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SMSU football signs 40 to complete 2025 recruiting class

By SMSU Athletic Communications

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University head football coach Scott Underwood announced the program’s 2025 recruiting class on Wednesday, with 40 student-athletes signing to continue their academic and football careers at SMSU. Wednesday was the first day student-athletes are allowed to sign National Letters of Intent.

The list of signees includes 31 high school and nine transfer student-athletes from 11 different states including Minnesota (20), Nebraska (4), Arizona (3), California (3), Wisconsin (3), South Dakota (2), Florida (1), Iowa (1), New Jersey (1), North Dakota (1) and Washington (1). Six of the transfers have already enrolled at SMSU for the 2025 spring semester.

“We added talented players at each position as we look to strengthen our roster for seasons to come,” Underwood said. “I am excited for this group to join our six mid-semester transfers working out with us already in our program. Among this group you will notice a strong presence of talented individuals from the local area as we targeted and were fortunate to attract them to the strong qualities of the University and the program we are building. We are excited to have the class of commits for 2025 joining us as part of the Mustang football program!”

SMSU is scheduled to begin spring practice on March 31 and will open the 2025 regular season on Sept. 6 hosting MSU Moorhead.

SMSU signees, Class of 2025

Jacian Allen (Lincoln East HS, Neb.)

Philip Barr (Shasta JUCO)

Cohen Bloemers (MOC-Floyd Valley HS, Iowa)

Marcus Bradley (Milwaukee, Wis. / M State JUCO)

Miskir Esayas (Cottage Grove Park HS)

Anthony Estrada (Litchfield HS)

Alexzander Fisher-Teko (Papillion-LaVista HS, Neb.)

Faith Fozao (Irondale HS)

Alfredo Fowler (Osseo HS)

Manuel Griego (Cienega HS, Ariz.)

Hunter Hanegraaf (Forest Lake HS)

Jay Harms (Irondale HS)

Tommy Hoffman (Sioux Falls Washington HS, S.D.)

Darius Hurd (Santa Barbara City JUCO)

Jayden Johnson-Forrest (Williams Field HS, Ariz.)

Jamsley Laguerre (South Broward HS, Fla. / Shasta JUCO)

Berlitz Legrand (Sussex County JUCO)

Preston Mackie (LaCrescent HS / Waldorf University)

Calvin McIntosh (Totino Grace HS)

Jack Meier (Marshall HS)

Austin Meyer (Anoka HS)

Carson Ohnstad (Waseca HS)

Jett Olson (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg HS)

Charlie Potvin (Blaine HS)

Jack Regan (Rochester Mayo HS)

Logan Rudningen (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg HS)

Gavin Schaefer (Marshall HS)

Mickale Smith (Mankato East HS)

George Stalley (Pierre T.F. Riggs HS, S.D.)

Owen Vinje Stark (Sartell HS)

Easton Taylor (Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop HS)

Ole Taylor (Bismarck Century HS, N.D.)

Cornez Tucker (Blair HS, Neb.)

Julian Viramontes (Chaffey JUCO)

Sylvester Walker Jr. (Mississippi JUCO)

Chase Williams (Page HS, Ariz.)

Jacob Williams (Aitkin HS)

Bryan Wright (Cottage Grove Park HS)

Maison Wright (Bakersfield, Calif. / NWOSU)

Collin Young (Papillion LaVista HS, Neb.)

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