2025 Recruiting List

[SteelSD]

2025 Commits (31):

Offense (14):
QB- Owen Eshelman, 6'3 195, Norman, OK
RB- Travon Pankey, 6'1 205, Gladstone, MO
Offers: Army, Wyoming, UNI, USD, ISUr, UT Martin
RB- James Bassinger, 5’11 192, Littleton, CO
WR- Landon Dulaney, 6'1 180, Brandon, SD
Offers: Boise St., UND, NDSU, USD, UNI
WR- Mason Kelley, 6’1 185, Mukwonago, WI
Offers: NDSU
WR- TyJohn Brooks, 5’6 155, Brooklyn Park, MN
TE- Sebastyn Fries, 6'3 215, Lakeville, MN
TE- Ben Brooks, Madison, SD
OL- Lincoln Semchenko, 6'4 290, Sioux Falls, SD
Offers: Iowa St. (PWO), UND, USD, UNI, St. Thomas, Lindenwood
OL- JB Walters, 6'4 260, Grand Forks, ND
Offers: Air Force, Navy, Army, UND, NDSU
OL- Micah Hach, 6'4" 280, Watertown, SD
Offers: Kansas St., Wyoming, USD, NDSU
OL- Brock Osbahr (PWO), 6’3 285, De Pere, WI
OL- Thomas Dwyer, 6’7 290, WI
OL- Evan McCarty, 6'5 245, Wayzata, MN
Offers: NDSU, UND, St. Thomas

Defense (16):
DT- Connor Sullivan, 6'4, 260, Wilmette, IL
Offers: Akron, Air Force, Army, ISUr, Lindenwood, Lafayette, Fordham, Lehigh, Bucknell
DL- Luke Krempges, 6’4 235, Sioux Falls, SD
DL- Josh Wedel, 6’5 240, Chaska, MN
Offers: Washington St., Army, Air Force, Ohio, NDSU, Cornell, Penn
DL- Donovan Fitzmaurice, 6’3 285, Ballwin, MO
Offers: Ball St., UT Martin, NDSU, ISUr, Missouri St., SIU, ISUb, E. Illinois, W. Illinois, Lindenwood, SEMO, Austin Peay, N. Arizona
DE- Alijah Wayne, 6'4 230, Omaha, NE
Offers: Oregon St., E. Michigan, Air Force, NDSU, UNI, USD, UND, E. Illinois, SIU, Yale, Grambling, Lindenwood
LB- Sullivan Schlimgen, 6’1 220, Sioux Falls, SD
Offers: Texas Tech, Air Force, Army, NDSU, UND, USD, UNI
LB- Beau Bakken, 6'4 215, Hills, MN
LB- Isaiah Hung, 6'1 210, Liberty, MO
Offers: Army, Air Force, NDSU, ISUr, SIU, UNI, Missouri St., Princeton, UT Martin, Furman, Cornell
LB- Brady Kurt, 6'2 185, Independence, IA
CB- Tyrone Cotton III, 6’1 170, Glenview, Ill
Offers: Indiana, Marshall, Buffalo, Akron, Miami (OH), W. Michigan, Kent St., ISUr, SIU, UT Martin, WIU
CB- Erimus Wright, 6'0 185, Country Club Hills, Ill
Offers: Ole Miss, Michigan St., Buffalo, Kent St., Miami (OH), N. Illinois
CB- Trillion Sorrell, 6’0 160, Edina, MN
Offers: UNI, NDSU, USD, UND, St. Thomas
CB- Myles Green, 6’1 180, Chicago, Ill
Offers: Buffalo, Miami (OH), Ball St., Kent St., W. Kentucky, SDSU, NDSU, ISUr, E. Illinois, UNH, UT Martin, Howard
S- Damarius Russell, 5'11 170, Waseca, MN
Offers: Texas Tech, UNI, NDSU
S- Brody Miller, 6’0 170, Shakopee, MN
Offers: UND, St. Thomas
S- Cam Cribari, 6'0 175, West Des Moines, IA

Special Teams (1):
K/P- Adlai Lounsbury, Van Meter, IA
Offers: Drake

2025 Offers:

Offense:
RB- Quade Chatmon, 6'0 200, Lee's Summit, MO
Offers: Kent St., SIU, SEMO, Austin Peay
WR- Bode Wagner, 6’0 170, Mesa, AZ
Offers: Army, Air Force
TE/DE- Parker Sutherland, 6'6 220, Iowa City, IA
OL/DL- Kalvin Janssen, 6’3 285, Gretna, NE
Offers: Coastal Carolina, NIU, Wyoming, Army, Navy, Air Force, Colorado St., ISUr, UNI, USD, Montana, UND, Lindenwood
OL- Dylan Hildebrand, 6’4 280, Verona, WI
Offers: SEMO, St. Thomas, W. Illinois

