2007 Football Recruits
The following is a list of prospects that have signed national letters of intent to play football at the University of Toledo as part of the 2007 football recruiting class.
QB Travaris Cadet (Miami, FL - Central HS) has signed a LOI with Toledo. Cadet was 1st Team All Dade County and 2nd Team All-Florida 6A (big schools) as a senior, passing for 1,700 yards and 15 TD's while rushing for 460 yards as well. Ranked the #19 Dual-Threat QB and the #9 overall player in south Florida by Rivals.com and rated three stars by Rivals.com and Scout.com. Cadet has 4.4 speed and will play quarterback at Toledo. Had offers from Toledo, Minnesota, South Florida, North Carolina, Baylor, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
RB Adonis Thomas (Newark, NJ) has signed a LOI with Toledo. Thomas was 1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-County as a senior. He rushed for 1,999 yards, averaging 11.7 yards per rush. He also caught 13 passes for 350 yards. He had offers from Toledo and Kansas State.
OLB Disi Alexander (Canton, OH) has signed a LOI with Toledo. Alexander was 1st Team All-Ohio, 1st Team All-District, and 1st Team All-League as a senior. He had 142 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 8 sacks. He has been selected to play in the Big 33 All-Star Game.
RB Morgan Williams (Canton, OH) has signed a LOI with Toledo. Williams has been named the Ohio Player of the Year for both 2005 and 2006. He was 1st Team All-Ohio and rushed for 2,447 yards and 34 TD's as a senior after rushing for 2,417 yards and 31 TD's as a junior. He is the all-time leading in rushing yards in Stark County history and the all-time leader in touchdowns at Canton McKinley High School. He is ranked the #15 overall player in the state of Ohio and the #29 running back in the country by Rivals.com. He is rated three stars by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. He has been selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game. He had offers from Toledo, Indiana, and Akron. He had a lot of big schools recruiting him early, like Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, USC, and Florida State. However, they all stopped recruiting him because of academic questions.
OL Mike VanDerMeulen (Marshall, MI) has signed a LOI with Toledo. VanDerMeulen was 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-Area, and honorable mention All-State as a senior. He is an honor roll student and was named to the Academic All-State Team. Was captain of both the football and basketball teams as a senior in high school.
OL Sean Berry (Irvington, NJ - Irvington HS) has committed to Toledo according to Rivals.com. Berry had offers from Toledo, Syracuse, South Florida, Temple, and New Mexico State. He had narrowed his choices to Toledo and Temple about two weeks ago, before committing to Toledo. Berry is 6-6 and 310 pounds. Recruited by Coach Stan Clayton.
RB Hosea Simpson (Cincinnati, OH - Winton Woods HS) has committed to Toledo according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Simpson is rated three stars by Rivals.com, and the 8th best running back prospect in the state of Ohio by OhioVarsity.com. He is Winton Woods High School's all-time leading rusher. He was named Division II 2nd Team All-District as a senior. He rushed for 1,148 yards and 7 TD's as a senior. Those numbers were way down for him, and many schools stopped recruiting him because of it. He had 1,578 yards and 22 TD's as a junior, and 1,143 yards and 10 TD's as a sophomore. The kid has a lot of potential and has breakaway speed. As a sophomore in high school, he rushed 19 times for 402 yards and 5 TD's in one game.
K Brett Brodbeck (Franklin, TN - Battle Ground Academy) has committed to Toledo according to Rivals.com. He had offers from Toledo and Arkansas State. Brett, 6-0 and 170 pounds, was named Preseason All-State Division II in Tennessee before the 2006 season. His high school team was not very good this past year, going 1-9. Brodbeck has mid 40's range on field goals.
DE/LB Marlin Parker (Warren Harding HS - Warren, OH)
Rivals.com is reporting that Warren Harding linebacker/defensive end Marlin Parker has verbally committed to play football at the University of Toledo. The 6-2, 232 pounder had offers from Toledo, Indiana, Boston College, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, and Akron. Parker was recruited by Coach Chris Hedden.
OL Kevin Kowalski (Nordonia HS - Macedonia, OH)
Rivals.com is reporting that Nordonia offensive lineman Kevin Kowalski verbally committed to play football at the University of Toledo while on a visit to campus on October 7th. The 6-4, 270 pounder had been offered by Toledo last Spring, and felt a sense of loyalty to the first school to show interest in him. He is rated the #5 offensive lineman in the state of Ohio. He chose Toledo over an offer from Kent State.
