isu recruit bios

8/14/2019 ISU Recruit Bios

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2010 Iowa State Football NewcomersName Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown

Jared Barnett 6-0 192 Fr. QB Garland, Texas (Garland)

Adrian Bennett 6-1 208 Fr. DB Houston, Texas (Klein Forest)

Jon Caspers 6-4 287 Jr. OL Bird Island, Minn. (Bold/NDSCS)

Shaban Dika 6-5 291 Fr. OL San Antonio, Texas (Earl Warren)

Tom Farniok 6-3 257 Fr. OL Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington)

Jacob Gannon 6-6 255 Fr. OL Iowa City, Iowa (West)

Albert Gary 5-9 194 Fr.# WR Citra, Fla. (North Marion/Butler CC)

Jeremiah George 5-11 200 Fr. LB Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater)

Durrell Givens 5-11 198 Jr. DB Riverside, Calif. (Cabrillo/Chaffey)

Bob Graham 6-4 276 Fr. OL Jenks, Okla. (Jenks)

Duran Duck Hollis 5-10 190 Fr. RB Fort Worth, Texas (Polytechnic)

Ricky Howard 6-3 242 Jr. TE Hesperia, Calif. (Hesperia/Chaffey)

Brandon Jensen 6-4 267 Fr. DL Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)

Shontrelle Johnson 5-9 172 Fr. RB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)

Nick Kron 6-2 245 Fr. DL West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)

Ben Loth 6-5 272 Fr. OL Chatsworth, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)

Floyd Mattison 5-11 191 Fr. LB Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch)

T.J. McCullough 6-0 180 Fr. DB Citra, Fla. (North Marion)

C.J. Morgan 6-2 190 Fr. LB Frostproof, Fla. (Frostproof)

Rony Nelson 6-2 250 Jr. DL Miami, Fla. (Jackson/Yuba)

Dentrell Pate 6-1 225 Fr. LB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)

Pierce Richardson 6-4 218 Fr. TE Burbank, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)Matthew Thomas 5-9 153 Fr. DB Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster)

Kirby Van Der Kamp 6-4 179 Fr. P West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)

Jevoury Wedderburn 6-1 190 Fr. ATH Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale)

Jarvis West 5-6 148 Fr. WR St. Petersburg, Fla. (Gibbs)

Anthony Young 5-9 162 Jr. DB Ontario, Calif. (Colony/Palomar)

Chris Young 5-11 183 Jr. WR Austin, Texas (Austin/Trinity Valley)


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Cyclone Newcomers By Position

Offense

Quarterback (1)Jared Barnett 6-0 192 Fr. QB Garland, Texas (Garland)

Running Back (2)Duran Duck Hollis 5-10 190 Fr. RB Fort Worth, Texas (Polytechnic)Shontrelle Johnson 5-9 172 Fr. RB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)

Wide Receiver (3)Albert Gary 5-9 194 Fr.# WR Citra, Fla. (North Marion/Butler CC)Jarvis West 5-6 148 Fr. WR St. Petersburg, Fla. (Gibbs)Chris Young 5-11 183 Jr. WR Austin, Texas (Austin/Trinity Valley)

Tight End (2)Ricky Howard 6-3 242 Jr. TE Hesperia, Calif. (Hesperia/Chaffey)Pierce Richardson 6-4 218 Fr. TE Burbank, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)

Offensive Line (6)

Jon Caspers 6-4 287 Jr. OL Bird Island, Minn. (Bold/NDSCS)Shaban Dika 6-5 291 Fr. OL San Antonio, Texas (Earl Warren)Tom Farniok 6-3 257 Fr. OL Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington)

Jacob Gannon 6-6 255 Fr. OL Iowa City, Iowa (West)Bob Graham 6-4 276 Fr. OL Jenks, Okla. (Jenks)Ben Loth 6-5 272 Fr. OL Chatsworth, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)

Defense

Defensive Line (3)Brandon Jensen 6-4 267 Fr. DL Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)Nick Kron 6-2 245 Fr. DL West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)Rony Nelson 6-2 250 Jr. DL Miami, Fla. (Jackson/Yuba)Linebacker (4)

