Show-Me Recruiting Notebook

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A couple of commitment flips and a bunch of game day visits going on among the underclassmen across the state have been the main focus this week in recruiting.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Central Florida managed to flip Platte County teammates [player_tooltip player_id='849688' first='Rocco' last='Marriott'] (6'4" 212) and TE [player_tooltip player_id='1320111' first='Brooks' last='Hall'] (6'5" 225) from their previous commitments of James Madison (Marriott) and South Dakota (Hall) to bring two of the more dynamic offensive prospects in the 2026 class down South. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oklahoma offered De Smet 2028 TE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1294184' first='Ridge' last='Janes'] (6'5" 235) following a recent game day visit to OU.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Francis Howell Central 2027 TE [player_tooltip player_id='1130985' first='Jack' last='Brown'] (6'5" 225) recently cut his list of schools down to a top six. Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas A&amp;M and Arizona State made his list of six. This weekend he took a game day visit to Michigan.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Vianney LB [player_tooltip player_id='1250643' first='Jacob' last='Smith'] (5'11" 200) announced his commitment to Morningside University this week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lindenwood University offers Orchard Farm 2026 QB [player_tooltip player_id='1125480' first='Collin' last='Sinclair'] (6'2" 205) who is one of the top dual threat QBs in his class, and whose skill set fits what the Lions like to do with their signal-callers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lawson 2026 TE [player_tooltip player_id='1129740' first='Brogan' last='Crawford'] (6'5" 240) took his official visit to Army last weekend. Crawford also has a D1 offer from Air Force. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Waynesville 2026 DL [player_tooltip player_id='1665292' first='DeVonte' last='Martin'] (6'5" 260) announced his verbal commitment to Washburn University. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kansas recently hosted a plethora of Missouri kids on game day visits to their game against Utah, Some of the players who attended were 2027 DL [player_tooltip player_id='813880' first='Jameson' last='Honey'] (6'3" 260) Lindbergh, 2027 DT Noah McCullom (6'3" 250) Eureka, 2027 OT [player_tooltip player_id='1651420' first='James' last='O'Farrell'] (6'6" 276) Rockhurst, 2027 TE [player_tooltip player_id='1187177' first='Brady' last='Sibbing'] (6'4" 225) Lee's Summit North, 2027 DE [player_tooltip player_id='1726900' first='Andrew' last='Oldham'] (6'5" 225) Marquette, 2028 WR [player_tooltip player_id='1405380' first='Jeremiah' last='Hull'] (6'5" 190) Raymore Peculiar, 2029 QB [player_tooltip player_id='1674661' first='Braden' last='Biermann'] (5'10" 155) Parkway West and 2029 OL [player_tooltip player_id='1741262' first='Michael' last='Werges'] (6'5" 280).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2029 CB [player_tooltip player_id='1591191' first='Devin' last='Hill Jr.'] (6'1" 170) is on the rise will colleges inviting him to game day visits this past week. The PRZ top 10 ranked player in his class recently took one to Iowa last weekend, and then one to Nebraska this weekend with Ray-Pec teammates DB [player_tooltip player_id='1324014' first='Cornelius' last='Mitchell Jr.'] (6'0" 175), 2028 TE [player_tooltip player_id='1656278' first='Colton' last='Sowers'] (6'3" 195)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->