Fort Osage quarterback verbally commits to Kansas State; other KC area signings
Fort Osage junior Skylar Thompson elected to skip basketball last winter, opting to focus instead on his football recruitment.
That recruitment reached its biggest stage yet last weekend, when Thompson used Twitter to announce he has verbally committed to Kansas State.
Thompson is the top-ranked quarterback in Missouri in the Class of 2016, according to Rivals.com, which labels him a three-star recruit.
“(I’m) very fortunate to have had such great people surrounding me during this recruiting process,” Thompson said. “... Now it is time to get prepared for my last season at (Fort Osage) and to achieve something we have never done in school history.”
As a junior last fall, Thompson threw for 2,385 yards and 24 touchdowns, completing 64.8 percent of his passes. He threw six interceptions. He’s also a threat on the ground, where he ran for 461 yards and nine touchdowns.
In search of its first state title in school history, Fort Osage reached the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals last fall and finished the season 11-1.
Thompson took over the starting quarterback gig as a sophomore, when he threw for 1,451 yards and 19 touchdowns.
According to Rivals, Thompson also had offers from Kansas, Colorado, Iowa State, Wake Forest, Ohio, Illinois State, North Dakota State and UNLV.
Here are other Kansas City-area high school athletes who have announced recent signings:
KEARNEY | ||
Zack Davis | baseball | Alabama-Birmingham |
LEE’S SUMMIT | ||
Kate Ward | volleyball | Missouri Valley |
LEE’S SUMMIT WEST | ||
Taylor Jackson | basketball | Southwest Baptist |
OAK PARK | ||
Joey Scott | baseball | Northwest Missouri |
Gerardo Salgado | soccer | Graceland |
OLATHE EAST | ||
Nathan Best | baseball | Crowder College |
Javion Blake | basketball | Washburn |
Camille Denis | soccer | Washburn |
Fred Douglas | basketball | Manhattan Christian |
Ty Herrenbruck, baseball | Johnson County CC | |
Grant Hoppock, baseball | Johnson County CC | |
Daniel Kohl, baseball | Barton CC | |
Natalie Kopplin | track | Southeast Missouri St. |
Nathan Matters | track | Concordia (Seward, Neb.) |
Payne McCutcheon | baseball | Cowley CC |
Chase Miller | football | Benedictine |
Derek Miller | baseball | Highland CC |
Henry Morphew | baseball | Avila |
Alex Mura | soccer | Coffeyville CC |
Tyler Olson, baseball, Coffeyville CC | ||
Madison Rebel | rowing | Kansas State |
Marissa Round | volleyball | Maryville University |
Valencia Scott | basketball | Kansas City Kansas CC |
AJ Stephens, track | Wichita State | |
Haley Thompson | soccer | Baker |
Dylan Walters | swimming | William Jewell |
ST. JAMES ACADEMY | ||
Caleb Book | tennis | Baker |
Abby Brown | volleyball | Benedictine |
Mimi Byrnes | soccer | Spring Hill College |
Robbie Caldwell | football | Morningside College |
Megan Dwyer | rowing | Kansas |
Abby Ewert | rowing | Kansas State |
Katrina Guyot | track | Kansas |
Shelby Keys | soccer | Emporia State |
Rachel Kulhanek | soccer | Washburn |
Braxton Lewis | football | Iowa State |
Kelly McKee | track | Kansas |
Dutch Muder | soccer | Notre Dame de Namur |
Matt Pratt | wrestling | Maryville University |
Ben Robke | rowing | Kansas |
Jake Thies | football | Benedictine |
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS | ||
Mike Grasing | cross country/track | Truman State |
Adam Kutney | basketball | Benedictine |
SM NORTH | ||
Sada Kernodle | cross country/track | Pittsburg State |
STALEY | ||
Jayden Bears | wrestling | Missouri |
Jacob Calvert | baseball | Crowder |
Alyssa Derr | volleyball | Longview CC |
Dylan Earley | basketball | Central Methodist |
Trevor Lamb | basketball | Penn Valley CC |
Matt Ludwig | baseball | Saint Mary |
Daniel Maynard | swimming | Drury |
Levi McLaughlin | baseball | Maple Woods CC |
Conrad McMahon | baseball | Maple Woods CC |
Brody Meloy | baseball | Saint Mary |
Parker Mertz | baseball | Missouri Western |
Jacob Miller | baseball | Maple Woods CC |
Jordan Robben | baseball | William Jewell |
Chris Wood | track | William Jewell |
TRUMAN | ||
Brenden Chandler | football | Graceland |
Joel Fears | soccer | Graceland |
Sasha Quarles | basketball | Missouri Valley |
| Sam McDowell and Kathleen Gier of The Star contributed to this report.
This story was originally published May 14, 2015 at 5:44 PM with the headline "Fort Osage quarterback verbally commits to Kansas State; other KC area signings."