa Verbal)
Quentin Gardener (TX)
JaCorey Sheperd (TX) - (Kansas Verbal)
Andre Davis (FL)
Hakeem Flowers (SC)
Cameron White (TX) - (TCU Verbal)
Rashad Greene (FL) - (Florida State Verbal)
Johnny Haynes (TX) - (Oklahoma State Verbal)
Austin Vincent (TX) - (Iowa Verbal)
Kendrick Roberts (MI) - (Western Michigan Verbal)
Jacob Hillyer (TX) - (Iowa Verbal)

ATH:
Darius Jennings (MD) - [long shot]
Miles Shuler (NJ) - (Rutgers Verbal)
Jake Duzey (MI) - (Iowa Verbal)
Dondi Kirby (PA) - (Illinois Verbal)
A.J. King (FL) - (Purdue Verbal)
Mike Orloff (MA) - (Iowa Verbal)
Torrey Campbell (FL) - (Iowa Verbal)
Danny Taylor (FL) - [may not have an Iowa offer]
Armstead Williams (PA) - (Purdue Verbal)
Lafayette Pitts (PA) - (Rutgers Verbal)
Jordan Canzeri (NY)

TE:
Ray Hamilton (OH) - (Iowa Verbal)
Jeff Heuerman (FL) - (tOSU Verbal)
Brian Miller (MA) - (Boston College Verbal)
Christian French (IA) - (Oregon Verbal)
Jake Keefer (WI) - (Wisconsin Verbal)
Jack Tabb (NJ) - (North Carolina Verbal)
Nick Vannett (OH) - (tOSU Verbal)
Henry Krieger-Coble (IA) - (Iowa Verbal)

OL:
Cyrus Kouandjio (MD) - [our shot has diminished]
Conor Hanratty (CT) - (Notre Dame Verbal)
Tony Springmann (IN) - (Notre Dame Verbal)
Zach Sterup (NE) - (Nebraska Verbal)
Jordan Walsh (IL) - (Iowa Verbal)
Anthony Zettel (MI) - (Penn State Verbal)
Austin Blythe (IA) - (Iowa Verbal)
Aundrey Walker (OH) - [no shot - tOSU all the way]
Patrick Flavin (IL) - (Illinois Verbal)
Nick Martin (IN) - (Kentucky Verbal)
Jack Allen (IL) - (Michigan State Verbal)
Dan Heiar (IA) - (Iowa Verbal)

CB:
Jabari Gorman (FL) - (Florida Verbal)
Josh Stewart (TX) - (Texas A&M Verbal)
Dallas Crawford (FL) - (Miami Verbal)
Chris Jones (AL) - (Alabama Verbal)
Rodney Mills (FL)
Doran Grant (OH) - (Ohio State Verbal)
Tevin Mitchell (TX) - (Nebraska Verbal)
Valdez Showers (MI) - (Florida Verbal)
Tamani Carter (OH) - (Michigan Verbal)
Sherrard Harrington (MD) - (Colorado Verbal)
Raymon Taylor (MI) - (Michigan Verbal)

S:
Devonta Burns (TX) - (Texas A&M Verbal)
Nick Temple (IN) - (Cincinnati Verbal)
Franklin Shannon (TX) - (Oklahoma Verbal)
Nicholas Law (MD) - (Iowa Verbal)
Eilar Hardy (OH) - (Notre Dame Verbal)
Ron Tanner (OH) - (tOSU Verbal)
Kerry Swarn (TX) - (North Texas Verbal)
Jordan Lomax (MD) - (soft Virginia Verbal)

LB:
Melvin Spears (TX) - (Iowa Verbal)
Quinton Alston (NJ) - (Iowa Verbal)
Deryck Gildon (TX) - (TCU Verbal)
Cole Fisher (NE) - (Iowa Verbal)
Ejuan Price (PA) - (tOSU Verbal)
Kevin Snyder (PA) - (Rutgers Verbal)
Graham Stewart (CT) - (Boston College Verbal)
Nico Ornelas (TX) - (Oklahoma State Verbal)
Ed Davis (MI) - (Michigan State Verbal)
Jordan Fredrick (WI) - (Wisconsin Verbal)
Donald Smith (FL) - (Iowa State Verbal)

DE:
Curt Maggitt (FL)
Aaron Lynch (FL) - (Florida State Verbal)
Anthony Chickillo (FL) - (Miami Verbal)
Quinton Jefferson (PA) - (Maryland Verbal)
Jimmy Bean (TX) - (Oklahoma State Verbal)
Andre Sturdivant (OH) - [rumored to be a PSU verbal]
Bryant Dubose (FL)
Nick Menocal (FL) - (Georgia Tech Verbal)
Jordan Kerner (PA) - (PSU Verbal)
Jesse Hayes (OH) - (Wisconsin Verbal)
Branden Jackson (PA)
Chase Hounshell (OH) - (Florida Verbal)
Kyle George (NJ) - (Rutgers Verbal)
John Raymon (PA) - (Iowa Verbal)
Riley McMinn (IL) - (Iowa Verbal)
Michael Amaefula (TX)
Randy Gregory (IN) - (Purdue Verbal)
Jake Reed (IN) - (Indiana Verbal)

