UNI Signs 26 on National Signing Day

[ronfitch]

• DL Jamarion Augustus, 6-3, 220, Highland CC (Alabama)*
• K Max Bartachek, 6-2, 185, Iowa Western CC (Iowa)*
• FB Michael Bormann, 6-0, 215, Wahlert Catholic HS (Iowa)
• OL Joe Briesemeister, 6-5, 230, Mount Vernon HS (Iowa)
• OL Henry Bunn, 6-4, 265, Clear Lake HS (Iowa)
• WR Jeremiah Cain, 6-2, 170, Oswego HS (Illinois)
• RB Christian Collins, 5-10, 200, Notre Dame Academy (Wisconsin)
• LB Ryan Crandall, 6-2, 215, Western Illinois (Iowa)*
• LB Aidan Ducharme, 6-0, 205, Dowling Catholic HS (Iowa)
• DL Braylon Evans, 6-4, 300, Cedar Rapids Thomas Jefferson (Iowa)
• WR Graham Freidrichsen, 6-2, 208, Iowa (Iowa)*
• RB Grant Glausser, 5-11, 220, Iowa (Iowa)*
• RB Bill Jackson, 5-9, 200, Tulsa (Missouri)*
• LB Jarrett Kies, 6-3, 220, Cedar Falls HS (Iowa)
• WR Sutton Koller, 5-11, 180, Iowa City Liberty HS (Iowa)
• DL Ryan Kuennen, 6-4, 275, Iowa (Iowa)*
• DE Owen Ostroski, 6-2, 255, Tulsa (Oklahoma)*
• K Blake Pankratz, 6-1, 175, Valor Christian HS (Colorado)
• CB Jeremiah Powers, 5-10, 165, Lincoln-Way East HS (Illinois)
• WR Ayden Price, 6-0, 198, Iowa (Iowa)*
• LB Tom Scherr, 6-3, 195, Wahlert Catholic HS (Iowa)
• TE Parker Sutherland, 6-6, 220, Iowa City HS (Iowa)
• LB Dominiq Vann, 6-2, 205, Grace Preparatory Academy (Texas)
• DL Jack Vinyard, 6-4, 225, Waukee Northwest HS (Iowa)
• TE Tiernan Vokes, 6-3, 210, Grundy Center HS (Iowa)
• DL Wyatt Young, 6-3, 220, George Washington HS (Iowa)

Bios in article:

https://unipanthers.com/news/2025/2/5/uni-football-and-coach-stepsis-add-26-to-2025-signing-class

[achrist70]

To me it's difficult anymore to truly know what we are getting out of a recruiting class. My one concern is that on paper we didn't address our need for more size. When UNI football was good to great we were really good and really big up front. The last couple of seasons neither of those have been true so to me that is an area that needs to be address if we are going to have success moving forward.

[06panther10]

To me it's difficult anymore to truly know what we are getting out of a recruiting class. My one concern is that on paper we didn't address our need for more size. When UNI football was good to great we were really good and really big up front. The last couple of seasons neither of those have been true so to me that is an area that needs to be address if we are going to have success moving forward.

Agreed, and these are virtually all HS kids. In other words, most of these guys are not going to address immediate needs.

Would have hoped we could get some more experienced guys via JUCO and the Portal to fill needs in attempt to win games next year. I like the strategy of getting all these Iowa kids for sure, but most of them are going to take years to build to their potential.

[BCPanther]

We're not done. Lots of rides to use in the portal after spring ball.

Like that locking Iowa down appears to be a priority and this staff has a type. Long, athletic, projectable bodies that play up the very edge of dirty. Every highlight video has kids playing to the 2nd or 3rd whistle. A mean streak is something we'd kind of lost.

[CincyPanther88]

To me it's difficult anymore to truly know what we are getting out of a recruiting class. My one concern is that on paper we didn't address our need for more size. When UNI football was good to great we were really good and really big up front. The last couple of seasons neither of those have been true so to me that is an area that needs to be address if we are going to have success moving forward.

I get that. I don't know how many holdovers on staff there are but Farley's teams have always recruited HS guys who didn't have the size then but after a couple of years they were transformed into guys who had the size. Hopefully the new coaching staff has that recipe too,

[Neighbor]

I noticed a name familiar to me. Owen Ostroski from Tulsa OK. I met his father, Jerry Ostroski, at a fishing camp in Canada. Jerry was famous for playing all five offensive line positions with the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl er. Jerry's time in Buffalo coincided with Bryce Paup. I shook Jerry's hand at the fuel pump. He is a bit shorter than me but his hands are twice the size of mine. So, Owen comes from a good lineage. I wish him great success.

[95UNIGRAD]

We're not done. Lots of rides to use in the portal after spring ball.

Like that locking Iowa down appears to be a priority and this staff has a type. Long, athletic, projectable bodies that play up the very edge of dirty. Every highlight video has kids playing to the 2nd or 3rd whistle. A mean streak is something we'd kind of lost.

Agreed. I want a team that everybody says "I don't want to play them because they're physical and we know we're in for a war".

[ronfitch]

I noticed a name familiar to me. Owen Ostroski from Tulsa OK. I met his father, Jerry Ostroski, at a fishing camp in Canada. Jerry was famous for playing all five offensive line positions with the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl er. Jerry's time in Buffalo coincided with Bryce Paup. I shook Jerry's hand at the fuel pump. He is a bit shorter than me but his hands are twice the size of mine. So, Owen comes from a good lineage. I wish him great success.

The list posted by the AD had two players from Tulsa (Ostroski, DE, and Jackson, RB). I have seen a third from Tulsa noted as committed to UNI on this site (https://herosports.com/2025-fbs-to-fcs-transfers-bzbz/), Seth Bullock, LB, who played high school ball at Dubuque Senior and walked on at Tulsa.

[BCPanther]

The list posted by the AD had two players from Tulsa (Ostroski, DE, and Jackson, RB). I have seen a third from Tulsa noted as committed to UNI on this site (https://herosports.com/2025-fbs-to-fcs-transfers-bzbz/), Seth Bullock, LB, who played high school ball at Dubuque Senior and walked on at Tulsa.

Enrolled at semester and isn't on scholarship (yet) so he doesn't count as a signing.

[Blue42]

Enrolled at semester and isn't on scholarship (yet) so he doesn't count as a signing.

Stepsis said in his presser there was one more coming from Tulsa who was finishing up his degree this spring.