Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Oklahoma State overcame the loss on Monday of three-star Texas cornerback Tyon Merchant by adding junior college defensive tackle Ioane Leilua on Wednesday. Leilua was part of a Snow College team that posted a 6-4 record this season. With stats posted through eight games played, Leilua is credited with 28 tackles and an interception […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Volunteers pushed their 2017 class back to 27 commitments on Wednesday when offensive tackle K’Rojhn Calbert joined Tennessee’s class. Tennessee was able to keep an under the radar gem in-state landing Calbert’s commitment. Many teams across the country had overlooked the 6-5, 290 pound, talent tucked away on Warren County’s team. Warren County […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Cougars coaching staff has made great inroads into southern California with the 2017 recruiting class pulling out yet another three-star talent. The latest California recruit to pledge to Washington State is safety Josh Talbott. Talbott was a key contributor for Long Beach Poly High School. The Jackrabbits posted a 7-4 record this season […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Opening round of the 2016 Louisiana Division II playoffs was exciting with three teams punching their tickets to the quarterfinals after the top five seeds all earned a bye week in the first round. The most exciting game of the weekend was when No. 11 E.D. White upset No. 6 Vandebilt Catholic. The other […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 It was an exciting first round of action in the Louisiana 4A playoffs as the 16 best have punched their tickets to the second round. Some of the wilder games included No. 5 Minden escaping past No. 28 Franklin Parish 36-34 and No. 6 Woodlawn squeaking past No. 27 Cecilia 24-21. Some players that put […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Fans of the Big Ten were elated on Tuesday night when the College Football Playoff Selection Committee announced their third rankings of the 2016 season placing both Ohio State and Michigan into the Top 4. College football fans across the country that do not have a Big Ten bias, groaned at the new rankings […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Bruins have a long way to go before filling up their 2017 recruiting class come National Signing Day in February. UCLA currently has nine commits that includes five-star defensive end Jaelan Phillips, four-star offensive guard Kanan Ray, and undervalued three-star cornerback Jaylan Shaw. As the staff puts pieces of the puzzle together working […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Its quarterfinal time in the Louisiana Division I playoffs with eight teams clinching their spot in the four quarterfinal matchups for Friday night. In the first round, several teams put up some great performances including No. 6 seed Brother Martin as they shut out No. 11 McKinley 42-0 and No. 5 Evangel Christian destroying No. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A good day on the recruiting trail for Alabama turned out to be a bad day for Kentucky and Louisville, and the likes, when five-star offensive tackle Jedrick Wills committed to the Tide. Wills made his announcement via a released video. His top schools, in no order, were Alabama, Norte Dame, Kentucky, Tennessee, and […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 It was a wild first round of the Louisiana 5A as there were three upsets where the lower seeded team punched their ticket to the second round. There were also two teams, No. 20 Central-Baton Rouge and No. 14 Acadiana, who opened the playoffs by shutting out their opponents. The first round was filled with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Tar Heels have made a big push on the recruiting trail to shore up their offensive line for years to come. On Monday North Carolina added their fifth verbal commit to the class when Kelby Wickline pledged. By the time Wickline gets to Chapel Hill he will be a well-traveled football player. Wickline […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Hogs added a physically big piece to their 2017 recruiting class on Monday when Madison Prep Academy defensive end/tackle Tory James called the Hogs. The addition to James was greeted with a warm welcome by Arkansas fans after roughly three-and-a-half months without a commitment. James is a big part of Madison Prep Academy’s […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA For a high school athlete in any sport to be one of the top players in his or her state in any sport is a great accomplishment. Cambridge Christian School (Tampa) running back Andrew Cunningham is not satisfied with being one of the top players in the state of Florida, he wants to be […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The secret is slowly creeping out on Southwind High School defensive end Jordan Davis. The Class of 2018 recruit has just one offer for now from Memphis, but top teams like Clemson, Ole Miss, Louisville, Florida State, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky are starting to show more and more interest. Over the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Associated Press College Football Rankings once again showed the bias of voters for teams atop their poll giving as much as a hand slap to the three