PRZ Dakotas Commitment/Transfer Tracker: December 2022 Edition

DAKOTAS-- December was a BIG month across South Dakota and North Dakota when came to prospects committing to play football at the next level. How do we find our data? Most of what we find is via Twitter, as we try to retweet every offer, commitment, etc., seen through the region. In the month of December and late November, we saw 39 prospects across the Dakotas commit to playing at the next level, which seems to me like a larger number than in previous years for the month of December. We also tracked four former Prep Redzone Dakotas prospects from the 2022 and 2021 classes that entered the transfer portal, and the bulk of them have already found their new home for 2023, and the others have plenty of attention coming their way as we speak.   If we missed any commitments or transfers: Please DM on Twitter, @PrepRedzoneDAK, or email Nate@PrepRedzone.com so we can keep the most updated list!   Commitments (39)   [player_tooltip player_id='56570' first='Lincoln' last='Kienholz'], QB, Pierre TF Riggs (SD) 2023   The #1 overall prospect in the Dakotas flipped his commitment mid-December from Washington to the Ohio State Buckeyes, one of two Pierre TF Riggs prospects to head to the Big Ten in the 2023 class, which is the first time since we started tracking in 2020.   [player_tooltip player_id='101165' first='Jason' last='Maciejczak'], OL, Pierre TF Riggs (SD) 2023   Flipped his commitment from North Dakota to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.   Colin Knorr, LB/TE, South Prairie (ND) 2023   This is one of the Bison's yearly well-kept secrets, as South Prairie's Colin Knorr committed to NDSU. I could not find a Twitter for Collin to evaluate if he had other college football attention.   [player_tooltip player_id='223096' first='Jack' last='Merkwan'], WR, Pierre TF Riggs (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='160910' first='Jackson' last='Isakson'], Kicker, Aberdeen Roncalli (SD) 2023   Committed to South Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='418241' first='Elijah' last='Hayes'], LB/FB, Fargo Davies (ND) 2023   Committed to Concordia-Moorhead.   [player_tooltip player_id='273689' first='Isaac' last='Johnson'], DL/OL, Brandon Valley (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='101172' first='Reed' last='Rus'], LB/ATH, Mount Vernon-Plankinton (SD) 2023   Committed to South Dakota.   [player_tooltip player_id='395464' first='Jaxon' last='Kellogg'], LB, Bismarck Legacy (ND) 2023   Committed to Bemidji State.   [player_tooltip player_id='89291' first='Beau' last='Giblin'], DB, Sioux Falls Jefferson (SD) 2023   Committed to Minnesota State-Mankato.   [player_tooltip player_id='160921' first='Peyton' last='Arndt'], RB, Bismarck Century (ND) 2023   Committed to Minnesota State-Moorhead.   [player_tooltip player_id='161240' first='Nate' last='Ratzlaff'], LB, Sioux Falls O'Gorman (SD) 2023   Committed to Augustana.   [player_tooltip player_id='231745' first='Christian' last='Busch'], OL, Pierre TF Riggs (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='56580' first='Bennett' last='Dannenbring'], QB, Sioux Falls O'Gorman (SD) 2023   Committed to Wayne State.   [player_tooltip player_id='161295' first='Brian' last='Johnson'], DL, Aberdeen Central (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='276834' first='Jayden' last='Wiebe'], DB, Pierre TF Riggs (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='395463' first='Nate' last='Norby'], ATH, Trenton (ND) 2023   Committed to Dickinson State.   [player_tooltip player_id='273645' first='Robert' last='Hutchinson'], WR, Sioux Falls Jefferson (SD) 2023   Committed to Mount Marty.   [player_tooltip player_id='101176' first='Isaac' last='Crownover'], ATH, Bon Homme (SD) 2023   Committed to Mount Marty.   [player_tooltip player_id='237942' first='Braeden' last='Wulf'], QB, Lennox (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota Wesleyan.   Jackson Smythe, LB/RB, Tea Area (SD) 2023   Committed to Northwestern (Iowa).   [player_tooltip player_id='418227' first='Terel' last='Williams'], ATH, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='161214' first='TJ' last='Salmen'], TE/DL, Hitchcock-Tulare (SD) 2023   Committed to Black Hills State.   [player_tooltip player_id='223092' first='Josh' last='Balstad'], LB/FB, West Fargo (2023)   Committed to Minnesota State-Moorhead.   [player_tooltip player_id='161243' first='Noah' last='Hutmacher'], LB, Chamberlain (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='273693' first='Karson' last='Carda'], RB, Aberdeen Central (SD) 2023   Committed to Northern State.   [player_tooltip player_id='101163' first='Riley' last='Olsen'], QB/ATH, Hillsboro-Central Valley (ND) 2023   Committed to Valley City State.   [player_tooltip player_id='418244' first='Karsyn' last='Jablonski'], WR, Mandan (ND) 2023   Committed to University of Mary.   [player_tooltip player_id='56569' first='Bodell' last='Davidson'], QB/ATH, Britton-Hecla (SD) 2023   Committed to Valley City State.   [player_tooltip player_id='418272' first='Landon' last='Puffer'], WR, Hitchcock-Tulare (2023)   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='423568' first='John' last='Parker'], WR, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='418289' first='Chase' last='DeRouchey'], OL/DL, Potter County (SD) 2023   Committed to the University of Jamestown.   [player_tooltip player_id='533129' first='Maddox' last='Kihne'], WR, Freeman (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='56550' first='Tray' last='Hettick'], QB, Herreid-Selby (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='161342' first='Landon' last='Iverson'], RB, Hot Springs (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota Wesleyan.   [player_tooltip player_id='360642' first='Gavin' last='Benck'], TE/WR, Deuel (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota State.   [player_tooltip player_id='56552' first='Carter' last='Van Donge'], WR, Sioux Falls Christian (SD) 2023   Committed to Northwestern (Iowa).   Jackson Knuth, OL, Sioux Falls Jefferson (SD) 2023   Committed to Dakota Wesleyan.   Joseph Dahlberg, DL, Great Plains Lutheran (SD) 2023   Committed to Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minn.   Transfer Updates (4)   Tyler Feldkamp, WR, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (2021)   Entered the transfer portal from South Dakota State. Was the #3 overall prospect in our 2021 rankings. Tyler has gotten a handful of offers since entering the portal.   Chayce Montagne, ATH, Dakota Valley (2021)   Transferred from Midland (NE) to Briar Cliff (IA).   Lane Ferguson, OL, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (2022)   Transferred from Dakota State to Mount Marty.   Kendis Ledbetter, DL, Sioux Falls Washington (2022)   Transferred from North Dakota to Concordia-St. Paul. Kendis was the #1 rated Defensive Lineman in the Dakotas in the 2022 class. The Golden Bears got a steal!

DAKOTAS-- December was a BIG month across South Dakota and North Dakota when came to prospects committing to play football at the next level. How do we find our data? Most of what we find is via Twitter, as we try to retweet every offer, commitment, etc., seen through the region. In the month of December and late November, we saw 39 prospects across the Dakotas commit to playing at the next level, which seems to me like a larger number than in previous years for the month of December. We also tracked four former Prep Redzone Dakotas prospects from the 2022 and 2021 classes that entered the transfer portal, and the bulk of them have already found their new home for 2023, and the others have plenty of attention coming their way as we speak.