Defense:
DL- Cash Jacobsen, 6’5 255, Jenks, OK
Offers: Texas Tech, Oklahoma St., Texas St., SDSU, Air Force, Army, Navy, Tulsa, Utah St., ISUr, Yale, Cornell, Lindenwood
CB- Justin Kabera, 5'11 171, Harrisburg, SD

Commited FBS:
ATH/DB- Brandon Schmelzle, 6'2 193, Axtell KS- Kansas
Offers: Kansas, NDSU
RB- Grant Dean, 6’0 180, Neenah, WI- Wisconsin
Offers: Wisconsin, N. Illinois, Wyoming, Army, NDSU
RB- Ryver Peppers, 5’11 180, Kansas City, MO- Iowa St.
Offers: Iowa St., Kansas St., Utah, Northwestern, Kent St., E. Michigan, Navy, Army, UNLV, NDSU, UNI, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Colgate
WR/S- Jackson Carpenter, 6’2 190, Lincoln, NE- Nebraska
Offers- Kansas, Nebraska, Duke, NDSU, UNI
TE- Emmett Bork, 6'6 240, Oconomowoc, WI- Michigan St.
Offers: Michigan St., Rutgers, Indiana, Appalacian St., Army, Ohio, NDSU, ISUr, UND, UNI
OT- Garin Maley, 6'5 250, Papillion, NE- Texas Tech
Offers: Oregon St., Texas Tech, E. Michigan, N. Illinois, UND, SIU, UNI, ISUr, Montana, Princeton, Harvard, Yale
OT- Ren Brown, 6'6 280, Stanten, NE- Texas Tech
Offers: Oregon St., Texas Tech, Kansas St., Air Force, Army, Ohio, C. Michigan, N. Illinois, UND, UNI, Montana
DL- Kade Pietrzak, 6'5 245, West Fargo, ND- Nebraska
Offers: USC, Iowa, Iowa St., Kansas St., Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, Auburn, Duke, Stanford, Washington, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Michigan St., Florida St., Miami, Florida, UCLA, BC, UNLV, UND, NDSU
DT- Jackson Murray, 6’1 265, Phoenix, AZ- Colorado St.
Offers: Colorado St., Army, Air Force, Idaho, Idaho St., N. Arizona, Utah Tech
LB- Nathan Cleveland, 6'3 205, River Grove, Ill- Minnesota
Offers: Minnesota, N. Illinois, Ohio, Buffalo, Marshall, W. Michigan, Kent St., Army, Air Force, Navy, UNI, NDSU, ISUr, SIU, WIU, UT Martin
LB- Parker Moore, 6’2 220, Lawrence, KS- Wyoming
Offers: Kansas, Air Force, Wyoming, ISUb, UNI, Penn
CB- Njita Sinkala, 5'11 175, Clearwater, FL- Boston College
Offers: Boston College, Temple, UConn, ODU, Kennesaw St., Delaware, UND, NDSU, Rhode Island, Monmouth
CB- Jermain Jones, 5'11 180- Cincinnati
Offers: Cincinnati, Boston College, Delaware, Miami (OH), Kent St., Ball St., UNI, E. Illinois, Lindenwood, UNH
CB- RJ Collins, 5’11 160, Kansas City, MO- Kansas State
Offers: Kansas St., Delaware, NDSU, UND, MSU, UNI, ISUr, UT Martin
S- Aiden Knapke, 6' 0 190, Englewood, CO- Washington State
Offers: Washington St., Duke, Georgia Tech, Wyoming, N. Illinois, C. Michigan, SDSU, New Mexico St., Air Force, Army, Rice, Hawaii, Montana St., Cornell