Top 4 teams that lost over the weekend. College football fans were expecting a big shakeup in the AP rankings released on Sunday but received nothing […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Huskies are putting together a 2017 recruiting that could be as good as any other program in the nation when National Signing Day rolls around in February. Washington has pulled in 14 commits so far, with eight being ranked as four-star talents. The newest four-star addition to the class came on Saturday when […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On the gridiron at the high school or college level, there is no sweeter addition to a player’s name than All-American. One attribute Cisco safety DeAnthony Lee has going for him over the rest of the 2017 recruits across the nation – All-American. Lee had an explosive senior season for Karen Wagner High School […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Bad blood among adults can create bad situations for the young women and men caught in the middle in the high school ranks. A first team All-State performance by Drake Beasley Jr. on the gridiron in 2015 gave promise to the future for his senior year. Unfortunately, some adults did not like it when […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Football fans in the state of Washington may still be wondering how Michael Matthews got away. On Thursday, the Camas High School star verbally committed to the University of Montana putting an end to his recruiting process, a loss, whether recognized or not, for Washington, Washington State, and Eastern Washington. Matthews was not just […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Washington Huskies have put together the foundation of a great class that could rival some of the perennial winners on the recruiting trail when National Signing Day comes around in February. Another key piece to the class was added on Saturday when Oregon four-star cornerback Elijah Molden announced he was heading to Seattle […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA One of the more interesting recruiting battles for top high school football players left uncommitted in the state of Florida is centered upon cornerback Latavious Brini. Brini has 36 scholarship offers from most of the top programs in the country but could still see his recruiting value soar even higher over the next couple […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Utes 2017 recruiting class is heading in the wrong direction after suffering two decommitments on Thursday. The loss, for now, looms large dropping the class of just eight recruits down to six. When Utah added cornerbacks Zyon and Tristin McCollum on June 16, it was a packaged deal. No surprise to see the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA As the Gamecocks start showing improvement on the field under first year head coach Will Muschamp, South Carolina continues to pull top talent off the recruiting trail to help insure the upward trend continues. On Friday, four-star junior college defensive end Javon Kinlaw verbally committed to the Gamecocks adding the team’s 13th defensive player […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA It seems like every year, for the size of the state, Utah produces some pretty amazing collegiate football talent on par with some of the more highly recognized recruiting battle states across the country. One rising Utah star all college coaches will want to check out is 2018 outside linebacker Salua Masina. Masina had […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Maurice Britton Jr. had a great career at Bonnabel High School in Kenner, Louisiana. The 5-8, 174 pound, running back finished his senior campaign with 1,173 rushing, six rushing touchdowns, and one kickoff returned for a touchdown. This is the first time in a decade that a rusher from Bonnabel has reached 1,000 yards in a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA It seems that most college coaches at four-year schools look at junior college players, by and large, as fall back options to fill holes in a recruiting class year after year. Somewhere along the way the reality of having a player, more times than not, two years the senior of an incoming freshman, two […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Its playoff time in Louisiana with 11 teams in the Division II bracket kicking off postseason play Friday night. Last year, the No. 4 seed Parkview Baptist won the Division II state championship by escaping past No. 2 seeded St. Thomas More, 24-21. This season, De La Salle has clinched the No. 1 seed by […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Mean Green pushed their 2017 recruiting class to 11 commits on Wednesday when in-state safety Makyle Sanders joined the group. Sanders has earned his way to the next level playing against tough Lone Star State 6A competition. The Raiders fought to a 5-4 season in 2015 but had a frustrating 2016 campaign losing […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Wednesday, Louisiana Tech added their tenth commitment to their 2017 recruiting class when linebacker Tristan Allen pledged. Allen has been a productive part of Atlanta High School’s success over the past two seasons. The Rabbits posted a 9-5 mark in 2015 and have gone 6-4 in 2016 against 4A Texas competition. The 6-3, […]
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