THE IUP Football Thread

[Iupgh]

Oh wow parents went there with the one kid…If he was hyphenated and he was Mason Dixon-Line that would have been cool.

He’s actually a good player from a decent program.

[iupgroundhog]

I've seen him play a few times. He's a nice pickup.

Heard he's a North-South runner. Sorry.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

First straggler just showed up.


Azreal Franklin
Greensburg Salem
DE / 6'1", 225

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Oh wow parents went there with the one kid…If he was hyphenated and he was Mason Dixon-Line that would have been cool.

I think the Latrobe boys came as a package deal. The OL brother didn't seem like a D2 guy early in the process. He was getting a lot of looks from up above.

They only signed (7) from the WPIAL. Not saying that's good or bad. Tort had mentioned they were going to go outside PA some this year. I recall his past two classes were almost exclusively all PA kids.

You can read their bio's online if you so choose. They are all All-This and All-That.

Tort can recruit. There's no denying that part.

I wouldn't be shocked if a straggler or two appears in the coming days.

I know they are not done shopping in the Portal. I suspect they add several more after Spring Ball. I suspect they will add 1-2 OL and also a RB. If Nico leaves, they may even add another depth QB. I hope he stays.

[Fightingscot82]

Oh wow parents went there with the one kid…If he was hyphenated and he was Mason Dixon-Line that would have been cool.

I've seen him play a few times. He's a nice pickup.

[IUPNation]

(22) SIGNED high school recruits as of 12:15 p.m.

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NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	POSTION	HT/WT
AJ Alston	Montour	WR	5'11, 185 lbs.
Devon Betrand	DeMatha (MD)	DB	5'10, 176 lbs.
Jeremiah Coleman	Monsignor Bonner	WR	6'1", 170 lbs.
Mason Dixon	Central Valley	RB	5'10", 200 lbs.
Eric Doerue	South Park	RB	5'11", 211 lbs.
Naim Dominique	DeMatha (MD)	DT	6'1", 300 lbs.
Gavin Harrold	Penn Cambria	WR	5'11", 185 lbs.
Nolan Holt	Unionville	TE	6'3", 217 lbs.
James Hurden	Our Lady of Good Counsel (MD)	C	6'2", 275 lbs.
Stanley Lozius	Chambersburg	LB	5'10", 200 lbs.
Ishane Mcewan	Cardinal O'Hara	DE	6'3", 235 lbs.
Gavin Mentzer	North Schuylkill	P/K	6'1", 212 lbs.
Cam Murphy	Kiski Area	OL/LS	6'2", 290 lbs.
Everett Olsen	Downingtown West	LS	6'2", 240 lbs.
Raheem Orr	Episcopal Academy	DE	5'11", 202 lbs.
Leon Parson	Central Dauphin East	ATH	5'8", 171 lbs.
Anthony Scarton	Latrobe	OL	6'4", 290 lbs.
Marco Scarton	Latrobe	DT	6'1", 285 lbs.
Shane Strayhorn	St. Xavier (OH)	DB	5'11", 177 lbs.
Pedro Valdes IV	Don Bosco Prep (NY)	OL	6'0", 278 lbs.
Tasso Whipple	Penn-Trafford	LB	6'2", 195 lbs.
JC Wilson	Easton Area	WR	6'3", 200 lbs.

Oh wow parents went there with the one kid…If he was hyphenated and he was Mason Dixon-Line that would have been cool.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

(22) SIGNED high school recruits as of 12:15 p.m.

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NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	POSTION	HT/WT
AJ Alston	Montour	WR	5'11, 185 lbs.
Devon Betrand	DeMatha (MD)	DB	5'10, 176 lbs.
Jeremiah Coleman	Monsignor Bonner	WR	6'1", 170 lbs.
Mason Dixon	Central Valley	RB	5'10", 200 lbs.
Eric Doerue	South Park	RB	5'11", 211 lbs.
Naim Dominique	DeMatha (MD)	DT	6'1", 300 lbs.
Gavin Harrold	Penn Cambria	WR	5'11", 185 lbs.
Nolan Holt	Unionville	TE	6'3", 217 lbs.
James Hurden	Our Lady of Good Counsel (MD)	C	6'2", 275 lbs.
Stanley Lozius	Chambersburg	LB	5'10", 200 lbs.
Ishane Mcewan	Cardinal O'Hara	DE	6'3", 235 lbs.
Gavin Mentzer	North Schuylkill	P/K	6'1", 212 lbs.
Cam Murphy	Kiski Area	OL/LS	6'2", 290 lbs.
Everett Olsen	Downingtown West	LS	6'2", 240 lbs.
Raheem Orr	Episcopal Academy	DE	5'11", 202 lbs.
Leon Parson	Central Dauphin East	ATH	5'8", 171 lbs.
Anthony Scarton	Latrobe	OL	6'4", 290 lbs.
Marco Scarton	Latrobe	DT	6'1", 285 lbs.
Shane Strayhorn	St. Xavier (OH)	DB	5'11", 177 lbs.
Pedro Valdes IV	Don Bosco Prep (NY)	OL	6'0", 278 lbs.
Tasso Whipple	Penn-Trafford	LB	6'2", 195 lbs.
JC Wilson	Easton Area	WR	6'3", 200 lbs.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Buried at the bottom of today's IG article was quite the little nugget of good news.

