Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Put him at any skill position on the gridiron and he will succeed. Over at Ocoee High School (Fla.), the Knights have a three-way game changer in Class of 2025 athlete Joshua Guerrier. Midway through the Knights’ 2023 season, Guerrier has applied his craft to the game again but at an even higher level […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The spring days rolling into the summer months have been fruitful for Justin Thurman. Spring evaluations and summer collegiate camps have continued to push the four-star tailback up recruiting boards. Teams have laid down 20 scholarship opportunities, with the most recent coming from Purdue, and top Power Five interest is building. One in-state program […]
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After spending three years with powerhouse IMG Academy, Ryan Daly will lace up his cleats this fall with another powerhouse, Venice High School (Fla.). The defensive tackle has big shoes to help fill with the Indians after the graduation of five-star end Damon Wilson, but Daly has the skills to be the difference maker in the trenches. Stepping outside the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA For every good there is a bad, and with every list there is a top, a bottom, and everything else in between. With National Signing Day just days away, several Power Five Conference programs are flat out killing it on the recruiting trail while others are underperforming to date from the big picture standpoint. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Badgers landed their 18th verbal commitment late Wednesday night when Kendrick Pryor picked Wisconsin over Iowa. Pryor is a two-way star for Homewood Flossmoor High School in Illinois. The 6’1”, 171 pound, athlete had an interesting recruiting process favoring playing wide receiver at the next level but several schools envisioned Pryor as a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The recruiting stock for Omaha South High School two-way star Noah Fant is high and rising. The 6’5”, 215 pound, recruit is still seemingly open to the recruiting process going forward but for now he has hitched his wagon to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Noah made his announcement Friday morning on the Sharp and Benning […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Best of lists are all opinions and pure biases but an argument can easily be made for Omaha South High School’s Noah Fant as one of the best players in Nebraska. The 6’5”, 215 pound, two-way star is at or near the top of every reputable recruiting service when listing out recruiting talent in the Cornhusker […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A long recruiting flirtation between wide receiver Emmanuel Rugamba and colleges in Iowa ended on Saturday with the Naperville Central talent siding with the Hawkeyes. Iowa State was thought to be a frontrunner for Rugamba with friend and Cyclones’ Class of 2015 linebacker signee Bobby McMillen on campus but in the end the Hawkeyes landed their […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Iowa Hawkeyes staff, seemingly feeling the pressure of Ohio State’s national championship at the conclusion of the 2014 season and new Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh coming into the conference, have made recruiting a priority in the offseason picking up recruits 18, 19, and 20 to their 2016 class on Monday. The Hawkeyes added cornerback […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Iowa Hawkeyes continued their roll through the month of June adding their 13th verbal commitment in the month of June landing New Jersey defensive end/outside linebacker Brandon Simon. Simon, 6’2”, 240 pounds, helped lead Don Bosco Prep to a 7-5 record in 2014 and jumped on the recruiting map for several schools throughout the region. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Iowa Hawkeye recruiting could easily be summed up as the Rubik Cube of Division-I football. Under head coach Kirk Ferentz, now in his 17th year in Iowa City, the results on the field have been mixed in recent years pointing fingers to uneven recruiting classes. From the 1999 season Ferentz has posted a win-loss record of […]
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Somewhere in between the time the Iowa Hawkeyes wrapped up a 7-6 season with a 45-28 bowl game loss to the Tennessee Volunteers and a quick revaluation time for head coach Kirk Ferentz shortly thereafter, starting quarterback Jake Rudock was no longer deemed the team’s starting quarterback. Rudock, 6’3”, 208 pounds, appeared in 12 of Iowa’s games in 2014 throwing […]
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Duke clinched the No. 1 seed in the South Region but by no means do the Blue Devils have an easy road to the Final Four. No. 2 seed Gonzaga and No. 3 seed Iowa State will also be fighting for a chance to get to the Final Four. Number one Duke opens the tournament against the winner of the play […]
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Exclusive Interview with Quinton Bell A heads up to all future high school football recruiting classes, being academically qualified, having outstanding measurables, and amazing on the field talent does not always translate into a full ride scholarship – at any level. Case in point, former Costa Mesa High School wide receiver/linebacker Quinton Bell. Bell started his career at Cal […]
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Exclusive interview with Nick DeLuca When I last sat down for a one-on-one interview with Hamilton, Ontario wide receiver Nick DeLuca he had taken a break from a rigorous west coast swing through the U.S. that included stops at Cal, University of Washington, and UCLA, all after hitting up Duke, Iowa, and Cornell. Not surprisingly DeLuca was not finished making […]
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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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