The Freshman 15 (now 16)

National Signing Day has little binding meaning for the Ivies as we do not use Letters of Intent.

But it does tend to shake out some more names of players committing to football, at least verbally.

So, we’ll all be keeping an eye out for that news as the day goes on.

For now, I wanted to update out current known commit list.

Michael Hinton

Last week, some other fans noted that Michael Hinton, a 6-4/221 pound DE from Reynolds HS in Winston-Salem, NC.

Based on my Lionfeeders all-time Columbia football recruiting database, Hinton would be the first documented Reynolds grad to come to Columbia football.

Here's a a nice short article about Hinton and how he only started playing football to make him a better basketball player. 

Ryan Suitt

Also Ryan Suitt, 6-1/175 pound QB from All Saints Episcopal HS in Fort Worth, TX has also committed to Columbia. Suitt joins former teammates Charlie Flores and Markham Pakune at CU and is the third-ever All Saints grad to come to the Lions.  

Suitt is a running QB, and if you’re the kind of person who likes to know about “stars,” Rivals rates him as a two-star recruit.

 Cole McDonough

And then there’s 6-2, 290 pound OL Cole McDonough from Bel Air HS in Maryland. McDonough will be the first Bel Air grad to come to the Columbia football program.

Oh, and one more late add!


6-6 275-pound OL Peter Szymanski also committed to Columbia.

Peter is from Maine South HS outside of Chicago and he would be the 5th Maine South grad to come to the Lions. the first since RB David Chao '12. 

So as we enter national “LOI Day,” we have 15 16 publicly known commits.

  

1) Adam Armesto OL/TE 6-6, 235 lbs. Canton HS Canton, MI

2) Kyle Castner QB 6-2, 211 lbs. Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN

3) Calvin Falkenhayn LB 6-2, 230 lbs. Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL

4) Ryan Gilbert DB 6-0, 178 lbs. Bellevue HS, Bellevue, WA

5) Connor Halm DT 6-7, 270 lbs. Langley HS McClean, VA

6) Michael Hinton DE 6-4, 221 lbs. Reynolds HS Winston-Salem, NC

7) Danny Hong QB 6-4, 215 lbs. Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas, NV

8) Brandon Krcilek WR 6-2, 185 lbs. Hamilton HS Chandlerm AZ

9) Cole McDonough OL 6-2, 290 lbs. Bel Air HS Bel Air, MD

10) John Riley McLaughlin CB/WR 6-1, 192 lbs. Alcoa HS Alcoa, TN/Phillips Andover Academy Andover, MA

11) Luke Melsop DE 6-5, 220 lbs. St, Francis de Sales HS Newark, OH

12) H.T. Minor RB 5-9, 175 lbs. Woodberry Forest HS Woodberry Forest, VA

13) Ryan Suitt QB 6-1, 175 lbs. All Saints Episcopal HS Fort Worth, TX

14) Peter Szymanski OL 6-6, 275 lbs. Maine South HS Park Ridge, IL

15) Jason Vravick LB 6-2, 225 lbs. Stevenson HS Lincolnshire, IL

16) Sean "Jimmy" White DB 6-3, 220 lbs. Friendswood HS, Friendswood, TX