Jeremiah George 5-11 200 Fr. LB Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater)Floyd Mattison 5-11 191 Fr. LB Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch)C.J. Morgan 6-2 190 Fr. LB Frostproof, Fla. (Frostproof)Dentrell Pate 6-1 225 Fr. LB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)

Defensive Back (5)Adrian Bennett 6-1 208 Fr. DB Houston, Texas (Klein Forest)Durrell Givens 5-11 198 Jr. DB Riverside, Calif. (Cabrillo/Chaffey)

T.J. McCullough 6-0 180 Fr. DB Citra, Fla. (North Marion)Matthew Thomas 5-9 153 Fr. DB Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster)Anthony Young 5-9 162 Jr. DB Ontario, Calif. (Colony/Palomar)

Punter (1)Kirby Van Der Kamp 6-4 179 Fr. P West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)

Athlete (1)Jevoury Wedderburn 6-1 190 Fr. ATH Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale)


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Cyclone Newcomers By State

California (5)Durrell Givens 5-11 198 Jr. DB Riverside, Calif. (Cabrillo/Chaffey)Ricky Howard 6-3 242 Jr. TE Hesperia, Calif. (Hesperia/Chaffey)Ben Loth 6-5 272 Fr. OL Chatsworth, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)Pierce Richardson 6-4 218 Fr. TE Burbank, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite)

Anthony Young 5-9 162 Jr. DB Ontario, Calif. (Colony/Palomar)

Florida (8)Albert Gary 5-9 194 Fr.# WR Citra, Fla. (North Marion/Butler CC)Jeremiah George 5-11 200 Fr. LB Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater)Shontrelle Johnson 5-9 172 Fr. RB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)T.J. McCullough 6-0 180 Fr. DB Citra, Fla. (North Marion)C.J. Morgan 6-2 190 Fr. LB Frostproof, Fla. (Frostproof)Rony Nelson 6-2 250 Jr. DL Miami, Fla. (Jackson/Yuba)

Dentrell Pate 6-1 225 Fr. LB DeLand, Fla. (DeLand)Jarvis West 5-6 148 Fr. WR St. Petersburg, Fla. (Gibbs)

Iowa (5)Jacob Gannon 6-6 255 Fr. OL Iowa City, Iowa (West)Brandon Jensen 6-4 267 Fr. DL Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)Nick Kron 6-2 245 Fr. DL West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)Kirby Van Der Kamp 6-4 179 Fr. P West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley)

Jevoury Wedderburn 6-1 190 Fr. ATH Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale)

Minnesota (1)

Jon Caspers 6-4 287 Jr. OL Bird Island, Minn. (Bold/NDSCS)

Oklahoma (1)Bob Graham 6-4 276 Fr. OL Jenks, Okla. (Jenks)

South Dakota (1)Tom Farniok 6-3 257 Fr. OL Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington)

Texas (7)Jared Barnett 6-0 192 Fr. QB Garland, Texas (Garland)Adrian Bennett 6-1 208 Fr. DB Houston, Texas (Klein Forest)

Shaban Dika 6-5 291 Fr. OL San Antonio, Texas (Earl Warren)Duran Duck Hollis 5-10 190 Fr. RB Fort Worth, Texas (Polytechnic)Floyd Mattison 5-11 191 Fr. LB Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch)Matthew Thomas 5-9 153 Fr. DB Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster)Chris Young 5-11 183 Jr. WR Austin, Texas (Austin/Trinity Valley)


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JaredBARNETTQuarterback 6-0 192Fr. Garland, Texas(Garland)

High School: Three-star recruit ranked 27th nationallyamong dual-threat quarterbacks according to rivals.com 69th ranked player in SportsDays Area 100 by the DallasMorning News chose Iowa State over Houston and Kan-sas State led the Garland Owls to a 9-1 record as a se-nior threw for 2,134 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2009 also ran for 373 yards and six touchdowns brokeGarland High School record for most pass completions in agame with 24 against Abilene Cooper quarterbacked theOwls to an 11-2 record as a junior honorable mentionAll-District as a junior threw for 1,376 yards and 14touchdowns and ran for 420 yards and three touchdowns

as a junior broke school-record for most passing yards ina game with 383 against Lake Highlands threw for 761yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore coached atGarland by Jeff Jordan also lettered in baseball, basket-ball and track high school teammate of current CycloneKeith Blanton, Jr.Personal: Born March 29, 1992 son of Tyrance andLaura Barnett intends to major in kinesiology.

