What a difference a year can make.
For the St. Thomas University football program and head coach Bill Rychel, last Wednesday was certainly a much different feeling that last February – when the Bobcats eased into their first year of college football with so much to experience.
Even with one season under their collective belts, the Bobcats and this coaching staff went right at it once again this year – with an established product as the second football signing class - "Bobcat2".
With fans keeping track of the Bobcats Signing Class through social media and the STU Athletics' website, the second year was indeed much more relaxed as some of the top targets that this staff had followed throughout the past two years are now part of this impressive family.
Following the success of the first recruiting year, and heading into his second season leading the Bobcats, Coach, Rychel was excited to keep elevating this program.
"The first few recruiting classes to build the program are extremely important,” said Coach Rychel. “We added great depth, as well as character, all across the field to create competition and set standards to contend for national championships."
Coach Rychel added: "We are fortunate to have a great administration and campus community, that embraced and supported the program in our first season. I also want to thank our coaching staff for their hard work and efforts during the inaugural season and recruiting process, without them none of this is possible.”
This year, this coaching staff went all over Florida – and it showed last Wednesday as just about every corner of the state was covered.
Signees come from Jacksonville, Orlando, Merritt Island, Bradenton, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie, Jensen Beach, Clearwater, Brooksville and Sarasota.
This program stayed home too – with Miami-Dade and Broward Counties heavily recruited.
BOBCATS’ 2020 RECRUITING CLASS
D'Angelo Antonio, TE, Bradenton Braden River
Bradley Bowlin, WR, Legacy the School of Sports Sciences
Deion Burns, DE, St. Petersburg Catholic
Danash Cadet, DE, Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
Lynden Clarke Jr., OL, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy
Pedro Cordero, OL, Cooper City
Francis Coronado, QB, Miami Immaculata LaSalle
Jadiel Cruz, QB, Greenacres John I. Leonard
Zachary D'Amico, QB, Coconut Creek Monarch
Cameron Daniels, RB, Jacksonville Mandarin
Deven Davis, CB, Clearwater Calvary Christian
Donovan Desir, WR, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
Janiel Diejuste, WR, Greenacres John I. Leonard
Tom Dudra, TE, Hollywood South Broward
Nicolas Engler, LB, Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast
Samir English-Brown, RB, Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons
Colin Fadden, LB, Jensen Beach
Ahmad Fitchett, RB, Somerset Pembroke Pines
Joey Fleurjuste. LB, Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast
Josh Fleurjuste, DL,Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast
Jacques Graham, OLB/SS, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy
Dalen Himschoot, DL, Fort Myers Evangelical Christian
Joshua Hornstein, DB, North Fort Myers
Allan Israel, RB, West Boca Raton
Derrick James Jr., DB, Coconut Creek Monarch
Bry'yon Jones, RB, Delray Beach Atlantic
Antonio Kelly, DB, Pahokee
Jaden Santos-Lopez, DL, Gibsonton East Bay
Matthew McCausland, LB, Cooper City
Anthony McClain, LB, Homestead Somerset Silver Palms
Taurean Medina. TE, Miami Monsignor Pace
Devion Mickler, DT, Orlando Edgewater
Vitico Mieses, RB, Cape Coral Ida Baker
Xavier Mitcher II, DB, Ruskin Lennard
Jake Mockoviak, OLB, Boca Raton Saint John Paul II Academy
Julian Moore, DB, Riverview Spoto
Arthur Morgan, DL, Miami Beach
Luke Morgan, QB, Winter Springs
Jalen Moss, MLB, Davie Western
Mike Noel, OL, Miami Christian
Giovanne Polanco, RB, Miami Dr. Krop
Omilio Savage, DL, Plantation
Jordan Schell, Athlete, Riverview
Dillon Seawright, OL, Merritt Island
Logan Susi, LS, Coconut Creek North Broward Prep
Jack Thibodeau, OL, Davie Western
Blake Thifault, WR, Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy
Justin Trujiilo, OLB, Parkland Douglas
Zachary Valcarcel. WR, Hialeah Barbara Goleman
Ian Valdes, WR, Southwest Miami
Bryce Van Dyken, LB, Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian Academy
Cordell Warthen, DE, Brooksville Hernando
Cedric Williamson, DB, Palm Beach Central
Matthew Wong, OLB, Pembroke Pines Charter
Alfa Young Jr., DL, Sarasota Booker
Khalitri Zow, WR, Orlando Oak Ridge
MID-YEAR ENROLLEES
Michael Alford, WR, Riviera Beach Inlet Grove
Devin Boughton, WR, Pembroke Pines West Broward
James Caceres-Wright, WR, Southwest Miami
Angel Cepero, LB, Davie Western
Charles Chapman, OL, Baton Rouge Community College
Gerry Charles, WR, Lantana Santaluces
Zachary Cine, RB, Miramar
Eric Demps, WR, Lakeland Southeastern University
Adrian Diaz, DB, Miami Braddock
Justin Lovett, WR, San Jose City College
Sydney Porter, DB, Marshall University
Edwin Sosa, LB, Miami-Dade College
Keir Thomas, DL, Plantation
Derrick Wells, DL, Delray Beach Atlantic
Lionel Whittingham, OL, Palm Beach State College
Arkel Williams, DL, Delray Atlantic
Brantley Williams, QB, Langston University
Julian Willis-Robinson, LB, ASA Miami
Khayree Wilson, DB, Cincinnati Christian College
Milce Wisborden, DB, Bethune Cookman University