Of the 27 student-athletes who committed Wednesday, 22 (81 percent) hail from the BGSU footprint, an area of emphasis. More than half (14) come from the state of Ohio with four more from Illinois and two each from Michigan, Indiana and Florida. The Falcons added one student-athlete each from Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia.
BGSU signed five offensive linemen and five defensive backs, along with four defensive linemen. BGSU added three wide receivers, three tight ends and three linebackers. Finally, the Falcons gathered a pair of quarterbacks and running backs each.
2019 BGSU Recruiting Class
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / College
Jeremiah Banks-Wall OL 6-6 250 Chicago, Ill. / Montini Catholic
Bryce Boyer TE 6-4 215 Whitehouse, Ohio / Anthony Wayne
Dontrez Brown DL 6-1 265 Fremont, Ohio / Fremont Ross
JB Brown LB 6-2 210 Hughes, Ark. / Har-Ber
Elijah Eberhardt DB 5-11 170 Springdale, Ohio / Princeton
Jhaylin Embry WR 6-0 170 Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood
Joey Formani RB 5-11 205 Lakewood, Ohio / St. Edward
Matt Fortner OL 6-3 280 Sylvania, Ohio / Sylvania Northview
Levi Gazarek TE 6-5 250 North Baltimore, Ohio / North Baltimore
Jalen Grant OL 6-0 297 Chicago, Ill. / Mount Carmel
Anthony Hawkins DL 6-2 275 Mansfield, Ohio / Mansfield Senior
Deshawn Jones Jr. DB 6-0 170 Akron, Ohio / East CLC
Riley Keller QB 6-1 205 Toledo, Ohio / Whitmer
Brian Kilbane OL 6-4 290 Cleveland, Ohio / Lakewood St. Edward
Javonte Kinsey WR 6-4 205 Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood
Griffin Little TE 6-3 230 Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead
Tucker Melton QB 6-3 220 Phoenix City, Ala. / Central
Jordan Porter DL 6-4 240 Muskegon, Mich. / Muskegon
Marcus Sheppard DB 6-0 178 Novi, Mich. / Detroit Country Day
Trent Simms DB 6-0 197 Toledo, Ohio / Sylvania Northview
Terion Stewart RB 5-8 210 Sandusky, Ohio / Sandusky
Shon Strickland WR 6-2 195 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Reynoldsburg
Aaron Washington LB 6-0 202 Atlanta, Ga. / Woodward Academy
Myles Williamson DB 5-10 172 Westerville, Ohio / Westerville Central
Adrian Wilson DL 6-3 235 Tinley Park, Ill. / Lincoln-Way East
Alex Wollschlaeger OL 6-6 255 Aurora, Ill. / Oswego East
Fortune Woods LB 6-3 200 Hammond, Ind. / George Rogers Clark