Sean McDougal
It used to be that Colorado State liked to recruit pure drop-back passers. The incredible career of Bradlee Van Pelt has seemingly changed that as Ram coaches are now publicly declaring their desire to have mobile athletes at the quarterback position.

That desire has prompted the Ram coaching staff to take significantly hard looks at three mobile quarterbacks to potentially add to the 2006 recruiting class. CSU already received a verbal commitment from All-Colorado quarterback Sean McDougal (6'1"/200 lb), but in somewhat of a surprise development, the coaches are pushing for at least one other quarterback in this year's class.

CSU had received a commitment from C.J. Sedoris (6'2"/180 lb) from Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas. Sedoris committed the week after his official visit in early December. However, CSU coaches called Sedoris several days later to inform him of McDougal's commitment. Sedoris has opened up his recruitment and is seeking out other colleges. He is currently awaiting possible offers from San Diego State and Oregon State.

"I think the offer is still on the table," Sedoris told RamNation Wednesday evening. "I am just waiting to see what else develops."

Nick Neuenfeldt
Rivals.com lists him as a "soft verbal". We'll take a wait-and-see approach.

Making things even more interesting is the fact that a third quarterback, Nick Neuenfeldt (6'3"/235 lb) from Chapparal High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., is still in the mix as much as ever. Neuenfeldt received a scholarship offer from CSU last August, but it was thought that after CSU got a commitment from McDougal, that the Rams were done at quarterback for this class. But, the Rams are still very much after Neuenfeldt, as he said CSU assistant coach Dan Hammerschmidt paid him an in-home visit last week.

Neuenfeldt is physically reminiscent of current Ram quarterback Caleb Hanie, but may be even faster, having run a 4.52 forty-yard dash time at the Stanford Nike Camp last spring. His highlight video also shows a strong arm and ability to throw on the run. He threw for 1,866 yards (on 113-of-171 passing) and 16 touchdowns his senior season. He added 302 rushing yards. Neuenfeldt was named a first-team 4A All-State selection by ArizonaVarsity.com.

"The (CSU) coaches were comparing me to Bradlee Van Pelt," Neuenfeldt said of his ability to run as well as pass.

Neuenfeldt has visited CSU (January 9) and UTEP, and is scheduled to visit Brown this weekend. He did have a visit scheduled with Nevada, but plans to cancel it because they are recruiting him mostly as a tight end. On his trip to CSU, Neuenfeldt was hosted by Ram safety Klint Kubiak.

C.J. Sedoris
"Klint was a cool guy," Neuenfeldt said. "I really enjoyed meeting with all the players."

Neuenfeldt also visited the campus of UTEP in November and was paid an in-home visit just last week.

"Coach (Mike) Price was real nice," Neuenfeldt said of the UTEP head coach. "He really wanted to get to know what kind of person I am."

"I would say that CSU and UTEP are a little ahead of Brown right now, mostly because they are fully paid. It will be a tough decision."

Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships, but do offer some financial assistance. Neuenfeldt is thinking about pre-med or business as a major.

He did note some differences between Fort Collins and El Paso on his visits.

"Fort Collins was a little nicer," he said. "It is a little smaller where as El Paso is a border town, and a little bigger city."

We believe it's unlikely the Rams will sign three quarterbacks in this class, unless one of them has already agreed to move to a different position. The likely candidate for a position change is McDougal, but he insists he was recruited to play quarterback, and that's where he intends to play. Stay tuned to RamNation.com to see how this all shakes out.