2009-football-recruiting-class Stories - Red And Black Attack
Potential football walk-ons for the Fall
-State qualifying shot-putter Jace Werkheiser of Freeport plans on walking on to the Huskies, but how will he respond to take Coach Kill's morning practices? "I threw like crap again," said a disappointed Werkheiser. "I’m just not used to throwing in the morning." Hopefully he can get used...
GARRETT BARNAS TO WALK-ON AT NIU
The LaSalle News Tribune reports that highly-touted Harper QB Garrett Barnas is headed to Northern Illinois to continue his career as a defensive back for the Huskies, per his former HS football coach Dave Moore. "I think it’s good for him," Moore said Monday. "I think he was just tired of...
New TE added to the 2009 recruiting class
I was just browsing around Rivals.com when I spotted a new player had appeared on our commit list. Couldn't find too much info on him, so I copy and pasted his bio from Saddleback College's Football Roster, home of the Gauchos in Mission Viejo, CA. That's right, the Gauchos Nick...
Naperville standout athlete to walk-on at Northern Illinois
Riley O'Toole is a 6'3" 190 lb player from Naperville Central. He also never left the field playing Wide Reciever, Free Safety, Outside Linebacker and Punter for the Redhawks. Not to mention he was also a returner on special teams. Before his season was slowed down by injury, O'Toole managed...
Why Coach Kill recruits down south
From fastest to slowest, here are the 40 times for this year's recruits. In bold are the players from Texas and Florida. Before this recent influx of speed on this team, the only guys on our team that I could run under a 4.5 were CB Patrick George and WR Nathan Palmer. The recent additions of DB...
NSD Pt. V: The "Texas Two-Step" and a couple late surprises
Oh man. I can never get enough recruiting info. National Signing day just comes and goes and then we're stuck with waiting for Spring Practice starting March 24. College Basketball and Baseball are nice fillers, but that's like the salad before you get to the steak of the College Football...
Signing Day Pics and Notes
Wisconsin's Leader-Telegram announced that DT commit Zach Anderson received late offers from Indiana and Iowa State, but chose to stay with the Huskies. "They really wanted me right from the beginning," Anderson said. "I'll never forget that. I'll never let them down." Anderson also...
NSD Pt. IV: A Little Sunshine
Due to a relative down year for talent across Illinois and the Midwest overall, Kill looked to Florida to reel in some talent from the Sunshine State. LBs Coach Tom Matukeweicz and RBs Coach Tom Reeves have been scouring Florida for talent for the last 10 or so years now, so this is nothing new. ...
NSD Pt. III: Midwestern Roots
In order to get the talent that we needed for Coach Kill's first "real" class, he had to venture out in to the states surrounding Illinois. We managed to grab a couple of the best prospects in Wisconsin and also a player from Ohio, Indiana and a surprise commit from a player out of St. Louis, MO. ...
NSD Pt. II: In-State Studs
In the second edition of breaking down the athletes that signed on to our fooball team, we highlight the players that decided to stay in-state to play for the Huskies. The talent level in Illinois was a little down this year, so you just had to look a little harder to find some of the better...
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