In the corner of Warsaw football coach Phil Jensen's office eight VCR tapes are stacked on top of a shelf.

If Jensen's primary duty is coaching players and formulating Friday night game plans, these tapes represent a secondary duty: dealing with recruiters.

Now Jensen's players, who are 7-1 this season, are wanted by colleges.

"That stack of tapes is going out to all the MAC schools with stats and a letter on each kid," he said.

Jensen believes three of his senior players - 6-foot-4, 180-pound quarterback Greg Seiss, 6-3, 175-pound wide receiver Ross Kesler and 6-6, 225-pound tight end Zach Nelson - have the potential to play at the Division I-A level. He thinks 6-1, 180-pound senior outside linebacker Aaron Chabot can play at the Division I-AA level.

Central Michigan has interest in Kesler, Nelson and Seiss. Bowling Green is interested in all three, as is Indiana State. Kesler has been contacted by Stanford and Illinois. He recently watched an Illinois game at coach Ron Turner's invitation.

Seiss may have the most options.

"Greg's getting heavily recruited for track by Division I-A schools because of his performance at the state meet," Jensen said.

Other Warsaw underclassmen have received first contact from schools like Kentucky.

"There are younger kids who are getting form letters from Kentucky, but it's nothing serious at this point," Jensen said. "There's a big difference between getting a letter and a school actually recruiting you."

Dealing with recruiters is a small price Jensen is more than willing to pay. Recruiting interest means Warsaw's football program is winning games and getting noticed.

"This credits the team," he said. "You have to win before the (recruiters) start coming around."

Where Kesler and Seiss will choose to play hasn't been decided, but for now they are rewriting the Warsaw recordbooks. If the record has to do with passing or receiving, odds are they will own them all by the end of this season.

Seiss already owns touchdown passes in a season (16), touchdown passes in a career (23), touchdown passes in a game (five), longest touchdown pass in a game (92 yards) and passing yards in a career (2,669).

Kesler holds records for career receptions (75) and career receiving yards (1,322). He also tied the record for most receptions (nine) in one game.

Both will only add to these records with one regular season game and the postseason left. Kesler is closing in on other records: career touchdown receptions, touchdown receptions in a season, receiving yards in a season and receptions in a season.

While Division I-A schools have interest in Jensen's players, and while a couple of them are etching their names in the Warsaw record books, Jensen says there are no guarantees any of his players will be significant contributors at whatever school they choose to play for.

"None of those guys are blue-chip players who will get recruited by a Division I-A school and play next year," he said. "What the Division I-A coaches ask me is what can I do with this kid in two to three years. They've all got strengths, but they all have question marks."

The Division I-A coaches will find those strengths and those weaknesses when they watch Jensen's tapes.

The old records or records about to be broken by current Tigers are listed in parentheses.

Offensive season records (individual)

Touchdown passes

16 - Greg Seiss, 1999 (Rob Reneker 11 in 1979)

Passing yards

1,673 -ÊPaul Wiley, 1987 (Greg Seiss has 1,522 in 1999)

Scoring (points)

123- Chad Hopkins, 1982 (Brad Seiss has 84 in 1999)

Receptions

47 - Steve Sittler, 1978 (Ross Kesler has 43 in 1999)

Receiving yards

855 - Steve Sittler, 1978 (Ross Kesler has 759 in 1999)

Touchdown receptions

13 - Steve Sittler, 1978 (Ross Kesler has 10 in 1999)

Offensive career records (individual)

Touchdown passes

23 - Greg Seiss, 1997-1999 (Rob Reneker 19 in 1977-1979)

Passing yards

Not available; it is assumed Seiss holds this record with 2,669 and counting)

Receptions

75 - Ross Kesler, 1998-1999 (Sterling Watkins 73 in 1972-1973)

Receiving yards

1,322 - Ross Kesler, 1998-1999 (Steve Sittler 1,113 in 1978-1979)

Touchdown receptions

15 - Steve Sittler 15, 1977-1979 (Ross Kesler has 14 in 1998-1999)

Offensive records for one game (individual)

Touchdown passes

5 - Greg Seiss vs. Gary Wallace, 1999, 54-0 Warsaw win (Rob Reneker 4 vs. Wawasee in 1979)

Receptions

9 - Two times - most recently in 1999 (Ross Kesler caught nine passes for 139 yards) in Warsaw's 35-9 win over Valley); Doug Flory caught nine against Goshen in 1985

Longest pass

92 yards (touchdown) - Greg Seiss to Brad Seiss in 41-7 win over Goshen in 1999 (81, Greg Seiss to Chris Clay in 35-9 win over Tippecanoe Valley in 1999)

Offensive season records (team)

Wins

10-0 - 1964 (Warsaw is 7-1 in 1999)

Points

327 - 1922 (Warsaw has 282 in 1999)

Points per game

32.7 - 1922, 10 games (Warsaw is averaging 35.2 in 1999)

Passing yards

1,753 -Ê1987, nine games (Warsaw is at 1,581 in 1999)

Passing yards per game

194.7 - 1987, nine games (Warsaw is at 197.6 in 1999)

Defensive records for one game (team)

Fewest rushing attempts

3 - by Gary Wallace in 1999; Warsaw won 54-0

Fewest offensive plays

13 - by Gary Wallace in 1999; Warsaw won 54-0 [[In-content Ad]]