Friday, May 25, 2012

List Released

The athletic department released the official list of our incoming football class of 2016 late yesterday:



1. Oluwatoba "Toba" Akinleye DL 6-1, 207 lbs. Fort Hamilton HS Brooklyn. NY
2. Jacob Ardron LB 6-1 230 lbs. Diamond Ranch HS, Pomona, CA
3. Trevor Bell WR 5-9 170 lbs. Hamshire-Fannett HS Beaumont, TX
4. Brandon Blackshear DB 6-0 185 lbs. Sherwood HS Sherwood, OR
5. Matt Cahal DB 6-1, 190 lbs. Brophy College Prep Paradise Valley, AZ
6. Chris Cicilioni DE 6-2 235 lbs. Valley View HS Jessup, PA
7. Mark Cieslak LB 5-11 235 lbs. St. Joseph's HS Montvale, NJ
8. Chris Connors WR 6-1 205 lbs. St. Edward HS North Olmstead, OH
9.  Alec Davison LB 6-1 243 lbs. Clement HS Sugarland, TX
10. Andrew Dobitsch WR 5-10 170 lbs. Northern Valley HS Tappan, NJ
11. Nick Durham TE 6-3 215 lbs. Bishop Fenwick HS Franklin, Ohio
12. Josh Foster DB 5-11 165 lbs. Delran HS Delran, NJ
13. Michael Gerst RB 5-11 195 lbs. Bergen Catholic Bergen County, NJ
14. Isaiah Gross WR 6-3 180 lbs. Poway HS San Diego, CA
15. Scooter Hollis QB 6-1 165 lbs. Bowling Green HS Bowling Green, KY
16. J.D. Hurt DL 6-2 260 lbs. St. Anthony's HS Glen Cove, NY
17. Max Keefe LB 6-2 196 lbs. Choctawatchee HS Fort Walton, FL
18. Erik Kuklinski OL 6-7 265 lbs. Arlington HS LaGrangeville, NY
19. Bill Lawrence OL 6-8 250 lbs. St. Ignatius HS Chicago, IL
20. Marshall Markham OL 6-4 265 lbs. Kinkaid School Houston, TX
21. Kevin McCarthy, DB 6-0 200 lbs. Hingham, HS Hingham. MA
22. Trevor McDonagh, QB 6-2 185 lbs. St. Louis University HS St. Louis, MO
23. Cameron Molina, RB/LB 5-10, 185 lbs. Tuscarora HS Leesburg, VA
24. Daren Napier DL 6-4 261 lbs. St. John's HS Houston, TX
25. Niko Padilla, DL 6-1, 265 lbs. Parish Episcopal School Dallas, TX
26. Darin Patmon DB 6-0 175 lbs. Land O'Lakes HS Land O'Lakes, FL
27. Keith Ramljak OL 6-4 265 lbs. Westlake HS Westlake Village, CA

28. Travis Reim DB 6-0 175 lbs. Cedar Park HS Cedar Park, TX
29. Austin Stock OL 6-3 270 lbs. Solon HS Solon, OH
30. Hank Trumbull QB 6-4 200 lbs. Chadwick School Palos Verdes, CA
*31. Jake Wanamaker WR 6-1 205 UT San Antonio
32. Mike Zunica, RB 6-0 205 lbs. St. Rita HS Chicago, IL



The official list is more identical to my unofficially reported roster than ever before, but there were some differences.

Missing are OL Brett Leatherwood and DB Julian Vigil. So far I haven't seen any reports of them committing to another school, but I'll keep my eyes open.

The rest of the notable changes, some quite minor, were these:

-Trevor Bell is 5-9, not 5-7

-Brandon Blackshear is coming in solely as a DB and is taller and bigger than previously reported

-Alec Davison is 225 lbs, not 243.

-Nick Durham is 6-3, 215 lbs. and coming in solely as a TE

-Max Keefe is coming is as a LB, not a safety


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If they aren't on the official list, they aren't coming to play at Columbia.

Old Lion said...

This appears to be one of the better incoming classes in the league. The coaches seem pleased with the incoming DBs. I think that we did very well on the defensive side of the ball. There we seem to have gone from strength to strength, especially in the defensive backfield. I like the interior DL prospects and the LBs. I am less certain of the incoming offensive players. I am not sure if we have any potential starters there other than the C. We have a lot of decent WRs already, so this may not have been a big hole. We seem to have a few young QBs for next season. Not sure about TE or RB.

Anonymous said...

The O-line play in 2012 is the key.

RedTiger61 said...

I've looked at all of the Ivy's incoming freshmen lists .... Yale, on paper, seems to have had the best year recruiting .... Princeton had the poorest recruiting class .... I think that Columbia probably had the 3rd best overall recruiting class .... I do believe there will be several freshmen in the 2-deep roster, and even 2 that may start by opening day ... and a few others who will get playing time by mid-season ....