NICK BARRETT
DT  - 6-2  -  255  -  Fr. -  O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon Township HS
High School
Lettered three years in both football and track at O’Fallon Township High School… Was named All-Conference  two years…Also earned three All-Area honors, two All-Region honors and was named Lineman of the Year in Conference…Recorded 105 career tackles and 12 career sacks.
Personal
Born December 1, 1993 to Jack and Jeanne Barrett…Has five siblings, Jack, Melissa, Lesley, Tom and Britney…Plans to major in computer science…enjoys computers, science and fishing.

ISAAC BEVERSTOCK
RB  - 6-1  -  220  -  Fr. -  Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg HS
High School
 Lettered for three seasons at Brownsburg High School for coach Brett Comer ... Was a First Team All-State selection as a senior ... Named his team’s Most Valuable Offensive Back following both his junior and senior seasons ... Honorary captain as a senior ... In 11 games a senior, had 223 rushes for 1,631 yards -- an average of 7.31 yards per carry ... He scored 14 touchdowns and had a long run of 60 yards ... Averaged 148.3 yards per game rushing as a senior ... Holds the school record for rushing yards in a season with 1,631 and rushing yards in a game with 307.
Personal
Born Isaac Thomas Beverstock on October 26, 1995 to Melinda Beverstock in Indianapolis, Ind. ... Majoring in Athletic Training ... Great-Great Uncle Edward Greenwood played football and basketball at Indiana State ... Cousin, Jonathon Snider played soccer at IUPUI.

CONLAN CASSIDY
DT  - 6-3  -  280  -  Fr. -  Fork Union Military Academy
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Fork Union Military Academy ... led the conference last season with 83 tackles, 56 solo tackles and seven sacks ... earned first team all-state as a senior ... a four-sport athlete while at FUMA, also lettering in lacrosse, wrestling and track & field.
Personal
Born Conlan William Cassidy on Jan. 13, 1994, to Rachel and John Cassidy ... majoring Criminology ... has two siblings, Amanda and Chris.

SEAN CLANCY
TE  - 6-4  -  225  -  Fr. -  Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern
High School
 Lettered two years in football at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Ind… Led HSE to a 21-4 record during junior and senior year including two conference championships and a sectional championship…Caught 12 passes for 205 yards with one touchdown during senior year… Also lettered in track.
Personal
Born April 25, 1994 to Kevin and Audrey Clancy…Has one brother Kyle…Father played football at ISU from 1983-85…Plans to major in athletic training.

NICK DACHOTA
OL  - 6-8  -  295  -  Fr. -  Chicago, Ill./St. Rita HS
High School
Four-year letterwinner at St. Rita High School ... earned a second-team all-conference selection ... led SRHS to a league championship and an 11-2 record as junior, reaching the state semifinals in Class 7A ... fronted the team that went back to the state semifinals in his senior season, finishing the year with a 10-3 record ... also lettered in basketball and track & field in high school.
Personal
Born Nicholas William Dachota to Monica and Paul Dachota ... majoring in Business ... has one sibling, Ann.

MITCH DISMAN
OL  - 6-6  -  255  - Fr. -  New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine HS
High School
Lettered three years in football at New Palestine High School in New Palestine, Ind… Earned All-State Honorable Mention in 2011 as well as Honorable Mention Super Team, 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-County, and 1st Team-All-Metro East… In 2010 was named 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-County, 1st Team All-Metro…Named New Palestine High School’s Most Valuable Offensive Lineman in 2010 and 2011…Had two year stat totals of 123 assisted tackles, seven solo tackles and six sacks.
Personal
Born September 14, 1993 to Jim and Natalie Disman…Has four siblings: Max and Tyler Disman and Amanda and Emily Moore… Plans to major in Accounting and would like to work for the FBI after graduation… Enjoys basketball computers, and hanging out with teammates.

TYLER EVANS
RB  - 5-10  -  185  -  Fr. -  Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo HS
High School
Played football three seasons under head coach Mark Raetz at Terre Haute South Vigo High School ... Named an All-Wabash Valley All-Star ... An All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference selection as a senior ... Named to the All-Wabash Valley Second Team in 2011 ... As a senior, posted 939 rushing yards on 190 carries with seven touchdowns ... Tallied 14 pass receptions for 94 yards ... For his career, recorded 1,881 yards with 12 touchdowns.
Personal
Born Tyler De’Vonte Evans on March 3, 1993 to Tamela Evans in Gary, Ind. ... Open Preference major.

