His first season at Northwestern was rocky, but football coachRandy Walker is having recruiting success in his first offseason as aWildcat. His latest coup came Monday, when fullback Dan Pohlman ofBarrington made an oral commitment.
Pohlman, a 6-2, 218-pounder, had 1,302 yards and 11 touchdowns in225 carries for the Broncos this fall. Entering the season, the Sun-Times listed him as the area's No. 2 prospect behind Joliet Catholiclinebacker Mike Goolsby, who committed to Notre Dame.
Pohlman visited NU the weekend of Dec. 4 and Illinois lastweekend. He canceled a visit to Miami (Fla.) this weekend and anotherto Duke in January.
"(NU) did a good job recruiting him," Barrington coach Al Kamradtsaid. "They've been right with him from the very start. He felt realcomfortable there."
Pohlman is the second blue-chip local recruit the Wildcats havegotten away from the Illini. Illinois also was recruiting Schaumburgkicker Brian Huffman, who committed to NU.
"Generally, from a recruiting standpoint, we really wanted toprioritize Chicagoland," NU running backs coach and recruitingcoordinator Jeff Genyk said. "We really wanted to be out there as faras visiting the high schools, meeting the coaches and recruiting thekids. We're satisfied but not elated because we still have a numberof young men to recruit and positions to fill."
Walker was on the road recruiting and unavailable for comment.
Pohlman's signing is particularly important to the Wildcats, wholost their only true fullback when Ian Miller decided not to comeback for his senior season after suffering two concussions this year.
Although Pohlman played three years at tailback, Kamradt said:"Dan's pretty much the kind of guy that'll play wherever the teamneeds him. He'd like a shot at running back, but if they want him atfullback or linebacker, he'd be fine with that."
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