Iowa managed to squeeze in one more commit to end its big recruiting week. On Saturday Connor Kornbrath became the fifth overall player to verbally commit to the Hawkeyes and fourth of the week. Kornbrath is a kicker/punter from West Virginia. He is unranked by the major recruiting sites (profiles: Rivals, Scout, and 247Sports), but is ranked 5-stars and the 10th overall punter on KohlsKicking.com.

Kornbrath in High School

Kornbrath attends Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The Indians went 10-2 last year making it to the second round of the playoffs. At 6'7", Kornbrath plays basketball and is good enough to play in college if he hadn't chosen football. At his size he has also been offered the opportunity to play other positions in football, but in an interview with HawkeyeInsider said, "I had the opportunity to go D-I for kicking but I definitely didn't for tight end or something else. I didn't want to risk getting hurt and just stuck to kicker-punter."

Question 1: Iowa received four verbal commits this week. Two of them, Drew Ott, a two star DE/TE, and Cameron Wilson, a three star WR. Both are from enemy territory (Nebraska, Ohio State). Did Iowa swoop in and make a steal or are these leftovers?

Well, neither of these guys had offers from Nebraska or OSU so I wouldn’t say they were necessarily a steal. Both of these guys might have gotten offers later from their home state schools, but Iowa was in early enough to get the commitment. I think in Ott’s case, he probably would have been offered by Nebraska if it weren’t from the Huskers incredibly small recruiting class this year. I think they only have room for 15 kids while most years it’s probably lower twenties.

Question 2: The other two recruits are Maurice Fleming, a three star WR/DB, from the Chicago area and Connor Kornbrath, a Punter from West Virginia. A Punter, really?

I’m not sure how well that bodes for our punter from down under, Jonny Mullings. But it’s probably a good thing to have a little competition at the position. Guthrie is gone after this year and having the backup quarterback as your backup punter is probably not a good thing. Still, I think this year’s class is going to be a little smaller than last so a better route might have been a walk-on.

Iowa picked up its third commit this week and fourth overall as Maurice Fleming announced via twitter that he will be a Hawkeye. Fleming was recruited by Iowa as a cornerback but also held some offers as a wide receiver. He a consensus 3-stars rectuit by Scout, Rivals, and 247Sports.

Fleming in High School

Fleming attends Curie Metropolitan in Chicago. He plays quarterback for the Condors basically in the wildcat. The Condors went 7-5 last year.

Stats:

• Passing: 108 of 201, 1,334 yards, 15 TDs, 13 INTs
• Rushing: 102 carries for 445 yards, 5 TDs

Two days, two commits. That's the way Iowa started off this week as Drew Ott became the third player to verbally commit to the Hawkeyes for 2012. Ott is a defensive end from Nebraska and is ranked 2-stars by Scout and 3 by 247Sports (Rivals doesn't have him ranked yet).

Ott in High School

Ott attends Giltner High School in Giltner, Nebraska. It's a small 2A school that plays 8-man football. Giltner went 11-1 last year their only loss coming in the semi-finals of the playoffs to the eventual champs. Ott played both TE and DE/LB for the Hornets.

Stats:
I couldn't find complete stats from Ott, but in the 7 games on MaxPreps it shows that he averaged around 10 tackles per game on defense and 3 receptions and a TD on offense. One game that stood out he had 4 receptions, each a touchdown. Marc Morehouse's post says that Ott has made 537 tackles thus far in his career. Rivals has his sophomore year numbers:

• Offense: 34 receptions, 424 yards, 10 TDs
• Defense: 181 tackles, 4 INTs

It has been over two months since Iowa landed its first commit for 2012, Mitch Keppy. On Monday, Cameron Wilson became the second. Wilson is a wide receiver from Dublin, Ohio. He is a consensus 3-star recruit (Scout, Rivals, 247Sports).

Wilson in High School

Wilson attends Jerome High School in Ohio. He played receiver and safety for the Celtics, helping them to a 6-4 (5-2) record last year.

Stats:

• 2010 - 77 receptions, 1,075 yards, 6 TDs (plus 2 rushing TDs)
• 2009 - 51 receptions, 628 yards, 6 TDs