Trojans Sign More Than 50 Recruits on National Signing Day

Trojan Football Head Coach Josh Anderson announced yesterday that fifty-plus recruits had been committed to Dakota State on National Signing Day 2023. Many of the new recruits went to high school in our area.

In this year’s recruiting class, so far, six student-athletes had been transferred to DSU this spring.  Forty-eight more student-athletes will continue their football and education career at Dakota State this coming fall.

Some of the players from our area to commit to DSU are MLB Caden DeVries (Madison), MLB Kaden Hofer (Howard), TE Owen Heath (West Central), OLB Kyle Bares (Dell Rapids St. Mary), MLB Colin Bauman (Deubrook), MLB Zach Boden (Beresford), OLB Landon Schurch (Beresford), WR Gannon Gruenhagen (De Smet), OLB Noah Harrison (De Smet), WR AJ Siemsen (Mitchell).

A total of 40 recruits with a 3.0+ GPA, 22 recruits with 3.5+ GPA, and four recruits with a 4.0+ GPA. Recruits are from a total of nine different states, including 32 student-athletes from the state of South Dakota.

Below is the list of commitments on joining Dakota State Trojan football program:

Six new student-athlete additions at the beginning of the spring ’23 semester

Gage Arnold; OT – 6’2 – 300; Feather River College / Mammoth High School; Bishop, Calif.

Beau Bertram; DE – 6’5 – 220; Northern State University / Colome High School; Colome, S.D.

Jemal Brown; QB – 6’4 – 190; Mesabi Range CC / Park Center High School; Minneapolis, Minn.

Kaden Eng; FS – 6’1 – 200; Northern State University / Castlewood High School; Castlewood, S.D.

Joey Hoeschen; DE – 5’11 – 240; Central Lakes CC / Sauk Rapids-Rice High School; Sauk Rapids, Minn.

Thomas Lais; TE – 6’4 – 205; MN West & Tech CC / Worthington High School; Worthington, Minn.

48 new student-athlete additions for the fall ’23 semester (in alphabetical order)

Kyle Bares; OLB – 5’9 – 200; Dell Rapids St. Mary High School; Dell Rapids, S.D.

Colin Bauman; MLB – 6’0 – 190; Deubrook High School; Toronto, S.D.

Ronald Begalka; OLB – 6’4 – 210; Deuel High School; Clear Lake, S.D.

Gavin Benck; TE – 6’2 – 190; Deuel High School; Clear Lake, S.D.

Matthew Birkeland; RB – 5’10 – 170; Jones County High School; Murdo, S.D.

Zach Boden; MLB – 5’11 – 205; Beresford High School; Beresford, S.D. 

Ivan Casamalhuapa; OG – 6’0 – 252; Saint John Bosco High School; Bellflower, Calif. 

Shaun Crawford Jr.; Slot WR – 5’11 – 160; Waltrip High School; Houston, Texas

Rashad Debose Jr.; DL – 5’8 – 230; Harvest Preparatory School; Columbus, Ohio

Caden DeVries; MLB – 5’10 – 190; Madison High School; Madison, S.D.

Elliott Devries; DE – 6’0 – 235; Huron High School; Cavour, S.D.

Darrick Even; WR – 6’2 – 175; Shiloh Christian School; Menoken, N.D.

Hudson Fix; CB – 5’11 – 155; Lourdes High School; Rochester, Minn.

Gavin Folkers; TE – 6’3 – 220; White River High School; Mission, S.D.

Dylan Fuoss; DE – 6’3 – 230; Jones County High School; Draper, S.D.

Kasey Gerhard; OC – 5’11 – 260; Worthington Senior High School; Worthington, Minn.

Perry Goad; OT – 6’5 – 298; Cloquet Area Alternate Education Program; Cloquet, Minn.

Da’Mareon Gray; DE – 6’2 – 250; Odessa High School; Odessa, Texas

Tysen Grinde; WR – 6’3 – 175; Spring Grove High School; Spring Grove, Minn.

Gannon Gruenhagen; WR – 5’11 – 155; De Smet High School; De Smet, S.D.

Chance Guadiz; QB – 6’1 – 200; Rainier Beach High School; Renton, Wash. 

Noah Harrison; OLB – 6’1 – 210; De Smet High School; De Smet, S.D.

Owen Heath; TE – 6’4 – 220; West Central High School; Hartford, S.D.

Tray Hettick; QB – 6’2 – 193; Selby Area High School; Selby, S.D.

Kaden Hofer; MLB – 5’11 – 198; Howard High School; Howard, S.D.

Aidan Jahns; FS/K/P – 6’3 – 180; Lourdes High School; Rochester, Minn.

Dylan Jessen; OLB – 5’10 – 210; Garretson High School; Beaver Creek, Minn.

 Ja’Quan Jones; DL – 6’2 – 295; Mesabi Range CC / Plaquemine High School; Addis, La.

Maddox Kihne; Slot WR – 5’10 – 160; Freeman Academy High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.

Dylan Langerock; WR – 6’3 – 175; Brandon Valley High School; Brandon, S.D.

Anthony Moser; RB – 5’6 – 175; Douglas High School; Rapid City, S.D.

Ethan Nehl; OC – 6’4 – 254; Lemmon High School; McIntosh, S.D.

John Parker; WR – 6’1 – 145; Roosevelt High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.

Landon Puffer; WR – 6’1 – 185; Hitchcock-Tulare High School; Hitchcock, S.D.

Jesse Ramos; QB/Ath – 5’11 – 175; Del Valle High School; El Paso, Texas

Keontay Rawls; FS – 5’11 – 175; Roosevelt High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.

Griffin Reiner; DL – 6’0 – 275; Orono High School; Long Lake, Minn.

Luke Schacher; LS – 5’11 – 230; Douglas High School; Rapid City, S.D.

Cameron Scholten; OG – 6’1 – 285; Jackson County Central High School; Jackson, Minn.

Landon Schurch; OLB – 6’0 – 195; Beresford High School; Beresford, S.D.

Aaron ‘AJ’ Siemsen; WR – 6’2 – 195; Mitchell High School; Mitchell, S.D.

Jalen Trudeau; OLB – 5’10 – 205; Woodward-Granger High School; Waukee, Iowa

Jordan Upton; CB – 5’10 – 169; Harvest Preparatory School; Columbus, Ohio

Cruiz Vaughn; WR – 5’11 – 190; Roosevelt High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.

Ashton Wienk; OLB – 6’0 – 190; Lake Preston High School; Lake Preston, S.D.

Terel Williams; CB – 5’8 – 170; Roosevelt High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.

Logan Williams; FS – 5’11 – 175; Douglas High School; Rapid City, S.D.

Niyongabo Yohana; RB – 5’8 – 175; Jefferson High School; Sioux Falls, S.D.