Today we'll be breaking down the recruiting class that has been signed by Northern Illinois for 2012. Now you can find a list of all of the signed recruits at the official site and Huskie Wire has a live blog going as well. After the jump we'll post the recruits we have profiles for and try to come up with some for those that don't. The recruits will be in alphabetical order.
It's a great class with not too many surprises other than the players that we already knew were verbals FULL OF SURPRISES to the Northern Illinois program. We'll be breaking down the class in the days to come:
OT Dustin Adams
Minot, North Dakota (Minot)
6'5" 290 lbs
Other offers: Hawaii
Rivals Profile: NR
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #153 OG
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 74, #1 in ND, #151 OT
Youtube: [1]
OL Sal Arceo
Chicago, IL (Mt. Carmel)
6'2" 275 lbs
DE Matthew Baltimore
Olathe, KS (East)
6'4" 230 lbs
40 time: 4.6 secs
Rivals Profile: 2-stars, 5.4, #8 player in KS
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 74, #7 player in KS
Other offers: North Dakota, NDSU, SDSU
Youtube: [1]
News clippings: ESPN, Sunflower League
DT Ken Bishop
Iowa Falls, IA (Ellsworth C.C.)
6'2" 311 lbsRivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5
CB Anthony Brooks
Warren, MI (Warren Mott)
6'0" 175 lbs
Rivals Profile: NR
Hudl Profile
Clippings: Friday Night Titans
OG Daron Brown
Detroit, Michigan (Mumford)
6'5" 312 lbs
Rivals Profile: 2-stars, 5.4, #30 player in MI
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #119 OG
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 71, #63 player in MI
Other offers: Akron, Buffalo Western Michigan
Youtube: [1] [2] [3]
News clippings: Kurelic
DE Brian Canoy
Chicago, IL (St. Patrick)
6'4" 252 lbs
40 time: 4.8 secs
Bench max: 285 lbs
Vertical: 27"
Other offers: Air Force
Rivals Profile: 2-stars, 5.3, #50 player in IL, #5 DE in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #213 DE
Youtube: [1]
OLB Mike Cotton
O'Fallon, IL (O'Fallon)
6'3" 210 lbs
40 time: 4.6 secs
Other offers: Indiana, Kansas State
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.6, #24 player in IL, #3 LB in IL
Scout Profile: 3-stars, #70 OLB
Clippings: Belleville News
Youtube: [1]
QB Johnny Eagan
Wautoma, WI (Wautoma)
6'1" 180 lbsClippings: WBay
LB Ladell Fleming
Chicago, IL (Julian)
6'1" 210 lbs
Rivals Profile: NR
RB Perez Ford
Romeoville, IL (Romeoville)
6'2" 225 lbs
40 time: 4.39
Vertical: 38"
Other offers: ?
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5, #32 player in IL, #5 RB in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars
ESPN Profile: 3-stars, 77, #17 in IL
News clippings: Herald-News, Tribune, ESPN HS
S Conner Gavin
Chicago, IL (Notre Dame)
6'0" 190 lbs
WR Clayton Glasper
Peoria, IL (Richwoods)
6'4" 197 lbs
QB Drew Hare
O'Fallon, MO (Fort Zumwalt West)
6'2" 200 lbs
Other offers: ?
Rivals Profile: NR
Scout Profile: NR
Youtube: [1] [2]
RB Keith Harris Jr.
Chicago, IL (Leo)
5'9" 175 lbs
LB Cody Hazelett
6'2" 210 lbs
Inver Grove Heights, MN (Simley)
Clippings: Inver Grove Heights Patch
Youtube: [1]
TE Lincoln Howard
Osceola, WI (Osceola)
6'6" 260 lbs
DE Michael Ippolito
Naperville, IL (Neuqua Valley)
6'4" 230 lbs
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5, #29 in IL, #3 DE in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 74, #33 player in IL
Other offers: Air Force, Akron, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Toledo, Western Michigan
News clippings: Sun-Times, Tribune
Youtube: [1]
DB Charles Ivory
Vero Beach, FL (Vero Beach)
6'1" 170 lbs
Rivals Profile: NR
Youtube: [1] [2]
DT Mario Jones
Chicago, IL (Hubbard)
6'3" 275 lbs
Other offers: Western Michigan, Ball State
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5, #26/#34 player in IL, #5 DT in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 74, #39 in IL
Youtube channel
TE Desroy Maxwell
Chicago, IL (Amundsen)
6'2" 240 lbs
Rivals Profile: #43 player in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #76 TE
ESPN Profile: 2-stars, 74, #34 in IL, #80 TE
Other offers: Air Force, Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Western Michigan
Youtube: [1] [2]
Clippings: ESPN Chicago
WR Charlie Miller
Vero Beach, FL (Vero Beach)
5'11" 185 LBSOther offers: Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Iowa State
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.6
Scout Profile: NR
CB Marlon Moore
Mobile, AL (C.F. Vigor)
5'9" 180 lbsClippings: al.com
OT Levon Myers
Franklin, WI (Franklin)
6'6" 260 lbs
Other offers: Wisconsin
Rivals Profile: NR
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #141 OT
WisSports.net: #2 OL in WI
ESPN Profile: 1-star, 64, #10 player in WI
Other offers: Illinois State
Youtube: [1]
OT Josh Ruka
Greenfield, WI (Greenfield)
6'6" 290
Other offers: Central Michigan, Toledo,
Rivals Profile: 2-stars, 5.4, #5 player in WI
Scout Profile: 2-stars
WisSports.net: #1 OL in WI
OLB Austin Smaha
Belvidere, IL (North)
6'0" 210 lbs
Rivals Profile: NR
Scout Profile: NR
NCSA Profile
Clippings: Belvidere Daily
Youtube: [1]
OL Brad Steger
Rock Island, IL (Rock Island)
6'7" 205 lbsClippings: QC Times
P Mark Strbjak
Munster, IN (Munster)
6'4" 200 lbs
OG Scott Taylor
Woodstock, IL (Marian Central Catholic)
6'3" 280 lbs
Other offers: Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Toledo
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5, #28 player in IL, #5 OG in IL
ESPN Profile: 3-stars, 79, #24 OG, #9 in IL
News clippings: ESPN Chicago, Chicago Tribune
DT Corey Thomas
Chicago, IL (Lindblom)
6'2" 280 lbs
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #128 DT
QB Matt Williams
Geneva, IL (Geneva)
6'3" 190 lbs
Other offers: ?
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.5, #38 player in IL, #5 QB in IL
Scout Profile: 2-stars, #116 QB