2025 Recruiting List

[jakejc795]

To me, it's about where you get your degree. I don't bitch about the portal. I don't bitch about NIL. Its the world we live in and players are going to move, and we weren't going to be immune from that forever. In the end, players that want to come and get their degree here are Jackrabbits. This is college athletics after all. If you leave Brookings with a degree, you're taking something more than just a playing career with you. I know it seems like I'm splitting hairs here. But, and I don't know about the rest of you all, my time at and degree from SDSU mean a hell of a lot to me. The guys that are leaving without a degree, are telling me that they were here to be in the football room only. If a guy comes here to finish his playing career and obtain his degree from SDSU, he's a Jackrabbit in my book. If he leaves here without a degree, he can be whatever the hell he is in his new team room, a Wildcat, a Couger, whatever. I don't feel like the school owes him a thing.

Sorry, not comfortable with that metric because it potentially excludes folks like Oladokun, and Tucker Large could've earned a degree given his redshirt year

[jbjack]

Justin was one I thought the Jacks would consider before he finally committed to Augie. This is all great, but now we are doing the same thing and offering kids who had made a commitment to a program at a lower level so are we any better?

I think there's a big difference between our new staff recruiting players who may or may not be committed elsewhere and our prior coaching staff pilfering our program for the benefit of their new team using our school resources before handing their resignations in.

[jbjack]

Will you give players who opted to attend other universities a second chance to attend SDSU if they enter the portal?

To me, it's about where you get your degree. I don't bitch about the portal. I don't bitch about NIL. Its the world we live in and players are going to move, and we weren't going to be immune from that forever. In the end, players that want to come and get their degree here are Jackrabbits. This is college athletics after all. If you leave Brookings with a degree, you're taking something more than just a playing career with you. I know it seems like I'm splitting hairs here. But, and I don't know about the rest of you all, my time at and degree from SDSU mean a hell of a lot to me. The guys that are leaving without a degree, are telling me that they were here to be in the football room only. If a guy comes here to finish his playing career and obtain his degree from SDSU, he's a Jackrabbit in my book. If he leaves here without a degree, he can be whatever the hell he is in his new team room, a Wildcat, a Couger, whatever. I don't feel like the school owes him a thing.

[JACKGUYII]

I mean I am not happy we are in this situation if that is what you are asking?

No, I realize the new coaching staff is in a terrible situation based on the prior coaching staff absolutely decimating our 2024 and 2025 recruiting classes. The FCS caliber players have made commitments in the 2025 class and we are left trying to find diamonds in the rough at the D2 level, Jucos or FBS players that were walkons or way down the depth charts. They are surely moving to the 2026 class pretty quickly after finding sufficient depth for the 2025 team.

[Jackrabbit2012]

Justin was one I thought the Jacks would consider before he finally committed to Augie. This is all great, but now we are doing the same thing and offering kids who had made a commitment to a program at a lower level so are we any better?

I mean I am not happy we are in this situation if that is what you are asking?

[peavy]

Justin was one I thought the Jacks would consider before he finally committed to Augie. This is all great, but now we are doing the same thing and offering kids who had made a commitment to a program at a lower level so are we any better?

No disagreement from me. I had the same thought as I was seeing the coaches follow already verballed (to other schools) individuals. I viewed it as DJ & co being forced into this position. We've certainly seen recruits flipped to FBS schools in prior years. It's like they say I guess, it ain't over until signing day.

[salemjack]

Justin was one I thought the Jacks would consider before he finally committed to Augie. This is all great, but now we are doing the same thing and offering kids who had made a commitment to a program at a lower level so are we any better?

Yes, we saved him from the liberal hell hole that is Augustana.

[JACKGUYII]

Kabera verbal
offers from: Missouri State, Norfolk State, Augie, Northern State, Wayne State, MSU-M USF

Justin was one I thought the Jacks would consider before he finally committed to Augie. This is all great, but now we are doing the same thing and offering kids who had made a commitment to a program at a lower level so are we any better?

[peavy]

[U]

Other:
CB- Justin Kabera, 5'11 171, Harrisburg, SD- Augie[/B]

Kabera verbal
offers from: Missouri State, Norfolk State, Augie, Northern State, Wayne State, MSU-M USF

[mnjackrbt]

If Tucker Large wants to be in a hall of fame or recognized at his Aalma mater, he's chosen WSU as his alma mater.

100% agree.

[peavy]

[U][B]2025 Commits (32):


Defense (16):

S- Cam Cribari, 6'0 175, West Des Moines, IA

Cribari has been retweeting re-ups/commitments for the past month, he just reupped.

[peavy]

Finn Benz S 6'2 185lb Saint Paul, MN
Offers: St Thomas, SMSU, Wisconsin River Falls, Minnesota State

According to JI, he's verballed per his instagram

[jakejc795]

Huh?

Will you give players who opted to attend other universities a second chance to attend SDSU if they enter the portal?

[jbjack]

do you extend that "free to quit" rationale to players in the portal who had prior offers to come here but chose to attend other schools?

Huh?

[jakejc795]

If it's a players' reunion organized by former players the former players are certainly free to invite whoever they want. But if it's University programming what obligation does the university have to former students, especially those who leave for other university athletic programs? I think the message it sends to recruits is that you're free to quit on SDSU and SDSU is free to quit on you. If Tucker Large wants to be in a hall of fame or recognized at his Aalma mater, he's chosen WSU as his alma mater.

He spent multiple years here. Again, I'm disappointed he left, but do you extend that "free to quit" rationale to players in the portal who had prior offers to come here but chose to attend other schools?

I have no idea what they were being told to get them there, but Large made plays and played through some injuries for the Jacks. Will I be focusing on him or any of the other former players who transferred to WSU? Not really, and I definitely won't focus on them nearly as much as the ones who stayed or are transferring in.