University of Sioux Falls head football coach Jed Stugart and his staff has announced that 12 more student-athletes have signed letters of intent, post-signing day, to continue their academic careers and join the USF football team this fall.

The recent signings will add seven players to the Cougar defense, four to the offense, and one to the special teams depth chart. Highlighted by four student-athletes from the Mount Rushmore state, the group features standouts from a total of five states including California, Iowa, Minnesota, and New Jersey.

With the addition of Thursday's student-athletes, the 2012 USF recruiting class increases to 45.

USF enters its first full season as a full fledge member of the NCAA DII and will compete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with the start of the 2012-13 academic calendar.

In their final year of transition to the NCAA DII, USF finished the 2011 season 5-4 with all four losses coming against ranked members of the NCAA DI FCS Division and NCAA DII. The Cougars closed their season on a 15-13 loss at FCS No. 25 University of North Dakota.

USF opens the 2012 season in St. Cloud, Minn. where they face 2011 NSIC Co-Champions St. Cloud State University Thursday, August 30.

A full list of the 2012 recruiting class has been provided below. The 12 signees announced today have been bolded and their athletic biographies can be found on USF's latest football roster at www.usfcougars.com

Name (Pos, Ht, Wt, Hometown / Previous School)

Alex Aesoph (K, 6-0, 180, Sioux Fall, S.D. / Washington HS)

Erik Albeck (WR, 6-3, 195, Janesville, Wis. / Parker HS)

Josh Angulo (WR, 6-0, 190, Sioux Falls, S.D. / Roosevelt HS)

Stephen Arnold (OL, 6-2, 280, Glendale, Ariz. / Deer Valley HS)

Kyle Athmann (ATH, 5-11, 170, Bird Island, Minn. / BOLD HS)

Alek Borchardt (LB, 6-1, 198, Fairmont, Minn. / Fairmont HS)

Dylan Carter (DB, 6-0, 185, Arvada, Colo. / Pomona HS)

Evan Colfack (OL, 6-4, 265, Kingsley, Iowa / Kingsley-Pierson HS)

Michael Cruciotti (OL, 6-2, 265, Elizabeth, Colo. / Regis Jesuit HS)

Matthew Dunbar (DL, 6-0, 250, Indianola, Iowa / Dowling Catholic HS)

Cooper Hausmann (DB, 5-10, 175, Sioux Falls, S.D. / Tri-Valley HS)

Terry Huber (OL, 6-4, 265, Mission Hill, S.D. / Yankton HS)

Jeremy Hudson (DB, 6-0, 170, Visalia, Calif.  / Kings Christian HS)

Shane Hyronimus (OL, 6-8, 297, Worthing, S.D. / Lennox HS/Black Hills State)

Max Koehn (OL, 6-4, 255, Sioux Falls, S.D. / Washington HS)

Kellen Kramer (LB, 6-0, 218, Rochester, Minn. / Mayo HS)

Michael Lindsey (WR, 5-8, 175, Sacramento, Calif. / American River College)

Corbin Lawler (QB, 6-3, 190, Tea, S.D. / Tea HS)

Nathan Lucs (LB, 6-0, 195, West Des Moines, Iowa / Waukee HS)

Alexandre Marquignon (DB, 6-0, 190, Paris, France / Institution Sainte-Noire)

Chase Montgomery (WR, 6-4, 170, Plainview, Minn. / Plainview-Elgin Millville HS))

Brock Murdock (DL, 6-3, 230, Stockton, Calif. / Linden HS/Sacramento CC)

Jeffery Myles (OL, 6-2, 270, Riverdale, Ill. / Thornton Township HS) 

Trey Naasz (WR, 6-1, 215, Sioux Falls, S.D. / Lincoln HS)

Tom Nugteren (DL, 6-3, 220, Sioux Falls, S.D. / Roosevelt HS)

Aron Peterson (TE, 6-3, 210, Mankato, Minn. / Mankato East HS)

Levi Riley (DB, 5-11, 205, Lee's Summit, Mo. / Blue Springs South HS)

Brady Rose (RB, 6-0, 195, Cumberland, Wis. / Cumberland HS)

Mitchell Rosenbloom (OL, 6-1, 275, St. Paul, Minn. / St. Paul Johnson HS)

Matthew Ruhnke (K, 5-10, 155, Lacey Township, N. J. / Lacey Township HS)

Grant Schindler (LB, 6-2, 230, Chippewa Falls, Wis. / Chippewa Falls HS)

Connor Schoepp (LB, 5-10, 205, Watertown, S.D. / Watertown HS)

Brock Sinclair (DL, 6-2, 210, Gregory, S.D. / Gregory HS / Northern State)

Ethan Smith (OL, 6-2, 286, Caney, Kan. / Caney Valley HS / Coffeyville CC)

Andrew Solie (LB, 5-10, 205, North Platte, Neb. / Maxwell Public HS)

Ethen Sorensen (OL, 6-7, 270, Beresford, S.D. / Beresford HS)

Tommy Stark (LB, 6-2, 210, Wind Lake, Wis. / Muskego HS)

Alex Suker (RB, 5-11, 180, Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview HS)

Jonathan Talbot (LB, 6-2, 210, Grass Valley, Calif. / Bear River High School / Sierra College)

Brady Tetzloff (DL, 6-1, 274, Nicollet, Minn. / Valley Lutheran H.S.)

Trevor Wescott (OL, 6-5, 260, Blue Springs, Mo. / Springs HS)

Jess Williams (LB, 6-0, 200, Wall, S.D. / Wall HS)

Damian Woods (WR, 6-2, 190, Portland, Ore. / Franklin HS)