OL Matthew Nelson (Indiana High) has decided to stay for his final year. Last Fall he had said he was going to join the workforce.

Nelson started the final four games and played well. He will be a grad student. Not sure if he'll start or not but having him back is a big boost for depth. He's been the definition of a program guy and knows everything IUP does inside and out.

That's one less OL to get up to speed.

[Fightingscot82]

I suspect this will be a fairly small signing class on Wednesday (high school day). Just a guess from memory, but I've seen about 9-10 committed via the Twitter universe. And, yes, they are all 1,000% committed and ready to work.

Tort avoided the Portal departure madness, so he has a ton of guys coming back. He's already added (4) transfers. They are chasing several others.

He also has (2) WRs that missed all of last season returning (Zachary Boyd and Omar Stewart), as well as DL Quadir Jacobs. Randy Okungu, their best pure pass rusher, is also returning after missing most of last season due to an early injury.

There's only so many spots.

IUP doing less high school recruiting is good for the PSAC West, even if they do end up transferring to IUP in the end. The handful of years leading up to the new portal rules was so frustrating when IUP would rush in the final two weeks and steal a few from each school with more money or promises of signed Bo Napoleon albums.

[iupgroundhog]

I suspect this will be a fairly small signing class on Wednesday (high school day). Just a guess from memory, but I've seen about 9-10 committed via the Twitter universe. And, yes, they are all 1,000% committed and ready to work.

Tort avoided the Portal departure madness, so he has a ton of guys coming back. He's already added (4) transfers. They are chasing several others.

He also has (2) WRs that missed all of last season returning (Zachary Bod and Omar Stewart), as well as DL Quadir Jacobs. Randy Okungu, their best pure pass rusher, is also returning after missing most of last season due to an early injury.

There's only so many spots.

Just read the IG article online. Tort quoted as saying expect about 18-20 signees.

BTW, glad to see Okungu coming back. His injury hurt last year.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I suspect this will be a fairly small signing class on Wednesday (high school day). Just a guess from memory, but I've seen about 9-10 committed via the Twitter universe. And, yes, they are all 1,000% committed and ready to work.

Tort avoided the Portal departure madness, so he has a ton of guys coming back. He's already added (4) transfers. They are chasing several others.

He also has (2) WRs that missed all of last season returning (Zachary Boyd and Omar Stewart), as well as DL Quadir Jacobs. Randy Okungu, their best pure pass rusher, is also returning after missing most of last season due to an early injury.

There's only so many spots.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Quadir Jacobs (DL) has been medically cleared to return to the team.

Recall he had a medical emergency during a summer workout last year and was life-flighted.

It's great to hear he has made a full recovery.

Football-wise, he will be a (literal) huge addition up front. He's a real big boy and strong as an ox. They haven't had a big run-stuffer clogging things up for a couple years now.

He may be getting a partner here soon, too.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Steve Shimko? Going from FBS OC in a Power 5 to OC in the PSAC is quite a tumble.

No. It's Frank Cignetti Jr.

His situation is obviously a bit different with his IUP ties.

Frank was OC at BC prior to his year at Pitt. He was out of coaching last year.

[Ram040506]

Time to connect the dots who was Rueve’s OC at BC…..very interesting stuff indeed.

Steve Shimko? Going from FBS OC in a Power 5 to OC in the PSAC is quite a tumble.

[iupgroundhog]

Time to connect the dots who was Rueve’s OC at BC…..very interesting stuff indeed.

Wow. That was very perceptive of you iupgh.