Signing Day on the way for Smith’s first recruiting class

New Weber State coach John L. Smith with ink his first recruiting class Wednesday on National Signing Day. For more on the class, read my story in the Standard-Examiner.

Here is a list of players the Wildcats have verbal commitments from, with links to highlight videos. I will continue updating as I find more info on each player.

Weber State will hold a Signing Day party Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Stewart Stadium.

Offense

QB Braden Corpus, Borah HS, Boise, Idaho, 6-1, 203

OL Maxwell Curtis, Mountain View HS, Meridian, Idaho, 6-5, 250

OL Joe Hawkins, Vero Beach HS, Vero Beach, Fla., 6-1, 300

• NCSA recruit profile with video
• Aside from getting John L. Smith’s name wrong, this paper had good things to say about Hawkins coming to Weber State:

Vero Beach center Joe Hawkins, a first-team all-area selection, will take an official visit to Weber State University (Utah) this weekend. The Division I-AA school, which is coached by former Michigan State and Louisville coach John L. Williams, already has offered Hawkins.

“I think it would be amazing for him,” Jankowski said. “They have a huge need for center. I didn’t know much about Weber, but they have a pretty impressive program.”

OL Duncan Farnsworth, Milton HS, Lilburn, Ga., 6-6, 285

WR Gamal Fowler, Dayton HS, Dayton, Texas, 5-11, 175

QB Breck Lewis, Spanish Fork HS, Spanish Fork, Utah, 6-1, 195, *Signed with class of 2009, served LDS mission, enrolled

• From his Scout.com profile: “Threw for 2,347 yards and 28 touchdowns (51% completion) and had seven touchdowns rushing. Was named First Team all-Region, First Team all-Valley and Second Team all-State while being named Offensive Player of the Year.”
• Another Scout.com story about his commitment to former WSU coach Ron McBride says Lewis had an offer from future Big Sky rival Southern Utah.

OL Yuvraaj Madra, Folsom HS, Mather, Calif., 6-5, 270

TE Cody McKague, Borah HS, Boise, Idaho, 6-4, 213

OL Austin Mikkelson, Pine View HS, St. George, Utah, 6-4, 297

OL Cameron Young, Barbers Hill HS, Cove, Texas, 6-3, 299

Defense

S Hason Ali, Holy Cross HS, San Antonio, Texas, 6-0, 201

CB Cordero Dixon, Gainesville HS, Gainesville, Fla., 5-9, 175

DE Siamani Harris, Hunter HS, Kearns, Utah, 6-3, 230

LB Marquel Holmes, Trinity Catholic HS, Ocala, Fla., 6-0, 213

CB Davonte Maez, Hunter HS, West Valley City, Utah, 6-1, 165

DL Shane Oliverson, Preston (Idaho) HS, Hyde Park, Utah, 6-4, 245, *Signed with class of 2009, served LDS mission, enrolled

• Oliverson’s brother Casey is a 6-8 basketball player from Sky View who originally committed to Utah State but will play hoops at Dixie State.
• Here’s an interesting story from 2008 about Shane’s family moving across the country to Louisiana while he was in high school, but he stayed behind for his senior year:

The family has another boy, Shane Oliverson, who will be a senior this fall but will remain at Preston High and live with his grandmother. Shane, 6-4 and 240 pounds, is a football star who doesn’t have any offers yet, but has drawn interest from Boise State, Idaho State, Idaho, Utah and, of course, Louisiana Tech.

S Chris Wheeler, Allan Hancock College, Templeton, Calif., 6-0, 175, *Juco transfer, enrolled

DE AJ Wilcox, Syracuse HS, Clearfield, Utah, 6-5, 235

• Here’s a photo of Wilcox, wearing the school’s Titan Award sticker, with info on the requirements.
• Wilcox’s MaxPreps profile
• From the Syracuse website:

SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AJ WILCOX WILL CONTINUE HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY. DESPITE SUFFERING A SEASON ENDING INJURY PRIOR TO HIS SENIOR SEASON, AJ WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP EARLY LAST SEASON, WHICH THE WILCATS WILL HONOR THIS FALL. WILCOX PLAYED DEFENSIVE END AND TIGHT END FOR THE TITANS. HE IS ALSO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE TITANS BASKETBALL TEAM. AJ IS THE SON OF CON AND JERI WILCOX.