Missouri Signing Day news and notes
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The biggest news in the state of Missouri surrounding Signing Day on Wednesday came the day before when St. Louis University High wide receiver Chris Brooks Jr Chris Brooks Jr 6'2" | 200 lbs | WR St. Louis University High…
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Continue ReadingThe biggest news in the state of Missouri surrounding Signing Day on Wednesday came the day before when St. Louis University High wide receiver Chris Brooks Jr Chris Brooks Jr 6'2" | 200 lbs | WR St. Louis University High | 2022 State MO . flipped his commitment from Yale to Wisconsin.
Brooks, a 6-foot-2, 200-pounder whose father played wide receiver at Nebraska, had committed to Yale back in mid July when his double-digit offer list included several Ivy League schools, Miami-Ohio, Ball State, Buffalo, Eastern Illinois, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State and more.
He received an offer from Wisconsin on December 28, visited the school in late January and obviously liked what he saw.
Brooks is big and strong and fast and he capped off his high school career with an outstanding senior season that saw him garner first-team All-Metro and all-state honors as well as co-offensive player of the year in the Metro Catholic Conference.
He caught 49 passes for 959 yards and nine touchdowns and added 176 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground as a wildcat quarterback. He racked up 1,135 total yards and 21 touchdowns.
FOUR HEAD TO WESTERN ILLINOIS
New Western Illinois coach Myers Hendrickson hasn’t been on the job long, after being named the coach of his alma mater on December 17, but he was able to piece together a strong recruiting class that includes four good players from Missouri.
WIU received commitments from running back Wentric Williams III Wentric Williams III 5'11" | 185 lbs | RB Liberty KC | 2022 State MO (Liberty), linebacker Kendall Huston Kendall Huston 6'2" | 190 lbs | LB CBC | 2022 State MO (CBC) and offensive linemen Caden Selle Caden Selle 6'3" | 270 lbs | OL Hannibal | 2022 MO (Hannibal) and Wyatt Newcomer Wyatt Newcomer 6'2" | 285 lbs | OL Liberty North | 2022 State MO (Liberty North).
Williams, who also won a wrestling state title as a junior, finished his outstanding high school football career with 3,910 rushing yards and 50 total touchdowns. Huston finished his high school career leading CBC to its second state title in four years. He led the Cadets in sacks (7) and interceptions (6) and scored four defensive touchdowns. Newcomer, a center, was a three-year starter for Liberty North, which finished second in Class 6 this season. Selle’s Hannibal squad went 13-1 in 2021.
WESTMINSTER’S WEBB MAKES HIS PICK
Westminster Christian Academy defensive lineman Sterling Webb Sterling Webb 6'3" | 270 lbs | DL Westminster | 2022 State MO was a late-rising prospect who earned offers from Missouri Western, Austin Peay and New Mexico State in the final few weeks before Signing Day.
Webb, a 6-3, 260-pounder, committed to New Mexico State on Monday.
He recorded 55 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, seven sacks and one fumble recovery in 10 games during his senior season.
BUTLER BONANZA
The Butler Bulldogs nabbed a trio of Missouri standouts in MICDS quarterback Reagan Andrew Reagan Andrew 5'9" | 185 lbs | QB MICDS | 2022 State MO , Lafayette tight end Owen Butler Owen Butler 6'4" | 230 lbs | TE Lafayette | 2022 State MO and CBC defensive lineman Collin Bell Collin Bell 6'1" | 260 lbs | DL CBC | 2022 State MO .
Butler pledged to Butler on December 13. Andrew made his commitment on January 23. Bell joined the trio on Monday, January 31.
Andrew is a dual-threat quarterback who had an outstanding career at MICDS. As a senior last fall he threw for 2,556 yards and 29 touchdowns (against just six interceptions) and ran for 759 yards and 12 touchdowns.
LINDENWOOD ADDS LOCAL TALENT
The Lindenwood University football program has made some smart hires in recent years with successful St. Louis area high school head coaches in Mark Goldenberg and Corey Bethany. It looks like those connections are paying off in recruiting.
The recruiting class the Lions announced on Wednesday includes five local standouts coming off strong senior seasons: DB Tre Bell Tre Bell 6'2" | 160 lbs | DB Parkway West | 2022 State MO (Parkway West), QB Mason Brown Mason Brown 6'3" | 205 lbs | QB Rockwood Summit | 2022 State MO (Rockwood Summit), WR Drew Krobath Drew Krobath 6'2" | 185 lbs | WR Rockwood Summit | 2022 State MO (Rockwood Summit), RB Jared Rhodes Jared Rhodes 5'11" | 200 lbs | ATH Ladue | 2022 State MO (Ladue) and DB Khalid Stewart Khalid Stewart 5'10" | 175 lbs | DB De Smet | 2022 MO (De Smet).
Rhodes was a surprise on Wednesday as he never announced his decision on his Twitter account. He had previously announced offers from Indiana State, Navy, Lindenwood and Valparaiso along with a preferred walk-on opportunity at Missouri. He’s a strong 6-0, 200-pounder who racked up 1,384 total yards (1,191 rushing, 193 receiving) and 19 touchdowns in 10 games this fall.
BACKFIELD BLITZ
Truman State bolstered its backfield on Wednesday by signing three (or four) of the best running backs in the Show Me State: Harrisonville’s Jace Reynolds Jace Reynolds 5'8" | 190 lbs | RB Harrisonville | 2022 State MO , Battle’s Gerry Marteen Gerry Marteen 5'10" | 180 lbs | RB Battle | 2022 State MO and Holt’s Kyle Wuebbeling Kyle Wuebbeling 6'0" | 180 lbs | RB Holt | 2022 State MO . The Bulldogs also signed Highland RB-LB Robert Goehl Robert Goehl 6'0" | 185 lbs | LB Highland | 2022 MO , but listed him as a linebacker.
Reynolds rushed for more than 7,000 yards and scored 63 touchdowns during his record-setting career at Harrisonville. Martin rushed for 2,327 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior before suffering an injury his senior year. Wuebbeling rushed for 3,632 yards and 25 touchdowns in his career at Holt.
HOLT TEAMMATES STAY TOGETHER
Holt had a season it will never forget in 2021 with a second-place finish in Class 5 and a 13-1 record. Now, three of the standouts who led the Indians will continue on together in college.
Quarterback Cooper Brown Cooper Brown 6'3" | 205 lbs | QB Holt | 2022 State MO , wide receiver Colin Bunner Colin Bunner 6'2" | 200 lbs | WR Holt | 2022 State MO and linebacker Zakhi Johnson Zakhi Johnson 5'10" | 190 lbs | LB Holt | 2022 State MO all signed with Missouri Baptist on Wednesday.
Brown threw for 2,978 yards and 37 touchdowns (against five interceptions) and rushed for 399 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior. Bunner caught 23 passes for 455 yards and five touchdowns. Johnson led Holt with 155 tackles.