Hawkeye Tailgater

[Blair Sanderson]

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Current List:

Matt Hankins DB Flower Mound, TX

Kobe Boyce DB Corinth, TX

Gavin Holmes WR Justin, TX

Brandon Smith WR Lake Cormorant, MS

Camron Harrell DB Bradley, IL

A.J. Epenesa DE Edwardsville, IL

Eno Benjamin RB Wylie, TX

Djimon Colbert DB Shawnee Mission, KS

Ivory Kelly-Martin RB Oswego, IL

Tristan Wirfs OL Mt. Vernon, IA

Coy Kirkpatrick DL Madrid, IA

Jacob Coons TE Solon, IA

Levi Duwa DL Wellman, IA

Mark Kallenberger OL Bettendorf, IA

 

[Laper64]

Ethan Lape, DL West Union, IA --needs to be added to your list

 

[David1979]

Hope they can at least get two or three commits out of the weekend. I wonder how many WRs they are taking in this class. My guess would be 3.

 

[NevadaHawk]

Hope they can at least get two or three commits out of the weekend. I wonder how many WRs they are taking in this class. My guess would be 3.

That sounds about right. Certainly an are of need going forward.

 

[funnyfletcher]

I think Holmes will commit. And Juan Harris.

 

[Hawks_Rock_12]

Hmmm no Andrew Van Ginkel...interesting.

 

[whatsup13579er]

Matt Hankins DB Flower Mound, TX

Kobe Boyce DB Corinth, TX

Gavin Holmes WR Justin, TX

Eno Benjamin RB Wylie, TX

#TX2IA

 

[nu2u]

Hmmm no Andrew Van Ginkel...interesting.

That's the name I was looking for also.

 

[David1979]

I really like that Hankins kid at corner. Looks like they have a good chance of landing Hankins and Holmes this weekend. Would be amazing if they could flip a Texas commit.
Also saw Greenwood is high on the hawks. Holmes and Greenwood would really be a good WR class and I am assuming they would take another WR as well.

 

[David1979]

Weird that there has been no news about Van Ginkel since the flurry of offers he received earlier this year

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Van Ginkel is not visiting this weekend.

Oliver Martin has an invite now and may attend.

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Add Florida CB Josh Turner. He is visiting today and just picked up an offer. He's going to stay until tomorrow for the Tailgater now too.

 

[spbc7]

Add Florida CB Josh Turner. He is visiting today and just picked up an offer. He's going to stay until tomorrow for the Tailgater now too.

Looks like an Iowa/Wisconsin race for the time being. I'm assuming he's a little lower on the board though?

 

[Carolina Hawk]

Feels like we might get a couple of WR commits in the near future. Wonder how many we will take in this class.

 

[SigMaintHawk]

Looks like an Iowa/Wisconsin race for the time being. I'm assuming he's a little lower on the board though?

Considering he earned an invite for tomorrow and some other prospects did not...,not sure how low he is on the staff's board.. maybe in a group right behind Calloway/Hankins/Boyce/Yeast,but ahead of the J. Scott's,K. Jones types?(Not trying to be argumentative)..looking for other opinions on where people might rank the prospects...

 

[spbc7]

maybe in a group right behind Calloway/Hankins/Boyce/Yeast,but ahead of the J. Scott's,K. Jones types?

Yes that was my intention. Guess I didn't make that very clear

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Benjamin, Boyce, Hankins, and Holmes

 

[Blair Sanderson]

 

[SigMaintHawk]

Looks like DB prospect-Cam Harrell, earned an offer from Iowa this weekend...

 

[tWarnerHawk]

Bring em in Eno!

Eno tweets:
"FELT GREAT TO BE BACK IN IOWA CITY, I NOW MUST GO, BUT SINCE YOU GUYS WERE SO GOOD TO ME....

I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU GUYS ON MONDAY

Twitter pics make it look like Hankins, Boyce, or Holmes!

 

[hawkeyefanatic84]

Sounds like we'll have a commit tomorrow along with whatever is happening on Monday. My guess is Camron Buckley and then Gavin Holmes on Monday

 

[icu81222]

Too bad KF doesn't text.

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Detroit safety Scott Nelson made it in today too.

 

[mazda1]

If we would get Buckley, Holmes, and Oliver that would be one of our best ever wide receiving classes. If we had the real threat of stretching the field our offense becomes pretty potent.

Next week should be interesting. If we land two wide receivers my guess is the third will follow pretty quickly. The wide receiver scholar ship could be sailing soon.

