Show-Me Recruiting Notebook

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>College football recruiting is firing on all cylinders in the state of Missouri. Here is a rundown on the latest offers that have been handed out around the state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The biggest news of the week has been the sudden blow up of Columbia Rock Bridge 2029 6'8" 294 OT <strong>Beckett Bruns</strong>. The massive freshman has not played a down of high school football, but this week has landed offers from Kansas State, Missouri State, Arkansas State and Southeast Missouri . Bruns has played basketball until now but has decided to play football this spring and has been impressive with his combination of size and athleticism. He tells me that he is also hearing from Missouri, Iowa and others.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ladue 2027 6'0" 185 DB [player_tooltip player_id='1325176' first='Evan' last='Via'] added offers from Rutgers and Texas Tech.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Raymore-Peculiar 2027 5'11" 186 DB [player_tooltip player_id='1131048' first='Josiah' last='Robinson'] picked up offers from Arkansas State and Illinois State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lift For Life 2027 6'0" 175 WR [player_tooltip player_id='1131028' first='Eke' last='Henderson'] Illinois State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another player on the uptick with his recruitment is Columbia Hickman 2027 DE/EDGE [player_tooltip player_id='2142876' first='Aaron' last='Henderson'] 6'5" 210. Henderson recently was given offers from Colorado State and Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1726900' first='Andrew' last='Oldham'] 6'5" 250 2027 DL at Marquette just added and offer from North Dakota State to his growing list. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Timberland 2027 6'6" 290 OL [player_tooltip player_id='1556818' first='Caden' last='Ford'] had Western Kentucky just extend and offer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Western Kentucky also offered fellow St. Louis are 2027 6'5" 325 OL Kevin Gilyard Jr. from Cardinal Ritter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another Marquette line product, 6'6" 293 OL [player_tooltip player_id='2150182' first='Chace' last='Croghan'] has been offered by South Dakota.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was two offers this week for Eureka 2027 6'3" 255 DL [player_tooltip player_id='1188339' first='Noah' last='McCollum'] as Army and Southeast Missouri both entered the race for his services.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SLUH 2027 6'3" 205 LB/S prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1752607' first='John' last='Ramella'] also added two more offers with Navy and South Dakota offering.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Vianney 2027 6'1" 180 WR/DB prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1188251' first='Noah' last='Williams'] was offered by Southern Illinois.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Bridge 2027 6'1" 220 RB [player_tooltip player_id='1352427' first='Grant' last='Hyde'] picked up and offer from Drake University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>My top ranked prospect in the PRZ 2029 rankings, Cardinal Ritter 5'9" 185 RB [player_tooltip player_id='1741240' first='Terrance' last='Jones'], continued to have his talent recognized by colleges with offers coming this week from Georgia Tech and Missouri State after landing his first offers from USC last week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The rise of St. Mary's 2028 6'5" 296 OL [player_tooltip player_id='1405389' first='Darrius' last='Smiley'] continues as Arkansas just extended an offer today. The join Mizzou, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and others. Smiley ranked between one and three in my rankings his freshman year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another high ranked player on my recruiting board has been 2028 Parkway West WR/TE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1312910' first='Max' last='Jones'] 6'5" 207. Schools are catching on about how talented he is as this week Kansas State, Nebraska and Missouri State all offered. He has held an offer from Kansas previously. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lee's Summit 2028 6'3" 240 DE/EDGE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1405378' first='Zayre' last='Thomas'], who has transferred from Raytown South, has landed his most recent offer from Arkansas State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kirksville 2028 6'3" 220 LB prospect Blake Nesbit was offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>De Smet 2028 CB [player_tooltip player_id='1221278' first='Kolby' last='Dotson'] 5'11" 175 has been offered by Austin Peay. He had recently been offered by Kansas State, West Virginia and Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rising 2028 6'4" 195 WR prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1287869' first='Cash' last='Lucious'] has been offered by Colorado State. He had recently been offered by West Virginia. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Missouri State has been on the road and on the move seeking in-state underclassmen to offer this spring. They have done a good job identifying the young talent. Here are some of their recent offers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jennings 2028 6'6" 330 OL [player_tooltip player_id='1673295' first='Jordan' last='Jones'] offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Columbia Hickman 2028 6'4" 225 TE Barrett Padberg offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>De Smet 2028 5'9" 180 RB [player_tooltip player_id='1598517' first='Cameran' last='Sharp'] offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>De Smet 2029 5'9" 185 ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1404856' first='Caden' last='Sharp'] offered by Missouri State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Bridge 2029 6'0" 175 DB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1741604' first='Kingston' last='Bush'] offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Bridge 2029 6'6" 312 OT Eric Kyne offered by Missouri State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Bridge 2029 6'3" 195 LB/S [player_tooltip player_id='2006032' first='Cruz' last='Rohde'] offered by Missouri State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cornell University has landed a verbal commitment from Rockhurst 2027 6'6" 286 OT prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1651420' first='James' last='O'Farrell']. Cornell had offered O'Farrell last month and it was a quick decision.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->