TE Jerome Jones (Harmony Community School - Cincinnati, OH)
Jerome Jones originally signed with UT out of high school in the 2006 recruiting class. He was not eligible because of a couple of core classes that were not taken in high school. He went to a prep school to get eligible and has re-committed to Toledo. He will enroll in January of 2007 and be part of the 2007 recruiting class. He is 6-8 and about 250 pounds. He is very athletic and a very good basketball player as well. Recruited by Chris Hedden.
RB Tamawi McGhee (Steubenville High School - Steubenville, OH)
McGhee committed to Toledo back in "July or August" but is still exploring his options. He is a 3-year starter at Steubenville, and they will be playing in the state championship game this weekend. He is 6-1, 190, and runs a 4.4 forty. He bench presses 325 pounds and has a 36 inch vertical jump. Recruited by Dave Walkosky.
LB Tyson Patrick (Trotwood, OH - Trotwood Madison HS) has committed to Toledo according to Rivals.com and Scout.com. He had offers from Toledo, Akron, and Eastern Michigan. He was named Conference Player of the Year and All Conference this fall with 98 tackles and four fumble recoveries. He is 6-2 and 220 pounds. Recruited by Mark Rhea.
DE/OLB Dreylon Pree (Steubenville, OH - Steubenville HS) has committed to the University of Toledo according to the Herald Star and ToledoRockets.com. He is 6-2, 190 pounds, and runs a 4.6 forty. He had 67 tackles and 4.5 sacks as a senior this past season. He is from the same high school as running back commit Tamawi McGhee. Recruited by Dave Walkosky.
OL Matt Bradbury (Elmhurst, IL - York HS) has committed to the University of Toledo. He is rated 2 stars by Rivals.com. He is 6-5 and 275 pounds. Recruited by Stan Clayton.
WR Tim Cortazzo (Irwin, PA - Penn Trafford HS) has committed to Toledo over offers from Temple, Akron, and New Hampshire (I-AA). He came up for an unofficial visit during the BG game and committed shortly after. He is rated 3 stars by Scout.com. Recruited by Andy Boyd.
QB DJ Lenehan (Easton, PA - Wilson Area HS) has committed to play football at the University of Toledo according to the Rivals recruiting service. Lenehan had offers from Toledo, Temple, Buffalo, UMASS (played in DI-AA Championship Game this year), and Albany. Also received some interest from Maryland, UCONN, Penn State, Rutgers, and Syracuse. Scout.com rates Lenehan 3 stars and ranks him as the 51st best quarterback prospect in the country. Threw for 3,057 yards and 32 touchdowns, with just 9 interceptions as a senior in high school this past season. Threw for 7,765 yards and 71 touchdowns in his high school career.
WR Kauna Hancock (Birmingham, MI - Brother Rice HS) has committed to Toledo according to MichiganPreps.com. He made his decision to go to Toledo over the weekend and told Toledo last night. He had offers from Toledo, Syracuse, Illinois, Indiana, Ball State, Buffalo, and Eastern Michigan......and was supposed to visit Michigan State next weekend with a possible offer at that time. Hancock will play in the MHFSCA All-Star game this summer, made up of Michigan High School All-Stars. He had this to say about Toledo:
"If you talk about level of competition, next year we'll be playing Boise State. In two years we'll be playing Ohio State," Hancock noted. "If you are talking about championships and bowl games, you are talking about Toledo. One of the most winningest coaches in NCAA is Coach [Tom] Amstutz. In two years they will be making an indoor facility with a new weight room and there's lots more."
TE Danny Noble (Elyria, OH - Elyria HS) has committed to Toledo according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 10 games, Noble had 26 receptions for 506 yards and 9 touchdowns this past season at Elyria. He also had 67 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks as a linebacker. He was recruited by Toledo to play tight end. Apparently he was being recruited by some Big Ten schools as an outside linebacker, but not sure which schools or if there were offers. No information in the Rivals nor Scout databases for Noble.
RB/WR Gordon Warner (Miami, FL - Central HS) has committed to Toledo according to Rivals.com. A very fast running back with 4.4 speed. Toledo is the only Division I-A school to offer him, but he is very under-rated. "I committed to Toledo (Tuesday)," Warner said. "They were the only school that was giving me an offer, so I committed. I like the school and the environment," he said. "I visited and it's great there. We did the basic college visit. We went on a campus tour and they told me of some of the highlights. It was just the basic stuff like that." Warner was recruited by Coach Dave Walkosky and is the 2nd Florida running back to commit to Toledo in the last two years. Dontae Jones from Evans HS in Orlando, FL committed and signed with Toledo last year. He redshirted in 2006.
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