Nathan Hart

The IU football team signed 25 players today for its 2010 recruiting class.

While the 25 players is the one of the larger 2010 recruiting classes for the Big Ten, the Hoosiers were one of three schools in the Big Ten to not land a four-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, and the Hoosiers were ranked last in the conference for their signing class.

IU also signed just 11 3-star players (according to the Rivals' rankings), third fewest in the conference, beating only Ohio State and Penn State in 3-star commitments - both of those schools landed several 4-star recruits.

Prominent players on the Hoosiers' signing class include Illinois running back Matt Perez, the Chicago Sun-Times 2009 Illinois Player of the Year. Perez led his team to two undefeated seasons en route to Illinois 8A state titles. Kofi Hughes, a QB/athlete from Indianapolis Cathedral, was named the 2009 Gatorade Indiana Football Player of the Year.

Four players - CB Lenyatta Kiles, LB Jeff Thomas, RB Antonio Banks, and LB Jack Denton enrolled at IU for the spring semester and will participate in spring practice.

IU coach Bill Lynch addressed the media earlier in the afternoon concerning the recruiting class. I will update this post further following a Signing Day reception later this afternoon. Currently, we're trying to contact some members of the signing class.

For the full signing class, follow the jump.

Defense

  • Pete Bachman, DE 6-5 240 Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder HS

  • Cameron Cole, CB 5-11 175 Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle HS

  • Jack Denton, LB 6-2 235 Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville HS

  • Drew Hardin, S 6-0 190 Louisville, Ky./Ballard HS

  • Marlandez Harris, DL 6-2 255 Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin HS

  • Chase Hoobler, LB 6-2 225 Orrville, Ohio/Orville HS

  • Shaquille Jefferson, S 6-0 180 Lexington, Ohio/Lexington HS

  • Andre Kates, CB 5-11 200 Washington D.C./ASA College

  • Lenyatta Kiles CB 5-11 190 Los Angeles, Calif./Cerritos (Calif.) College

  • Ryan Phillis, LB 6-3 230 Boardman, Ohio/Boardman HS

  • Harrison Scott , DE 6-3 250 New Albany, Ohio/New Albany HS

  • Ishmael Thomas, LB 6-4 210 Detroit, Mich./Renaissance HS

  • Jeff Thomas, LB 6-1 240 Millbrae, Calif./Foothill (Calif.) CC

  • Brian Williams, CB 6-0 180 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge HS

  • Matt Zakrzewski, LB 6-2 220 Traverse City, Mich./St. Francis HS

Offense

  • Antonio Banks, RB 5-10 210 Middletown, Ohio/Middletown HS

  • Cody Evers, OL 6-4 315 Little Chute, Wis./Little Chute HS

  • Leneil Himes, TE 6-3 245 Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth HS

  • Kofi Hughes, QB/ATH 6-2 200 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS

  • Bill Ivan, OL 6-4 250 Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix HS

  • Tim O'Conner, WR 6-3 190 Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder HS

  • Matt Perez, RB 5-11 200 Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South HS

  • Paul Phillips, TE 6-5 225 Darnestown, Md./Georgetown Prep

  • Xavier Whitaker, RB 6-2 195 Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central HS

  • Logan Young, WR 6-3 190 Muncie, Ind./Delta HS

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