College Football: National Signing Day Breakdown for Minnesota Prep Athletes
Here is a list of Minnesota high school athletes who have signed letters of intent to play collegiate football. List complied from college/university press releases and websites as of late Wednesday night. For more information, click on the school name to view press release or website.
NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL
(Editors Note: Players are listed alphabetically. Local high school athletes in Beyond the Bleachers coverage area are listed in italics)
University of Minnesota: Joe Bjorklund (Rosemount); Josh Campion (Fergus Falls); Devin Crawford-Tufts (Edina); Grayson Levine (Eden Prairie); Tommy Olson (Mahtomedi); Peter Westerhaus (Holy Family)
Josh Campion of Fergus Falls originally signed with Minnesota in 2009, but the 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive lineman attended Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy last fall before transfering to Minnesota this January after graduating from the prep school. He was ranked as the No. 41 offensive tackle prosepect in the country and No. 4 player in the state by Rivals following his high school career. Rivals.com still had him listed as a three-star prospect following prep school.
Tommy Olson of Mahtomedi the No. 1 prospect in the state by Rival.com. He joins his brother Ed, Jr. at Minnesota. His father Ed was the Gophers captain and three-time letterwinner in the ‘80s.
University of North Dakota: Brandon Anderson (Sartell); Rumeal Harris (Eden Prairie); Jameer Jackson (Osseo); Weslee Kavanagh (Orono); Will Ratelle (St. Thomas Academy); Ross Windfeldt (St. Cloud Tech)
North Dakota State University: Josh Colville (Minnetonka); Lyle Norman (Roseau); C.J. Smith (Burnsville); Joey Sonnenfeld (Osseo); Frank Veldman (Eastview)
University of Northern Iowa: Jeffrey Bright (Minneapolis Henry); Wyatt Peiffer (Chaska)
University of South Dakota: Nick Jacobs (Delano); Nick Olson (Richfield)
South Dakota State University: Reggie Gandy (DeLaSalle); Cam Jones (Burnsville); Eric Kline (Blaine); Luke Marks (St. Thomas Academy)
Stanford University: Anthony Hayes (St. Thomas Academy)
Virginia Tech: James Farrow (Minnetonka)
The Hokies got a rare signing from a Minnesota product in Farrow, who is ranked as the No. 40 athlete in the country and the No. 2 player in the state by Rivals.com
University of Wisconsin: Tyler Marz (Springfield)
NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL
Bemidji State University: Matt Bergman (Cook); Colton Blascyk (West Central Area); Ethan Favor-Jackson (Alexandria); Tyler Irvin (Dassel-Cokato); Kevin Longtin (Red Lake County); Robbie Miller (Goodridge); Chris Ostby (Grygla); Derek Ostman (Forest Lake); Taylor Otto (Big Lake); Aaron Pipenhagen (Elk River); Dalton Rolland (Warren-Alvarado-Oslo); Tyler Schulz (Grygla); Ben Schwanberg (Holdingford); Matt Seibert (Greenway); Brandon Seiffert (Chaska)
University of Minnesota-Crookston: Lethzee Calderon (Eastview); Brody Davidson, (Crookston); Justin Emmerich (Andover); Ryan Emmerich (Andover); Tyler Hansen (Morris); Dalton Hurn (Blue Earth); Greg Lofquist (South St. Paul); Myint Maung (St. Paul Highland Park); Ethan Olson (Cook); Drew Selvestra (Eagan); Sam Smith (South St. Paul)
University of Minnesota-Duluth: David Boegel (Wayzata); Dilan Czech (Wayzata); Ryan Kelly (Centennial); Ryan Lick (Rosemount); Ryan Peterson (Centennial); Aaron Roth (Wayzata)
Minnesota State University-Mankato: Evan Bungum (Hayfield); Nicholas Coy (Park); Ryan Kelley (Centennial); Evan Koehler (Chaska); Dami Mafe (Hopkins); Gabe Wolfe (Andover)
Northern State (S.D) University: Shane Erickson (Tracy); Jordan Hayes (Brainerd); Eric Riley (Morris)
Southwest Minnesota State University: Alex Burton (Prior Lake); Sam Gaul (Rochester Century); McCaleb Morse (Cretin-Derham Hall); Ryne Myhrberg (Marshall); Adam Olson (Pine City); C.J. Record (Farmington); Paul Schons (Prior Lake); Nathan Tiede (Montgomery-Lonsdale); Ben Tonsager (St. James); Nathan Werner (Marshall); Jude Williams (LaCrescent)
St. Cloud State University: Gabe Coleman (St. Paul Como Park); Karl Eichinger (Princeton); Patrick Faber (Fridley); Nick Goldsmith (Mounds View); Matt Hentges (Eagan); Brock Horwath (Stillwater); Hayden Lane (Forest Lake); Viliamu Sioka Latu, (Chisholm); Jameson Parsons (Eagan); Bret Piekarski (Lakeville North); Bob Rada (Eagan); Riley Shook (Burnsville); Josh Stalberger (Detroit Lakes); Thomas Terwey (St. Cloud Apollo); Devin Waters (Rogers); Bobby Wills (Henry Sibley); Justin Woodbeck (East Ridge)
Winona State University: Charlie Haben (Holy Angels); Alan May (Southland); Christopher Thomas (Blaine); Dylan Ulferts (Shakopee); Ryan Woodard (Winona)





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