Oswego three-star ranked senior defensive tackle Noah Shannon (6-foot-2, 285 pounds) who earlier this spring decommitted from Minnesota after giving the Gophers his verbal commitment gave the Iowa Hawkeyes his verbal pledge on the Fourth of July.
Shannon released a statement on his Twitter account announcing his decision:
"These past few weeks I've thought long and hard about where I'll be attending college and playing football for the next four years," he wrote. "I'd like to personally thank all the programs that took their time to recruit me and offer me the opportunity to play the game I love. After many conversations with my parents and family, I have finally decided to further my academic and football career at the University of Iowa."
Oak Park (IL) Fenwick senior offensive tackle prospect Austin Glazier (6-foot-6, 280 pounds) recently decided to end his recruiting process and gave Fordham his verbal commitment.
Glazier talks about his decision here:
"I decided to end my recruiting and gave Fordham my verbal commitment," he said. "Fordham is just the best overall fit for me and I'm just really excited about my decision and so is my family."
So why did Glazier decide to end his process and pledge to the Fordham Rams?
"Fordham has a lot to offer on and off the field. The football program plays in the Patriot League and I feel that I'm a good fit at the FCS level. The school has around nine thousand kids and it's just the perfect size school. Fordham is in New York City and located in the Bronx. When you walk into the school it's hard to see at first but once you are inside it's like in it's own world. It's really quiet and just beautiful. It's just a great overall set-up and I feel a great fit for me."
Phillips senior quarterback J'Bore Gibbs (6-foot-3, 215 pounds) also decided over the holiday to end his recruiting process and give South Dakota State his verbal commitment.
"I was ready to make my decision so I committed," Gibbs said. "South Dakota State is a good school, they offer my major (engineering) and I also know guys already on the team so I feel good about my decision."
Gibbs discussed why he decided to pledge to the SDSU Jackrabbits:
"(Former Phillips defensive back) Donald (Gardner) is already on the team at SDSU and I've been talking to him a lot about the school and the football program," he said. "Donald has nothing but good things to say about the coaches and the school. I also have a really good connection with all of the coaches at SDSU. It feels like the same communication and relationship I have with my coaches at Phillips so I feel really comfortable with them. I haven't been able to get out to visit SDSU just yet. I was planning to visit back on Friday but we couldn't make it al the last minute. I definitely will get out to visit SDSU soon."
St. Charles East senior defensive back Nick Garlisch (5-foot-11, 185 pounds) also decided to give the South Dakota State Jackrabbits his verbal commitment.
"I'm very excited about South Dakota State," Garlisch said. "I visited SDSU back in May and I just loved it there. I had three options and all of those schools started filling up and I knew I didn't want to miss out on SDSU so I committed."
Garlisch, along with multiple recruits, admitted that the recent surge of players making verbal commitments this summer at the FCS level and below played a factor in his decision process.
"I couldn't help but notice all of the kids who started making college decisions. I wasn't really looking too hard yet at schools but once I started to see kids commit I definitely picked up the pace and did a ton of research. I was starting to feel more and more pressures from schools to make a decision sooner than I expected."
Nazareth Academy senior defensive tackle Isaiah lee (6-foot-2, 280 pounds) has had a very strong summer and now is touting nine scholarship offers along with recruiting looks from several FBS schools.
"I have nine offers so far," Lee said. "I have offers now from Colorado State, Western Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana State, North Dakota State, Central Michigan, South Dakota State, Ball State and Fordham."
Lee has also been a constant on the summer college one day camp circuit.
"I've been everywhere this summer and I'm almost starting to lose track of all the camps," he said. "I camped at Wisconsin, the North Central College satellite camp in front of Wisconsin, Missouri and a bunch of other schools. I also went to the Lake Forest College satellite camp, Purdue, Indiana, Ball State, Ohio State and also Notre Dame. The feedback was really strong from the coaches at each camp. The coaches all love watching me in one on ones and tell me how great I do.
"At the end of each camp they tell me to stay in touch with them and that a lot of the bigger schools still want to see my senior tape. It can get frustrating man. I just go into the camps, do work and I go against anyone they want me to go against."
Lee remains open for now and doesn't have any favorites or a time frame for making his college choice.