Fresh off of an MIAA Championship last fall, Northwest Missouri State football began its work toward the future with 41 student-athletes making up the 2026 signing class.
Bearcat head coach John McMenamin officially unveiled the new crop Wednesday morning just as National Signing Day was getting started.
The line of scrimmage and secondary were an emphasis for Northwest. In total, the Bearcats signed eight defensive backs, eight offensive linemen, and six defensive linemen.
Six of the newcomers are transfers and 35 are high school student-athletes.
Nebraska produced more Bearcats in the signing class than any other state with 14. Missouri was second on the list with nine, eight came from Kansas, four from Iowa, two apiece from Wisconsin and Florida, and one signing from both Arkansas and Colorado.
2026 Bearcat Football Recruiting Class
Davis Barr P 6'2" 190 Olathe, Kan./De Soto/Hutchinson CC/Central Oklahoma
Christian Boles CB 6'1" 180 Gretna, Neb./Millard North
Damion Bridges CB 5'10" 175 Ponte Vedra, Fla./Nease
Tyson Bronson LB 6'1" 210 O'Fallon, Mo./Orchard Farm
Jaron Cannon Jr. RB 5'11" 175 Omaha, Neb./Omaha North
Ryan Deakins DE 6'5" 240 Harrisburg, Mo./Father Tolton Catholic
Drake DeGroote QB 6'1" 185 West Des Moines, Iowa/WDM Valley
Jaidyn Doss WR 5'11" 190 Kansas City, Mo./Raymore-Peculiar/Nebraska/Kansas
Nolan Duffy OL 6'6" 305 Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig
Roch Emanuel DT 6'5" 265 Kansas City, Kan./Piper
Adam Gisler RB 5'9" 185 Platte City, Mo./Platte County
Gary Hill III WR 6'1" 190 Lee's Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South
Noah Hodge LB 6'0" 210 Ponte Vedra, Fla./Nease
Parker Hunt S 6'2" 185 Lee's Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South
Nolan Iverson P 6'0" 185 Omaha, Neb./Gretna East
Owen James OL 6'3" 265 Omaha, Neb./Westside
Eli Johnson WR 6'3" 205 Omaha, Neb./Westside
Drake Knobloch LS 6'2" 268 Winterset, Iowa/Winterset/Iowa State/Baylor
Michael Knudsen QB 6'4" 205 Gretna, Neb./Gretna
Nate Marable DT 6'4" 275 Omaha, Neb./Millard North
Colton McClish OL 6'5" 300 Urbandale, Iowa/Johnston
Elijah McFadden S 6'1" 190 Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan/MidAmerica Nazarene
Reid McIntyre S 6'1" 185 Omaha, Neb./Westside
Evan Middleton DE 6'4" 220 Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan
Elijah Mitchell S 5'10" 185 Omaha, Neb./Millard South
Luke Orrick LB 6'3" 215 Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Southwest
Konnor Perks OL 6'4" 250 Kansas City, Mo./Liberty North
Drew Raymond QB 6'3" 195 Timnath, Colo./Timnath
Jackson Redman LB 6'1" 234 Little Rock, Ark./Joe T. Robinson
Reggie Reece RB 6'0" 210 Shawnee, Kan./Mill Valley
Maguire Richman LB 6'1" 219 Leawood, Kan./Blue Valley/Kansas State
Jack Robinette OL 6'2" 265 Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic
Frank Stephenson DE 6'5" 245 Warrensburg, Mo./Warrensburg
Owen Sutter OL 6'2" 260 Yutan, Neb./Yutan
Matt Thulin OL 6'5" 275 Weston, Neb./Bishop Neumann Central
Cohen Vannausdle OL 6'4" 270 Granger, Iowa/Johnston
Isaiah Wapelhorst CB 6'1" 185 Norfolk, Neb./Norfolk
Quinton Warren LB 6'2" 220 Omaha, Neb./Westside
DeKarai Weaver CB 6'0" 173 St. Louis, Mo./East St. Louis
Elijah Wray DE 6'6" 260 Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's/Concordia-St. Paul
Austin Zeller TE 6'4" 215 Mayetta, Kan./Jackson Heights