Adrian

BENNETTDefensive Back 6-1 208Fr. Houston, Texas(Klein Forest)

High School: Three-star recruit chose Iowa State overoffers from Louisiana-Monroe, Minnesota and New Mexico recorded 35 tackles and three interceptions as a seniorat Klein Forest High collected 23 tackles as a juniorat DeKaney High School in Houston earned second-

team all-district honors for DeKaney played for coachKen Hamonock at Klein Forest and Willie Amendola atDeKaney.Personal: Born July 21, 1992 son of Raymond Bennettand Lakeisha Pittman intends to major in engineering cousin of Martellus and Michael Bennett, both whomplayed at Texas A&M and now for the Dallas Cowboys andTampa Bay Buccaneers, respectively.

ShabanDIKAOffensive Line 6-5 291Fr. San Antonio, Texas(Earl Warren)

High School: Three-star recruit chose Iowa State overoffers from Utah and Kansas unanimous first-teamClass 5A-28 all-district recipient for the Warren Warriorshis senior year transferred to Warren from Beacon HighSchool in New York prior to his senior season also par-ticipating in the shot put in high school coached in highschool by Bryan Dausin.Personal: Born February 3, 1991 son of Ristem andPranzara Dika intends to major in criminal justice.

JonCASPERSOffensive Lineman 6-4 287

Jr. Bird Island, Minn.(Bold/NDSCS)

NDSCS: Three-star recruit chose Iowa State over offerfrom Washington State played two years at NDSCS forcoach Chuck Parsons two-year letterwinner 2009NCJAA honorable mention All-American earned all-re-gion and all-confernce honors helped lead the Wildcatsto an appearance in the 2009 Graphic Edge Bowl was ateammate of current Cyclone Jason Carlson.High School: Two-year letterwinner at Bold High Schoolfor coach Steve Solem also earned high school letters inwrestling and baseball.Personal: May 8, 1990 son of Peter and Taran Caspers agronomy major.


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JacobGANNONOffensive Lineman 6-6 255Fr. Iowa City, Iowa(West)

High School: Ranked eighth among Iowans according torivals.com two-year letterwinner at Iowa City West 2009 Iowa Sports Connection Class 4A First-Team All-State 2009 Des Moines Registerand Iowa Newspaper Associa-tion Class 4A Second-Team All-State 2009 first-teamall-conference 2009 Gazette Communications all-areateam 2009 team captain ... coached by Brian Sauser ...

National Honor Society memberPersonal: Born February 16, 1992 ... son of Mike and De-nise Gannon ... indented computer science major.

TomFARNIOKOffensive Line 6-3 257Fr. Sioux Falls, S.D.(Washington)

High School: Chose Iowa State over offers from North

Dakota, North Dakota State and South Dakota State three-year letterwinner for Washington High School ...team captain of Washington Warrior team that went 13-0and claimed the Class 11AA state title, Washingtons firstsince 1976 Class 11AA First-Team All-State namedoffensive MVP of All-City Team First-Team GreaterDakota All-Conference as senior and junior academicAll-Conference and All-State in 2009 named toArgusLeaderElite 45 2008 Class 11AA first-team All-State... honorable mention All-conference as a sophomore ...coached by Brian Hermanson ... also lettered in basketballand track.Personal: Born Aug. 31, 1991 ... son of Brad Farniok andChristine Jones ... undecided on major.

