1. Alyx Mcwilliams DT 6'3" 260 - Western Albemarle (Crozet, VA) - Offers; Brown, Columbia and Yale
2. Jackson Renger LB 6'3" 215 - Los Alamitos, CA - Offers: Fresno State and Northern Arizona
3. Joseph Malone DE 6'2" 235 - Mt. Lebanon, PA - Offers: Albany, Brown, Bucknell, Buffalo, Columbia, Georgetown, Lehigh, Kent State, Maine, New Hampshire, Richmond, Stoney Brook, Toledo
4. Ben Hockman WR - 6'1" 175 - Savannah, GA - Offers: Dartmouth, Fordham, Harvard, Richmond, University. Rhode Island (Also competes in track 100m:10.6, 200m: 21.5)
5. Ben Van Hoek DE/LB 6'3" 220 - Chelsea High School, MI - Offers: Dartmouth, Yale
6. James Harding OL 6'6" 270 - Saint Johns, FL - Offers: Air Force, Fordham, Harvard
7. Vince Soonian Ath 6'1" 195 - Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Cambridge, MA) - Offers: Brown, Bucknell
8. Adrian Ortiz TE 6'4" 235 - Temecula, CA - (3 star) - Offers: Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgetown, Princeton, University of San Diego, Yale
9. Will Berlin DE/OLB 6'2" 230 - Cornelius, NC - Offers: Davidson, Wofford
10. Jackson Cox DE/LB 6'3" 230 - Sandy Springs, GA - (3 star) - Offers: Dartmouth, Kent State, Marshall, Maryland, Ole Miss, Purdue, Southern Miss, Wisconsin
11. Wills Campbell WR 6'2" 200 - Roswell, GA - Offers: Austin Peay, Gardner-Webb, Lehigh, Miami of Ohio, Penn, Wofford
12. DK Garza RB 5'10" 185 - San Antonio, TX - Offers: Brown, Trinity
13. Emmanuel Dorelus Jr WR/DB 6'1" 180 - Port St. Lucie, FL - Offers: Miami of Ohio, Penn
14. Dominique Tshiboyi DB 6'3" 190 - Kernersville, NC - Offers: Originally committed to North Carolina
15. Jaxon Long WR 6'3" 200 - Springboro, OH - Offers: Air Force, Army, Bucknell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Gardner-Webb, Lehigh, Penn, Yale
16. Henry Jackson DT 6'2" 310 - New Orleans, LA - Offers: Air Force, Army, Colgate, Columbia, Georgetown, Lafayette, Nichols State, Penn, Southeast Louisiana
17. Josiah "Big Play" Smith S 5'11" 205 Fairburn, GA - Offers: Appalachian State, Austin Peay, Brown, Bryant, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Navy, Penn, Princeton, Samford, University of West Georgia, Wofford
18. Albert Reinberg OL 6'3" 275 - St. Louis, MO - Offers: Brown, Fordham
19. Chase Calarco RB/DB 5'11" 195 - Northen Highlands, NJ - Offers: Colgate, Marist
20. Eli Macneal QB 6'0" 180 - Carlsbad, CA - (3 Star) Offers: Brown, Indiana, New Mexico, UNLV, Utah, Yale
21. Mekhi Oluwa DB/WR 6'2" 190 - Chula Vista, CA - Offers: Dartmouth, UNLV
22. Colton Astorino OL 6'7" 275 - Pittsburgh, PA - Offers: Bucknell, Robert Morris, Youngstown State University
23. Colton Anderson DL 6'3" 255 - Philadelphia, PA - Offers: Duquesne, Penn
24. Brayden Billman S 6'0" 170 - New Oxford, PA - Offers: JMU
25. Michael McColgan QB 6'0" 190 - Deerfield Academy - Offers: Originally committed to Harvard for lacrosse, and Vanderbilt for football. He may try and play both sports.
26. Marvin Hicke OL/DL 6'5" 250 - Webb School. TN - Offers: Columbia
27. Caden Green. DL 6'3" 255 - Phillips Exeter Academy NH - Offers: Dartmouth, Georgetown, Penn, Princeton and William & Mary (Will also play on Track team in Spring as a discus athlete)
28. Jack Schimberg LB 6'0" - Xavier Cedar Rapids, IA - Offers: Coastal Carolina
29. David Esquivel OL 6'3" 280 - Houston, TX - Offers: Brown
30. Preston Otter QB 6'4" 215 - Saginaw, MI - Transfer from South Dakota State University
31. Emery Speight DB 5'11" 175 - Concord, CA - (3 star) - Offers: Columbia, Georgetown and Hawaii
32. Anthony Atkins II ATH/DB 6'1" - Greenville, SC. - Decommitted from Navy, also had offers from Army, East Tennessee State, Gardner-Webb and Stetson
Added a few commitment updates after the recruiting weekend visit held at Cornell this last weekend.
Very nice commit addition #9.
If Harding's got good footwork that's a road grader.
Big time commitment alert, Jackson Cox.
Quote from: Ken711Big time commitment alert, Jackson Cox.
Great pickup, but it's a pleasant surprise that in this new era of pay for play that a guy would (presumably) turn down money from a P4 program to go to an Ivy. I just saw a 3* RB who had a Cornell offer committed to Michigan. If we're in the same recruiting circles as Ole Miss and Michigan, we're surely raising our talent level over the past decade.
