Illinois WR Makes it 18

Ben Kaplan, a 6-4 180 lbs. WR from Saint Charles North HS outside of Chicago has committed to Columbia.

You can see Kaplan's highlight video here.

Kaplan is already steeped in Columbia history, apparently he needles his Stanford-grad father about how CU defeated Stanford in the 1934 Rose Bowl.

Kaplan would be the second documented St. Charles North grad to come play for the Lions, the other being Jason Pease '01.

So, let's look at the unofficial list of commits as of now:

1. Tony Bonadies, OL 6-5 315 lbs. Leonia HS, Leonia, NJ2. Keith Brady, LB 6-2 205 lbs. Lakota East HS, Liberty Township, OH

3. Toure Douglas, WR 6-4 188 lbs. Vineland HS, Vineland, NJ

4. Cameron Dunn, WR 6-3 210 lbs. St. Xavier HS, Cincinnati, OH

5. Nathan Gibbs, OL 6-4, 285 lbs. Hickory HS, Hickory, NC

6. Kelly Hilinski, QB 6-6 220 lbs. Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, CA

7. Ben Kaplan, WR 6-4 180 lbs. St. Charles North HS, St. Charles, IL

8. Tyler Kwiatkowski, LB 6-3 220 lbs. Mount Carmel HS, Mount Carmel, PA

9. Charles Melka, DL 6-4 238 lbs. Benet Academy, Lisle, IL

10. Eric Mourkakos, OL/DL 6-3, 235 lbs. Dwight-Englewood HS, Englewood, NJ

11. Cameron Nizialek, K/P 6-3 195 lbs. Freedom HS, South Riding, VA

*12. Brett Nottingham, QB 6-4 212 lbs. Monte Vista HS, Danville, CA

13. Kendall Pace, OL 6-5 250 lbs. Bishop McNamara HS, Forestville, MD 

14. Will Peoples, S 6-1 190 lbs. Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, Cambridge, MA

15. Gianmarco Rea, FB/LB 6-2 215 lbs. Detroit Country Day, Beverly Hills, MI

16. Connor Spears, WR 6-6 205 lbs. Bishop Heelan HS, Sioux City, IA

17. Parker Tobia, LB 6-1 200 lbs. Bergen Catholic HS, Oradell, NJ

18. Richard Wolff, OL 6-3 254 lbs. Crespi HS Encino, CA

*=Transfer from Stanford University, junior status