Yep I know it's early but college football never takes an off day. The following are 2012 recruits who've got NIU in their favs. OL Andrus Peet (son of Todd Peat) is among them.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...ch-results

Lots of help on the D side.

That link doesn't work; Rivals won't let you link to their search results. It just takes you to a complete listing of all the 2011 recruits in their database.

Here you go:


ATH Billy Reed Lockport, IllinoisLockport 6'2" 180

* Arizona (medium)
* Central Michigan (medium)
* Colorado (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

ATH Maurice Fleming Jr. Chicago, IllinoisCurie 6'1" 185

* Cincinnati (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Michigan (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

DE Pierre Aka Indianapolis, IndianaPike 6'4" 250 4.9

* Ball State (medium)
* Bowling Green (medium)
* Cincinnati (medium)
* Colorado (medium)
* Duke (medium)
* Georgia (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Kentucky (medium)
* LSU (medium)
* Miami (OH) (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Penn State (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* TCU (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

DE Julian Turner Palatine, IllinoisPalatine 6'3" 205

* Bowling Green (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

DE Mikhail Dubose Chicago, IllinoisHubbard 6'3" 240

* Akron (medium)
* Arizona (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Oklahoma (medium)
* Purdue (medium)

DE Dean Lowry Rockford, IllinoisBoylan 6'5" 225

* Illinois (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

DT Jaleel Johnson Westchester, IllinoisSt. Joseph's 6'2" 277

* Colorado (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Michigan (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

DT Alec Vesper Channahon, IllinoisMinooka Community 6'1" 285
* Ball State (medium)
* Bowling Green (medium)
* Eastern Illinois (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Illinois State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

DT Vontrell Williams Chicago, IllinoisMt. Carmel 6'2" 263

* Cincinnati (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Ohio State (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

LB Will McNamara Chicago, IllinoisSt. Rita 6'1" 210

* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

LB Giorgio Karallas Michigan City, IndianaMichigan City 6'2" 220

* Ball State (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)

LB Nelson Lugo Northlake, IllinoisWest Leyden 5'11" 19

* Bowling Green (medium)
* Cincinnati (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Southern Illinois (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

LB Jack Lynn Lake Zurich, IllinoisLake Zurich 6'3" 205

* Central Michigan (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

LB Vince Biegel Wisconsin Rapids, WisconsinWisconsin Rapids Lincoln 6'3" 210 4.6

* Boise State (medium)
* Brigham Young (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Oregon (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* Tennessee (medium)
* Utah (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

LB Matt Koran Joliet, IllinoisJoliet West 6'0" 205

* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

LB Antonio Morrison Bolingbrook, IllinoisBolingbrook 6'3" 220

* Ball State (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Michigan (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

LB Prescott Line Oxford, MichiganOxford 6'0" 205 4.9

* Bowling Green (medium)
* Central Michigan (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Southern Methodist (medium)
* Toledo (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

OL Josh Ruka Greenfield, WisconsinGreenfield 6'6" 285

* Central Michigan (medium)
* North Dakota State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

OL Johnny Caspers Glen Ellyn, IllinoisGlenbard West 6'3" 270

* Iowa (medium)
* Michigan (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Toledo (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

OL Scott Taylor Woodstock, IllinoisMarian Central Catholic 6'4" 270

* Eastern Illinois (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

OL Robbie Bain Bolingbrook, IllinoisBolingbrook 6'3" 267

* Arizona (medium)
* Cincinnati (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Penn State (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

OL Andrus Peat Tempe, ArizonaCorona Del Sol 6'6" 270

* Alabama (medium)
* Arizona (medium)
* Arizona State (medium)
* Arkansas (medium)
* Auburn (medium)
* California (medium)
* Clemson (medium)
* Duke (medium)
* Florida State (medium)
* LSU (medium)
* Miami (FL) (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* North Carolina (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Ohio State (medium)
* Oregon (medium)
* Oregon State (medium)
* San Diego State (medium)
* Stanford (medium)
* UCLA (medium)
* USC (medium)
* Wake Forest (medium)
* Washington (medium)

QB Wes Lunt Rochester, IllinoisRochester 6'6" 185

* Boston College (medium)
* Duke (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Southern Methodist (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

QB Zach Terrell Fort Wayne, IndianaHomestead 6'3" 19

* Ball State (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Ohio State (medium)
* Purdue (medium)

QB Tim Williams Homewood, IllinoisHomewood Flossmoor 6'6" 210

* Illinois (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Kansas (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Toledo (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

QB DaeShaun Hurley Chicago, IllinoisMorgan Park 6'1" 180

* Arizona (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)

RB Martez Walker Chicago, IllinoisBrother Rice 5'10" 175

* Ball State (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Purdue (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

RB Tyreis Thomas Rockford, IllinoisBoylan 5'11" 187

* Ball State (medium)
* Eastern Illinois (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Illinois State (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Western Michigan (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

RB Toneo Gulley Kenosha, WisconsinKenosha Tremper 5'8" 185

* Bowling Green (medium)
* Central Michigan (medium)
* Cincinnati (medium)
* Michigan State (medium)
* Nebraska (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Ohio State (medium)
* Syracuse (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

RB TeVaughn Hurse New Haven, IndianaNew Haven 5'8" 17

* Akron (medium)
* Ball State (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Northwestern (medium)
* Toledo (medium)

WR Durron Neal St. Louis, MissouriDeSmet 6'1" 184 4.6

* Arkansas (medium)
* Illinois (medium)
* Indiana (medium)
* Iowa (medium)
* Kansas (medium)
* Kansas State (medium)
* Minnesota (medium)
* Missouri (medium)
* Northern Illinois (medium)
* Notre Dame (medium)
* Oklahoma (medium)
* Wisconsin (medium)

WR Bo Dever Lake Forest, IllinoisLake Forest 6'2" 195 N/A

Thanks for the early info.

