Written by Ryan Wright The recruiting battle waged between Ole Miss and Tennessee over Bryce Mathews ended on Friday when the Nashville area talent verbally committed to the Rebels. Mathews had several visits to Tennessee and Ole Miss going back and forth on his perceived top schools. Tennessee was the first to offer the son of former NFL lineman Jason […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A week ago Coconut Creek Safety Alexy Jean-Baptiste was a verbally committed Arkansas Razorback safety/outside linebacker who had never visited the campus before. A week later Jean-Baptiste has now made the 20-hour one-way trek from south Florida to northwest Arkansas twice further securing his commitment with the Hogs. Arkansas hosted an Elite Camp on Thursday with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The recruiting dance that has gone on between the University of Georgia and wide receiver Charlie Woerner ended on Thursday when the 4-star recruit verbally pledged to the Bulldogs. Woerner caught the nation’s attention during his junior season playing all over the field as a true two-way player. He lined up at free safety and linebacker […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the 2015 Louisiana High School football season kicks off, Bastrop High School standout Isaiah Graham will begin his campaign to solidify himself as one of the top players not only in the state but in the nation. At the end of his junior season he had already made a strong case for himself coming up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Year after year it seems every team in California is chalked full of next level talent which leads to high expectations in the win-loss columns for all programs. In 2014 Calabasas High School was one of the teams with a lot of young talent learning their way on the field under new head coach Casey Clausen. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Seems like UCLA head coach Jim Mora has been with the Bruins for several years but in fact he is just entering his third season in Westwood. After posting 9 and 10-win seasons in 2013 and 2014, the upward trend can only continue with the addition of top shelf talent. On Wednesday Mora and company added […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A change in the football recruiting winds has happened within the state of Arkansas. A decades long tradition of locking down the best players, if and when possible, within The Natural State has seemingly come and gone with the new notion of picking and choosing the best players as needed then filling in the rest of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright For all Class of 2016 football players the time is now. After years of blood, sweat, and tears in the classroom, in the weight room, and on the gridiron all of that preparation has led up to a test that will expand over 10 regular season games and if lucky perhaps a few more postseason games […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Red Raiders have not ventured outside the state of Texas much to build their 2016 recruiting class but snuck a hidden gem out of the state of Arkansas on Tuesday landing a verbal commitment from Texarkana defensive tackle Nick McCann. McCann, 6’2”, 290 pounds, jumped onto the recruiting scene during the offseason by way of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright No team in college football has been hotter on the recruiting trail than Arkansas State. Over the past four days the Red Wolves have secured 11 verbal commitments with Tuesday’s pledge from tight end Javonis Isaac. In 2014 Isaac helped Acadiana to a 12-4 record that included a 23-7 win over Destrehan in the Louisiana High […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Living in the Big Easy could not be any easier for McDonogh 35 free safety/outside linebacker Cliff Chattman. The 6’5”, 185 pound, talent has offers from some of the top programs throughout the region but landed the big offer seemingly every other high school prospect in the state of Louisiana wants, an offer from LSU. On […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Back in April news broke that Florida Gators redshirt freshman J.C. Jackson was one of three men who entered a residence robbing a man at gunpoint. After the news surfaced becoming wide spread by April 18, talks had charges against Jackson being dropped. All that scuttlebutt became just that on Monday when the former Gator was […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When we last caught up with Micah Croom he had just finished rattling helmets roaming in the secondary for Servite High School. Now the 6’3”, 195 pound, safety/cornerback is at La Mirada High School preparing for what should be a standout senior season. Croom has a lot going for him as one of the top safeties […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The rich got a little bit richer on Monday when Freedom High School star running back B.J. Emmons verbally committed to the University of Alabama. Emmons helped the Patriots to a 10-1-1 record in 2014 that included a first round 50-49 North Carolina High School Playoffs loss to East Rowan. Along the way Emmons rushed for […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Football is a game of inches won up front on both the offensive and defensive sides if the ball. In the SEC, where every team can run the ball, a true running stopping defensive tackle is worth said recruit’s weight in gold. On Monday the Commodores got a key verbal commitment when Brandon Adams said he […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The old commercial tag line runs something like “never let them see you sweat.” Regardless of how great other Pac-12 recruiting class are shaping up Standford’s 2016 haul to date has to be making opposing conference coaches sweat. On Sunday the Cardinal added yet another 4-star recruit landing a commitment from wide receiver Simi Fehoko. Fehoko […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Few programs can tout rising up from adversity as well as Arkansas State has been able to do in recent years. The program tucked up in northeast Arkansas, about an hour away from Memphis, has been a consistent winner on the field despite going through an unusual amount of coaching turnover in the past five years, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Year after year the state of Georgia is absolutely loaded at the high school level with future Division-I talent. In 2015 some of the best players in the nation will come out of the Peach State, guys like Julian Rochester (McEachern HS), Demetris Robertson (Savannah Christian), Nigel Warrior (Peachtree Ridge HS), and Zerrick Cooper (Jonesboro HS). […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Taylor Tuiasosopo was an anchor on a senior laden offensive line for Paraclete High School (Lancaster, CA) in 2014. The 6’4”, 310 pound, offensive tackle helped plow a way for USC Class of 2016 running back commitment Melquise Stovall towards a 1,600 yard season and helped the Spirits to a 10-4 record. The powerful big man […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Friday Ole Miss added verbal commitment No. 15 pulling offensive guard Chandler Tuitt away from SEC East foes Georgia and Florida. Tuitt worked his way from being in the 260 pound range as a highly productive junior for Sandy Creek High School to being a growing 6’3”, 294 pound, near college ready lineman heading into […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The SEC released their preseason football teams on Friday placing six Arkansas Razorbacks among the best in the conference. Ole Miss owned the first-team offensive selections with three (TE Evan Engram, OL Laremy Tunsil, and WR Laquon Treadwell) but the Razorbacks owned the second-team All-SEC squad placing four selections on the list; RB Jonathan Williams, TE […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Across the U.S., as high school football programs pickup summer camp that will lead straight into the season and continue all the way through November, or later, a backyard brawl has begun. High school players are putting in the extra hours in the weight room and on the practice field, studying film, and battling their teammates […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Tom Killilea has had a great career at St. Thomas Aquinas in Overland Park, Kansas. The 6’6″, 270 pound, offensive lineman is one of the key returning starters to a team that made it all the way to the Kansas 5A State Championship Game in 2014. Killilea and the Saints came up short in the state […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Thursday there was a fair amount of anticipation in Fayetteville with Coconut Creek safety Alexy Jean-Baptiste coming to town. The Arkansas Razorbacks have 11 verbal commitments to their 2016 recruiting class but Jean-Baptiste was one of the few who committed to the Hogs (June 16) site unseen. Arkansas beat out some heavy competition for the […]
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