CEDAR FALLS – UNI Football signed 22 athletes, including five transfers, to letters of intent Wednesday on the first day of the early signing period. Four of the transfer student-athletes will be eligible immediately beginning this spring.
The group includes seven offensive linemen, three wide receivers, three running backs, three defensive backs, a pair of defensive linemen, a pair of linebackers, a long snapper and tight end.
Twelve of the Panthers are Iowans while three come from Florida, two from Illinois, and one each from Minnesota, Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin.
West Des Moines Valley star running back Jayden Williams spurred power-five offers to follow in his father Darian Williams’ footsteps at UNI. Benny Sapp iii, son of former Panther and NFL player Benny Sapp Jr. transferred from Minnesota where he played in 11 games as a freshman as a DB.
Cedar Falls running back Ryan Ostrich chose to stay home and play his college home games where he played his high school games. Running back Terrence Kamara joins his North Senior HS (Minneapolis) teammate Omar Brown on the Panther squad. Kamera is expected to enroll in the spring semester, but will not be able to play this spring.
Four of the five transfers come from FBS ranks, including three from Power-Five schools. Offensive tackle Antione Frazier comes from Kansas, Sapp from Minnesota and Dylan Boles, a defensive tackle from Stanford. He will finish his degree at Stanford this spring before coming in as a grad transfer. Demarcus Governor (DB) comes to UNI from Central Michigan. The lone JC transfer is Brandan Tillman who is transferring from Iowa Central. Frazier, Sapp, Governor and Tillman are all immediately eligible to play this spring.
High School
Derek Anderson – Hinton, Iowa – Hinton HS – DE – 6-6 – 220
Drew Clausen – Grimes, Iowa – Dallas-Center Grimes HS – LS – 6-6 – 220
Caleb Frazer – Kimberly, Wisc. – Kimberly HS – LB – 6-1 – 195
Ethan George – Peculiar, Mo. – Raymore-Peculiar HS – DL – 6-3 -270
Jackson Heeringa – Batavia, Ill. – Batavia HS – OL – 6-7 – 260
Carter Hewitt – Jewell, Iowa – South Hamilton HS – OL – 6-6 – 265
Dionysius Hogan – Peoria, Ill. – Peoria HS – WR – 6-4 – 190
Terrence Kamara – Minneapolis, Minn. – North HS – 5-9 – 175
Keean Kamerling – Mount Vernon, Iowa – Mount Vernon HS – 6-3 -220
Tucker Langenberg – Urbandale, Iowa – Urbandale HS – 6-2 – 200
Sergio Moracy – Naples, Fla. – Lely HS- 6-3 – 180
Michael Olowo – Rogers, Minn. – Rogers HS – 6-1 – 190
Ryan Ostrich – Cedar Falls, Iowa – Cedar Falls HS – 5-10 – 190
Carson Petlon – Manchester, Iowa – West Delaware HS – 6-6 – 295
Layne Pryor – Woodbine, Iowa – Woodbine HS – 6-3 – 225
Jordan Ver Meer – Larchwood, Iowa – West Lyon HS – 6-6 – 280
Jayden Williams – Des Moines, Iowa – West Des Moines Valley HS – 6-1 – 195
Transfers
Dylan Boles – Adel, Iowa – Stanford – DE – 6-4 – 264
Antione Frazier – Huffman, Texas – Kansas – OT – 6-5 – 300
Demarcus Governor – Plant City, Fla. – Central Michigan – DB – 6-1 – 205
Benny Sapp iii – Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Minnesota – DB – 6-1 – 205
Brandan Tillman – Bettendorf, Iowa – Iowa Central – WR – 6-0 – 200
