St. Thomas coach Caruso reviews 2022 Recruiting Class

University of St. Thomas football coach Glenn Caruso met with reporters on Wednesday afternoon to review the Tommies 2022 Recruiting Class.

This 28-player class represents 11 states.

The class includes a 50-50 split in offensive and defensive prospects. There are 13 players who stand 6-foot-4 or taller, with eight players weighing in at 240 pounds or better.

***Click the video box above to watch a portion of Caruso’s Signing Day press conference***

Eleven Minnesotans signed with the Tommies, including nine metro-area high schools. Iowa (five), Wisconsin (two), Ohio (two) and New Jersey (two) are other states with multiple St. Thomas signees. The class also includes players from California, Texas, Utah, Tennessee, Illinois and Nebraska.

This group includes several multi-sport prep athletes. Two of the signees ran on state champion relay teams last spring as high school juniors.

The Tommies placed third out of 11 teams last fall in the Pioneer Football League in its inaugural Division I season. They closed with a 7-3 overall record.

St. Thomas Football Signing Class of 2022:

Julian Alfaro Diedrich, WR, 5-10, 175, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata
Grant Achterkirch, LB, 6-2, 200, Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna
Charlie Boucher, LB, 6-2, 226, Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest
Ryan Calcagno, DB, 6-3, 185, St. Charles, Ill./St. Francis
Lucas Cannon, OL, 6-4, 246, Green Bay, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco
Lucas Cassady, DB, 6-1, 180, Truro, Iowa/Interstate 35 High
Will Chlebecek, TE, 6-3, 215, Lakeville, Minn./South
Grahm Dixon, OL, 6-4, 272, Wooster, Ohio/Wooster
Colin Dussault, WR, 6-4, 195, Chaska, Minn./Chaska
Gavin Falk, OL, 6-5, 286, Edina, Minn./Edina
Rod Finley, DB, 5-11, 190, Farmington, Minn./Farmington
Tyree Gardner, DB, 6-1, 185, Waterloo, Iowa/West
Avery Goodrich, OL, 6-5, 257, Iowa City, Iowa/City
Ethan Goodrich , OL, 6-5, 258, Iowa City, Iowa/City
Darson Jeanty, Ath, 6-4, 195, Hillside, N.J./Hillside
Jack Kinsey, TE-DL, 6-6, 230), Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata
Luis Miranda, DL, 6-4, 240, San Antonio, Texas/Taft
James Morrison, OL, 6-6, 315, West St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall
Jordan Pendleton, DB, 6-3, 190, Memphis, Tenn./Lausanne Collegiate School
Peter Pezzullo, RB, 5-7, 171, Marlboro, N.J./St. John Vianney
Travis Plugge, QB, 6-4, 210, Bakersfield, Calif./Garces Memorial
Sanjay Redd, DB, 5-8, 153, St. Paul, Minn./Minnehaha Academy (SMB)
Matthew Rink, DL, 6-5, 240, Lincoln, Neb./Southwest
Mitchell Schares, DB, 6-3, 185, Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
Ryan Sever, LB, 6-1, 205, Edina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Stephen Shagen, K, 6-0, 170, Park City, Utah/Park City
Preston Taylor, RB, 5-10, 162, Akron, Ohio/Copley
Evan Tyler, DL, 6-4, 220, Hudson, Wis./Hudson

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