I'm waiting for a running back named Gage Harrah to pop up on Rivals. He plays for my alma mater (Crystal Lake Central) and is an unbelievable high school player.

He had a visit with Notre Dame prior to his junior season, so theoretically he should be listed in these databases sometime soon.

One large possibility is that he will choose to wrestle in the NCAA instead. That's probably his better sport, but he's great at both. Honestly similar to John Dergo from Morris 5 years ago.

Love to see all the recruits from illinois early. Good start.

Granted it doesn't matter till next February when it counts, but I would like to see this staff get some verbals earlier in the process than our previous staffs did. We have a lot more to sell to recruits now and should expect a higher level of recruit to come here. Good players tend to want to play with other good players, and if some good players verbal early others will follow suit.

Dont expect any verbals till June. May evaluation period. BCS offers then NIU can plan on their targets. If a BCS school offers early, little chance of getting a verbal from that kid.

(02-08-2011 09:52 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  Granted it doesn't matter till next February when it counts, but I would like to see this staff get some verbals earlier in the process than our previous staffs did. We have a lot more to sell to recruits now and should expect a higher level of recruit to come here. Good players tend to want to play with other good players, and if some good players verbal early others will follow suit.

meh, I'm really indifferent on getting them that early, would I like to see more before December than we had this year? Probably...but if a good player verbals in June, chances are there's still going to be schools looking at him and if he has a great senior year bigger schools are going to come calling.

I also think its a risk if we 1. get the class too filled quickly and 2. haven't even seen what the kid looks like as a senior in high school

No Verbals? What the **** nis Doeren doing?

I'm assuming next year we'll have the opportunity to bring in a maxed out class in terms of number of schollys since it doesn't appear like we used them all for this year.

We should have a few kids transferring out just because of the coaching change. This is normal and I would expect 2012 to have about 25 openings. There are 22 Seniors to be. The number could go as high as 27, depending on how many walk-ons earn scholarships.

So far the only recruits on the list who have offers from any programs are LB Biegel, OL Peat and WR Neal.

(02-10-2011 03:00 AM)onlinepole Wrote:  So far the only recruits on the list who have offers from any programs are LB Biegel, OL Peat and WR Neal.

Toledo has 34 offers out! I do not know if that is the way to go.

(02-10-2011 08:10 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 03:00 AM)onlinepole Wrote:  So far the only recruits on the list who have offers from any programs are LB Biegel, OL Peat and WR Neal.

Toledo has 34 offers out! I do not know if that is the way to go.

I mean no one thought that they were going to nab a 4* this recruiting season either, not saying that 34 offers is not absurd, but how does it hurt a small school if they offer early on? I understand waiting until the BCS schools offer but offering early doesn't necessarily hurt a team like NIU in the long run IMO.

(02-11-2011 01:59 AM)NIU_BMS2011 Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 08:10 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 03:00 AM)onlinepole Wrote:  So far the only recruits on the list who have offers from any programs are LB Biegel, OL Peat and WR Neal.

Toledo has 34 offers out! I do not know if that is the way to go.

I mean no one thought that they were going to nab a 4* this recruiting season either, not saying that 34 offers is not absurd, but how does it hurt a small school if they offer early on? I understand waiting until the BCS schools offer but offering early doesn't necessarily hurt a team like NIU in the long run IMO.

I agree, with a MAC school I would rather be the first to offer than to try and follow up a BCS school offer. To some kids, belive it or not, loyalty means something. Throw the offer at them early, and see if it sticks...if not, move on to the next.

Here's a really good article by SI's Andy Staples on recruiting, featuring a blurb about recent signee WR AJ Sebastiano: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/wr...ll-7-on-7/

Interesting article about two 'fan favorite' recruiting areas: Minnesota & Wisconsin: http://fringebowlteamblog.com/?p=3093

I'm sure our OL coach from the Dakotas will be hitting these areas hard.

WI and MN are his areas.

We've pulled some solid players out of those areas.

(02-12-2011 11:57 AM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Interesting article about two 'fan favorite' recruiting areas: Minnesota & Wisconsin: http://fringebowlteamblog.com/?p=3093

I'm sure our OL coach from the Dakotas will be hitting these areas hard.

A couple of interesting quotes from the article.....
Since the 2012 recruiting cycle is already well in progress and Coach Kill has emphasized recruiting in a 300-mile radius of campus,
.... Kill practically ignored Chicagoland.

The Bison and Jackrabbits have pounded the pavement in Minnesota since they both transitioned from D2 to D1-AA several years ago and, as a result, more of the fringe FBS prospects appear to be heading to Fargo and Brookings rather than holding out for MAC level offers..... This is true. We have lost some Lineman over the last few years to ND & NDSU.

Top 250 prospects from Illinois...why not?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...KSvTJGPZB4
Committed to NW: http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...Wz3VVGPZB4
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...Pcj8NGPZB4
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...TCsd5GPZB4
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...aQ9qRGPZB4
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...B4uglGPZB4
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiti...6EYG1GPZB4