{"id":741426,"date":"2026-02-10T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/741426\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:27:12","slug":"five-new-recruits-join-cal-poly-football-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/741426\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new recruits join Cal Poly football roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/news\/2026\/2\/4\/football-signs-five-high-school-recruits-during-second-signing-period\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Poly Football signed five new recruits<\/a> from high schools across California during the second national signing period on Wednesday: two defensive linemen, one offensive lineman, a kicker and a receiver.<\/p>\n<p>The recruits will join the 16 players incoming Head Coach Tim Skipper and his staff signed in December 2025 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/news\/2025\/12\/5\/cal-poly-football-adds-17-new-recruits-during-early-signing-period\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">early signing period<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/mustangnews.net\/cal-poly-football-transfers-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCal Poly Football revamps roster with seven new transfers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackle Izak Simpson, from Simi Valley High School, received seven NCAA Division I offers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFyrmq2yJZ9\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego State<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DF1HGE2ynv3\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento State<\/a>, according to his Instagram. His offer from Cal Poly was among his full scholarship options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of love and support,\u201d Simpson said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUXPB-GEaws\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his time at Simi Valley, Simpson was named Marmonte League Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year and First Team All-League.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver Oreste \u201cJJ\u201d Yong was a dual athlete at Roseville High School, surpassing 1,000 varsity points in basketball and being selected for a Sacramento All-Section Team honoree in football last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Owen Neill signed as an offensive lineman, bringing his experience from Mater Dei High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to my mom, dad, coaches, family, and everyone who helped me along the way,\u201d Neill said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DURAI6EknbI\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a>. \u201cTrusted the process from day one, now it\u2019s time to work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defensive end, Somto Nwude from Crespi High School, was his league\u2019s Defensive MVP last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kicker Noah Thayer from JSerra High School had the top two longest field goals in California in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Spring practices for the new Mustangs athletes run from April 1 to May 2, about five months before <a href=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/news\/2022\/1\/27\/big-sky-releases-football-schedules-for-2025-through-2027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their first game<\/a> on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cal Poly Football signed five new recruits from high schools across California during the second national signing period&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[51131,106757,106758,7,106759,32404,106760,49,106761,106762,106763,106764,106765,70307],"class_list":{"0":"post-741426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cal-poly","9":"tag-cal-poly-football","10":"tag-crespi-high-school","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jserra-high-school","13":"tag-mater-dei-high-school","14":"tag-mustang-news","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-new-recruits","17":"tag-roseville-high-school","18":"tag-san-luis-obispo","19":"tag-second-signing-period","20":"tag-simi-valley-high-school","21":"tag-tim-skipper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116043504267614542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}