6-6 225 pound DE Ayden Baker from Wheeling Central Catholic High School has committed to the Lions.
Baker only began playing football last year, but was named to several All State and All Regional teams in West Virginia.
Baker had offers from Navy, Brown, and a preferred walk-on offer from West Virginia (that's two swipes from Navy in 24 hours).
Baker will be the first WCCHS grad to come to Columbia Football.
Many fans may remember that Columbia has had great luck with defensive linemen who were late comers to the game of football and only played in their latter stages of high school. Two players who did that were Josh Martin and Lord Hyeamang... not too shabby.
That brings our list of unconfirmed commits for 2022 to 20:
1. Ayden Baker DL 6"6 225lbs. Wheeling Central Catholic HS Wheeling, WV
2. Lucas Bullock LB/RB 6"0 200 lbs. Blue Valley North HS Overland, KS
3. Mark Chapman OL 6"3 270 lbs. Choate Rosemary Hall (PG), Guildford HS Guildford, CT
4. Ewan Clarke OT/DT 6"6 280 lbs. St. Stephen's/St. Agnes School Alexandria, VA
5. Matt Gallehdari LB/WR 6"3 215 lbs. Kent School/Hun School
6. Ethan Hebb DB 6"2 190 lbs. Cardinal Gibbons/Williston Northampton School Raleigh, NC
7. Noah Jordan OL 6"5 307 lbs. St. Mary's Ryken HS Leonardtown, MD
8. Jordan Kelly WR/DB 6"2 180 lbs. Refugio HS Refugio, TX
9. Stryker Leschber DL/TE 6"4 220 lbs. Thorndale HS Thorndale, TX
10. James Lill OL/DL 6"5 287 lbs. Schroeder Webster HS/Avon Old Farms Webster, NY
11. Shawn Lin DL 6"4 250 lbs. Loyola HS Los Angeles, CA
12. Jayden Marshall DB 6"0 190 lbs. Lee County HS/WIlliston-Northampton School Sanford, NC
13. Kameryn Metcalf DB 5"10 180 lbs. D.R. Phillips HS Orlando, FL
14. Joshua Powell DL 6"3 215 lbs. St. Christopher's School Richmond, VA
15. AJ Simpkins QB 6"3 212 lbs. The Christ School Arden, NC
16. Jack Smiechowski LB 6"1 195 lbs. St. Joseph HS Montvale, NJ
17. Patrick Sodl LB 5"11 210 lbs. Loyola HS Los Angeles, CA
5 comments:
Baker also played TE and WR; as a latecomer to the game perhaps a more logical position for him is on the offensive side of the ball. He looks to me like a real find with a significant upside. Very quietly Al and the coaches look like they are putting together a very strong class. I would like to see one more big back in the Ryan Young mold.
can you update the readers on the transfers? who is likely leaving, where are they going and what is the motivation. Thanks
I only know for sure that Colbert is going to URI. When the transfer candidates actually commit somewhere, I will post about it. For now, I think some of them may not end up leaving.
Am I correct that the transfer candidates as of now are either graduating seniors with no more eligibility or graduating seniors with one more year of eligibility?
I think most have no Ivy eligibility left, but some do.
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