Posted: Feb 07, 2018
Football Announces 2018 Recruiting Class
MIDLAND, MICH. – The Northwood University football team has announced its 2018 recruiting class. A total of 37 student-athletes will join the Timberwolves program next year.
"We are very excited about rounding out this recruiting class," said head coach Leonard Hayes. "It was a lot of work by our staff, and they did a great job.
"Our biggest thing to get with this class was character guys – and on top of that, we have some outstanding football players coming in."
Northwood will open the 2018 season at Tiffin September 1.
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) |
| Jordan Acklin | DL | 6-1 | 295 | Evergreen Park, Ill. (Mount Carmel) |
| Zeke Alexander | DL | 6-3 | 200 | Lauderhill, Fla. (Chaminade) |
| Dantae Banton | DL | 6-3 | 210 | Pompano Beach, Fla. (Boyd Anderson) |
| Grant Bearss | DL | 6-1 | 260 | Grand Rapids, Mich. (Catholic Central) |
| Parker Blust | K | 6-2 | 195 | Oakland, Mich. (Lake Orion) |
| Connor Bolthouse | DB | 5-9 | 165 | Grand Rapids, Mich. (West Catholic) |
| Alex Bres | WB | 5-10 | 170 | East Lansing, Mich. (Lansing Catholic) |
| Noah Brown | LB | 6-1 | 205 | Plymouth, Mich. (Canton) |
| Aidan Burns | TE | 6-2 | 210 | Grand Rapids, Mich. (Catholic Central) |
| JeJuan Campbell | OL | 6-2 | 280 | Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) |
| Aaron Cruickshank | TE | 6-4 | 220 | Yale, Mich. (Yale) |
| Andrew Davis | WB | 5-10 | 175 | Canton, Mich. (Salem) |
| Ryan DeHommel | OL | 6-1 | 275 | Hudsonville, Mich. (Hudsonville) |
| Derian Doherty | OL | 6-3 | 300 | Macomb, Mich. (Eisenhower) |
| Patrick Donovan | OL | 6-5 | 240 | Macomb, Mich. (Dakota) |
| Sam Forsyth | WB | 5-11 | 190 | Chesaning, Mich. (Chesaning) |
| Cashual Goldsmith | RB | 5-8 | 205 | Detroit, Mich. (Oak Park) |
| Nate Gomez | QB | 6-1 | 185 | South Elgin, Ill. (South Elgin) |
| Evan Jennings | SN | 5-8 | 220 | Lansing, Mich. (Grand Ledge) |
| Bryant Kieft | WR | 6-2 | 195 | Watervliet, Mich. (Watervliet) |
| Noah Koenigsknecht | WR | 6-1 | 180 | Dewitt, Mich. (Dewitt) |
| Jordan Lewis | LB | 6-2 | 220 | Detroit, Mich. (Cass Tech) |
| Bryce Lipovsky | OL | 6-1 | 240 | Harrison, Mich. (Harrison) |
| Garrett McGraw | OL | 6-3 | 295 | Clio, Mich. (Clio) |
| Jack Morris | WB | 5-11 | 175 | Washington, Mich. (Eisenhower) |
| Owen Nikischer | LB | 6-0 | 205 | Chelsea, Mich. (Chelsea) |
| Jace Parrish | DB | 6-0 | 175 | Grand Blanc, Mich. (Grand Blanc) |
| Ryan Pummell | LB | 6-0 | 205 | Clare, Mich. (Clare) |
| Erik Santiago | DB | 5-10 | 175 | Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield South) |
| Zaavon Scott | DB | 5-11 | 170 | Grand Rapids, Mich. (West Catholic) |
| Ryley Stewart | WR | 6-0 | 175 | Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt) |
| Jake Umholtz | RB | 5-8 | 190 | Lansing, Mich. (Grand Ledge) |
| Branden Valliere | DB | 5-8 | 180 | Bay City, Mich. (Bay City John Glenn) |
| Kentrell Ware | RB | 5-9 | 190 | Grand Blanc, Mich. (Grand Blanc) |
| Trey Wentworth | DB | 5-10 | 180 | Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Mount Pleasant) |
| CJ Williams | LB | 5-11 | 210 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Chaminade) |
| Deangelo Young | DL | 6-3 | 225 | Daphne, Ala. (Daphne) |