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RE: 2012 Recruiting

Top Dog Jr. — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:27:52 GMT

The Pisklo kid from Jenks Oklahoma comes from a program that had 13 players committed to play college football including Oklahoma, Tulsa, Air Force, Toledo and other FCS schools. He was a captain and 3 year starter @ Safety and OLB. He attended the Drake at the Summer Camp and was sold.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

southerndogg — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:11:12 GMT

Football factory indeed Robin...

Allen High School was rated number 1 in the county by ESPN and Rivals for most of the 20011 season. We got Matt Garrity DE 6'4", 250 from Allen last year. He was a Defensive Captain and one of the leading tacklers. Mason Massei will be coming in 2012. Mason is supposed to be strong with great technique.

Allen's recruiting website shows 19 players going on to play college ball including their QB who is going to Alabama. It is great to see Drake listed twice on the Commitment list (Garrity, '10 and Massei, '11).

http://www.alleneaglefootball.com/

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:59:08 GMT

Drake has two commitments from Colorado's 4A champion, Valor Christian of suburban Denver.

Andrew Challenger: OL - 6-4, 260
Aaron Melton: OL - 6-1, 270

http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/highlandsranch/sports/national-letters-of-intent-valor-christian-eagles/article_fd01a945-22c2-5cd0-9536-78b82ee27852.html

RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:40:23 GMT

Dillon Krotz, defensive tackle from Center-Point Urbana

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:45:36 GMT

Blake Beauchamp, wide receiver, St Louis

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:43:40 GMT

Michael Roane, Victoria, Minnesota

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:41:48 GMT

Ryan Wilbur, defensive tackle from Brimfield, IL

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:38:08 GMT

Ian Beatty, Nolan Catholic in Ft Worth

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:33:31 GMT

AJ Washington, running back from Mary Institute in St Louis

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:30:15 GMT

Michael Peterson, Cedar Rapids Washington

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

godubulldogs — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:54:40 GMT

Thanks... Looking forward to some good conversation about the team/program.

I'm not 100% where else Cam looked. I did hear that Drake was looking at a couple of other K/P from Oklahoma, so someone was doing their homework in that zone.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Welcome to our world.

I wonder what schools Camden considered. I noticed Drake and San Diego were both active recruiting Oklahoma.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

godubulldogs — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:06:28 GMT

Camden Bohnert a k/p from Edmond North H.S. in Oklahoma has committed to Drake too

RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:17:37 GMT

Neko Graf from Racine, WI

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:39:14 GMT

The Register now lists Justin Klieman, DB from Waterloo Columbus, as a Drake recruit.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:52:48 GMT

Rory Driscoll, a 6-1 200lb linebacker from Kansas City, will be joining the Bulldogs. His Staley H.S. team went undefeated, winning the Missouri Class 5 championship.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:58:09 GMT

The Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) says this RB will play at Drake.
The following was written last year by a Columbia TV station:

The Unstoppable Brad Troyer

Posted: Mar 10, 2011 4:32 PM by Eric Blumberg
Updated: Mar 10, 2011 9:52 PM

COLUMBIA - Brad Troyer decided he still wanted to play football after a tragic event left him without a kidney.

Brad Troyer grew up as a do-it-all athlete. He played football, track, baseball, soccer, and basketball, but football holds a special place. It's the sport he just can't walk away from.

It didn't take long for Rock Bridge football coach A.J. Ofodile to notice Brad Troyer's skills. He put him on the varsity team his freshman season.

Coach Ofodile states, "He's an explosive kid running the football. He's a downhill guy... He's about 200 pounds now, extremely strong, get his pads down."

Troyer's always played with toughness, during his freshman season he took a big hit returning a kickoff.

Junior Brad Troyer recalls, "The backside of me landed on somebody's knee that was sticking up and after that it kinda felt like I got the wind knocked out of me. So I got up and jogged off the field and sat down on the bench and it kept getting worse and worse."

"There's just something going on there that wasn't right. His level of pain was getting worse and worse on the sideline," said Rock Bridge athletic trainer Greg Nagel.

Troyer left the stadium at halftime and went to the hospital. X-rays didn't show any broken bones, but doctors had news that was even worse.

Troyer said, "I remember my parents they just kind of had a blank stare on them."

"We've got a major kidney injury here," said Greg Nagel.

"Every beat of my heart made it harder and harder to breathe cause by then my kidney was the size of a football," stated Troyer. "Kind of ironic."

Ironic, but alarming. Troyer needed two surgeries, one of them removed his right kidney.

"I didn't think about it being life threatening at the time. I just kept thinking push through it. Push through it," said Brad.