Quote from: Ken711Big time commitment alert, Jackson Cox.
Junior year highlight reel (https://www.hudl.com/video/3/15192321/67637f5909085056857cc2a8).
Highly productive early recruiting in the southeast, including 5 commits from Georgia
Two Jacksons and a Jaxon
Every play is fabulous. Be cool to see the middle clip show him tutoring a little kid in math, then return to strip-sacking QBs. Just for the hell of it.
Nice to see some players on the B1G radar. Nicer to see us remove them from HYP.
Quote from: billhowardNice to see some players on the B1G radar. Nicer to see us remove them from HYP.
Agreed!
Does seem football has some positive momentum (energetic new coaching staff, improved recruiting, more funding, new fieldhouse being built)
Quote from: CASDoes seem football has some positive momentum (energetic new coaching staff, improved recruiting, more funding, new fieldhouse being built)
It does. Please let this be real, generational change. And I bet we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop. As Yogi Berra might have said, "Can a leopard change his stripes?"
There is a ton of energy in that bldg now. Lets see how it plays out. Lets hope politics get fixed in the next few years so sports are still a thing on campus.
Im my discussion with the coach he is very motivated and excited in thinking he can make it happen here on a good level
Quote from: billhowardQuote from: CASDoes seem football has some positive momentum (energetic new coaching staff, improved recruiting, more funding, new fieldhouse being built)
It does. Please let this be real, generational change. And I bet we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop. As Yogi Berra might have said, "Can a leopard change his stripes?"
i'm not waiting for the other shoe to drop at all. it looks like a good hire with solid early returns.
Commitment #20 another Georgia recruit!
Great to see a recent commit from a 3-star QB from California!
Quote from: CASGreat to see a recent commit from a 3-star QB from California!
And with a few power conference offers to boot. Between him and Ryan Downes, it looks like we have some talented QB's in the pipeline.
Ken. thanks for compiling the list of commits.
Early signing period started today through Friday. Some slight changes to the list so far.
Our 2025 class was ranked #1 in the Ivies by 247 Sports, and this class looks solid too.
Quote from: scoop85 on December 04, 2025, 08:55:54 AMOur 2025 class was ranked #1 in the Ivies by 247 Sports, and this class looks solid too.
It most likely won't be ranked #1 in the Ivy League, but I agree, it's still a solid looking class if it holds.
Saw this little writeup on incoming QB Eli MacNeal:
Eli MacNeal is the starting quarterback for the Carlsbad Lancers and a senior in the class of 2026. He stands 6′0″ and weighs about 180 lbs. � Over the past two seasons as a starter, he has completed approximately 76.9% of his passes overall — with a 79% completion rate in the most recent season. � In the 2025 season alone, MacNeal threw for roughly 2100 yards and recorded 31 touchdowns across 10 games, with only 3
Some late additions to the recruit list.
Quote from: Ken711 on December 04, 2025, 10:57:23 PMLittle writeup on ... Eli MacNeal [says]... he has completed approximately 76.9% of his passes
How many decimal places does a sports prognosticator need, to go beyond "approximately"? I know, don't make fun of sportswriters.
Okay, this
is good news for the future for the one Ivy team that has yet to win an unshared Ivy League title.
Updated the list based on today's signing day. Lost one commit TE Drew Hardwick to Florida State, added a few late recruits.
Does anyone have info on walk ons such as how many we have on the roster and when the open tryouts are (if that exists here at all)?
Nice article on on incoming recruit RB DK Garza. He ran for 3,384 yards this season, passing the previous record which was set back in 2008. And he did it on just 267 carries. "Cornell is a great school," said Garza. "And I'm super excited about the opportunity. I know very few people and players get the opportunity to play college football at the division one level and so my goal is to go out and give my best."
"I don't care where he plays in the country," said Rittimann. "He's going to make their program better. Just because of what he brings every day."
Garza says he plans to study business at Cornell and stay out of the transfer portal.
"There's 60 to 70 more years after college you have left to live in the rest of your life so my plan is to stay at Cornell for four years get a degree and set up the rest of my life," said Garza.
https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/content/alamo-heights-running-back-dk-garza-reflects-on-record-setting-season (https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/content/alamo-heights-running-back-dk-garza-reflects-on-record-setting-season)
Smart kid.
Swanstrom is holding monthly updates and he just did one last week. They are being posted on the Cornell football YouTube channel. One take here-He is taking the same approach as Dartmouth: As a freshman player if you play we will minimize you action (3 games?) in order to preserve a 5th year of eligibility at another school.
Quote from: rss77 on February 06, 2026, 10:57:39 AMSwanstrom is holding monthly updates and he just did one last week. They are being posted on the Cornell football YouTube channel. One take here-He is taking the same approach as Dartmouth: As a freshman player if you play we will minimize you action (3 games?) in order to preserve a 5th year of eligibility at another school.
that's pretty cool
Four 3-stars in the class. In this, football is beginning to resemble lacrosse. Now all we need is 1-2 five stars + 7-9 four-stars, and we can start thinking seriously about a NC. ;D
>>> 9. Josiah "Big Play" Smith
Again this year, gets me excited to see we've taken someone away from Stanford. Then I read again: "Samford." But for one shining moment ...