DT:
Kris Harley (IN) - (Virginia Tech Verbal)
Vincent Croce (MD) - (Virginia Verbal)
Jesse Williams (AZ) - (Alabama Verbal)
Delvon Simmons (PA) - [Texas Tech/Oregon lean]
Darian Cooper (MD)

[hawkfarmer]

Excellent update. Thank you. I hate to see that Kouandjio is a no shot, but oh well. Glad to see all the guys that we do have a shot with, and hope that we get some great commits soon.

[homerHAWKeye777]

Originally Posted by hawkfarmer

Excellent update. Thank you. I hate to see that Kouandjio is a no shot, but oh well. Glad to see all the guys that we do have a shot with, and hope that we get some great commits soon.

hawkfarmer -

The remarks about whether we have a shot or not is a bit of guesswork. I too would love to see us land Kouandjio, however, I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't follow his brother to Alabama.

[homerHAWKeye777]

Also, everybody is encouraged to share info in this thread so that I can update the list. For instance, if somebody has info that we have a good shot with "recruit X" ... then I'll happily update the list with the most current info.

For instance, I also know that Iowa fans would love for us to also land Coe and French ... however, neither guy is a "lay-up" for us. We have a shot ... however, we'll have to see how their recruitment works out.

[DYK88]

Wow, how do you know all this info on NEXT year's recruits already?! It will be interesting to see if we get a lot of early commits like we did last summer.

[BLKNGOLD48]

Homer,
Great list and thanks for putting this together. Where is French leaning towards? Please tell me it isn't ND. Also, seems like we are going against ND and tosu on alot of these recruits, you could also throw in Neb as well. I'm confident this staff will take care of biz.

[SLarew]

I was in Omaha couple weeks ago and read Nebraska already had 4 OL commits. Not sure what they think of Sterup but would think they would be close to finished with OL recruiting. Hopefully it works out well for Iowa.

[HawkinGoferLand]

who is French considering?

[homerHAWKeye777]

Originally Posted by HawkinGoferLand

who is French considering?

The bigger issue might be, "Who isn't French considering?"

The one advantage that Iowa has is that we're recruiting him on O and we have a great rep for developing TEs. The problem that we may have with him is that it doesn't necessarily seem like he grew up loving the Hawks.

I'm not saying that we're not going to land French ... I'm just saying that it's no lay-up.

BTW ... does anybody know what team French grew up following the most closely?

[homerHAWKeye777]

Originally Posted by SLarew

I was in Omaha couple weeks ago and read Nebraska already had 4 OL commits. Not sure what they think of Sterup but would think they would be close to finished with OL recruiting. Hopefully it works out well for Iowa.

SLarew -

As I recall Nebraska has taken on a good number of OTs in their prior recruiting class too. Thus, I really anticipate that they might not be able to offer Sterup until late in the process.

What would suck for Iowa is if Nebraska is able to fill up their recruiting class early in the summer. If they're able to do that ... then they'd be able to know if they'd be able to offer him or not.

Of course, it's possible that he might go to their camp and they decide that he doesn't necessarily fit their OL-system.

[rdubbs]

Christian French - Yahoo! Sports

[homerHAWKeye777]

Originally Posted by DYK88

Wow, how do you know all this info on NEXT year's recruits already?! It will be interesting to see if we get a lot of early commits like we did last summer.

DYK88 -

The lists of guys are already out there on scout's and rival's respective databases. As for the annotations ... they simply come from keeping a pretty close eye on the recruiting game.

BTW ... it appears to be a pretty good year talent-wise in the state of Ohio ... so Iowa might be able to capitalize there. Also, Illinois has a pretty nice slew of O-linemen too. If Iowa can't get Walsh and/or Sterup ... then some of those guys might become options too (like the McAvoys and Flavin).

Also, I think that we'll get Gaines ... and between Gaines, Martin-Manley, Gray, and Carl Davis ... I think that we'll be able to use that to our advantage in recruiting Michigan too.

[nickhawk]

Love this kind of update on potential recruits.

This is the type of info I enjoy getting.

Kudos to you homer for feeding the fellas who want to know about potential prospects!

[HaydensDad]

Anybody notice there are only 2 Iowa boys on there? We usually see at least 30-40% right?

[iowahawkeyes89]

Originally Posted by DYK88

Wow, how do you know all this info on NEXT year's recruits already?! It will be interesting to see if we get a lot of early commits like we did last summer.

This is what he does, all day, every day.

Sometimes he goes the entire day without sleep, or eating.