'19 IN LB Jack Kiser (Notre Dame Man)

[OCIrish]

If he goes to Purdue, he'll be a tremendous talent for them. His HC is a college buddy of mine, and Pioneer is one of the premiere small-school football programs in Indiana. It amuses me that a kid from Royal Center (a town so small you can spit from one side to the other) has a profile on here.

Mac, you're insanely correct on this!!! I've had to go to Royal Center a few times for work, not only is it smaller than a black dot on a map, it is literally in the middle of f*@king nowhere!!!!!! I'd like to see the kid earn a school, but it'd be a tremendous pick up for the Boilers!!! If he goes that route......

 

[BobbyMac]

Karlaftis only beat him by a foot in the Shot. I think Karlaftis placed last year as a soph. Can't wait to see Kiser's Opening score.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royal Center (IN) Pioneer 2019 LB Jack Kiser visits <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Northwestern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Northwestern</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wisconsin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wisconsin</a> this weekend. State champ in football, shining at QB/LB (100tckls 8 INTs). Ran 6.8 this indoor track season in the 55m dash with a 52-1 throw in the shot put. Terrific athlete: <a href="https://t.co/83LPuARAfK">https://t.co/83LPuARAfK</a></p>— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) <a href="https://twitter.com/SWiltfong247/status/973387606347087872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Edge]

Kiser has offers from Iowa, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska,
Hearing you Can add Wisconsin and Northwestern after this weekend.
ND may miss the boat on this guy

 

[Luckylucci]

Would be a nice addition to any program, and would have no problem with an offer. However, with some of the talent that ND is in on at LB/Rover, I can certainly understand waiting. Keep communicating and inviting him to campus, and go from there.

 

[IrishLion]

Would be a nice addition to any program, and would have no problem with an offer. However, with some of the talent that ND is in on at LB/Rover, I can certainly understand waiting. Keep communicating and inviting him to campus, and go from there.

Yeah, I don't think there's room on the boat for him at the moment, especially if one or two of the safeties with high interest end up playing LB.

 

[BobbyMac]

Will set the all time visit record without an offer on Tuesday.

 

[condoms SUCk]

Will set the all time visit record without an offer on Tuesday.

Watch; ND passes on this kid to wait for “ bigger fish”. We miss on those guys, come back around to a Jack and of course he has committed to Wisconsin.
Jack becomes the next Luke Kuechly and helps Wisky beat ND in 2020& 2021.

 

[Edge]

He's about 6'3 215 right now.
Was star of star at track relays throwing shot 55' and winning 100 in 11.0.
Ohio State in contact as well now
Irish may very well miss out on guy in their back yard

 

[arrowryan]

He's about 6'3 215 right now.
Was star of star at track relays throwing shot 55' and winning 100 in 11.0.
Ohio State in contact as well now
Irish may very well miss out on guy in their back yard

In exchange for Okwonu, Henrich, Lytle, or Maguire? Yeah I'm okay with that.

 

[T-Boone]

Jack becomes the next Luke Kuechly and helps Wisky beat ND in 2020& 2021.

Just looked at the 2020 schedule, man it looks insane.

 

[Edge]

https://www.sbnation.com/platform/a...iting-florida-state-miami-receiver-cornerback

 

[Edge]

Kiser is better and more versatile than Henrich
I agree, if you can get true 5-star players get em but those guys usually go to Alabama

 

[BeauBenken]

Edge, are you family or a coach? Asking because you sound invested here.

Either way, welcome aboard. Coached against Kiser, I've never seen someone his size move like he can up close like that before. Kid is athletically gifted for sure, but since he played safety, I did not see enough physicality to know if he could play linebacker.

 

[MacIrish75]

Edge, are you family or a coach? Asking because you sound invested here.

Either way, welcome aboard. Coached against Kiser, I've never seen someone his size move like he can up close like that before. Kid is athletically gifted for sure, but since he played safety, I did not see enough physicality to know if he could play linebacker.

This is semi-related, but are you guys members over on the Gridiron Digest? I don't post as much as I used to since the forum crashed and they reset everything.

 

[Edge]

Just a fan of his and ND
Noticed ND was interested
Great article in Miami newspaper from big 7-7 tournament where they noticed him and put him in their "stars to watch" category

Rumors are Iowa and Michigan State in the lead for his services
He will be fine wherever he ends up for sure

 

[BobbyMac]

Just a fan of his and ND
Noticed ND was interested
Great article in Miami newspaper from big 7-7 tournament where they noticed him and put him in their "stars to watch" category

Rumors are Iowa and Michigan State in the lead for his services
He will be fine wherever he ends up for sure

Are you close enough to the situation to know if he'd prefer ND if they offered?

