This was Coach Read's first Recruiting Class and it stands out that he brought in a ton of guys from JUCO's. I suspect this was because he needed seasoned players who would see the field right away and change the programs direction to where he saw it going. It also may be an indicator that he didn't have his HS recruiting pipelines up and running, the way he would once he was more established.
On the humorous side, it looks like we recruited a kid named Chriss Kross. He would have landed right between early 80's easy-listening staple Christopher Cross and early 90's backwards clothes wearing Hip Hop duo Kris Kross.
1986 Recruiting Class 27/32 SCORE: 2.000
5 Points: Matt Clark WR, Hellgate HS Jody Farmer FB, Libby Michael McGowan DB, Seattle, WA Mike Trevathan DB, Thousand Oaks, CA
4 Points: Demedric Cooks LB, San Jose CC, San Jose, CA Tony Lambert WR, Walla Walla JC, Steilacoom, WA Greg Nygren DB, College of the Redwoods, Grants Pass, OR
3 Points: Jeff Blank OLB, Billings West Dave Garza WR, Wenatchee CC, Moses Lake, WA Chuck Shepard DT, Frenchtown Scott Smith CB, Antelope Valley CC, Lancaster, CA Mike Strutzel DT, Wenatchee JC, Monitor, WA Scott Waak QB, Bend, OR
2 Points: Russ Blank CB, Beaverhead HS, Dillon Tim Donovon OT, College of Marin, San Rafael, CA Don Douglas QB, Nebraska, Butte Robbe Lindsay LB, Fullerton JC, Billings, MT
1 Point: Joe Easton WR, Sentinel Todd Foster OLB, Savage Jeff Neil WR, CMR HS Steve Redmond QB, Spokane, WA
Keith Tomlinson OG, Southwestern JC, Bonita, CA Scott Wales OG, DeAnza JC, San Jose, CA
Zero Points: Trent Holmes DE, Sentinel Sven Holt DE, Hamilton Chriss Kross FS, Burnham, IL Maurice Martin CB, Stockton JC, Stockton, CA Sean McNally OC, Antelope Valley CC, Palmdale, CA Ken Miller CB, Frenchtown Todd Sherman SS/LB, Yakima Valley College, Renton, WA Derek Whiddon TE/DB, Big Sky HS Vernon Willie LB, Porterville JC, Shiprock, NM
On the humorous side, it looks like we recruited a kid named Chriss Kross. He would have landed right between early 80's easy-listening staple Christopher Cross and early 90's backwards clothes wearing Hip Hop duo Kris Kross.
1986 Recruiting Class 27/32 SCORE: 2.000
5 Points: Matt Clark WR, Hellgate HS Jody Farmer FB, Libby Michael McGowan DB, Seattle, WA Mike Trevathan DB, Thousand Oaks, CA
4 Points: Demedric Cooks LB, San Jose CC, San Jose, CA Tony Lambert WR, Walla Walla JC, Steilacoom, WA Greg Nygren DB, College of the Redwoods, Grants Pass, OR
3 Points: Jeff Blank OLB, Billings West Dave Garza WR, Wenatchee CC, Moses Lake, WA Chuck Shepard DT, Frenchtown Scott Smith CB, Antelope Valley CC, Lancaster, CA Mike Strutzel DT, Wenatchee JC, Monitor, WA Scott Waak QB, Bend, OR
2 Points: Russ Blank CB, Beaverhead HS, Dillon Tim Donovon OT, College of Marin, San Rafael, CA Don Douglas QB, Nebraska, Butte Robbe Lindsay LB, Fullerton JC, Billings, MT
1 Point: Joe Easton WR, Sentinel Todd Foster OLB, Savage Jeff Neil WR, CMR HS Steve Redmond QB, Spokane, WA
Keith Tomlinson OG, Southwestern JC, Bonita, CA Scott Wales OG, DeAnza JC, San Jose, CA
Zero Points: Trent Holmes DE, Sentinel Sven Holt DE, Hamilton Chriss Kross FS, Burnham, IL Maurice Martin CB, Stockton JC, Stockton, CA Sean McNally OC, Antelope Valley CC, Palmdale, CA Ken Miller CB, Frenchtown Todd Sherman SS/LB, Yakima Valley College, Renton, WA Derek Whiddon TE/DB, Big Sky HS Vernon Willie LB, Porterville JC, Shiprock, NM