RECRUITING

The 2005 class

Strikeout text indicates a decommitment. The "R" and "S" numbers in the right-hand column indicate the player's ranking at his position by Rivals.com and Scout.com. Team rankings: Rivals | Scout

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	SCHOOL	R	S	LTR
Harrison Beck	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	QB	6-1	205	Clearwater, Fla.	Countryside	03	11	1
Zack Bowman	1, 2	CB	6-2	200	Anchorage, Alaska	New Mexico Military Inst.	02*	91JC	2
Chris Brooks	1, 2, 3	WR	6-3	190	St. Louis, Mo.	Hazelwood East	15	22	2
Jordan Congdon %	1, 2	K	5-10	165	San Diego, Calif.	St. Augustine	01	03	2
Nick Covey	1, 2	LB	6-2	210	Glendale, Ariz.	Mountain Ridge	33	92-	0
Barry Cryer	1, 2, 3	DT	6-3	285	Marrero, La.	Dodge City (Kan.) C.C.	91JC	91JC	2
Ola Dagunduro	1, 2	DT	6-2	315	Inglewood, Calif.	Compton (Calif.) C.C.	91JC	91JC	2
Phillip Dillard #	1, 2, 3	LB	6-2	247	Tulsa, Okla.	Jenks	04	21	04
Wallace Franklin	1, 2	WR	6-3	190	Beaumont, Texas	Ozen	61	85	0
Cody Glenn	1, 2	RB	6-0	211	Rusk, Texas	Rusk	28	52	4
Frantz Hardy	1, 2	WR	6-0	170	Miami, Fla.	Butler County (Kan.) C.C.	09*	91JC	3
David Harvey	1, 2	TE	6-4	230	Pomfret, Md.	McDonough	92-	92-	1
Jacob Hickman	1, 2	OG	6-4	244	Bakersfield, Calif.	Centennial	27	66	4
Broderick Hunter	1, 2	WR	6-2	210	Humble, Texas	Humble	37	52	0
Leon Jackson #%	1, 2, 3	RB/DB	6-3	200	Pasco, Wash.	Pasco	04	16	1
Marlon Lucky #%	1, 2, 3	RB	5-11	202	N. Hollywood, Calif.	North Hollywood	02	07	4
Dontrell Moore	1, 2	LB	6-2	225	Thibodaux, La.	Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C.	91JC	91JC	1
Steve Octavien	1, 2	LB	6-1	230	Naples, Fla.	W.R. Harper College (Ill.)	91JC	91JC	2
Brock Pasteur	1, 2	OT	6-7	320	Orlando, Fla.	Mesabi Range Tech. (Minn.)	91JC	91JC	0
Jordan Picou	1	OT	6-2	330	Walnut, Calif.	Mt. San Antonio J.C.	91JC	91JC	1
Rodney Picou	1, 2	OG	6-4	300	Moreno Valley, Calif.	Canyon Springs	08	29	0
Zach Potter	1, 2	DE/TE	6-7	258	Omaha, Neb.	Creighton Prep	06	28	4
Robert Rands	1	RB/DB	5-8	160	Bellevue, Neb.	Bellevue East	92-	75	0
Craig Roark	1, 2	OL	6-2	285	Ada, Okla.	Ada	13	33	0
Matt Slauson		OL	6-7	325	Colo. Springs, Colo.	USAF Prep	92-	92-	4
Jeff Souder**	1, 2	LB	6-1	200	Bellevue, Neb.	Bellevue West	92-	92-	1
Tyrell Spain	1	WR	6-3	195	San Diego	Mesa Community College	91JC	91JC	0
Ndamukong Suh #%	1, 2, 3	DT	6-4	278	Portland, Ore.	Grant	06	09	4
Zac Taylor	1, 2, 3, 4	QB	6-2	210	Norman, Okla.	Butler County (Kan.) C.C.	91JC	91JC	2
Justin Tomerlin	1, 2	DE	6-6	265	San Clemente, Calif.	Butler County (Kan.) C.C.	91JC	91JC	0
Barry Turner	1	DE	6-3	230	Nashville, Tenn.	Brentwood Academy	13	27	4
Bryan Wilson	1, 2	CB	6-2	200	Grenada Hills, Calif.	Pierce College (Calif.)	91JC	91JC	2

 

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	SCHOOL	R | S
Marcus Gordon	1, 2, 3	OT	6-6	320	Memphis, Tenn.	Highland (Kan.) C.C.	91JC | 91JC
Lorenzo Jones	1, 2, 3, 4	DT	6-4	294	McKinney, Texas	McKinney	25 | 56
Calvin Mickens	1, 2	CB	6-2	185	Beaumont, Texas	Ozen	48 | 92-

 
*Rank on Rivals' junior-college top 25 (all positions)
**A likely "greyshirt" who will not be on scholarship until January 2006
% Parade All-American  |  # Listed on The Rivals 100

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Links to 2005 signing-day coverage are here.

Note: Matt Slauson was a summer addition to the 2005 class.
 
 

CLASS SCORECARD

57 letters earned by 23 of 32 recruits
All-America: 1 (Suh)
All-conference: 2 (Suh, Taylor)
Notable walk-on: Matt O'Hanlon, S

 

Retrospectives: 2025, 2015 & 2010 (OWH, Dennis Dodd)

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