Wayne State football coach John McMenamin announced Wednesday the addition of 26 student-athletes that have signed national letters of intent or committed to attend Wayne State and play football for the Wildcats in the 2020 season.
The list of high school signings and transfers includes 15 athletes from Nebraska — including one from Allen — four in South Dakota, three from Iowa and one each from Louisiana, Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin.
“It’s a great day to be a Wildcat,” McMenamin said of his first recruiting class at Wayne State College. “I would first like to thank our coaching staff as their tireless approach and attention to detail allowed us to recruit and sign the type of quality student athletes we need. Our staff has surpassed all expectations I had and have delivered an inaugural recruiting class second to none. I couldn’t be more proud of what they were able to accomplish in the few short weeks we had to recruit.”
“We went in and focused on both sides of the line of scrimmage,” he added. “We needed to address some size concerns and I definitely feel we accomplished that. We have signed a number of impactful young men that will help pave the future of the Wildcats. We also looked to add to our team speed. I feel that we hit some home runs here as the additions as the additions at the skill positions will provide some game-changing ability on both sides of the ball.”
Student-athletes who have signed with Wayne State include:
Nebraska
Dylan Baker, Omaha (Omaha Central) — TE, 6-1, 220
Rex Becker, Hartington (Hartington CC) — DL, 6-1, 250
Gage Dengel, Bellevue (Bellevue East) — TE, 6-4, 200
Benjamin Flott, Papillion (Papillion-LaVista) — OL, 6-3, 260
Uzziah Freeman, Omaha (Boys Town) — WR, 6-4, 180
Nick Halleen, Lincoln (Lincoln SE) — RB, 5-10, 200
Jett Janssen, Lincoln (Lincoln East) — OL, 6-5, 250
Jaxon Johnson, Bancroft (B-R/L-D) — DE, 6-3, 235
Brogan Jones, Allen (Allen) — LB, 5-10, 170
Jacob Kuznia, Papillion (Papillion-LaVista) — OL, 6-2, 285
Shane Orr, Omaha (Omaha Roncalli) — WR, 5-10, 170
Barrett Skrobecki, Waverly (Waverly) — LB, 6-0, 195
Luke Stueve, Battle Creek (Battle Creek) — OL, 6-3, 260
Ciaran Thompsen, Elkhorn (Elkhorn South) — DL, 6-0, 250
Dawson Wright, Lincoln (Lincoln NE) — WR, 5-7, 157
South Dakota
Jacob Byrd, Sioux Falls (O’Gorman) — DB, 6-0, 170
Mohamed Ibrahim, Sioux Falls (Tri Valley) — LB, 5-10, 190
Alex Kowalczyk, Sioux Falls (O’Gorman) — LB, 5-11, 200
Lane VanderWal, Volga (Sioux Falley) — WR, 6-2, 180
Iowa
Trey Guerrero, Des Moines (Roosevelt) — WR, 5-11, 170
Noah Neofotist, Toddville (Alburnett) — DL, 6-3, 210
Louisiana
Jadon Johnson, Lake Charles (St. Louis Catholic) — WR, 6-0, 185
Minnesota
Dustin Sarvie, Buffalo (Buffalo) — LB, 6-1, 215
Transfers
Ijaaz Rashid, Renton, Wash. (LA Pierce College) — DB, 6-1, 185
Clarke Solo, Des Moines, Iowa (Iowa Western CC) — DB, 5-9, 190
Tysen White, McFarland, Wisc. (Minnesota Crookston) — DB, 5-10, 175
Complete details on the 2020 signing class will be in the Feb. 13 edition of The Wayne Herald.
