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This week's recruiting updates: Birk Hanson, Joshua Jenkins, Cole Filloon, Diego Cortes, and Hayden Francois.
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If the right college reached out to me, I would love to play college sports. Any sport in college would be a dream come true. Coming from a family full of athletes and seeing my brother go off to play college football next year, makes me so much more determined to reach that dream.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
N/A
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any visits yet this summer. Just waiting to see what the rest of the summer holds for me.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I haven't done any camps this off season. I am just focusing on getting better for this upcoming year.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up in and around the Ames area, I have always loved the Cyclones. Having a grandfather that can't stand the Hawkeyes is also a big factor in that.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course I do want to play football in college and really any school that will give me a chance, my dream school although has always been Oregon and after a recent camp with Kansas State I really liked them as well.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The colleges that are recruiting me and I’ve been talking to are North Dakota, North Dakota state, UNI, Minnesota state, Wayne State, Augustana, Wheaton College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, university of Mary, and Bemidji State.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made some colleges trips to Augustana and Mid-American Nazarene.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do have plans for more trips, basically all the schools I just listed.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed
“I have, I’ve been to ISU, K state, and Mizzou and I feel like I performed very well in all 3 out of all those camps. I was only defended well one time during 1-on-1s.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Yes more coming in July hopefully like NDSU, UNI, ND and some others hopefully.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, when my dad introduced me to football, and I started enjoying football and watching it Oregon was always the team that stood out to me, and I loved Oregon.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from Benedictine and Grandview, I have also been talking to many D2s and a few D1 schools.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Grandview.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been invited to a few but have only been to camps, not official visits.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes, Iowa State, Lindenwood Mega camp, and UNI. I feel like I performed well.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead
“Not at the moment.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Iowa Hawkeyes.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If I get an opportunity to play football in college, I will take it. I love football. It’s the first thing that comes to mind when I wake up and go to sleep. “
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t had a lot of schools try to recruit me, but I’ve got some camp invited but coach Brandon LaBath from Bemidji State has been showing me love and checking up on me and I really appreciate that.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
”I had two trips to Bemidji and Wartburg and I think both campuses are amazing, and their football team is really cool.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“As of right now I don’t have any trips planned yet.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have not been to any camps, yet I missed a lot when I had to go to Florida to see my grandpa in the hospital.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I don’t have any plans right now, but I hope to show up to a couple soon.
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
"I really don’t have a favorite college football team, but I support Iowa and Iowa State and I love Matt Campbell as a coach because he really shows how much he cares and supports his players, and he has a ton of respect for me.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play college football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I really haven’t been recruited. I’ve battled injuries the past year, so I didn’t get a full season last year.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been on any college visits so far.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“This summer I’ve been to the Iowa State camp and the Iowa camp. I think I performed pretty well at each and enjoyed my time at these camps.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Those were the only two camps that I signed up for this summer. I wish I would’ve signed up for more, but they filled up fast this year.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was always Iowa.”
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This week's recruiting updates: Birk Hanson, Joshua Jenkins, Cole Filloon, Diego Cortes, and Hayden Francois.
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Gilbert athlete Birk Hanson
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If the right college reached out to me, I would love to play college sports. Any sport in college would be a dream come true. Coming from a family full of athletes and seeing my brother go off to play college football next year, makes me so much more determined to reach that dream.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
N/A
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any visits yet this summer. Just waiting to see what the rest of the summer holds for me.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I haven't done any camps this off season. I am just focusing on getting better for this upcoming year.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up in and around the Ames area, I have always loved the Cyclones. Having a grandfather that can't stand the Hawkeyes is also a big factor in that.”
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Des Moines Lincoln running back Joshua Jenkins
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course I do want to play football in college and really any school that will give me a chance, my dream school although has always been Oregon and after a recent camp with Kansas State I really liked them as well.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The colleges that are recruiting me and I’ve been talking to are North Dakota, North Dakota state, UNI, Minnesota state, Wayne State, Augustana, Wheaton College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, university of Mary, and Bemidji State.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made some colleges trips to Augustana and Mid-American Nazarene.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do have plans for more trips, basically all the schools I just listed.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed
“I have, I’ve been to ISU, K state, and Mizzou and I feel like I performed very well in all 3 out of all those camps. I was only defended well one time during 1-on-1s.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Yes more coming in July hopefully like NDSU, UNI, ND and some others hopefully.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, when my dad introduced me to football, and I started enjoying football and watching it Oregon was always the team that stood out to me, and I loved Oregon.”
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Southeast Polk wide receiver Cole Filloon
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from Benedictine and Grandview, I have also been talking to many D2s and a few D1 schools.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Grandview.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been invited to a few but have only been to camps, not official visits.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes, Iowa State, Lindenwood Mega camp, and UNI. I feel like I performed well.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead
“Not at the moment.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The Iowa Hawkeyes.”
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Bettendorf linebacker Diego Cortes
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If I get an opportunity to play football in college, I will take it. I love football. It’s the first thing that comes to mind when I wake up and go to sleep. “
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I haven’t had a lot of schools try to recruit me, but I’ve got some camp invited but coach Brandon LaBath from Bemidji State has been showing me love and checking up on me and I really appreciate that.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
”I had two trips to Bemidji and Wartburg and I think both campuses are amazing, and their football team is really cool.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“As of right now I don’t have any trips planned yet.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have not been to any camps, yet I missed a lot when I had to go to Florida to see my grandpa in the hospital.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I don’t have any plans right now, but I hope to show up to a couple soon.
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
"I really don’t have a favorite college football team, but I support Iowa and Iowa State and I love Matt Campbell as a coach because he really shows how much he cares and supports his players, and he has a ton of respect for me.”
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Dubuque Senior wide receiver Hayden Francois
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play college football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I really haven’t been recruited. I’ve battled injuries the past year, so I didn’t get a full season last year.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been on any college visits so far.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“This summer I’ve been to the Iowa State camp and the Iowa camp. I think I performed pretty well at each and enjoyed my time at these camps.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Those were the only two camps that I signed up for this summer. I wish I would’ve signed up for more, but they filled up fast this year.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was always Iowa.”
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