Commited FCS:
WR- Mar’Quan Gary, 6’1 175, Normal, Ill- Illinois St.
Offers: ISUr, Indiana St., WIU, UT Martin
OT- Ryan Babatz, 6'4 275, Buffalo, MN- NDSU
Offers: Nebraska, Wyoming, Coastal Carolina, C. Michigan, Miami (OH), Ohio, Army, Air Force, NDSU, UND, Fordham, Dartmouth, Cornell
OT- Alex Warden, 6'5 244, Green Bay, WI- NDSU
Offers: Washington St., Wyoming, Army, W. Michigan, Ball State, UNI, NDSU
OT- Michael Wagner, 6'6 255, Maple Grove, MN- UND
Offers: Washington St., Army, Air Force, Ohio, N. Illinois, W. Michigan, SDSU, NDSU, UND, USD, Montana, UC Davis, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fordham
DL- Chase Evink, 6’5 240, Hancock, MN- NDSU
Offers: NDSU, Furman
LB- Dylan Hudgens, 6'2 215, Minnetonka, MN- USD
Offers: Kent St., Marshall, UND, USD, Dartmouth, Cornell, Fordham, Colgate
LB- Chase Brixius, 6'2 215, Minneapolis, MN- NDSU
Offers: Miami (OH), Buffalo, NDSU, UNI, UND, USD, Montana St., WIU, Fordham
CB- Josiah Young, 6’3 170, Minneapolis, MN- UNI
Offers: Ohio, Miami (OH), W. Michigan, NDSU, UNI
CB- Marion Moore, 5'11 175, Madison, WI- NDSU
Offers: Wisconsin (PWO), NDSU, ISUb, EIU
S- Walker Braaten, 6-3 175, Westhope, ND- NDSU
Offers: W. Michigan, Army, NDSU, UND

[mitchell]

New offer to QB Walker Braaten, 6-4, Westhope, ND - offers from NDSU, UND

[mitchell]

New offer to Connor Sullivan

DT, 6-4, 260, Wilmette, IL

offers from Akron

[SteelSD]

It's interesting to me that 2 SD kids Cain Wallner (Canton) and Shawn Hammerbeck (Winner) hold multiple good offers but haven't received one from us. Maybe I'm just tired of NDSU poaching quality kids out of our state.

[2002jack]

It's interesting to me that 2 SD kids Cain Wallner (Canton) and Shawn Hammerbeck (Winner) hold multiple good offers but haven't received one from us. Maybe I'm just tired of NDSU poaching quality kids out of our state.

I’m not tired of beating NDSU.


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[jakejc795]

I’m not tired of beating NDSU.


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Yes, without knowing the context, I'm definitely willing to say I trust the coaching staff.

Plus, it sounds like these guys are receiving offers/going on visits from/for teams like Nebraska and Texas Tech, respectively, so it's hardly a foregone conclusion SDSU will "lose" either to NDSU

[peavy]

Sullivan (Sully) Schlimgen listed as flex/lb on his twitter 6'1, 220lb O'Gorman offers: UND, SDSU, USF, Augie
and today's first junior day offer: Alijah Wayne TE/DE/ATH 6'4" 230lb Omaha Central HS offers: SDSU, Wayne State, Minnesota State - tagged Bobbit and Bibbs for what it's worth
Ren Brown OG/OT 6'6 280 Stanton High School (NE) offers: SDSU, Montana State, Peru State, USF, Nebraska-Kearney, Wayne State

[bigticket1]

Special teams Coach Cashmore with the Great Day to be a Jackrabbit tweet. First commit of the Class of '25 ?

[ringthebells]

Landon Dulaney of BV committed yesterday. If he can stay healthy, he's a stud.

[bigticket1]

Jacks get their QB. www.x.com/OwenEsh/status/1798101420618707054

[BrianMac_HERO-SPORTS]

Said it before, will say it again -- you guys do such a good job with this page. Nice work. Helluva class so far, too.

[EngJack]

I am so impressed with this list of commits so far! Beating out FBS schools for almost every commit, and not just MAC or CUSA schools, but beating Big 12 Texas Tech for 2 commits is a big deal.
And best of all we are beating NDSU for commits.
I love seeing the SF and Brandon kids on the list. The best in state play at State!

[jbjack]

Cain Wallner from Canton committed today to USD. Had NDSU, UND offers, etc. Doesn't look like we had any interest in him or if we did, it wasn't reciprocated at all.

[Jacked_Up]

Wow. The Jacks add O'Gorman LB and 3-star recruit Sullivan Schlimgen and some other regional studs to SDSU's commits for the class of 25. This could end up as the Jacks' best recruiting class ever. Winning national championships and sending several players to the NFL sure seems to help.

[GoJacks2011]

Wow. This class is…unreal. And it’s still early.