JOSE MENDEZ-FLORES
OL  - 6-9  -  285  -  Fr. -  Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider HS
High School
Two-year starter while at Snider High School ... earned all-conference selection during his prep career.
Personal
Born Jose Antonio Mendez-Flores on Jan. 8, 1994, to Rosa Flores ... born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... majoring in Criminal Justice ... has three siblings - Jaqueline, Jesus and Jasmine.
 
ERIC HEIDORN
K  - 5-8  -  175  -  Fr. -  Avon, Ind./Avon HS
High School
Lettered three years in football at Avon High School in Avon, Ind… Earned 5A All-State Kicker, 1st Team All-Hoosier Crossroads, and All Metro-West Kicker 2010… Named Academic All-State…Holds the Avon High School record for longest field goal at 47 yards and most consecutive PAT’s with 44…Made 10/11 field goals n 2011 and 44/44 PAT’s…Also lettered two years in soccer.
Personal
 Born January 1, 1994 to Cliff and Tonya Heidorn…Has two siblings Justin and Taylor…Plans to major in Business.
 
ERIC LALLEY
DT  - 6-2  -  280  -  Fr. -  Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS
High School
Lettered two years in football at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio…Was named 1st Team Greater Catholic League in 2011 and Honorable Mention All-Southwest Ohio… Recorded 19 solo tackles, 22 assists and eight tackles for a loss with two sacks during senior campaign…Also lettered four years in rugby and a year in wrestling…Earned All-Ohio honors in Rugby.
Personal
Born September 29, 1993 to Jeff and Theresa Lalley…Has two siblings, Andrea and Jacob… Plans to major in Business.

BLAKE LONCAR
QB  - 6-5  -  240  -  Jr. -  Alta Loma, Calif./Citrus College
At Citrus College
In 2011, Loncar was 198-of-331 passing (59.8 percent) for 2,241 yards and 21 touchdowns in eight games played. As a sophomore in 2011 he paced the team in both passing yards and total offense. He leaves Citrus College with school records for attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns in a game as well as the season and career marks for touchdowns. He was a First Team Southern California Football Association All-West Conference selection in 2011 as well as a second team pick in 2010. Loncar started all 10 games for Citrus College in 2010 where he completed 127-of-250 passes for 1,550 yards and 15 touchdowns.
High School
Played three seasons at Los Osos High School in Alta Loma, Calif., where played for coach Tom Martinez. He was named to the All-Baseline League Second Team as a senior in 2009.
Personal
Born December 4, 1991 ... Son of Arla and Phil Loncar ... Business major.

TSALI LOUGH
DB  - 5-9  -  180  -  Fr. -  Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo HS
High School
Lettered for four years in football for coach Mark Raetz at Terre Haute South Vigo High School ... Named to the IFCA Top 50 All-State as a senior ... Two-time All Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference selection ... Indiana State All-State ... Selected as the Most Valuable Player In Vigo County in 2011 ... First Team All-Wabash Valley as both a junior and senior ... Associated Press Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior ... All-Academic Wabash Valley in both 2010 and 2011 ... Recorded 99 solo tackles and 52 assists with three tackles for loss and a quarterback sack as a senior ... In 2011, also posted two pass breakups as well as an interception and a forced fumble ... For his career, tallied 449 total tackles, including 286 solos with 13 tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, one interception, five forced fumbles, four fumbles recovered and 10 pass breakups.
Personal
Born Tsali Ray Lough to Jeff and Cheryl Lough in Terre Haute, Ind. ... Brother, Brock Lough is a former Indiana State football player who was named All-Missouri Valley Football Conference as a fullback during his career.

ALEC LYONS
DL  - 6-3  -  255  -  Fr. -  Batavia, Ill./Batavia HS
High School
Lettered four years for Coach Troy Burgess at South Putnam High School … Earned first-team all-state, all-conference and all-county honors … Selected to the IFCA’s Top 50 All-State Team … Also lettered in basketball and track & field.
Personal
Born July 24, 1991 to Rick and Sharon Masters … Undecided on an academic major.

