HCA: Cougs add JuCo offensive lineman Keenan Forbes

Washington State added another lineman to their 2018 signing class last Saturday when Keenan Forbes officially signed. Out of Everglades High School in Florida, Forbes originally went to Iowa State where he took a redshirt year. The following year he transferred to Coffeyville Community College and played in 11 games.

The 6’4” 335-pound lineman is the fourth offensive line recruit to join the Cougars for 2018. During high school he lined up on the outside at tackle but played guard during his time at Coffeyville. He also committed to Iowa State to play guard originally. His ability to play both inside and outside will be a great addition for the Cougars in the coming years.

He joins Cade Beresford, Jarrett Kingston, and Syr Riley as the other lineman for this recruiting class.

Out of High School, Forbes held offers from Central Florida, Colorado State, Cincinnati and a few others before signing with Iowa State. In 2016 as a three-star lineman he was named to the All-State Second Team and was listed as the sixth best offensive lineman in Florida by 247sports.com.

This addition makes it 20 of the possible 25 that the Cougars can sign for their recruiting class. Forbes joined the others who signed mid-December last week when he enrolled himself in classes in Pullman. Mike Leach will have 5 spots to fill between now and signing day on February 7.

While the Cougars were able to land Forbes, they also lost a lineman in Nick Lewis who flipped to the University of Kentucky on Monday. Lewis, a 6’9” 348-lb tackle visited the Wildcats last weekend and made his flip official on Twitter a few days later. Ranked the 37th best offensive tackle by 247sports.com he held offers from 21 other schools including Cincinnati, Missouri, Central Florida, and Colorado State.

Here’s how the class now stands:

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