January 23 – Pullman – Jimmy Rogers has not finished overthrowing recruits in his new school.
The state of Washington won five clerks in high school on Wednesday, three of which were previously attached to Rogers in the state of southern Dakota.
They are the assistant Sullivan Schlimgen, the athlete Erimus Wright, the Kicker / bettor Adlai Lounsbury and the offensive lines Trevor Bindel and Dylan Hildebrand. The last two are the first recruits of Rogers Prep which were not previously engaged with the SDSU.
This is 14 secondary school recruits for Rogers, who also welcomed 20 players from the transfer portal, including 16 from the state of southern Dakota.
The limits of the scholarships change in university football from this season, going from 85 to a maximum of 105, but the new additions of the cougars help to fill the gaps left by the 37 players of the team of last year who leave via the portal.
If there is a position group in which WSU has improved the most, it could be secondary, in particular security. Cougars are almost a complete youthful cure in this place. SDSU transfers transfer Tucker, Cale Reeder and Matthew Durrance, who are all veterans. The Colby Humphrey corner half, another veteran, is also a promising addition to WSU secondary.
It is over the former WSU security, Adrian Wilson (transferred to the state of Arizona), and the Tanner Moku, Tyson Durant graduates and Jackson Lataimua (Portal), who all showed flashes but fought for most of them. Combined with the patterns of former defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding, this is one of the reasons why the cougars finished the season by granting 270.5 yards per match per match, n ° 124 of 133 FBS teams national scale.
Now that the transfer portal has again closed for WSU – which should close on December 28, it reopened its doors for 30 days on December 19 after former coach Jake Dickert has left the program, following the rules of the NCAA – The only players that cougars can add come from the school classified. Since the preparation of recruitment in terms of December from December 4 to 6, almost all high school players that Rogers landed by Rogers have already been promised to him in the state of southern Dakota.
Rogers will probably not take advantage of the same kinds of opportunities to transform the players that his predecessors have done. Due to the colony of the house against the NCAA which opens the way so that schools begin directly to share funds with the players, the alignments FBS are capped at 105 players – the 2024 list of WSU included 122 – eliminating the incentive to transport walks. Several recent cougars prospered after starting as walkers, notably the second Kyle Thornton, the botter Dean Janikowski, the defensive line player Bryson Lamb and the Largoln Victor Victor, who played from 2019 to 2023.
Instead, WSU and all FBS clubs will be encouraged to put all players on at least one partial scholarship, removing a way in which cougars have eliminated the most teams from the past. In an interview last month, sports director Anne McCoy said Rogers will have a 4.5 million dollars pool to use because he will judge him on scholarships, institutional dummies, income sharing and more.
The players on which cougars will use this became clearer on Wednesday.
Schlimgen, the global recruit n ° 3 in the southern Dakota, rejected the offers of Texas Tech, Army, Air Force and a handful of FCS clubs to become a couguar. He made an official visit to Texas Tech last summer, but that’s it when he got into the Jackrabbits.
In three seasons at O’Gorman High in Sioux Falls, in the southern Dakota, he totaled 247 plated and totaled more than 2,500 offensive yards with 29 affected, winning the honors of all states as a team of the first team two recoveries. He also won two honors from all states in baseball, started in his basketball team and is the third fastest print of the 100 meter in the history of the school.
“Sullivan is a very intelligent and explosive playmaker,” said Rogers via his release during the early signature period. “He has self -discipline, tenacity and work ethics to be the next big secondary at SDSU.”
Wright, who also embodies Nickelback, also presented offers from Ole Miss, Michigan State, Buffalo, Kent State, Miami (Ohio) and Northern Illinois before joining Rogers in Sdsu. At 6 feet and 185 pounds, Wright managed 50 plated and totaled 20 affects in attack as a senior in Hillcrest High in the Chicago region, where he won the honors of the first team of all states in 2024.
“Erimus is an explosive football player who plays with high speed and physical,” said Rogers via his release. “He also has a big instinct and a feeling for the game. There is no doubt that Erimus will change the situation.”
Wright played two complete seasons of Varsity Ball in Hillcrest, where he also played in the ball, giving cougars a certain versatility.
“Certainly a leader by example, but a guy who relates to the rest of the team if necessary,” said Hillcrest Kyran Weaver coach at Chicago Tribune in 2023. “He is ready to do everything that he preaches and that we preach as staff.
Lounsbury, who Cougfan.com The first WSU player to receive a partial scholarship by virtue of the new rules, kicking and pading tasks inhabited in Van Meter High in Adel, Iowa, about 25 miles outside of monks. As a botter in the past two seasons, he has received the honors of the first team from all states, and he picked up a head of all the districts of the first team to pump last year.
A part of three State championship teams following Van Meter from 2021-2023, he combined to connect to 11 of the 13 attempts to go on the field during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, reaching a long goal from 54 yards.
Lounsbury joins the transfer of SDSU Jack Stevens and the transfer bettor of the Junior Collège Dylan Mauro as Kickers WSU added this off -season.
Bindel (6-5, 285) won a award terminal after her senior season in Liberty High, in Kansas City, Missouri, Metro-All-State of the first team, all the conferences of the first team and the first team all – district. He also presented offers from schools from FCS Missouri State, Central Arkansas, Northern Dakota, northern Arizona, Semo, South Illinois and UT Martin, as well as a favorite walking offer in the state of Kansas.
Bindel, an interior offensive line player, had no star score on 247 sports.
Finally, the three-star Hildebrand refused the offers of New Mexico, Ball State, Northern Illinois and FCS clubs, notably SDSU, SEMO, St. Thomas and the west of Illinois to commit to WSU. Registered at 6-4 and 300 pounds, Hildebrand laughs at a tackle.
“In the protection of passes, Dylan does an excellent job using his framework and his length to his advantage,” wrote the journalist of Prép Redzone Wisconsin, Mark Johnson, last summer.
“He uses his long arms to land precise strikes that stop or redirect his rusher. Dylan has a solid agility and a change of direction, but his length allows him to recover if he gets a step back.”
