Please remember and abide by the rules of The End Zone. The End Zone is for Iowa prep fans only. Whatever is said in The End Zone, must stay in The End Zone.
This week's recruiting updates: Marcus Orr, Cain McWilliams, Landon Schleisman, Nolan Jacobs, Jack Johnson, Isaac Boley, and Brennan Holder.
...............................................
Linn-Mar quarterback Marcus Orr
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Drake, Western Illinois, South Dakota State, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, and Winona State.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Drake, St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, St Cloud State, Bemidji State, Winona State, and Drake.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No, just camps.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UNI, Iowa, Iowa State, Western Illinois, and the University of Central Missouri.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa or Florida.”
...............................................
Dubuque Senior defensive back Cain McWilliams
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I would really enjoy the opportunity to play sports after high school. Right now, if I got to pick, I would prefer to play football, but It doesn't matter to me. I would take any opportunity I could get.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The only college that has given some interest is Iowa Central, but other than that, not a lot of schools have contacted me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any trips to colleges yet, but hopefully by next year this changes.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Hopefully if I do well this year, more schools will start to pursuit me and I can start to visit more schools.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have already done a camp at UD in my hometown, and I also plan to attend UNI, Iowa State, and Iowa.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Iowa. I used to go to a lot of football and basketball games as a kid and I really enjoyed it. I haven't gone to as many as in the past, but I go to at least once a year now.”
...............................................
South Central Calhoun running back Landon Schleisman
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to play either football or basketball in college. I have not decided.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have talked to the Morningside, Northwest Missouri State, Dordt, and the Wartburg head coach about football. Last year, I also talked with the Grand View coach.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Morningside, Northwestern, and Briar Cliff. I talked to the basketball coach here.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do plan to visit more colleges this summer and next year. I have not decided which ones yet.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have a camp with the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, and a Kohl's Kicking camp.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I never had a favorite college but would change teams when I found a player that I really looked up to.”
...............................................
Cedar Rapids Kennedy defensive tackle Nolan Jacobs
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“UNI, USD, NDSU, Drake, and BSU. None of them have offered, but they said they will once I get one from smaller colleges.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Probably UNI or USD.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have been to all I have listed above and have a few more like ISU and a few small D2's.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes, they are inviting me to come up all the time.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“All the colleges I listed above plus the University of Iowa and the Chicago land camp.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Not really. I watched Iowa games, Iowa State, and a few UNI games growing up, so no.”
...............................................
West Des Moines Valley wide receiver Jack Johnson
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“In the past couple months, I have received camp invites from Iowa, Western Michigan, Akron, Northwestern, North Dakota State, Iowa State, Wyoming, William & Mary, Indiana State and North Dakota. I also have talked to those schools.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Northwestern and Northern Illinois in April.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am going to Iowa on June 2nd, Nebraska 7v7 on the 9th, Gain Sports Bus Tour June 13-15 (Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Old Dominion), June 22nd Kansas 7v7, June 30th Minnesota State, July 13th Southern Illinois 7v7 and July 20th North Dakota.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up an Iowa fan.”
...............................................
Dallas Center-Grimes athlete Isaac Boley
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing sports in college would be really cool and if I had the opportunity, I'd play either football or baseball.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I'm not sure what qualifies as recruiting, but several schools have showed some sort of interest.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I'm still trying to learn how to make visits and am not quite sure how that work. Hopefully I can find a way to create opportunities for that.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am doing a combine, and then I have ISU camp and a Minnesota camp coming up in the summer.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I was actually a big TCU fan growing up.”
...............................................
South Central Calhoun fullback Brennan Holder
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No recruiting has been done yet for me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I plan on some visits this next year.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am going to a camp at Northwestern College and also at the University of Iowa.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa.”
...............................................
This week's recruiting updates: Marcus Orr, Cain McWilliams, Landon Schleisman, Nolan Jacobs, Jack Johnson, Isaac Boley, and Brennan Holder.
...............................................
Linn-Mar quarterback Marcus Orr
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Drake, Western Illinois, South Dakota State, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, and Winona State.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Drake, St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, St Cloud State, Bemidji State, Winona State, and Drake.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No, just camps.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UNI, Iowa, Iowa State, Western Illinois, and the University of Central Missouri.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa or Florida.”
...............................................
Dubuque Senior defensive back Cain McWilliams
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I would really enjoy the opportunity to play sports after high school. Right now, if I got to pick, I would prefer to play football, but It doesn't matter to me. I would take any opportunity I could get.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The only college that has given some interest is Iowa Central, but other than that, not a lot of schools have contacted me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any trips to colleges yet, but hopefully by next year this changes.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Hopefully if I do well this year, more schools will start to pursuit me and I can start to visit more schools.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have already done a camp at UD in my hometown, and I also plan to attend UNI, Iowa State, and Iowa.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Iowa. I used to go to a lot of football and basketball games as a kid and I really enjoyed it. I haven't gone to as many as in the past, but I go to at least once a year now.”
...............................................
South Central Calhoun running back Landon Schleisman
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to play either football or basketball in college. I have not decided.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have talked to the Morningside, Northwest Missouri State, Dordt, and the Wartburg head coach about football. Last year, I also talked with the Grand View coach.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Morningside, Northwestern, and Briar Cliff. I talked to the basketball coach here.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do plan to visit more colleges this summer and next year. I have not decided which ones yet.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have a camp with the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, and a Kohl's Kicking camp.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I never had a favorite college but would change teams when I found a player that I really looked up to.”
...............................................
Cedar Rapids Kennedy defensive tackle Nolan Jacobs
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“UNI, USD, NDSU, Drake, and BSU. None of them have offered, but they said they will once I get one from smaller colleges.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Probably UNI or USD.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have been to all I have listed above and have a few more like ISU and a few small D2's.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes, they are inviting me to come up all the time.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“All the colleges I listed above plus the University of Iowa and the Chicago land camp.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Not really. I watched Iowa games, Iowa State, and a few UNI games growing up, so no.”
...............................................
West Des Moines Valley wide receiver Jack Johnson
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“In the past couple months, I have received camp invites from Iowa, Western Michigan, Akron, Northwestern, North Dakota State, Iowa State, Wyoming, William & Mary, Indiana State and North Dakota. I also have talked to those schools.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Northwestern and Northern Illinois in April.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am going to Iowa on June 2nd, Nebraska 7v7 on the 9th, Gain Sports Bus Tour June 13-15 (Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Old Dominion), June 22nd Kansas 7v7, June 30th Minnesota State, July 13th Southern Illinois 7v7 and July 20th North Dakota.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up an Iowa fan.”
...............................................
Dallas Center-Grimes athlete Isaac Boley
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing sports in college would be really cool and if I had the opportunity, I'd play either football or baseball.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I'm not sure what qualifies as recruiting, but several schools have showed some sort of interest.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I'm still trying to learn how to make visits and am not quite sure how that work. Hopefully I can find a way to create opportunities for that.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am doing a combine, and then I have ISU camp and a Minnesota camp coming up in the summer.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I was actually a big TCU fan growing up.”
...............................................
South Central Calhoun fullback Brennan Holder
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No recruiting has been done yet for me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I plan on some visits this next year.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am going to a camp at Northwestern College and also at the University of Iowa.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa.”
...............................................
