Show-Me Recruiting Notebook

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There has been a lot of recruiting action happening as we are in the midst of summer now. Offers continue to flow, and we have seen a bunch of verbal commitments take place as of late, including some major ones from top 10 players in the state. Here is a look at the latest recruiting happenings this week in the state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday was a huge day, not only because two of my top 5 players in the state committed, but because they both decided to stay home, and committed to the home state Missouri Tigers. Mizzou received great news from both sides of the state, as Kansas City St. Pius X 2027 6'3" 290 C/OG prospect [player_tooltip player_id='652849' first='Kyler' last='Kuhn'], and St. Louis St. Mary's 2027 RB prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1452148' first='Kingston' last='Miles'] 6'1" 200 gave their verbal commitments to the Tigers just hours apart. <br>The Miles commitment was especially big since he flipped from fellow SEC school Auburn, who he committed to last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northern Illinois landed a verbal commitment from SLUH 2027 LB prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1752607' first='John' last='Ramella'] 6'3" 205.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eureka 2027 DL prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1188339' first='Noah' last='McCollum'] 6'3" 255 has committed to Army. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eastern Michigan picked up a verbal commitment from Parkway West 2027 6'4" 255 OL/DL [player_tooltip player_id='1188456' first='Ethan' last='Bain']. The athletic lineman wanted to get his decision over with before the start of the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Tuesday, Chaminade 2027 WR prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1188296' first='Isaac' last='Hudson'] 6'2" 200 made his decision public by verbally committing to South Dakota State over Missouri State, Illinois State and Miami University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zumwalt West massive 6'4" 300 DT prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1160675' first='Chase' last='Dixon'] pulled the trigger on his commitment by announcing for the Missouri State Bears. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lindenwood University had a big week of recruiting news from within the state by picking up a couple of verbal commitments from local talent in Ozark 6'6" 240 TE [player_tooltip player_id='1727384' first='Hendrix' last='Haymes'], SLUH 6'1" 210 LB prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1188263' first='Ty' last='Lige'], and Festus 2027 6'2" 240 DE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1590167' first='Antonio' last='Pinkston']. All three are talented players who should help the program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northern Iowa picked up a verbal commitment from De Smet 2027 5'8" 165 WR prospect [player_tooltip player_id='419226' first='Royce' last='Searcy']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hallsville 2027 6'5" 211 DE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='2142843' first='Jackson' last='Wooden'] announced his verbal commitment to Northwest Missouri State following his official visit there.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pitt State picked up a verbal commitment from Kirkwood 2027 CB Frank Luckett 5'10" 160.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kansas City Center 2028 6'5" 215 TE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='2060010' first='Israel' last='Johnigan'] continues to be one of the top rising prospects in his class. This past week he added offers from Nebraska, Illinois and Northwestern. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kansas has offered Rockhurst 2028 6'0" 185 ATH [player_tooltip player_id='991750' first='Tristan' last='Johnson']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was a big week for Springfield Glendale 2027 WR prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1590216' first='Trevor' last='Heman'] 6'2" 195 who has seen his recruitment really take off this month. This week the talented receiver picked up offers from Missouri State, Harding University, Southeast Missouri State, and Dartmouth University. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hannibal LB twins Donnie Murphy 6'2" 229 and Julian Murphy 6'1" 220 picked up their first D1 offers from Eastern Michigan. Both have had a big spring/summer of outstanding camp performances.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Southeast Missouri has offered Eureka 2028 6'4" 220 TE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='2219475' first='Sal' last='Gianino'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South Dakota State recently offers St, Louis Lafayette 2027 CB [player_tooltip player_id='1590172' first='Jeremy' last='Williams'] 5'11" 180. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Williams teammate [player_tooltip player_id='1598550' first='Ryan' last='Richmond-McDavis'] 6'1 165 added his most recent offer from Tennessee.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Illinois State just offered 2027 RB [player_tooltip player_id='1188379' first='Tristan' last='Moss'] 6'0" 195 from Lift For Life.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northern Iowa and Miami Ohio have offered St. Mary's 2027 WR prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1669374' first='Micah' last='Brown'] 6'3" 200, whose recruitment continues to rise weekly.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Parkway South 2027 6'5" 199 WR/TE prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1187178' first='Tucker' last='Swinton'] has landed his first D1 offer from Southeast Missouri. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Drake University is the first D1 offer for Kirkwood 2027 LB prospect Hunter Burkis 6'1" 220</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Thomas University is the first D1 offer for Blue Springs 2027 6'5" 300 OL Jacobi Minter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->