Nate’s 2025 National Signing Day Predictions: SD Edition

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SOUTH DAKOTA--</strong> With National Signing Day on Wednesday, we cycle thru the uncommitted 2025 prospects in the Mount Rushmore State and make some gut instinct predictions on where some targets might end up on Wednesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='210623' first='Elijah' last='Boutchee'], DL, Pierre T.F. Riggs</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers:</strong> Chadron State, USF</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> USF</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='800371' first='Boston' last='Katzer'], QB, Lennox</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: Three offers reported</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"16px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:16px"><strong>My Prediction: </strong>Boston has always appeared in my eyes as a NSIC fit, so my prediction is he will land somewhere in the conference. Ones I could see: Sioux Falls, Northern, Wayne, SMSU</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='399787' first='Parker' last='Denne'], RB, Mitchell</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: Culver-Stockton, Dakota State, Dakota Wesleyan, Northern State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Dakota Wesleyan. Parker would be a hometown home run for the Tigers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1187338' first='Delbert' last='Peters Jr'], DL, Pine Ridge</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers:</strong> Concordia-Moorhead</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> The Cobbers would be my first choice for Delbert but if not, a South Dakota school in the GPAC makes a lot of sense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Shane Henderson, TE/ATH, Mobridge-Pollock</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: None reported</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Shane was a late bloomer in this 2025 class. I could surely see an unreported offer and commitment from Shane somewhere amongst the Dakotas schools in the Missouri Valley. If not, I could see a Northern State or someone in the NSIC getting a huge steal in Shane that is stacked with upside. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='798254' first='Aaron' last='Morovits'], DL, Sturgis Brown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: Ellsworth CC, Savannah Prep, Black Hills State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction</strong>: Black Hills State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1003937' first='Domonic' last='Ghost Bear'], WR, Pine Ridge</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers:</strong> Dakota Wesleyan, Chadron State, Wayne State, Mount Marty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Chadron State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Blaise Showers, QB, Canistota</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers:</strong> Briar Cliff, Gustavus, Mount Marty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Briar Cliff</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Gabe Sather, ATH, Deuel</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: None reported</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Dakota State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Matthew Sheldon, LB, Yankton</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers:</strong> None reported</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction</strong>: Mount Marty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Riley Howard Gay, DL, Wall</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: Dakota Wesleyan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Dakota Wesleyan could get a West River steal in Riley. Super under the radar and great upside.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Willem Kattenberg, OL/DL, Sioux Falls Christian</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: Dordt</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction</strong>: The SFC to Dordt pipeline is one that we have seen grow over the last year or two, so that's where I like Willem as well as one that I love his tape but is more under the radar than he should have been. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Cordel Rychlik, DB, Aberdeen Central</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Offers</strong>: None-reported</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>My Prediction:</strong> Cordel's recruitment has been one that I haven't been able to crack the code on. The tape shows off what looks like a D2 grade, so with that being said I could see him right up the road at Northern State or at Jamestown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->