Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Recruiting rankings are always to be taken with a grain of salt and an objective eye. The star power associated with various recruits can be accurate or inflated leading to various programs and their fan bases to have an overly optimistic outlook about an incoming class only to be disappointed on down the line […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Alabama once again was the football standard in the SEC posting a 12-1, 7-1, record winning the West Division title on their way to claiming the SEC Championship with a 29-15 win over then- No. 18 Florida. For the squad’s efforts, coaches around the conference voted 10 Crimson Tide players to the All-Conference teams […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Some high school football players are men among boys dominating the competition while others are beasts among the men and the boys – Emmit Gooden is one of the beasts. The 6’4”, 285 pound, defensive end is a raw talent racking up stats and terrorizing opposing Tennessee ball carriers and quarterbacks as he closes […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The story of Fayetteville High School’s Akial Byers is in the early stages of development but is still a very intriguing story with the potential for an amazing ending. The 6’4”, 250 pound, junior is an emerging talent who is just starting to tap into his potential. The Bulldogs ended the 2014 season with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Parity is alive and well in college football where the strength of a team’s quarterback and backup quarterback is seemingly the difference between success and failure. For the Oregon Ducks, a lopsided 62-20 loss at the hands of Utah at home with backup Jeff Lockie running the show proved to be a monumental downfall […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Archbishop Rummel is off to a 3-0 start and is widely considered one of the top high school football teams in the nation. The Raiders have wins over University Lab (24-7), Covington (48-0), and scored a big 27-16 national TV win over Wayne County (MS) last week. Rummel is stocked full of talent in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The race for the best running back in the 2017 recruiting class is well on its way with players from all over the nation contending for top honors. Among the list of 20 or so 5- and 4-star recruits is Newton High School’s Kurt Taylor. Taylor is a rock on wheels at 5’9”, 200 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Cal keeps adding solid recruits to their 2016 recruiting class keeping a Top 20 ranking to date. On Monday, the Golden Bears added do-everything Mississippi athlete Jordan Duncan raising the stock of the class. Duncan is the true definition of a football “ATH.” The 6’2”, 193 pound, talent is a two-way star for Oak […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Tennessee Volunteers have a lot of work left on their 2016 recruiting class with 16 pledges but got a big jump start on 2017 when Indiana quarterback Hunter Johnson committed on Sunday. Johnson, listed at 6’3”, 195 pounds, has all the tools to be a great quarterback but success on the high school […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When the 2014 Georgia high school football season had come to an end Newton High School had posted a record of 7-4 that included a tough 43-29 third-round playoff loss to Etowah. The Rams have high expectations entering the 2015 season especially with No. 2 Kurt Taylor in the backfield. Taylor is just entering […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Arkansas Razorbacks were one of six teams who had a shot at landing Georgia linebacker Donta Evans on Sunday but in the end lost out to the Ole Miss Rebels. Arkansas felt they had as good a shot as any school with Evans. Going into his announcement date the Archer High School (Lawrenceville) star knew […]
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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 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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Written by Ryan Wright True diehard college football fans have to love what the SEC is rolling out in 2015. The parity in the league is at an all-time high with as many as three teams that could win the SEC East and as many as four in the West. All of the buildup before the season kicks off starts […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Media Days Schedule Monday Auburn, Florida, and Vanderbilt Tuesday South Carolina, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and Tennessee Wednesday Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas Thursday LSU, Georgia, and Ole Miss The SEC Media Days will be held at the Hyatt Regency/Wynfrey Hotel. The following is a complete list of SEC Media Attendees. SEC Media Days Attendees Alabama […]
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Written by Ryan Wright College football fans that follow University of California Berkeley football are already in the know, but the rest of the nation perhaps has not quite caught on yet. There is a movement taking place in northern California on the Golden Bears football team. The architect behind the movement is head coach Sonny Dykes. In 2013 the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Slowly and quietly USC is piecing together another Top 5 recruiting class. The 2016 pledge list already includes 5-star recruits in linebackers Daelin Hayes and Mique Juarez along with 4-star offensive linemen Frank Martin and Melquise Stovall and now they can add 4-star defensive lineman Keyshon Camp to the mix. Camp arrived in Los Angeles on […]
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On the practice field at Fernley High School a future collegiate all-conference caliber player has been molded into a two-way star for a larger fan base to appreciate once the 2016 recruiting class begins to matriculate onto college campuses nationwide. The Vaqueros have a unique talent blessed with size, strength, and speed in Tyler Roemer. Roemer is now 6’7”, a […]
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Before Alex Parker steps foot on the gridiron for his senior season in 2015 he will have gone through the gauntlet of offseason recruiting with offers picking up left and right and a one-day camp visit with Appalachian State. Schools like Mercer, Gardner Webb, and Elon have all extended offers but more should be coming before the summer is over. […]
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Lake Gibson High School defensive tackle Keyshon Camp is one of the more highly sought after defensive linemen in the 2016 recruiting class. Coming in at 6’4”, 274 pounds, the versatile lineman can play end or add a few pounds in the next year or two and slide inside continuing to be a disruptive force all offensive coordinators will have […]
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When we last caught up with Charlotte Christian tight end/defensive end Alex Parker in February recruiting was just picking up and summer one-day college camps were too far off to even start considering. Now nearly four months later the Class of 2016 rising star has offers from Elon, Mercer, and Gardner Webb with another dozen or so showing heavy interest. […]
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Every now and again while scouting recruits and doing research a puzzling question comes up. Two questions normally come up, why is this recruit not being more widely recruited and, especially in the case of Keyshon Camp, how can this guy be rated as low as he is? Camp is a 6’4”, 274 pound, destructive force along the defensive line […]
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Christian Brothers College (High School) running back Tre Bryant is just that, a running back, and a really good one at that. On inside handoffs, off tackle, cut-backs in a zone blocking scheme, and on outside sweeps, if he finds as much as a little crease he is gone. With great blocking in front of him, the Class of 2016 […]
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Not everyone is cut out to play in the NFL but certain SEC guys one would expect to be selected in the draft at some point. Each year snubs happen for one reason or another. Character issues, durability, attitude, and even failed drug tests can push a potential first round guy completely out of the draft, case in point LSU […]
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Part Two of a two part interview with Darius Fullwood The football gods are a finicky bunch. Fans, coaches, parents, and players can attest to the unexplainable bounce of the ball here, the turf monster reaching up and stopping the best of the best out of nowhere, or an unexplained injury hampering the play of the inspired. With Maryland […]
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