JOEL MAGRUM
DE/TE  - 6-5  -  215  - Fr. -  Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS
High School
Lettered for coach Rob Zvoner in football for two years at Lincoln-Way High School ... Was an all-conference and all-area selection ... Lettered for two years in basketball where he was also an all-conference selection ... In football, recorded eight quarterbacks as a senior and 55 total tackles.
Personal
Born Joel Jerrard Magrum on July 27, 1993 to Greg and Kari Magrum in Omaha, Neb. ... Majoring in Business Marketing ... Sister, Shawn Magrum played soccer at Creighton, sister Kersten Magrum played basketball at Illinois and brother Greg Magrum played volleyball at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

TONY NEWMAN
DB  - 5-10  -  170  - Fr. -  St. Louis, Mo./University City HS
High School
Lettered for four seasons at University City High School ... 67 tackles with six interceptions and two touchdowns as a senior ... also tallied 580 receiving years with six touchdowns on the offensive side of the ball ... earned all-conference, all-city and all-St. Louis selections while at UCHS ... also lettered in track & field in high school.
Personal
Born Tony Curtis Newman, Jr. on Dec. 23, 1993, to Marian Merriweather ... majoring in Business ... has five siblings - Terra Merriweather, Terrance Merriweather, Teona Newman, Trey Newman and Janiyah Newman.

MIKE PERISH
QB  - 6-3  -  210  - So. -  Frankfort, Ill./Western Michigan
At Western Michigan
Played in three games at WMU as a redshirt freshman in 2011 and was 4-of-10 for 42 yards, including a long completion of 21 yards. He made his debut against Nicholls on September 10 and completed four passes for 42 yards and scored his first career touchdown against Akron on November 25.
High School
Was rated a three start recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked at the 93rd-best quarterback prospect nationally by Scout.com. He was named all-area as a junior and senior by the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Southtown Star. Additionally, Perish was First Team All-State selection in 2009 by the Chicago Tribune as well as Rivals.com. His Marist HS team finished as the state runner-up in 2009. Perish was an All-East Suburban Catholic Conference First Team selection in both 2008 and 2009 and was named the league’s Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2009. He was selected to participate in the Illinois Coaches Association East/West All-Star Game following his senior season in which he was 248-of-345 passing (71.8 percent) with 3,385 yards and 37 touchdowns. For his career he passes for 5,398 yards with 57 touchdowns.
Personal
Born Oct. 3, 1991 in Chicago, Ill. ... Son of John and Cressa Perish ... Father’s cousin, Norm Bulach, was a first round NFL draft selection by the Baltimore Colts and also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins from 1970-80.

J.D. PRIDE
QB/WR  - 6-2  -  200  - So. -  Brooklyn Park, Minn./Minnesota
At Minnesota
Redshirted in 2010 at Minnesota and played last season under Jerry Kill as a freshman.
High School
A 2010 graduate of Totino-Grace High School where he led his team to a perfect 13-0 record and the Minnesota Class 4A State Championship in 2009. He complete 73-of-129 passes as a senior (56.6 percent) while throwing for 1,055 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior. He added 76 rushing yards and two touchdowns as a senior for coach Jeff Ferguson.
Personal
Born Sept. 19, 1991 ... Son of J.D. and Phyllis Pride ... Pride’s father, John Dexter Pride Sr., played for Minnesota football.

BEAU SHIELDS
LB  - 6-1  -  210  - Fr. -  Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville HS
High School
Lettered for four seasons at Martinsville High School ... named an all-state linebacker by Indiana Football Digest as a senior ... three-time all-conference selection ... tallied 357 total tackles with 250 solo tackles, nine sacks and 11 forced fumbles in his career ... holds the career record for total tackles at MHS ... also lettered in track & field.
Personal
Born BeauClair David Shields on June 7, 1993, to Karen and Brad Shields ... majoring in Pre-Med ... has one sibling, AlyxaKay ... his father, Brad, played football at Indiana University from 1985-1989.

AHMAD SMITH
LB  - 6-2  -  210  - Fr. -  McDonough, Ga./Union Grove HS
High School
Lettered for three years in football for coaches Steve Collins and Paul Burgdorf at Union Grove High School ... As a senior in 2010, Smith was named to the Honorable Mention list of the 3-AAAA All-Region Team ... Was a two-time team defensive most valuable player selection and was his team’s defensive captain as a senior ... In 2011, attended the Atlanta Sports Academy.
Personal
Born Ahmad Smith on January 4, 1993 to Ernest and Tonja Smith in New Jersey ... Majoring in Business Administration.

