Betton (Penn St) - fits perfectly in Penn St’s 3-Safety defense (basically as a big nickel who would be on the field every down). I’m sure that was an easy sell from the Penn St staff. Also, when Campbell and staff were at Iowa St, they were one of Betton’s first, if not his first offerShakopee coach must hate Fleck. 3 players going division I. Not one to the Gophers.
Ombati (Nebraska) - spoke about having built a relationship with Dennis Dottin-Carter (DL coach who was let go after the ‘25 season). Minnesota wasn’t able to make up ground after that
Loughlin (Northwestern) - Gophers didn’t offer
And fwiw Shakopee currently has five rising seniors with D1 offers. The three mentioned above plus LB Andrew McGee (UND commit) and ATH/WR Jaxon Brown (son of former Wayzata coach Lambert Brown, who transferred to Shakopee this offseason).
And if you want to forward the Lakeville conspiracy narrative, Betton played youth sports for Lakeville North up until HS (his pops is Shakopee’s head football coach)