On the subject, Coach Ofodile said, "Tragic... I thought what a tragedy for this young man to have it cut short. Not only is he talented and have an extremely bring future at the time as a freshman, but he's a 4.0 kid."

But Brad and his family made a decision. The multi sport athlete decided he had more games to play.

Brad said, "They didn't want me to live in a bubble. They wanted me to do what I wanted to do."

Troyer decided he still wanted to play football. So, with specially designed pads, Troyer returned. Delivering hits and taking a few, too.

Greg Nagel said, "His is really built up and it's got a hard plastic shell on it. Custom made for brad.

"My dad calls me the michelin man, but I got to do it if I want to be able to play," stated Brad.

Troyer lost one kidney, but he gained an unmatched appreciation for the game.

"It kind of reminds me that this is not hard at all. There's a lot worse stuff that can happen in your life and not just take it for granted that you can be out here for everything."

Troyer isn't a new situation on the field. Dominique Rodgers-cromartie plays defensive back for the Arizona cardinals in the NFL. He was born with only one functioning kidney and had the other removed when he was five.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:40:11 GMT

One from the Tulsa area: linebacker Bryan Pisklo of Jenks. [Tulsa World]

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:14:02 GMT

Holy Football Factory, Batman! The Dallas Morning News says that 16 seniors from the Allen (Texas) football team will play college ball next year. Offensive lineman Mason Massei will be one of them, and he's going to Drake.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:31:12 GMT

The Omaha newspaper lists a couple of tight ends going to Drake.

--Michael Labadie, Millard West
--Joe Jasnowski, Creighton Prep

And the Minneapolis paper says TE Joel Fuxa (Minnetonka) is coming our way. At 6-4, 240, he is the biggest of the three TEs.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:33:47 GMT

For some reason, I didn't think Drake would be getting anyone from Lincoln-Way East for a while. Then, lo and behold, the Chicago Sun-Times reported a commitment from (O-Lineman) Al Hern.

Contrary to rumor, he did not compose Flight of the Bumblebee. That was David Maxwell.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:50:57 GMT

It looks like Drake's summer camp is paying off. Caz Zyks of Jacobs H.S. in the Chicago burbs will join the Bulldogs to play CB.

Here's a nice article reporting his commitment...and discussing Drake's recruiting in the Fox Valley Conference.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:02:57 GMT

One we won't be getting is S. Flynn's younger brother, who is getting a scholarship to Montana State.

Also, for KC Bulldog fans who might have followed the Rivals lists or seen people on campus...the QB from Ruskin and the OL from Ray-Pec--are going to William Jewell and Missouri State, respectively.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:48 GMT

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RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:14:29 GMT

Best opportunity to get names was to lurk the Senior Day pregame tailgate. They all wear name tags.

That's a tip for next fall.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

godubulldogs — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:03:52 GMT

Any word on who has been to Drake on Official Visits this past week and this week? When in February will Coach post the list of Commits??

RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:22:02 GMT

HCdawg (1/19/2012)

I generally don't believe what Rivals has to say. I have heard that a recent Des Moines Lincoln graduate, TJ James, has transferred in from Ellsworth Community College.

Found an article in the Register confirming he's at Drake.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120105/COMM/301050079/James-signs-play-football-Drake

RE: 2012 Recruiting

HCdawg — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:48:40 GMT

I generally don't believe what Rivals has to say. I have heard that a recent Des Moines Lincoln graduate, TJ James, has transferred in from Ellsworth Community College.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:36:39 GMT

Jake R from the Rivals list is reportedly walking on at Wisconsin.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:00:41 GMT

Cole Chvatal, 6-0, 185 WR ...
Edit: Nebraska walk-on.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:27:47 GMT

New to the Drake list on Rivals is Garrett Fugate...
Edit: committed to Central Missouri

Also noted as receiving an offer from Drake is 2-star WR Josh Orsino...
Edit: committed to Florida Atlantic

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:41:55 GMT

Myles C******* edit: Will attend Kansas State.

also...
dude-I-will-not-name from Arizona --on Rival's interest list for DU-- has tweeted that he's going to Arkansas-Pine Bluff. "PRAISE GOD," he says. lol

RE: 2012 Recruiting

DUBulldog — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:46:34 GMT

Rivals lists 11 guys considering Drake, so far. 1 from Wichita and 1 from KC, MO.

RE: 2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:54:12 GMT

Suburban KC high schools won the big class championships in both Missouri and Kansas this year. I wonder if there's anything bright and shiny for Drake?

2012 Recruiting

LurkingDog — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:49:11 GMT

Let's talk Drake recruits. I'll start with Lucas Wiborg from Minneapolis DeLaSalle.

Edit: Wiborg committed to Cornell University.