AlbertGARY

Wide Receiver 5-9 194Fr.# Citra, Fla.(North Marion/Butler CC)

Butler CC: Enrolled in January 2009 redshirted during

2009 season.High School: Four-year letter winner at North Marion Named 3A player of the year in Florida after rushing formore than 1,860 yards as a senior also racked up 700yards receiving and more than 500 yards in punt and kick-off returns totaled 35 touchdowns in his final prep cam-paign broke North Marion school record for longest runfrom scrimmage in a game (99 yards) rushed for 1,891yards as a junior and contributed 57 tackles collected105 tackles as a sophomore earned all-state honors asa safety as a sophomore and at running back in both hisjunior and senior seasons also lettered in basketball andtrack high school teammate of fellow signee T.J. Mc-Cullough coached by Craig Damon at North Marion.Personal: Born August 1, 1989 son of Mursnice andJanice Gary business major.

JeremiahGEORGELinebacker 5-11 200Fr. Clearwater, Fla.(Clearwater)

High School: Three-star recruit ranked 57th amongoutside linebackers nationally according to rivals.com chose Iowa State over offers from Buffalo, Colorado State,Kansas, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State, SMU, Troy,Tulane UCF and Western Kentucky three-time Clearwa-ter Defensive MVP and overall team MVP in 2009 teamcaptain as a senior registered over 150 tackles on theseason teams leading rusher as a senior with 512 yardsand five touchdowns returned an interception and puntfor a touchdown against Dixie Hollins 2009 St. Peters-burg TimesPinellas County Defensive Player of the Year 2009 St. Petersburg Times all-Suncoast team recorded94 tackles, 12 for loss, four sacks and an interception as ajunior for the Tornadoes coached at Clearwater by TomBostic.Personal: Born January 24, 1992 son of Ike George andShannon Sebek intends to major in psychology.


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Eric BobGRAHAMOffensive Line 6-4 276

Fr. Jenks, Okla.(Jenks)

High School: Three-star recruit ranked 25th amongrecruits from Oklahoma according to rivals.com choseIowa State over offers from Air Force, Colorado State, Kan-sas, Kansas State, Louisville, North Texas, Toledo, WesternKentucky and Wyoming three-year letterwinner team captain for 13-1 Oklahoma 6A runners-up ... JenksTrojans co-district offensive lineman of 2009 TulsaWorld first-team All-Metro The Oklahoman and Tulsa

World first-team All-State offensive lineman ... 6A District 3Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year ... high school coach wasAllan Trimble.Personal: Born April 3, 1991 ... son of Tom and RhondaGraham ... undecided on major.

Duran DuckHOLLISRunning Back 5-10 190Fr. Fort Worth, Texas(Polytechnic)

High School:Fort Worth Star-Telegram Area Top 50 Chose Iowa State over offers from Baylor, Houston, Iowa,UTEP and Western Kentucky also received basketballoffers from Southern Illinois, Tulane and Tulsa rushedfor 1,217 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior caught20 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns alsorecorded 86 tackles and five interceptions, taking two backfor touchdowns, as a senior district player of the yearand first-team all-district safety ran for 1,456 yards and17 touchdowns as a junior for the Parrots also caught10 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns returnedthree kicks for touchdowns all-district and Metroplex

SuperTeam first-team running back as a junior played atPolytechnic for Othell Robinson.Personal: Born December 27, 1991 ne phew of Averyand Anna Johnson undecided on major.

RickyHOWARDTight End 6-3 242

Jr. Hesperia, Calif.(Hesperia/Chaffey)

Chaffey College: Two-time letterwinner at Chaffey Collegefor coach Carl Beach earned National Central Confer-ence all-conference honors both seasons finished 2009with 11 catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns in sixgames as a freshman, recorded ten catches for 164 yardsand two touchdowns.High School: Three-year letterwinner and starter at Hespe-ria High for coach Robert Kistner earned all-conference

honors as a senior as team posted 10-1 record.Personal: Born April 6, 1990 son of Mark and LoraStoddard kinesiology major.

