Monday, January 17, 2022

Two Big Gets



This was a very good day in the history of Columbia recruiting. 

First off, we have 6-2 180 pound WR Jordan Kelly from Refugio HS in Refugio, TX near Corpus Christi. Kelly had offers from Virginia, Princeton, Brown, and others.

He will be the first Refugio HS grad to come to Columbia Football.



Next, we have 6-4 220 pound D/TE Stryker Leschber from Thorndale HS in Thorndale, TX. 

Stryker had offers from Penn and Valparaiso, among others. He will be the first Thorndale grad to come to Columbia Football.

Kudos to Offensive Coordinator Mark Fabish, who netted these two players from his recruiting territory in Texas. 

That brings our list of unconfirmed commits for 2022 to 1​7:


1. Lucas Bullock LB/RB 6"0 200 lbs. Blue Valley North HS Overland, KS 

2. Mark Chapman OL 6"3 270 lbs.​​ Choate Rosemary Hall (PG), Guildford HS Guildford, CT

​​3. Ewan Clarke OT/DT 6"6 280 lbs. St. Stephen's/St. Agnes School Alexandria, VA

4. Matt Gallehdari LB/WR 6"3 215 lbs. Kent School/Hun School 

​​5. Ethan Hebb DB 6"2 190 lbs. Cardinal Gibbons/Williston Northampton School Raleigh, NC

​6​. Noah Jordan OL 6"5 307 lbs. St. Mary's Ryken HS Leonardtown, MD

7. Jordan Kelly WR/DB 6"2 180 lbs. Refugio HS Refugio, TX

8. Stryker Leschber DL/TE 6"4 220 lbs. Thorndale HS Thorndale, TX

​9. James Lill OL/DL 6"5 287 lbs. Schroeder Webster HS/Avon Old Farms Webster, NY

​10​. Shawn Lin DL 6"4 250 lbs. Loyola HS Los Angeles, CA

​11. Jayden Marshall DB 6"0 190 lbs. Lee County HS/WIlliston-Northampton School Sanford, NC

​12. Kameryn Metcalf DB 5"10 180 lbs. D.R. Phillips HS Orlando, FL 

​13​. AJ Simpkins QB 6"3 212 lbs. The Christ School Arden, NC

​14​. Jack Smiechowski LB 6"1 195 lbs. St. Joseph HS Montvale, NJ

15. Patrick Sodl LB 5"11 210 lbs. Loyola HS Los Angeles, CA

16. Edan Stagg WR 6"1 175 lbs. University Lab School Baton Rouge, LA   

17. Owen Thomas DL 6"3 240 lbs. Westfield HS Chantilly, VA


Mike Elbon Passes

On a sad note, Mike Elbon '92 died this past weekend. He was my CU classmate and the first and still the only Wagoner HS grad (Wagoner, OK near Tulsa) to come to Columbia Football. He had been living back in his hometown of Wagoner for some time. Condolences to his friends and family, 



4 comments:

Stan Waldbaum said...


Two very talented players with potential. Kelley is a particularly strong addition to a wide receiver group that could be the best in the Ivy League. I suspect there will be several other commits from the State of Texas.

Stan Waldbaum

oldlion said...

We need some more depth at the RB position.

oldlion said...

And another tall DB to cover the tall WRs who are a problem with 50/50 balls.

Anonymous said...

What makes you think Columbia WR group could be the best in the league compared to the All Ivy receivers and depth that are returning for Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Brown?