The Rochester Community and Technical College football team features several players from last year's team that are moving on to four-year schools.
Travis Frank, a linebacker from Caledonia, is going to Winona State. Tanner Menke, a quarterback from Jackson, is heading to South Dakota to play for Presentation, an NAIA school. Menke was a starter at QB as a freshman before becoming a backup and utility player in 2014.
Two players that were freshman last year that are moving on are Chicago's Fazon Chapman, who is going to Youngstown State, and cornerback Daren Ardis, a Florida native, who is going on Eastern Tennessee State.
RCTC co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Rob Neumann said that pound-for-pound Ardis was the hardest hitter he has ever coached.
Farmington's Josh Zitzmann, who played wide receiver two years ago before coaching last season, is going to Minnesota Crookston.
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"It's great that these guys are moving on," Neumann said.
The Yellowjackets have already landed 20 new recruits for the 2015 season. The players who have already turned in their letters of intent are listed below.
RCTC 2015 football recruits
Aaron Quandt (QB, Stewartville), Ryan Burton (OL, Rochester Mayo), C.J. Schwinek (RB, Becker),
Travis Mollen (OL, Osseo), Shavar Holliday (QB/WR, Roanoke, Ala.), Isaiah Smith (WR/DB, Brockton, Mass.), Roman Coats (DE/OLB, Dacula, Ga.), Sam Becker (WR, Fountain Hills, Ariz.),
Tydre Bradley (DE/OLB, Century, Fla.), Joseph Warner (OL, St. Louis Park), Connor Watts (WR, Mankato West), Garrett Pemelton (DE, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton), Tanner Johnston (RB, Hayfield), Shedrick Dennis (DL, Belleville, Mich.), Devin McCallister (OL, Belleville, Mich.), Levi Case-Allen (DB, Robbinsdale Cooper), Robbinsdale Cooper), Curtis Bell (DL, Robbinsdale Cooper), Jon Jansson (LB, Robbinsdale Cooper), Great Ogboru (OL, Robbinsdale Cooper)
