by Keith Kelley–4 Feb ’15
Wyoming Cowboy football coach Craig Bohl and his staff put together their second recruiting class in Laramie. Last year, it was quick turnaround for the staff to get the best talent possible in a short time frame. This year, they’ve had a full season to recruit, and it seems to have paid dividends for the program. The second class for Bohl and company includes 23 signees from 11 different stats.
Some of the highlights with this class include Wyoming first ever recruit to be named to the Parade All-American Team in running back Kellen Overstreet. Also, the Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year, wide receiver C.J. Johnson, and the Colorado Player of the Year, Andrew Wingard, from Arvada.
Wyoming needed to address some issues on the roster, and one of those was overall team speed. And Bohl believes they got what they wanted in the category.
Another deficiency for the Cowboy football team was defense. In this class, Bohl and his staff concentrated on that, and signed 14 of the 23 players on that side of the ball. They include four defensive lineman, five linebackers and five defensive backs. But Bohl says it was definitely something that needed to be addressed.
Wyoming also signed a pair of in-state players, as Natrona County’s Josh Harshman (linebacker), and Logan Wilson (defensive back), were part of the group of 23. Six others from the Cowboy state will be preferred walk-ons, including Cheyenne East’s Ben Wisdorf, and Cheyenne Central’s Tayton Montgomery.
As far as all the stars and accolades go with this class, Bohl isn’t concerned with all of that. He says that he wants a player that fits the “Wyoming profile”.
List of signees:
Offense (9)
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School)
Quarterbacks (1)
Josh Allen# QB 6-5 210 So. Firebaugh, Calif. (Reedley College CC, Calif.)
Running Backs (1)
Kellen Overstreet RB 5-11 200 Fr. Hamilton, Mo. (Penney)
Wide Receivers (5)
Dameko Doddles WR 6-2 205 Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Douglass)
C.J. Johnson WR 6-2 180 Fr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue West)
Justice Murphy WR 6-0 180 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. (Evergreen)
Joseph Parker* WR 5-10 175 Fr. Castle Rock, Colo. (Cherry Creek)
James Price WR 6-2 180 Fr. Camas, Wash. (Camas)
Offensive Linemen (2)
Kaden Jackson OL 6-2 265 Fr. Kingfisher, Okla. (Kingfisher)
Zach Wallace OL 6-7 265 Fr. Lake Zurich, Ill. (Lake Zurich)
Defense (14)
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School)
Defensive Line (4)
Skylor Clinton DE 6-2 225 Fr. Prescott, Ariz. (Prescott)
Tavita Faaiu DE 6-3 245 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. (City College of San Francisco)
Youhanna Ghaifan DT 6-4 255 Fr. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic)
Carl Granderson DE 6-5 185 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Grant)
Linebackers (5)
Josh Harshman LB 6-3 200 Fr. Casper, Wyo. (Natrona County)
Christian Irving LB 5-11 195 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (American Heritage)
Harry Momoh LB 5-11 200 Fr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins)
Kevin Prosser LB 6-2 205 Fr. Aurora, Colo. (Overland)
Jaylon Watson LB 6-0 215 Fr. Broken Bow, Okla. (Broken Bow)
Secondary (5)
Davion Freeman CB 5-9 175 Fr. Del City, Okla. (Del City)
Antonio Hull CB 5-10 185 Fr. Diamond Bar, Calif. (Diamond Bar)
Kevin Jackson S 6-3 185 Fr. LaGrange Park, Ill. (Nazareth Academy)
Logan Wilson S 6-1 185 Fr. Casper, Wyo. (Natrona County)
Andrew Wingard S 6-0 175 Fr. Arvada, Colo. (Ralston Valley)
* High School signees who enrolled at UW for the 2015 spring semester
# Junior College signees who enrolled at UW for the 2015 spring semester
