{"id":7245,"date":"2016-12-13T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyonation.com\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2016-12-13T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:18:01","slug":"wyoming-picks-verbals-13-14-illinois-cb-wisconsin-dedt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/wyoming-picks-verbals-13-14-illinois-cb-wisconsin-dedt\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming picks up verbals #13 &amp; #14 from Illinois CB &amp; Wisconsin DE\/DT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WyoNationRecruiting-300x300.png\" alt=\"WyoNationRecruiting\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WyoNationRecruiting-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WyoNationRecruiting-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WyoNationRecruiting.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys picked up a verbal commitment this past week with the addition of Rochester, Illinois, wide receiver Avante&#8217; Cox. \u00a0Now we see yet another Illinois kid\u00a0come into the fold, as well as a second Badger state prospect.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Cox from Illinois is C.J. Coldon, the 6&#8217;1&#8243;, 175-pound corner back out of Belleville (IL) Althoff Catholic who gave his verbal to Wyoming on December 11th. \u00a0A couple days later we see Javaree Jackson, the 6&#8217;5&#8243;, 250-pound defensive end\/defensive tackle out of Wauwatosa (WI) West add his name to the Wyoming commitment list.<\/p>\n<p>Coldon was offered back on March 9th. \u00a0He selected the Cowboys over offers from New Mexico, Bowling Green, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois and Western Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Coldon visited Laramie on his official visit back on December 3rd for the Mountain West Championship game against San Diego State. \u00a0His lead recruiter was safeties coach Curt Mallory.<\/p>\n<p>The Althoff star had 58 receptions for 965-yards receiving and 12 total touchdowns on the season for the 11-1 Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was offered by the coaching staff shortly after his visit to Laramie during the weekend of December 2nd-4th.<\/p>\n<p>He selected the Cowboys over interest from Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Missouri State, North Dakota State and Western Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson played defensive end for the Wauwatosa West Trojans but looks to either be a defensive end or even a defensive tackle at the next level.<\/p>\n<p>His lead recruiter was offensive coordinator\/quarterback coach Brent Vigen. \u00a0Jackson is the second verbal from the State of Wisconsin, joining offensive tackle Alonzo Velazquez out of Janesville.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson helped lead the Trojans to a 6-4 record and a playoff berth this past season. \u00a0He also participates in both basketball and track and field for West.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to picking Wyoming, this is what Jackson had to say:\u00a0&#8220;My parents and I had been talking for awhile and they said that this would be a good home for me. \u00a0I feel the coaches really care about the players and they were really easy to talk to when you needed someone to talk to,&#8221; said the Wisconsin defender.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I definitely paid attention to their season and saw the success they had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coldon is one of the highest-rated prospects to pick the Pokes and was rated as a 3-Star prospect by both Rivals and Scout. \u00a0Jackson has yet to be rated by the recruiting services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudl.com\/profile\/3713128\/c-j-coldon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">C.J. Coldon Hudl highlights\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/profile\/4444471\/javaree-jackson\" target=\"_blank\">Javaree Jackson Hudl highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowboys picked up a verbal commitment this past week with the addition of Rochester, Illinois, wide receiver Avante&#8217; Cox. \u00a0Now we see yet another Illinois kid\u00a0come into the fold, as well as a second Badger state prospect. Joining Cox from Illinois is C.J. 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