Weekly Recruiting Roundup: September 13, 2020

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Written by Amanda Pavelka (@AmandaPavelka3)

Friday night, two more Indiana football commits—safeties Larry Smith III and Aubrey Burke— kicked off their high school football seasons and led their team to victory. Four of the seven Indiana football 2021 commits who suited up this weekend helped their team to win. Here is how the future Hoosiers performed in week four of high school football’s return.

Jordyn Williams 

3-star recruit from Cedar Hill, Texas. 6’1”, 182 lbs Wide Receiver. National Player Rank: 802nd. Position Rank: 116th. State Rank: 112th.

Contributed 141 yards on 4 receptions and 2 touchdowns to Trinity Christian’s 56-32 away nonconference win over Malakoff.

Joshua Sales

3-star recruit from Brownsburg, Indiana. 6’6”, 285 lb Offensive Tackle. National Player Rank: 603rd. Position Rank: 48th. State Rank: 10th.

Key player in Brownsburg’s 47-29 home conference win over Avon.

Donaven McCulley

4-star recruit from Indianapolis, Indiana. 6’5”, 195 lb Quarterback. National Player Rank: 320th. Position Rank: 12th. State Rank: 3rd.

Led Lawrence North to score three touchdowns that was not enough against North Central who defeated at home them 27-21.

Vinny Fiacable

3-star recruit from Fort Wayne, Indiana. 6’4”, 300 lb Offensive Guard. National Player Rank: 1100th. Position Rank: 53rd. State Rank: 18th. 

Helped Bishop Dwenger’s offense keep it close in Friday’s 35-34 away conference loss against Homestead.

Aaron Steinfeldt

3-star recruit from Bloomington, Indiana. 6’5”, 230 lb Tight End. National Player Rank: 736th. Position Rank: 36th. State Rank: 13th.

Totaled 2 catches for 46 yards in Bloomington North’s 44-37 overtime loss to rival Bloomington South.

Steinfeldt on the loss: “Obviously they outperformed us, especially at the end, but as a team we played our best football tonight than other games. We’ve learned so much about ourselves than other games before. We’ll learn from this as a team, and come back with a chip on our shoulder and have a good rest of the season.”

Larry Smith III

3-star recruit from Jacksonville, Florida. 5’10”, 170 lb Safety. National Player Rank: 588th. Position Rank: 44th. State Rank: 87th. 

Helped Oakleaf defense hold Buchholz to two touchdowns in their 35-14 season-opening win.

Aubrey Burks 

3-star recruit from Auburndale, Florida. 6’0”, 180lb Safety. National Player Rank: 770th. Position Rank: 58th. State Rank: 104th.

Led Auburndale to shut out Pasco 33-0 in their home opener game.


The following future Hoosiers did not play this week or are set to kick off their seasons in the upcoming weeks:

Cooper Jones

3-star recruit from Valparaiso, Indiana. 6’6”, 245 lb Defensive End. National Player Rank: 427th. Position Rank: 29th. State Rank: 4th. 

Bye week. Valpo faces Chesterton at home 9/18.

Jordan Grier 

3-star recruit from Ellenwood, Georgia. 6’0”, 185 lb Safety. National Player Rank: 1149th. Position Rank: 79th. State Rank: 105th. 

Cedar Grove kicks off the 2020 season at Milton on Friday, 10/2.

Jaquez Smith

4-star recruit from Atlanta, Georgia. 6’1”, 190 lb Wide Receiver. National Player Rank: 173rd. Position Rank: 31st. State Rank: 17th.

Westlake kicks off the 2020 season 9/18.

David Holloman

3-star recruit from Auburn Hills, Michigan. 5’11”, 200 lb Running Back. National Player Rank: 1027th. Position Rank: 68th. State Rank: 29th.

Michigan reinstated high school football on Thursday, allowing first games to be played 9/17. Avonsdale’s first game is 10/2 at Athens.


Two future Hoosiers’ senior football season have been postponed until spring:

Trenten Howland 

3-star recruit from Joliet, Illinois. 6’2”, 218 lb Athlete. National Player Rank: 733rd. Position Rank:  51st. State Rank: 22nd.

Maurice Freeman

3-star recruit from Chesapeake, Virginia.  6’0”, 190 lb Safety. National Player Rank: 1154th. Position Rank: 94th. State Rank: 30th. 


No high school football season:

James Evans

2-star recruit from Auckland, New Zealand. 6’1”, 207 lb Punter. Position Rank: 12th. 

Hoosier Huddle is here to keep you updated on the 2021 recruiting class and their performances. Check back every week for our recruiting roundup. 

All player rankings are from 247Sports.