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| Let's talk Drake recruits. I'll start with Lucas Wiborg from Minneapolis DeLaSalle.
Edit: Wiborg committed to Cornell University.
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| 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?
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| Rivals lists 11 guys considering Drake, so far. 1 from Wichita and 1 from KC, MO.
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| Myles Copeland, 6-1, 223 LB from Wichita Collegiate, could be leaning our way, according to the article below. Hope he isn't set on majoring in engineering (Colorado Mines, MST). 122 tackles last fall.
http://articles.catchitkansas.com/2011-11-28/final-decision_30452759
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
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| 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
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| Cole Chvatal, 6-0, 185 WR ...
Edit: Nebraska walk-on.
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| Jake R from the Rivals list is reportedly walking on at Wisconsin.
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| | 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. |
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| | 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?? |
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| 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.
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| I don't think Myles Copeland is related to music mogul Miles Copeland. But it seems the young man's parents might have had some New Wave inspiration when they decided on a first name. (?)
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| One from the Tulsa area: linebacker Bryan Pisklo of Jenks. [Tulsa World]
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| 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.
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| 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.
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