PCM senior Riley Graber signed with the Central Missouri football team at a recent signing ceremony at the high school.
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February 20, 2025
PCM’s Graber picks Central Missouri football
Mustang senior picked the NCAA Division II Mules over Grand View and Upper Iowa
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PCM senior Riley Graber recently signed with Central Missouri's football team during a signing ceremony at the high school. He was joined at his signing by (front row, from left) his sister Selah Graber, father Darin Graber, mother Emily Graber and sister Blakely Graber as well as (back row) PCM head football coach Greg Bonnett. Riley Graber chose Central Missouri over Grand View and Upper Iowa. "It was really down to Grand View and Upper Iowa until (Central Missouri defensive back) Coach Novak texted me and told me he had just gotten hired there after he’d been recruiting me at Northwest Missouri State throughout the summer and fall," Graber said. "Central Missouri was really late at recruiting me, but I had already built a great relationship with Coach Novak and Coach Wright, the defensive coordinator, from when they were at Northwest Missouri State. I loved those two and when I met the rest of the staff and saw the kind of culture they had built, the winning they had done and the environment that they live through every day, it was a no-brainer. I committed in Coach Lamberson’s office at the end of my visit." Graber said he was recruited to play safety and will major in physical education. Graber and five of his high school teammates all signed their Letters of Intent on the same day, too. "It was perfect," Graber said. "I had been thinking about that day for a long time, and I was scared there would only be a couple of us. But I’m glad we have so many going to the next level. I’ve played with all of them for so long and it would have been tough to see them not play football again." (Submitted Photo)