JERRY STEPHEN
TE  - 6-2  -  225  - Fr. -  Avon, Ind./Avon HS
High School
Lettered three years in football at Avon High School in Avon, Ind… Named All-Conference honorable mention, Indianapolis Star West Team 1st Team Tight End in 2010… Earned 1st Team All-Conference honors in 2011…Also lettered two years in baseball.
Personal
Born January 21, 1994 to Daniel and Betty Stephen in Fort Worth, Texas…Has two siblings Jarrett and Jasmine…Plans to major in Forensic Science… Enjoys lifting and playing sports.

GEORGE STONE III
LB  - 6-1  -  215  - Fr. -  Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier HS
High School
Lettered for all four of his seasons at St. Xavier High School ... rated as the top linebacker in the state of Kentucky by Scout.com and #158 nationally ... tallied 98 solo tackles with eight sacks, five forced fumbles during his senior season ... earned first team all-district and first team all-state selections while at SHHS ... also lettered in basketball and track & field.
Personal
Born George A. Stone III to Sheila and George Stone ... majoring in Communications ... has two siblings - Keron Britt and Keona Curtis.

ANDRE STROHM
DB  - 5-10  -  185  - Fr. -  Marshall, Ill./Marshall HS
High School
 Four-year letterwinner at Marshall High School ... 165 tackles with eight sacks, six forced fumbles and four blocked punts in his time at MHS ... also led the Marshall rushing attack, tallying 3,103 yards with 40 touchdowns ... earned all-state and all-conference selections ... also lettered for three seasons in track & field.
Personal
Born Andre Macaraig Strohm on Feb. 15, 1994, to Melody and Gary Strohm ... undecided on an academic major ... has two siblings, Adrienne and Serena ... his sister, Serena, is a member of the track & field team at Indiana State.

JACK TIMMONS
OL  - 6-5  -  300  - Fr. -  Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon HS
High School
Played football for four years under coach Ken Frauhiger at McCutcheon High School ... As a senior, named to the Big School All-Area Team ... Was named his team’s Most Valuable Lineman in 2010.
Personal
Born Jackson Lee Timmons on October 12, 1993 to Robert and Sarah Timmons in Lafayette, Ind ... Majoring in Athletic Training.

ROBERT TONYAN
QB  - 6-5  -  200  - Fr. -  McHenry, Ill./McHenry East HS
High School
Lettered two years in both football and basketball at McHenry High School-East Campus…  Earned All-State nominations in 2010 and 2011 and 2011 All-State Honorable Mention 7A… Named All-Fox Valley Conference in 2010 and 2011… Set McHenry record of 5,000 passing yards and had career totals of 40 passing TD’s, single season 2,734 yards and 22 TD’s… Had a career completion percentage of 57.1.
Personal
Born April 30, 1994 to Robert and Tammy Tonyan…has a sister Danielle… Plans to major Physical Education… Enjoys basketball, hanging out with friends, fishing and golf.

DAKOTA VERMILLION
OL  - 6-7  -  295  - Fr. -  Terre Haute, Ind./North Vigo HS
High School
Lettered three years in football at Terre Haute North High School… Earned A.P. Honorable Mention All-State from 2009-11… Also named IFCA Top 50 All-State, Region 6 All-Star, Wabash Valley All-Star and All-Wabash Valley 1st Team…Earned the 2010/11 Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award at Terre Haute North as well as 2010 Offensive Lineman of the Year.
Personal
Born March 21, 1994 to Claudine and Graston Vermillion… Has one brother, Austin Vermillion… Cousin Nate Schuster played football at Indiana State…Plans to major in either criminology or exercise science.

TYSHON WALLER
DE  - 6-3  -  250  - Fr. -  South Holland, Ill./Thornwood HS
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Thornwood High School ... totaled 58 tackles with 16 for loss and 12 sacks as a senior ... 22 sacks in his final three seasons at THS ... earned all-area honorable mention two times ... also lettered in track & field.
Personal
Born Tyshon Demetri Waller on Aug. 24, 1994, to Kerterlier Collins-Machen ... majoring in Information Technology ... has one brother, Marshon.

PHIL WILSON
DB  - 6-0  -  190  - Fr. -  Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS
High School
Two-year letterwinner at Bolingbrook High School ... member of the 2011 Illinois Class 8A State Championship team ... 102 tackles with 20 pass breakups as a senior ... earned all-conference and all-area selections while at BHS ... also lettered in track & field.
Personal
Born Philip Jamal Ausy Wilson on Nov. 30, 1993, to Rene and Philip Wilson ... majoring in Sport Management ... has two siblings, Phylicia and Shanee.