DurellGIVENSDefensive Back 5-11 198

Jr. Riverside, Calif.(Cabrillo/Chaffey)

Chaffey: Three-star recruit recorded 22 tackles and one

interception in seven games for Chaffey College col-lected 47 tackles and four interceptions in 2008 for Chaffey teammate of fellow signee Ricky Howard.High School: Recorded 61 tackles and three interceptionsas a senior at Cabrillo High School in 2005 ... first-teamAll-Moore League defensive honors as a senior ... played forcoach Marcus Turner.Personal: Born Aug. 24, 1988 ... son of Guy and DeborahGivens ... intends to major in journalism and mass commu-nications.


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ShontrelleJOHNSONRunning Back 5-9 172

Fr. DeLand, Fla.(DeLand)

High School: Three-star recruit ranked 28th by rivals.com among all-purpose running backs nationally choseIowa State over offers from Florida, Georgia Tech, Ken-tucky, Memphis, Mississippi, Northwestern and Vanderbilt three-year letter winner between stays at DeLand andCrescent City High School helped lead the DeLandBulldogs to its first Class 6A State Championship Game rushed for 1,993 yards and 19 touchdowns, also caught

four touchdown passes Volusia County offensive playerof the year Orlando Sentinel first-team All-CentralFlorida honorable mention Orlando Sentinel All-South-ern team ran for 1,373 yards and 16 touchdowns as ajunior at Crescent City High ran for 1,373 yards and 14touchdowns as a sophomore at Crescent also lettered intrack coached at DeLand by Kevin Pettis.Personal: Born November 26, 1991 son of Valtina Lee intends to major in business management.

BrandonJENSENDefensive Line 6-4 267Fr. Ankeny, Iowa(Ankeny)

High School: Prepped at Ankeny High School, where head

coach Paul Rhoads went to school recorded 80 tackles,15 for loss as a senior for the Hawks recorded double-digit tackles three times, including season-high 15 in winover Urbandale was also the teams punter, averaging40.5 yards per punt 2009 Des Moines Sunday RegisterElite All-State team 2009 INA and Des Moines RegisterClass 4A first-team All-State first-team All-CIML Centralconference in 2009 collected 55 tackles, nine for lossand five sacks as a junior ... second-team All-CIML Cen-tral conference in 2008 ... coached by Jerry Pezzetti ... alsolettered in wrestling and track ... finished fifth at the IowaHigh School State Track and Field Championships in theshot put.Personal: Born April 6, 1992 ... born in Killeen, Texas ...son of Brian and Wendy Jensen ... undecided on major.

BenLOTHOffensive Line 6-5 272

Fr. Chatsworth, Calif.(Crespi Carmelite)

High School: Three-star recruit chose Iowa State overoffers from Fresno State and UNLV three-year letterwin-ner at Crespi Serra League all-conference recipient as ajunior and senior Los Angeles Daily News second-teamAll-Area second-team all-conference as a sophomore also lettered in basketball and track high schoolteammate of fellow Cyclone signee Pierce Richardson coached in high school by Jeremiah Ross.

Personal: Born July 28, 1992 son of David and TerriLoth undecided on major.

NickKRONDefensive Line 6-2 245Fr. West Des Moines, Iowa(Valley)

High School: Finished his senior year with 52 tackles, 19

for loss and two fumble recoveries Des Moines SundayRegisterElite All-State selection in 2009 Iowa Newspa-per Association and Des Moines RegisterClass 4A first-teamAll-State selection in 2009 unanimous selection forfirst-team All-CIML Iowa Conference selection as a senior picked up 48 tackles, three for loss, as a junior for theTigers 2008 CIML All-Iowa Conference selection high school head coach was Gary Swenson teammate offellow signee Kirby Van Der Kamp.


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T.J.

MCCULLOUGHDefensive Back 6-0 180Fr. Citra, Fla.

(North Marion)

High School: Three-star recruit chose Iowa State overoffers from Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Rutgersand Central Florida three-year letterwinner at NorthMarion High School member of 11-2 team that went toregional semi-finals had two interceptions and returneda punt for a touchdown collected 31 tackles and hadtwo interceptions as a junior had 34 tackles as a sopho-more second-team all-area defensive back highschool teammate of fellow signee Albert Gary coached atNorth Marion by Craig Damon.

