WKU Recruiting: South Carolina Receiver Becomes Second Commitment Of Weekend

On Sunday afternoon, Western Kentucky Football’s recruiting momentum continued as Bluffton, South Carolina wide receiver Shamar Sandgren committed to the 2020 class

Sandgren is a 6' 0 170 lb wide receiver from Bluffton, South Carolina. He is rated as a 2-star player by Rivals. Sandgren held FBS offers from Coastal Carolina, Charlotte & Georgia State. Here are his junior year highlights

According to Maxpreps, Sandgren hauled in 31 catches for 404 yards and four touchdowns during his junior year on a Bluffton team that went 6–5 on the year. Sandgren also played cornerback but projects as a receiver in college.

Wide Receiver is a position of need moving forward as Lucky Jackson, Quin Jernighan & Marcus Floyd are all set to exhaust their eligibility in 2019.

WKU has done a great job recruiting the Palmetto state recently. Sandgren is the 5th player from the state to come to WKU including junior quarterback Steven Duncan, junior defensive back LA Rogers-Anderson, redshirt freshman offensive lineman Gunner Britton & incoming freshman tight end Joshua Simon. Defensive line coach, Jimmy Lindsey continues to shine in that talent-rich region (along with Georgia).

After a slow start, recruiting has finally started to gather momentum with two commitments in back to back days (after Colt Jackson’s commitment on Saturday). WKU has had a flurry of visitors and offers come down across twitter the past few weeks. It will be interesting to see who’s next.