Monthly Recruiting Update: February 2021

February is always one of the busiest months on the recruiting calendar. As one recruiting cycle ends (traditional signing day is the first Wednesday in Feb.), another begins. Plenty of 2021 prospects signed with the colleges of their choice, more than 10 with Eastern New Mexico. However, as the month went along, 2022 prospects started the recruiting process. Several have taken virtual visits with coaches at schools from outside the state. 2022 St. Pius X running back <strong>Marcus Ybarra</strong> and Raton quarterback <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26234" first="Dylan" last="Quartieri"]</strong> recently took virtual tours of the Carleton College campus in Minnesota. In addition, 2023 La Cueva QB <strong>Aidan Armenta</strong> took a virtual tour of Ohio Wesleyan, while 2022 Rio Rancho RB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26227" first="Zach" last="Vigil"]</strong> had a virtual tour of FCS newcomer St. Thomas University in Minnesota. 2022 recruiting is off and running. <em>SIGNINGS</em> <strong>Cyler Aragon, Grants</strong> – Fort Lewis College (PWO) <strong>Devon Bailey, Melrose</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26198" first="Joey" last="Cave"], Rio Rancho</strong> – Culver-Stockton College <strong>Darrius Gregory, Rio Rancho</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26192" first="Christian" last="Griego"], Los Lunas</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>Sean Ivy, West Las Vegas</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26160" first="Marcos" last="Lopez"], Las Cruces</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26210" first="Ayden" last="Madrid"], Bernalillo</strong> – Fort Lewis College <strong>David Murphy, Cleveland</strong> – Butte College <strong>Ja’Calvin Newsom, West Mesa</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26170" first="Fernando" last="Rubio"], Goddard</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26168" first="Karsten" last="Rueckner"], Centennial</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>Talon Sanders, Roswell</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26169" first="Nathaniel" last="Stone"], Goddard</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>Joseph Thompson, West Mesa</strong> – Eastern New Mexico <strong>Alex Trammell, Lovington</strong> – Hardin-Simmons University <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26201" first="Walker" last="Wenzel"], Silver</strong> – Western New Mexico <strong>Hayden Dean, Eunice</strong>: Clarke University <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26219" first="Ernesto" last="Acuna"], Clovis</strong>: New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26162" first="Jeston" last="Webskowski"], Clovis</strong>: New Mexico <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26186" first="Luke" last="Padilla"], Capital</strong>: Fort Lewis College <strong>Lucas Padgett, La Cueva</strong>: Kentucky (PWO) <strong>Caleb Varzeas, Aztec</strong>: Fort Lewis College (PWO) <strong>Trae Jett, Hobbs</strong>: Benedictine College <em> </em> <em>OFFERS</em> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26228" first="Roger" last="Carreon"], Jal</strong>: Boise State, Army, Air Force <strong>Connor Baca, Eldorado</strong>:  Whittier College <strong>Damien Lopez, Bernalillo</strong>: New Mexico Military Institute <strong>Phattboy Loveless, Cleveland</strong>: Adams State <strong>Bryan Hernandez, Grants</strong>: Hiram College <strong>Ryan Gomez, Carlsbad</strong>: Culver-Stockton College <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="26185" first="Jeff" last="Davison"], Cleveland</strong>: NMMI, Ottawa University <strong>Joshua Howes, Rio Rancho</strong>: Western New Mexico <strong>Isaiah Benally, Volcano Vista</strong>: Hiram College <strong> </strong> <em>NOTES</em>: -- 2022 Valencia OL Jonathan Croker has been officially invited to the Hawaii Tiki Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. https://twitter.com/marcoayb/status/1366244788140318722 https://twitter.com/DylanQuartieri/status/1366417314850222083 https://twitter.com/zacharyvigil21/status/1366205165255073794 https://twitter.com/eunice_high/status/1365154579000791043