Personal: Born November 3, 1990 son of Michael andAlveria Pickett undecided on major.

C.J.MORGANLinebacker 6-2 190Fr. Frostproof, Fla.(Frostproof)

High School: Two-star recruit chose Iowa State over

offer from Colorado State recorded 86 tackles and fourinterceptions in his senior season competed for LakeWales High School before transferring to Frostproof two-time Most Valuable defensive back for Lake Wales collected 72 tackles and three interceptions as a junior had 20 tackles and two picks as a sophomore also let-tered in basketball coached by Brad Methney at Frost-proof.Personal: Born November 25, 1990 son of Mark Coolerand Lynn Morgan undecided on major.

FloydMATTISONLinebacker 5-11 191Fr. Katy, Texas(Morton Ranch)

High School: Three-star recruit ranked 89th amongclass of 2010 outside linebackers by rivals.com choseIowa State over offers from Houston and Oklahoma State recorded eight tackles and recovered a fumble in theMax Emfinger All-American Bowl three-year letterwin-ner at Morton Ranch High School for coach Dave Mead-ows.Personal: Born October 10, 1991 in Greenwood, SouthCarolina nephew of Don and Sheryl Williams son ofFloyd and Wanda Mattison undecided on major.

Rony

NELSONDefensive Line 6-2 250

Jr. Miami, Fla.

(Jackson/Yuba)

Yuba: Started two years for the Yuba 49ers under coach TedHoal led the California Community College Athletic As-sociation in sacks with 16.5 in 2009 also led the CCCAAin tackles for loss with 24.5 Region I All-CaliforniaFirst-Team Defense in 2009 two-time Bay Valley all-conference selection recorded 11 sacks and 19.5 tacklesfor loss as a freshman, also forced two-fumbles.High School: Earned All-Dade County honorable mentionas a senior collected 103 tackles with eight sacks in hissenior campaign coach at Miami-Jackson was John Har-

ris.Personal: Born January 24, 1989 son of Adeline Nelsonand Jean Dennis kinesiology major.


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DentrellPATELinebacker 6-1 225Fr. DeLand, Fla.(DeLand)

High School: Three-year letterwinner recorded 147

tackles, 18 for loss and five sacks as member of staterunner-up DeLand squad earned all-state and All-Volu-sia County honors as a senior recorded 52 tackles as ajunior high school teammate of fellow signee ShontrelleJohnson coached at DeLand by Kevin Pettis.Personal: Born April 11, 1992 son of Cynthia Pate intends to major in business management.

PierceRICHARDSONTight End 6-4 218Fr. Burbank, Calif.

(Crespi Carmelite)

High School: Three-star recruit 36th ranked tight endin the class of 2010 according to rivals.com 92nd-bestplayer in California according to rivals.com chose IowaState over offers from Nevada, New Mexico State, SanDiego State, Utah State and Wyoming three-year letter-winner at Crespi had 17 catches for 256 yards and twotouchdowns as a senior for the Celts earned all-leagueand Los Angeles Daily News all-area team honors in 2008and 2009 collected ten catches for 188 yards as a junior also lettered in lacrosse high school teammate of fellow

ISU signee Ben Loth coached in high school by JeremiahRoss.Personal: Born February 10, 1992 son of Michael Rich-ardson undecided on major.

KirbyVAN DER KAMPPunter 6-4 179Fr. West Des Moines, Iowa

(Valley)

High School: Ranked 10th among Iowans according torivals.com two-year letterwinner averaged 40.5 yardsper punt on 27 attempts for the Tigers also played widereceiver for Valley, collecting 18 catches for 236 yards andone touchdown ... unanimous all-Iowa Conference andsecond-team 4A All-State according to the Iowa NewspaperAssociation ... coached by Gary Swenson ... also lettered insoccer ... first team All-Iowa Conference goalie.Personal: Born April 3, 1994 ... son of Ron and Sal VanDer Kamp ... undecided on major ... cousin Jamie Beyer

was a seven time All-American thrower for the Iowa Statetrack and field team (1997-2000).