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Here's a good group pic from yesterday.

Front - Ethan Lape, Camron Harrell, Ivory Kelly-Martin, Gavin Holmes, Matt Hankins, Kobe Boyce, Eno Benjamin, Scott Nelson, Brandon Smith
Back - Coy Kirkpatrick, Levi Duwa, Tristan Wirfs, Mark Kallenberger, Jacob Coons

 

[funnyfletcher]

Bell is deciding Monday also and is down to Iowa, Colorado and Washington State. Would Iowa take all 4? Buckley, Holmes, Oliver and Bell? That would be a pretty amazing group.

 

[Blair Sanderson]

 

[SigMaintHawk]

Bell is deciding Monday also and is down to Iowa, Colorado and Washington State. Would Iowa take all 4? Buckley, Holmes, Oliver and Bell? That would be a pretty amazing group.

I don't know how it will all shake out in the end, but IF Brandon Smith has a good day at today's camp, I'd be willing to bet the Hawks would take his commitment.

 

[funnyfletcher]

Lets just take all 5.

 

[pink shizzle]

Judging off of looks, put me in the Brandon Smith camp.

How tall his he?

Edit: 6'3"

 

[eyeohuh]

Brandon Smith looks like a man among boys in that photo. It is going to be very hard to determine who we get. Maurice Bell and Buckley seemed like long shots until now plus Holmes, Smith, Oliver. It could be a game of musical chairs. Wish Eno could've gotten ahold of kirk last night so we would know whats going on!

 

[Hawks_Rock_12]

Brandon Smith looks like a man among boys in that photo. It is going to be very hard to determine who we get. Maurice Bell and Buckley seemed like long shots until now plus Holmes, Smith, Oliver. It could be a game of musical chairs. Wish Eno could've gotten ahold of kirk last night so we would know whats going on!

Do you really believe Eno contacts KF when another player wants to commit ? I'm pretty sure that's handled being the committing player and KF.

 

[funnyfletcher]

I'm sure the player probably contacted Eno and said Kirk wasn't available. I doubt Eno is doing it all. Is he going to sign all of their LOIs as well?

 

[pink shizzle]

Brandon Smith looks like a man among boys in that photo. It is going to be very hard to determine who we get. Maurice Bell and Buckley seemed like long shots until now plus Holmes, Smith, Oliver. It could be a game of musical chairs. Wish Eno could've gotten ahold of kirk last night so we would know whats going on!

In the clip he (Smith) looked like quite the athletic specimen (at the top of page when you click his name, end of the video).

 

[eyeohuh]

Do you really believe Eno contacts KF when another player wants to commit ? I'm pretty sure that's handled being the committing player and KF.

I wouldn't assume that but that is how I interpreted Eno's tweet. Eno works so hard recruiting it wouldn't shock me if he is in regular contact with the staff about where they stand with guys. But oh well who cares

 

[CO_hawk]

Do any of the upperclassmen reach out to recruits?

 

[icparkerhawk]

AJ makes Eno look like a tiny human being. His class is looking fantastic.

 

[MepoDawg#]

I wouldn't assume that but that is how I interpreted Eno's tweet. Eno works so hard recruiting it wouldn't shock me if he is in regular contact with the staff about where they stand with guys. But oh well who cares

And other recruits may tell Eno more or even different things.

 

[whatsup13579er]

Looks like an Iowa/Wisconsin race for the time being. I'm assuming he's a little lower on the board though?

Considering he earned an invite for tomorrow and some other prospects did not...,not sure how low he is on the staff's board.. maybe in a group right behind Calloway/Hankins/Boyce/Yeast,but ahead of the J. Scott's,K. Jones types?(Not trying to be argumentative)..looking for other opinions on where people might rank the prospects...

Last year when Iowa had their flurry of CB commits, there was one kid (can't remember his name) that Tweeted out that he had committed to Iowa before he called KF. When he called KF to commit, KF told him that they were full at CB. Something like that. Anyway, when it comes to Iowa ranking recruits they don't have them ranked 1,2,3,4,5... they have them ranked in groups. Tier 1 might have a handful of blue chippers, then there are a bunch of guys in the tier 2 or tier 3 groups that they move on to after the prospects in the higher group are no longer options. I think that is how it was explained after last years situation. So if a CB recruit has an offer, the staff thinks they are all pretty much the same level.

 

[David1979]

Looks like a very productive weekend for Iowa.