Camp Season Winners: Early-June Edition

Camp season is off and rolling! Hundreds of athletes from across Wisconsin are getting onto college campuses and putting themselves in front of coaching staffs and recruiters in hopes of earning next level offers and roster spots. The early returns have been strong following the first few camps of the month. Prep Redzone WI has done a great job of getting multiple scouts out to the Mega Camps across the state to provide coverage in person to see who is impressing most. The biggest winners are the ones earning offers following these events. Today I want to shine the spotlight on those athletes and celebrate their early accomplishments. Let's dive in and celebrate these studs!    I have been waiting, and waiting for Todd to have his day and see the offers start to come in. Offers that the 6'3" 290 lbs IOL is more than deserving of. Well on June 12th we saw that long awaited run take place. Following a dominant showing at the North Dakota camp. Mankato and Duluth both came forward to extend the big and explosively powerful guard a scholarship offer. We had a pair of Prep Redzone scouts in attendance and they were raving about how dominant the '26 OL was throughout the day. Great to see it all coming together for the Appleton East beast.     We have been singing our praises of Bay Port's [player_tooltip player_id='1361650' first='Aiden' last='Dirksen'] all offseason. No doubt about it, he is one of the top OL in the state among the Class of 2026. The offers began to come through right after Aiden's performance at the Lake Show Mega Camp in Oshkosh. Mankato was the first to offer, followed by Washburn, Jamestown, and then Illinois State a few days later. Aiden took that momentum and carried over to his camp in Madison with the Badgers. A camp where the 6'7" 285 lbs incoming senior would win OL MVP and earn a PWO offer from the home state Badgers. Aiden is coming off a great year, winning a state championship at the highest level in WI and has since put in the work this offseason in preparation to move out to OT. The next level is clearly noticing the talent and dedication. Big things ahead Aiden!     Another hot recruit on the trail in early June is Cedarburg's [player_tooltip player_id='948133' first='Ryan' last='Lempke']. Things started off following his performance at the Gophers camp on June 2nd. He would go on to earn an offer from Winona State, Upper Iowa, and Western Illinois, in the days following that camp. About 10 days later Bemidji State and Jamestown would both join with offers extended from each. The two-way standout has been camping as a TE and clearly turning heads and putting up numbers that have coaches confident he can be an impact player at the FCS/D2 levels.     Elias has a great argument for having the hottest start to June of any athlete in WI. He attended the Lindenwood Mega Camp and put on an absolute show that impressed several coaching staffs. Just on the day of the camp alone, Elias earned offers from South Dakota State, Missouri Southern, Western Illinois, North Dakota State, Southeast Missouri State, Southwest Baptist University, and St. Thomas. Then a couple days later they were all joined by Indiana State, Northern Iowa, Central Arkansas, and Lindenwood. You can't argue with that type of pursuit. Elias has quickly become one of the best defenders in the state of Wisconsin.     Another defensive player who is pushing his stock higher and higher is the long, lean CB out of Mukwonago. Devin started the month of June off with an early offer from South Dakota State following a camp, as well as Western Illinois. About a week later on the 9th Devin earned an offer from Illinois State. It is great to see a CB get out to these camps and bring home FCS offers. We don't see many true CBs that can play at that level come out of this state. Devin is a special recruit that is going to be one of our biggest risers.     We wrap up with an athlete who I have been able to watch blow up in person. I have been able to see Brett at a couple camps already, and both times he left with new offers. His camp circuit started at UWEC for their Big Man Camp where he was able to earn offers from Winona State and then eventually from Duluth about a week later. Brett would also earn an offer from the host team, UWEC Blugolds. Add in a Sioux Falls offer between camps as well. Then the rising '26 OL impressed at the Minnesconsin Camp where he would leave with offers from Augustana, and Upper Iowa. Brett has quickly proven that he has the skills to play at the D2 level and eventually work his way into a role for wherever he commits. The big man isn't done with camps either, so he may see plenty more teams join the pursuit for his talents.

Camp season is off and rolling! Hundreds of athletes from across Wisconsin are getting onto college campuses and putting themselves in front of coaching staffs and recruiters in hopes of earning next level offers and roster spots. The early returns have been strong following the first few camps of the month. Prep Redzone WI has done a great job of getting multiple scouts out to the Mega Camps across the state to provide coverage in person to see who is impressing most. The biggest winners are the ones earning offers following these events. Today I want to shine the spotlight on those athletes and celebrate their early accomplishments. Let's dive in and celebrate these studs!