MatthewTHOMASDefensive Back 5-9 153Fr. Lancaster, Texas(Lancaster)

High School: Two-star recruit started his senior season

compiled 83 tackles, 12 for loss, eight sacs and twointerceptions chose ISU over Utah, UNLV, UTEP andLouisiana-Monroe also competed on the Lancasters statechampionship track team.Personal: Born September 26, 1991 son of SheilaThomas intends to major in pre-dental.


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AnthonyYOUNGDefensive Back 5-9 162

Jr. Ontario, Calif.(Colony/Palomar)

Palomar College: Four-star recruit chose Iowa State

over offers from Colorado State, Middle Tennessee State,Nevada, Tulsa and Utah State ranked 25th in rivals.com junior college top 50 team defensive MVP in 2009 collected a team-high six interceptions on the season,taking one back for a touchdown fourth for the Cometswith 57 tackles in 2009 also had 16 pass breakups J.C. Grid-Wire honorable mention All-American in 2008 second-team All-Southern conference in 2008 finishedsecond on team with 72 tackles as a freshman led teamin pass breakups with 16 earned Defensive MVP hon-ors in the Comets 2008 Golden Empire Bowl victory coached by Joe Early

High School: All-Mt. Baldy League selection as a seniorand junior at Colony High second-team All-CIF South-ern Section and second-team All-San Bernardino as a senior played for coach Anthony Rice also lettered in trackand basketball holds Colony High School record in thetriple jump (477.5).Personal: Born on June 20,1989 son of Anthony YoungSr. and Kristen Morris kinesiology major.

JarvisWEST

Wide Receiver 5-6 148Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla.

(Gibbs)

High School: Three-star recruit rivals.com ranked West86th in the country among class of 2010 wide receivers chose Iowa State over offers from Florida State, Missis-sippi, Nebraska, South Florida, Syracuse, Toledo, Tulsa andWest Virginia collected 20 catches for 367 yards andseven touchdowns as a senior for the Gibbs Gladiators named a utility player on the 2009 St. Petersburg Timesall-Pinellas County team returned a total of five kickoffsand punts for touchdowns as a junior also collected fourreceiving and three rushing touchdowns during his 2008

campaign second-team kick returner on St. PetersburgTimes all-Suncoast team in 2008 honorable mentionfor 2008 St. Petersburg Times all-Pinellas County team coached by Donnie Abraham also lettered in track andfield.Personal: Born November 18, 1991 son of Eugene Westand Demetra Green undecided on major.

JevouryWEDDERBURN

Athlete 6-1 190Fr. Urbandale, Iowa(Urbandale)

High School: Rushed for 2,032 yards and 24 touchdowns

as a senior for Urbandale recorded 15 tackles on defensefor the J-Hawks Des Moines Sunday Register2009 EliteAll-State running back 2009 Iowa Newspaper Associa-tion and Des Moines Register Class 4A first-team All-State first-team All-CIML Central conference as a senior dashed for 1,159 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior second-team All-CIML Central conference as a junior All-conference honorable mention as a sophomore.Personal: December 14, 1991 ... son of Andrea Cunning-ham.

ChrisYOUNGWide Receiver 5-11 183Jr. Austin, Texas(Austin/Trinity Valley)

Trinity Valley: Four-star recruit ranked 36th among ju-nior college recruits according to rivals.com chose IowaState over offers from Kansas State, North Texas, SouthernMississippi and UAB played two years at Trinity ValleyCommunity College earned second-team all-conference

honors as a sophomore led the conference in regular-season receptions with 32 for 508 yards and three touch-downs in 2009 caught 31 passes for 482 yards and fourtouchdowns as a freshman for the Cardinals coached byBrad Smiley.High School: Earned all-district honors as a wide receiver,defensive back and return specialist at Austin collectedhonorable mention all-state honors his senior season coached by Rodney Vincent.Personal: Born July 20, 1990 son of Reggie Young andKim Woody intends to major in criminal justice.

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