Written by Charlie Beuttel Kearney High School in Kearney, Missouri had a great season in 2014. The Bulldogs finished 12-2 and made it to the Missouri 4A State Semifinals for the second year in a row. One reason for Kearney’s success in 2014 was their defense. The Bulldogs defense chewed up their opponents and held them to an average of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Recruiting efforts for Oklahoma during the offseason has not given Sooner Nation much to get excited about over the last six months until now. As the college football season approaches interest in recruiting is expected to pick up especially after Oklahoma landed to big recruits over the last two days; safety Chanse Sylvie and outside linebacker […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A rare recruiting decision went down on Friday when linebacker Errol Thompson verbally committed to Mississippi State. Thompson 6’3”, 240 pounds, has garnered a lot of attention stopping opposing offenses for Florence High School helping the Falcons post an 11-3 mark in 2014. Double-digit offers have rolled with Arkansas, Memphis, Missouri, Southern Miss, and Tennessee being […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Maryland head coach Rand Edsall got a small win heading into the 2015 college football season before stepping foot on the field. On Thursday transfer quarterback Daxx Garman received a waiver from the NCAA clearing him to play this season. J.W. Walsh started the season opener for Oklahoma State but Garman played in nine games last […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Thursday media members voted on who they thought would win the Pac-12 Championship come season’s end giving the USC Trojans 21 of 45 votes nudging out Oregon who received 17 votes. While many college football fans still have the Pete Carroll era (2001-2009) etched into their collective brains, but surprisingly the Trojans nod to win […]
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Written by Ryan Wright If recent history means anything, St. Thomas Aquinas is in for another championship run kind of season. In 2014 the Raiders finished 15-1 with their lone loss coming to Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) early in the season before the team found their footing streaking to a Florida High School State Championship. Off the 2014 team, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Recruiting efforts for the South Carolina Gamecocks have picked up over the last 14 days seeing their commitment total jump from five players to 13 by Wednesday with the commitment of prized defensive end Jordan Smith. Smith, 6’5”, 225 pounds, has picked up 20-plus offers after coming up with 71 tackles, 18 tackles for a loss, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the 2015-2016 high school seasons officially begin, Pine Bluff defensive end John Tate has a rare opportunity on his hands. The big 6’4”, 270 pound, athlete could actually go back-to-back in both football and basketball winning a total of four state championships during his high school career. Winning a state basketball championship is impressive but […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel North DeSoto High School located in Stonewall, Louisiana is coming off a 9-3 season. However, the Griffins had the talent and ability to win over 10 games last year with two of their three losses coming by seven points or less. In 2014, North DeSoto made it to the second round of the Louisiana 4A playoffs […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A weekend visit to Tucson for defensive tackle Markell Utsey turned into an offer and a commitment by Tuesday. The Little Rock Parkview tight end took to Twitter on Tuesday announcing his commitment posting, “Blessed to say I am Committed to the University Of Arizona #BearDown.” Utsey is part of a great recruiting run for the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright What could have turned into a long recruiting process for Lake Minneola High School safety Deon Edwards took a quick turn around on Wednesday when he verbally committed to the Arkansas Razorbacks. Before the weekend Edwards had narrowed down his list of 15 reported offers to South Carolina, Missouri, Central Florida, and Arkansas announcing as things […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The college camp circuits are over for high school football players leaving a final resume builder of a senior season to prove worthy of a scholarship offer. Countless Class of 2016 players who have worked for years to hone their skill sets have at least 10 games to impress, endure, and, even in some cases, outlast […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Deuce Caston has done a great job leading the Byrd Yellow Jackets since taking over under center. Byrd has won 24 football games in the past two years including posting a 13-1 record in 2014. Caston had about 400 yards both on the ground and in the air in his junior season. The 5’8”, 175 pound, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright All success stories have to start somewhere and for Breylin Smith his began and will extend in Conway, Arkansas. On Tuesday the Conway High School star verbally committed to UCA agreeing to a few more years in central Arkansas. Interest in Smith really started to take off after his junior year when he helped the Wampus […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Florida State’s 2016 recruiting class took a big hit on Tuesday when 5-star tight end Isaac Nauta announced he was decommitting from the Seminoles and reopening his recruiting. FSU had to start worrying about their prized 6’4”, 237 pound, tight end when he started taking unofficial visits to teams like Georgia (twice), Texas, TCU, and LSU. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Life happens fast and for Maurice Carnell IV it is happening really fast. Little did Carnell know that when Utah State offered him back in May that by the end of July he would be an Aggie. Carnell is entering his sophomore season for Grossmont C.C. with interest in his abilities growing over the offseason. Texas […]
