The Upper Iowa University football team and coaching staff led by Head Coach Tom Shea announced its class of recruits for the 2015 season has grown by five since National Signing Day.  The class now includes commitments from twenty-eight student-athletes that will attend Upper Iowa and compete for the 2015 Peacock football team.  The group includes student-athletes that signed National Letters of Intent or acceptance letters to Upper Iowa and also includes four student-athletes that began class at UIU in January.
 
Included in this class of recruits are five wide receivers, four defensive backs, five running backs, five defensive lineman, four offensive linemen, two quarterbacks, two linebackers and one athlete.
 
Sixteen of the signees are from Iowa, while seven others hail from three neighboring states; three from Wisconsin and two each from Minnesota and Illinois.  Of the final five, four come from California and one is from Nevada.

Notes on New Five Commits

Derrick Portis (RB, 5-10, 165, Lompoc, Calif., Lompoc HS)
* Named his league's Offensive Player of the Year twice... Tabbed All-Area and All-CIF as a junior and senior... As a senior, named his county's MVP and an All-State Second Team (D-3)... played for Upper Iowa alum and former Peacock quarterback Andrew Jones (2005-06)... son of Lia and Derrick Portis.

Dominick Muoghalu (RB, 5-8, 195, Naperville, Ill., Neuqua Valley HS)
* Two-year letterwinner in football... one-year letterwinner in track and field... scored 10 touchdowns during senior season on just 35 carries... limited due to injuries.

Ty Kline (OL/LS, 5-8, 180, Monticello, Minn., Monticello HS)
*  Lettered in both football and baseball at Monticello HS... member of National Honor Society.

Savon Love (DL/LB, 6-2, 240, Swonsea, Ill., Belleville East HS)
*  Lettered in football three times.

Ian Himes (DL/TE, 6-2, 190, Tipton, Iowa, Tipton HS)
*  Named to Academic All-District team.

2015 Upper Iowa Football Commitments
 

Running Backs (5) Ryan Parmely 6-1 220 Delhi, Iowa (Maquoketa Valley HS) Keagan Pinter 5-10 180 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie HS) Brandan Geiger 5-10 175 Vinton, Iowa (Vinton-Shellsburg HS) Derrick Portis 5-10 165 Lompoc, Calif. (Lompoc HS) Dominick Muoghalu 5-8 195 Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley HS) Quarterbacks (2) Dimitri Morales * 6-2 205 Pasadena, Calif. (Chaffey College) Brent Lammers 6-0 190 Manchester, Iowa (West Delaware HS) Offensive Linemen (4) Ty Kline 5-8 180 Monticello, Minn. (Monticello HS) Brian Steffensmeier * 6-4 280 Dyersville, Iowa (Ellsworth Community College) Quentin Brandt 6-2 265 Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock HS) Fabian Leos y Baca 6-0 275 Las Vegas, Nev. (Victor Valley College) Wide Receivers (5) Skyler Lehman 6-3 200 Clintonville, Wis. (Clintonville HS) Brandyn Tulloch 5-8 170 Cottage Grove, Minn. (Park HS) Damon DeGraw 5-11 165 Oelwein, Iowa (Oelwein HS) Montel Austin * 5-8 170 Milwaukee, Wis. (Chattahoochee HS) Jalen Amis 6-0 190 San Bernadino, Calif. (Butte Community College) Defensive Backs (4) Marcus McCoy * 5-10 185 Sacramento, Calif. (College of the Siskiyous) Tanner Thompson 5-10 175 Forrest City, Iowa (Forrest City HS) Isaac Barrett 5-11 195 Denver, Iowa (Denver HS) Nic Patterson 6-3 190 Kaukauna, Wis. (Kaukauna HS) Defensive Linemen (5) Savon Love 6-2 240 Swonsea, Ill. (Belleville East HS) Ian Himes 6-2 190 Tipton, Iowa (Tipton HS) Jojo Simpson 6-0 250 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie HS) Tryston Brown 6-4 235 Independence, Iowa (Independence HS) Brett Bowers 6-2 235 Independence, Iowa (Independence HS) Linebackers (2) Josh Mackey 6-1 210 Elgin, Iowa (North Fayette Valley HS) Beau Sorenson 6-1 180 Forest City, Iowa (Forest City HS) Athlete (1) Jordan Rommes 6-0 195 Calmar, Iowa (South Winneshiek HS) * Dimitri Morales, Brian Steffensmeier, Montel Austin and Marcus McCoy began classes at Upper Iowa in Jan. 2015.

The Peacocks finished their 2014 season with a 6-5 overall record and a 2-5 mark in the NSIC South Division. Upper Iowa's 4-0 record against the NSIC North Division, which included a win on the road at St. Cloud State University, propelled the team to a second straight winning season for the first time since 1963 and 1964 when the team won 6 and 8 games in consecutive years.  The half dozen victories also included a Homecoming Weekend victory over Augustana College as the team pushed their record to 5-0.  A loss to Winona State University at home came in between a pair of three-point losses on the road to Southwest Minnesota State University and Concordia University, St. Paul in overtime.  UIU earned their sixth win of the season in an impressive victory over Wayne State College on senior day putting 59 points on the scoreboard at Harms-Eischeid Stadium.  The Peacocks closed out their season with losses on the road to the nationally-ranked University of Sioux Falls (#17) and Minnesota State University, Mankato (#1).
 
The six victories this season mark the 17th time a football team at UIU has reached the 6-win mark in the program's 120-year football history. The Peacocks, who have only had five winning seasons prior to 2013 since 1966's 8-2 campaign, wrapped up just their 36th winning season in their history.
 
The NSIC coaches named a program-record 10 Peacocks to the All-NSIC South Division Team with six players named to the first team, two to the Second Team and two more to the Honorable Mention list.  Six of the Peacocks were on offense, while four were off the defensive side of the ball; seven seniors and three juniors earned recognition.  Seniors Casey Beck (LT), Derek Giesking (WR), Lucas Hefty, and Chris Smith join juniors Jevell Rollins (NG) and Alex Wahl (LB) on the All-NSIC South Division First Team, while junior Tyler Fisher (LB) and senior Chayz Holt (CB) line up on the All-NSIC South Division Second Team. Seniors Cole Jaeschke (QB) and Javon Moore (CB) were among the 25 players named All-NSIC South Division Honorable Mention.