More Commits, More Rational Exuberance

With three more commits joining next fall's incoming freshman class just in the last couple of days, the class of 2024 is looking pretty good already. And I don't just mean quantity. The following three commits are top quality as well...

Stephen Brooks

Perhaps the most in-demand commit announcing this week is 6-4 225 pound TE/DL Stephen Brooks  from the Dexter Southfield School in the Boston suburb of Brookline, MA.

Brooks had many offers, including from Brown, Cornell. UMass, Air Force, Fordham, and Lehigh.

Brooks will be the first Dexter Southfield grad to come to Columbia Football.

Gabriel Hollingsworth


Next is 6-3 207 pound QB Gabriel Hollingsworth from Reagan HS in Pfafftown, North Carolina.

Hollingsworth had offers from Yale and Southern Mississippi.

He'll be the first Reagan HS grad to come to Columbia Football.

Ben Corniello

Finally, we have  6-2 250 pound DE/OL Ben Corniello from Hand HS in Madison, CT.

Corniello will be the second Hand HS grad to come to Columbia Football, following Mike Mundt '95.

Corniello's path to Columbia may have been paved by his head coach. That would be Dave Mastroianni '02, who played for CU Football after graduating from Foran HS in Milford, CT. Mastroianni has been an inspiration to many players after he was diagnosed with cancer way back when he played for Columbia and has been fighting it ever since.

That brings our list of commits for 2020 to eleven:

1. Braeden Bellmer OL 6-4 260 lbs. Puyallup HS Puyallup, WA 

2. Stephen Brooks TE/DL 6-4 225 lbs. Dexter Southfield School Brookline, MA

3. Jackson Coker WR 5-11 170 lbs. Westlake HS Austin, TX 

4. Ben Corniello DE/OL 6-2 250 lbs. Hand HS Madison, CT 



5. Gabriel Hollingsworth QB 6-3 207 lbs. Reagan HS Pfafftown, NC

6. Kristopher Jenner QB 6-5 225 lbs. The McDonogh School Owings Mills, MD 



7. Clarence Krebs OL 6-5 275 lbs. Servite HS Anaheim, CA

8. Carter McFadden FS/WR 5-10 165 lbs. Montgomery HS Skillman, NJ 

9. Patrick Passalacqua OL 6-2 265 lbs. Old Tappan HS Old Tappan, NJ

10. Anthony Roussos LB 6-0 210 lbs. River Ridge HS New Port Richey, FL

11. Cooper Thomas LB 6-2 215 lbs. St. Thomas HS (Houston, TX)