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Written by Ryan Wright SEC West foes watch out, Ole Miss is at it again putting together another consensus Top 15 kind of recruiting class. Taking a big step towards that highly ranked class in 2016 was the verbal commitment of cornerback Jaylon Jones. Jones is a do everything kind of cornerback listed at 5’11”, 182 pounds, with 4.40 forty-yard […]
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Written by Ryan Wright If a football family bloodline counts for anything, the Fighting Illini picked up an immediate difference maker to their 2016 recruiting class on Monday when Little Rock Parkview defensive tackle Kenyon Jackson committed. Jackson, 6’0”, 295 pounds, is the son of legendary collegiate and NFL tight end Keith Jackson. While dad was at Oklahoma he was […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana won back to back Division-III Louisiana State Championships in 2013 and 2014. During those two championship seasons the Cavaliers were led by quarterback Shea Patterson. However on July 13, Patterson announced he was transferring to IMG Academy in Florida leaving big shoes to fill under center. Calvary Baptist head coach […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Australian exchange student Brent Le Roux has a shared dream with thousands of his American peers, a Division-I football scholarship. On paper the odds are not stacked in Brent Le Roux’s favor but the reality is he has a couple of advantages most high school football players do not have, gifted size and strength along with […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Despite finishing 3-7 in the past two seasons, Jaylon Carey has had a great career at Green Oaks High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. The dual threat quarterback had just over 1,000 passing yards and just under 900 rushing yards in his junior year in 2014. Carey also had 17 total touchdowns last year, 13 through the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The flirtation between LSU and wide receiver Damonte Coxie ended on Sunday when the East St. John rising star accepted the Tigers’ scholarship offer. Coxie has been on the Tigers’ radar for some time with wide receivers coach Tony Ball keeping in regular contact. The 6’3”, 175 pound, receiver showed out at LSU’s Elite Camp over […]
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Written by Ryan Wright In December of 2014, after a long tough season that saw the Gamecocks finish 7-6 after an AP preseason ranking of No. 9 in the nation, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier muttered the worst sentence a coach his age could put out there, “two to three-year plan” in reference to how much longer he would […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Houston Cougars continued their hot recruiting over the summer months landing two more in-state recruits and landing their first out of start player by weekend’s end with wide receivers Keith Corbin and Marquez Stevenson and defensive tackle Aymiel Fleming. Corbin picked Houston over offers from several top programs including Ole Miss, Nebraska, SMU, Wisconsin, Texas […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Familiarity can bread contempt and what was once a tight relationship has quickly deteriorated beyond repair. Over the weekend news broke that Class of 2015 Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver recruit Jocquez Bruce was leaving the program. Bruce was a regular on the Tennessee campus being a standout at South Doyle High School in Knoxville. The 5’10”, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright As soon as former South Oak Cliff High School running back Jordan Stevenson was granted his release from the Wisconsin Badgers a new recruiting frenzy was unleashed. All teams in need of a running back with a scholarship offer left to give from the 2015 class reached out, well most teams in need did. Per reports […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A regional matchup that has only gone down one other time on the collegiate gridiron is now set. On Friday Arizona State and UNLV announced an agreed home-and-home series to begin in 2020. The series kicks off in Las Vegas on Sept. 12, 2020 with Arizona State hosting the Rebels on Sept. 11, 2021. The only […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The proving grounds of the 2015 high school football season are quickly approaching and one of the many Class of 2016 players ready to showcase his talents is Wesleyan High School running back Jordan Argilagos. Argilagos split time last year in the Wolves’ backfield but is expected to be the starter when the season begins. Despite […]
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Written by Ryan Wright What was for a time a silent commitment for 4-star defensive end Xavier Kelly became national recruiting news on Friday when the Kansas native pledged to play college ball for Clemson. On July 22, Kelly posted his Top 8 naming Alabama, Florida State, Clemson, Michigan, Georgia, Kansas State, Oregon, and TCU in the running cutting out […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The beginning of every high school football season brings hope along with an endless amount of high expectations and uncertainty across the U.S. The expectations heading into the 2015 season is no different for Allendale-Fairfax High School. Another common thread woven into the fabric of the game is the hundreds if not thousands of high school […]
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