So there’s a lot of small colleges in Kansas, which means a lot of football teams which means … a lot of dudes going to play college ball. Which means that hopefully I’ve got everybody here — for sake of space and not making you sift through everything I’m putting links to the school’s specific web sites and recruiting lists and in the cases where that doesn’t exist, I’ve just typed the names in. With a few thoughts of my own added, of course. Today is a breakdown of the MIAA schools, tomorrow (hopefully) we’ll take a look at the KCAC and then this weekend sometime, the Jayhawk.
Enjoy:
MIAA
JULIAN DOZIER
Two players from this class really stick out to me — Julian Dozier, a three-star cornerback out of Texas, and former Miami of Ohio and Coffeyville C.C. offensive lineman John Buckman, who runs about 6-foot-8, 335 pounds but hasn’t played football since 2006. Dozier is a player.
Butler Community College offensive lineman Matt Bruner — also an Andover product — will get a chance to reteam with Mike Garrison, the QB from Bruner’s first national championship team (yeah, dude won two). The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Bruner was a first-team all-Jayhawk pick, and is going to help the Tigers a lot. But in the MIAA, this team needs more than just help to become competitive. It’s almost an impossible task.
FORREST STUCKY
Wow, they cleaned up. They grabbed Nate Dreiling and Forrest Stucky out of Hutchinson High, two guys I think can come in and contribute at PSU, maybe right away, although I was under the impression that one if not both of these guys had DI offers. And it never hurts to recruit kids from programs that win as much as the one at HHS. Just ask Hutch C.C. coach Rion Rhoades what he thinks about Gage McKinnis.
This is a team that seemed like it was on the brink of breaking into the upper MIAA echelon last season, but fell just short. They’ve got one of the smaller classes, maybe because they just don’t need much. I’m interested to see how Dane Simoneau develops at QB for them. He could be pretty good, but I’m wondering what head coach Craig Schurig thinks of him missing spring football to play baseball. But hey, he’s pretty good at that, too. Can’t knock the hustle.