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 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 June 1, Tren’Davian Dickson broke a lot of hearts narrowing his expansive list of scholarship offers down to just six. For a month and a half Alabama, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, USC, and Texas toyed with the thought of what Dickson would mean to their 2016 recruiting class. On Tuesday Dickson decided to stay […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The recruiting riches just got richer for the USC Trojans on Thursday when they landed 4-star safety C.J. Pollard while attending The Opening. Twelve teams in all offered the 6’1”, 180 pound, safety but the only perceived team in the mix all along was USC. Arizona State, Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon State, Oregon, Boston College, Duke, Illinois, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Monday Notre Dame added a big yet undervalued recruit to their 2016 class when head coach Brian Kelly and staff flipped Spencer Perry away from the Florida Gators. The Fighting Irish hosted the 6’3”, 200 pound, safety on June 19. By June 22 the IMG Academy product had decommitted from Florida with many speculating Perry’s […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the 2017 recruiting class starts to take the spotlight next year one of the top players on college boards across the nation will be Jimmy Jaggers. The 6’4”, 235 pound, Roseville, California talent already lays claim to 10 offers with teams like Arizona State, Michigan, Utah, Oregon State, Louisville, Colorado, Northwestern, Washington, and Washington State extending […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Different recruiting services have different ways of evaluating high school athletes year after year. Some analyst scout games, others attend camps, some even watch hours of highlight reels, or all of the above while others seem to just throw a dart towards a sign that reads 5-star, 4-star, 3-star, etc… With the 3-star recruiting ranking for […]
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Florida Gators new head coach Jim McElwain is a man on a mission. After being hired away from Colorado State in early December 2014, McElwain piece mailed together a recruiting class shattered after the dismissal of former head coach Will Muschamp. The Gators signed 21 players making a strong National Signing Day push landing 5-stars defensive end CeCe Jefferson and […]
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In late April new Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh taunted SEC head coaches with his “Summer Swarm.” The Summer Swarm is nine planned satellite football camps in seven states with the intent to draw recruits from other regions to the University of Michigan. Harbaugh had the upper hand due to a SEC rule that outlawed the practice. With the […]
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On Wednesday West Orange High School’s standout quarterback Woody Barrett set his announcement decision date. On June 3 the 6’2”, 225 pound, prospect is expected to verbally commit after receiving 11 scholarship offers from top programs nationwide. The Warriors finished the 2014 season 12-2 with Barrett at the helm drawing national attention from programs like Clemson, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, […]
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A potential answer to the trivia question who replaced Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jameis Winston at Florida State was announced on Tuesday – former Notre Dame starting quarterback Everett Golson. Golson graduated from Notre Dame over the weekend with much media attention given to potential suitors hoping to land the 6’0”, 200 pound, two-year starter as a senior transfer. The […]
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Since Dabo Swinney’s unlikely and dramatic rise as the head coach of Clemson in 2008 the Tigers have been a team on the brink of elite success. In 2009 Clemson went 9-5 then had their only losing season under the former Alabama collegiate wide receiver in 2010 after a 31-26 Meinkeke Car Care Bowl loss to South Florida. After the […]
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When we last checked in with Broken Arrow High School’s Scotty Gilkey he was recovering from an offseason sports hernia surgery and had just come back from an unofficial visit to Louisiana Monroe. Healing in time to demonstrate his pocket skills to college coaches over the summer, the 6’5”, 210 pound, gunslinger got a little time in with NFL All-Pro […]
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Conway Wampus Cats quarterback Breylin Smith has proved his worth on the Arkansas high school gridirons but is now positioning himself for an influential summer filled with one-day college camps. Over the course of the next several weeks the 6’3”, 190 pound, gunslinger who threw for over 2,000 yards with 20 touchdowns against just five picks as a junior in […]
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When Roseville High School’s 4-star tight end Jimmy Jaggers is not pancake blocking a defender into the ground, catching passes for B2G 7×7 squad Team 5-Star, or making the rounds as one of the top tight ends in the nation as part of the 2017 recruiting class, what is he doing? We did an in-depth interview with Jaggers covering everything […]
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Every year U.S. high schools across the nation turn out amazing gridiron talents. Many of those talents matriculate onto college campuses hoping to make their impact at the collegiate level while receiving their degrees before hearing their names called during the NFL Draft, if lucky. Some players make their mark by being skilled technicians, fast-on-fast, big and strong, heady, or […]
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On Monday the USC Trojans added their first quarterback to their 2016 class landing Glendora High School’s Matt Fink. Fink, 6’3”, 185 pounds, led the Tartans into the second round of the California High School playoffs as junior passing for 1,386 yards completing 96 of 165 attempts with 10 touchdowns against three picks. The dual-threat signal caller added 725 yards […]
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The Stanford Cardinal football program has never been known for rounding up early verbal commitments but more for slowly piecing together solid class after solid recruiting class. 2016 appears to be different having already landing five verbals with the addition of linebacker Curtis Robinson on Monday and defensive back Nygel Edmonds on Tuesday. Edmonds, a 5’11”, 183 pound, cornerback from […]
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When the 2014 season was finished Little Rock Christian running back Damarea Crockett had tallied over 1,600 all-purpose yards with over 1,200 of those coming off handoffs out of the backfield. To go with his stellar all-around season the 5’11”, then 205 pound, Class of 2016 talent was still not widely known. An offer had come in from University of […]
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Broken Arrow High School’s Scotty Gilkey Jr. is one of the biggest mystery men of the Midwest and Southern Region for the Class of 2016. The 6’5”, 210 pound, pro-style gunslinger was slowed on the field last year by injury but that has not stopped Eastern Illinois, Louisville, and Louisiana-Monroe from extending offers, but the curiosity into the right arm […]
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When last catching up with new IMG Academy safety Spencer Perry, the world was on a string for him with college recruiters from around the country knocking down his door, or at least filling up his phone with “how are you doing” messages. A few weeks after last talking to young Mr. Perry nothing has changed except for one small […]
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Every year there is plenty of talented college basketball players that use the NCAA Tournament to show their craft. The Midwest Region is loaded with star players as they are led by Kentucky. Many teams in the Midwest bracket are led by top guards including West Virginia, Indiana, and Wichita State. Here are five players to keep your eye on throughout the […]
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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 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 Breylin Smith There is not much more a junior quarterback can do to help ensure his team’s success than what Breylin Smith did for Conway High School in 2014. The Wampus Cats finished the season 11-1, 8-0 in conference play, with their star in the making signal caller throwing for over 2,100 yards with 20 touchdowns against […]
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