Hard to believe he doesn't like Purdue above Iowa & MSU being Dad was a Boiler athlete, it's right next door and Brohm's making noise on the trail.

 

[BeauBenken]

This is semi-related, but are you guys members over on the Gridiron Digest? I don't post as much as I used to since the forum crashed and they reset everything.

I am not. A fellow staff member is last I checked.

 

[Edge]

Are you close enough to the situation to know if he'd prefer ND if they offered?

Hard to believe he doesn't like Purdue above Iowa & MSU being Dad was a Boiler athlete, it's right next door and Brohm's making noise on the trail.

Maybe Purdue is up there too
May like MSU and Iowa as established excellent defenses

 

[BobbyMac]

Maybe Purdue is up there too
May like MSU and Iowa as established excellent defenses

So any idea if ND would be his preferred team if they offered?

 

[Edge]

Not sure but fact he has been up there 4-5 times I'd say he is highly interested
Everything I've read says he is a fan of Coach Lea

Of course I guess he was at Purdue quite a few times too.
Probably because both are very close
He attended MSU spring practices as well
Be interesting if Ohio State takes serious look
Penn State Michigan in also now

For his size (6'3 215) he does well all over the track too
54' shot
166' discus
11.0 100
22.5 200

 

[Luckylucci]

Lea will watch him workout today. And Loy/Wiltfong got in early with CB’s this morning.

 

[arrowryan]

Steve and Loy just threw down ND predictions on the crystal ball. Where there is smoke, there is usually fire. I don't think Notre Dame has offered yet, but I'm interested to see whats going on behind the scenes in this recruitment and other linebackers that we seem to be in good position to land.

 

[BeauBenken]

If they think he can do it, then great. Athletic fit for sure. Just do not think he has played in the box before as he usually plays safety.

Having him practice in front of Coach Lea will be the deciding factor here though, and I will trust the outcome either way.

 

[Big23Head]

Wiltfong has been high on him for a while and has talked about him ending at ND for quite a while

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Not sure but fact he has been up there 4-5 times I'd say he is highly interested
Everything I've read says he is a fan of Coach Lea

Of course I guess he was at Purdue quite a few times too.
Probably because both are very close
He attended MSU spring practices as well
Be interesting if Ohio State takes serious look
Penn State Michigan in also now

For his size (6'3 215) he does well all over the track too
54' shot
166' discus
11.0 100
22.5 200

I'd love to add him. Those are great testing stats to go along with his crazy numbers on the field (even if against bad talent).

Would love to know his vertical/shuttle scores. He might be able to play 3+ positions.

 

[Edge]

He worked out for Lea this morning. Believe Lea loves this kid. We will see, he may still end up a Boiler . Interview up on goldandblack.com

 

[snoopdog]

Not sure but fact he has been up there 4-5 times I'd say he is highly interested
Everything I've read says he is a fan of Coach Lea

Of course I guess he was at Purdue quite a few times too.
Probably because both are very close
He attended MSU spring practices as well
Be interesting if Ohio State takes serious look
Penn State Michigan in also now

For his size (6'3 215) he does well all over the track too
54' shot
166' discus
11.0 100
22.5 200

11.0 100 Metres or Yards??

 

[ab2cmiller]

This article says he ran a 10.94 in the 100 meter dash

Stars shine: Track athletes put on a show at Cass County meet | Sports | pharostribune.com

 

[MacIrish75]

This article says he ran a 10.94 in the 100 meter dash

Stars shine: Track athletes put on a show at Cass County meet | Sports | pharostribune.com

He's an athletic freak. If he played at Center Grove, Carmel, Warren, Bishop Dwenger, Snider, etc, he'd be a consensus four star. Since he plays at Pioneer and against some of the worst 1A competition in the state...well...but his testing numbers and track numbers don't lie.

People will naturally draw comparisons to Drue Tranquill for the obvious reasons, but having seen both play as HS players, I think Kiser is actually MORE athletic than Drue was at the same age.

 

[Edge]

This article says he ran a 10.94 in the 100 meter dash

Stars shine: Track athletes put on a show at Cass County meet | Sports | pharostribune.com

Hand-held time. Probably closer to 11-11.1 laser timed