Iowa State football picks up 2022 commitment from Oluwafunto Akinshilo

Oluwafunto Akinshilo, an offensive lineman from El Camino Faculty, introduced his dedication to Iowa State soccer on Saturday. He shared his determination on Twitter.

The 6-5, 310-pound junior faculty freshman beforehand dedicated to Boise State in early April. However Akinshilo introduced he was decommitting from the Broncos program on June 10, stating that he would “be saying my future plans shortly.”

Regardless of his dimension, Akinshilo went comparatively underneath the radar in recruiting circles after his highschool profession at Leuzinger (California). After a profitable freshman marketing campaign at El Camino, the place he appeared in 11 video games, Akinshilo caught the eye of a number of packages.

New Mexico, Utah State, Boise State, Kent State and Southern College all provided Akinshilo earlier than he dedicated to Boise State in April. However then Mississippi State, Indiana and Iowa State prolonged gives in Could, in accordance with Akinshilo’s social media.

He took an official go to to Ames on Could 23, and visited Mississippi State on June 3 earlier than deciding to decide to the Cyclones.

Akinshilo joins two different junior faculty merchandise – Nate Glantz from Iowa Western and Blake Thompson from Blinn Faculty in Texas – in Iowa State’s 2022 class.

Alyssa Hertel is the faculty sports activities recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.