Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The game speed for Mater Dei 2017 linebacker Fa’avae Fa’avae seems to be zero to 60 in no time at all. The same can be said for his quick rise up recruiting boards entering the all-too critical offseason camp circuit. Fa’avae quickly carved a niche for himself in southern California’s Trinity League coming up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The state of California is well known for producing prolific high school quarterbacks who matriculate out across the country scorching opposing collegiate defenses. The hitch in the notoriety, to have a great quarterback a team has to have at least one great receiver and the Golden State is once again loaded with blistering talent […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When the 2016 high school football season comes to a close, Sayville High School quarterback Jack Coan could leave a legacy unmatched by any other but still one-game short of his goal. Since his freshman season, Long Island has been abuzz about this 6’3”, 190 pound, quarterback slinging the ball around the yard for […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA FIRST TEAM Offense WR – Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 200, Jr. WR – Isaiah Ford, Virginia Tech, 6-2, 188, So. OT – Rodrick Johnson, Florida State, 6-7, 323, So. OT – Joe Thuney, N.C. State, 6-5, 295, Sr. OG – Landon Turner, North Carolina, 6-4, 325, Sr. OG – Eric Mac Lain, Clemson, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 football season has ended for most high schools across the nation and the college football season is drawing to a close. Recruiting efforts across the nation will pick up seeing offers start pouring in for seniors but also for Class of 2017 players already making an impact. Despite an abbreviated season due […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Arkansas Razorbacks are making a strong effort for a balanced offense in the future landing their third wide receiver commitment for the 2016 class on Friday in Kiel Pollard. Pollard, 6’2”, 228 pounds, is a standout wide receiver for Colquitt County in Moultrie, Georgia. As a junior Pollard pulled down 66 passes racking […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Gamecocks went into Tobacco Road on Thursday for a third time in the 2016 recruiting class landing Asheville offensive tackle Peter Leota. Leota, 6’5”, 300 pounds, is a two-way star for the Cougars also lining up at defensive tackle. The results have been tremendous thus far with Asheville jumping out to a 4-0 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Texas Longhorns got some good news on Saturday when they landed highly recruited in-state cornerback Obi Eboh. Eboh has 30 Division-I offers from top programs from around the nation including Oklahoma, Cal, Ole Miss, Boston College, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Washington, Pitt, Wisconsin, Arizona State, Duke, and Arkansas. The recruiting period with Texas may […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Texas A&M always recruits well and on Saturday landed a stud running back to complement their 2016 recruiting class in Rakeem Boyd. The 6’0”, 190 pound, back has been explosive on the field for Stratford High School. Boyd jumped onto the recruiting scene as a sophomore rushing for 1,621 yards with 19 touchdowns. In […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When the average college football fan looks at their favorite team’s recruiting list three things are immediately sought out, recruiting ranking or number of stars, size, and stats. When Boston College fans pour over the fact sheet on Brooklyn’s Ray Marten, all they need to know is position and size. Marten is the type […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Notre Dame picked up a big piece to their 2017 recruiting class on Friday pulling 4-star offensive tackle Joshua Lugg out of Wexford, Pennsylvania. Lugg’s 6’6”, 288 pound, frame coupled with his athleticism made him a rising star among college recruiters as a sophomore. The Class of 2017 talent has 14 reported offers on the table […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Saint Anthony’s dynamic duo of defensive lineman Curtis Weaver and defensive end/wide receiver Logan Gamble put their talents on display on the UCLA campus on Saturday and the Long Beach players did not disappoint. Logan, 6’5.5”, 198 pound, and Weaver, 6’4”, 265, are both in high demand by college recruiters nationwide. Weaver has offers from Nevada, […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Curtis Weaver has a very bright future ahead. The 6’4”, 265 pound, defensive lineman/defensive end is a force opposing California offenses have to account for play after play. Fighting off double-teams and chip shots from running backs, Curtis still came up with 52 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss, 7 quarterback hurries, 4 pass deflections, and […]
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When we last spoke to Charlotte Christian linebacker Ryan Gilmartin in mid-February recruiting for the 6’1”, 230 pound, tackling machine was really just starting. Wake Forest and Hawaii had offered with dozens showing interest after he posted a stat line of 103 tackles, 5 sacks, 19 tackles for a loss, and 6 pass breakups. Now the North Carolina native has […]
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If you have never seen St. Anthony’s High School play a football game, after sitting down and then watching one series on defense it would not take very long to indentify No. 9 on the field. Filling in the No. 9 jersey for St. Anthony’s is defensive lineman Curtis Weaver. Weaver is a gap filling, signal-caller rushing, and quarterback sacking […]
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One of the hardest hitting safeties in the 2016 recruiting class, Jordan Mack, “The Wesleyan Nightmare”, is ready! Mack is ready in more ways than one for the next level coming in at 6’3”, 200 pounds, running a 4.45 forty-yard dash. But first the Wesleyan High School star must narrow down his school of choice from eight offers with 12 […]
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Los Angeles area Class of 2016 recruit Marcel Myers is on the move, both on and off the gridiron. Heading into spring Myers transferred from Redondo Union High School in the south bay to Alemany High School in Mission Hills, north San Fernando Valley. As the crow flies the distance covers one end of LA County to the other but […]
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Exclusive interview with Ryan Gilmartin Can game tape lie? Watching game film everything is right there in front of the viewer – the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. After watching top players year after year do their thing on the football field every now and again you come across the player that raises questions, one of those […]
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Top Connecticut TE talks about joining Eagles A day after joining rock star status among the Boston College faithful as verbal commitment to the Eagles 2016 recruiting class, Scooter Harrington was back to being a normal high school teenager shoveling snow off the family’s driveway the following morning. In between a successful visit to the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts campus […]
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Q&A interview with Darrius “Vuko” Vukobradovich In less than a year do everything defensive back Darrius “Vuko” Vukobradovich will be among the Class of 2016 recruits making a life decision on the first Wednesday in February with fan bases across the country interested in where he decides to go to school. The 5’11”, 190-pounder, roams the Calabasas High School […]
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Exclusive interview with Shaquille Quarterman Each year recruiting classes are stocked full of soon to-be difference makers on the collegiate field. How each player takes a hold of the college football game becoming an All-Conference or All-American selection varies from God given physical tools, football IQ, or the product of a system. For Class of 2016 linebacker Shaquille Quarterman […]
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Exclusive interview with Scooter Harrington Rarely does the label “athlete” get used with a player who lines up at tight end. Without intent, Greenwich High School’s Scooter Harrington is breaking an old mold showing his versatility as a dual-purpose tight end, blocking and passing catching, but also lines up in the slot or at H-back and even at defensive […]
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Exclusive Interview with Jordan Mack Life is full of unfair moments. Sometimes as a society we choose to feel bad for those victimized in those unfair moments. As the holiday season approaches football fans collectively should feel sorry for any skill position player forced to run up the middle or catch a pass cross field when Jordan Mack is […]
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Life is not slowing down for Maryland defensive end Darius Fullwood, and why would it? Considered one of the top recruits for the 2015 class with a personally set announcement date of June 28th looming overhead, camps, unofficially visits and offers keep coming around every corner in the offseason for the talented big man. At 6’4”, 240 pounds, the Our […]
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