Tag: Oklahoma State

Louisiana: Interview with Evangel Christian Academy Class of 2017 OT Ethan Harvey

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3  Evangel Christian Academy located in Shreveport, Louisiana, had a great 2015 season as the Eagles finished 9-3 and advanced to the state semifinals where they lost to eventual state champion, Catholic, 27-21 in overtime. After losing their first game to nationally ranked St. Joseph Prep (PA) the Eagles won eight straight games before dropping their […]

Continue reading »

Top Underperforming Power Five Conference Programs in Recruiting Ahead of NSD

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

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. […]

Continue reading »

Week 12 Upsets Readjust College Football Landscape and Potential Playoff Final Four

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A couple of Cinderella seasons came crashing down while other storybook campaigns continued after another wild weekend of college football. Of all the ups and downs offered by the sport we all love, none was bigger than the fall of Ohio State at the hands of bitter rival Michigan State. Big Ten One Cinderella […]

Continue reading »

Fayetteville 2017 QB Taylor Powell Releases End of Season Highlight Reel

High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Over the last two seasons, Fayetteville High School has been one of the top football programs in the state of Arkansas. In 2014 the Bulldogs posted an 11-3 record making a run to the state title game and in 2015 head coach Daryl Patton has guided his squad to a 9-2 record with a […]

Continue reading »

Must See College Football Games in Week 12

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season did not disappoint bringing four big upsets of Top 10 AP ranked teams; Oregon vs. then- No. 7 Stanford, Arkansas vs. then- No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Utah vs. Arizona, and No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Baylor. The losses racked up by ranked teams did not […]

Continue reading »

Upsets Rock AP Top 10 and College Football Playoff Landscape Entering Week 12

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season was as dramatic of a weekend on the gridiron as seen throughout the 2015 season with three Top 10 teams falling. The end result puts the Big 12 and Pac-12 on the edge of the college football playoffs with Notre Dame appearing to be on the verge […]

Continue reading »

Interview: Fayetteville 2017 QB Taylor Powell Proving on the Field to be Among the Best

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Criteria for recruiting rankings are never fully revealed but when the new rankings come out for the 2017 class, Fayetteville High School standout quarterback Taylor Powell deserves to be in the national discussion. As a sophomore he helped lead the Bulldogs to an Arkansas state championship runner-up finish and has his team sitting at […]

Continue reading »

College Football Playoff Rankings Continues Big 12 Snub and SEC Love

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With just five weekends left for college football teams to prove their worth for the second annual FBS playoffs, the 12-member selection committee ranked their Top 25 teams Tuesday night laying out the work that may need to be done for some to leapfrog into the tournament. The playoff selection committee’s rankings were not […]

Continue reading »

Texas 2016 WR/RB Aubrey White Talks Football and Recruiting

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The life and times of Wylie East High School wide receiver/running back Aubrey White is as exciting off the field as it is on the field for recruiting diehards. The 6’1”, 190 pound, dynamic athlete is an explosive playmaker who has racked up different reported amounts of scholarship offers from top schools around the […]

Continue reading »

Brophy Prep 4-Star Class of 2016 DE Connor Murphy Release Mid-Season Highlight Reel

High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Anytime a team has lined up against Brophy Prep College in Phoenix over the last two seasons, the first question before drawing up a game plan or snapping the ball is where is No. 90? No. 90 has been a terror in opposing Arizona high school backfields using his 6’7”, 255 pound, frame to […]

Continue reading »

Interview with Fort Smith Northside CB Louisiana Tech commit Kiondre Thomas

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Life on the gridiron for Class of 2016 cornerback Kiondre Thomas has been both good and frustrating throughout the season. The Grizzlies have started 1-4 on the season with some injuries at key positions holding the team back. The good news is everyone is healthy and the Fort Smith Northside squad has five games […]

Continue reading »

Archbishop Rummel 2017 LB Shahid Reece Releases Mid-Season Highlight Reel

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Progress on the field for Class of 2017 linebacker Shahid Reece is coming along quickly. The junior is already a second-year starter playing against some of the top competition in the state of Louisiana for one of the top ranked teams in the state, Archbishop Rummel. The 6’0”, 215 pound, linebacker had 70 tackles, […]

Continue reading »

Week 6 AP Rankings: Overcorrecting AP Voters Dock Michigan State but not Ohio State

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Have the AP rankings ever been this temperamental? The 61 voters spread across the nation are having love affairs with a different team every week and much like a grade school or junior high kid, off to the next shinny object when all of Saturday’s scores have been tallied. The Week 6 bull’s eye […]

Continue reading »

Baseball vs. Football, and a Third Arkansas State Championship: Interview with Bentonville’s Kasey Ford

High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Few could mistake Texas A&M true freshman quarterback Kyler Murray for Bentonville’s senior quarterback Kasey Ford. Perhaps the biggest differences between the two is Murray is about 5’10”, 185 pounds, while Ford is 6’5”, 260 pounds. Another big difference is Murray is a dual-threat and fast on fast while Ford is a pocket passer […]

Continue reading »

Interview with Louisiana Archbishop Rummel Rising Star LB Shahid Reece

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News 2 comments

Written by Ryan Wright There are a few states across the U.S. that give automatic credence to a player’s on the field abilities at the high school level, especially playing the game at the higher classifications. Those states where credibility is instantly won includes Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. When sophomore linebacker Shahid Reece took the […]

Continue reading »

Fun Q&A Interview with Topeka High School RB Mike McCoy

High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Charlie Beuttel Mike McCoy had a great junior season at running back for Topeka High School. The 6’2″, 215 pound, workhorse had 1,150 yards and 23 touchdowns for the Trojans in 2014. McCoy’s junior season was filled with highlights including rushing for 200 yards and scoring four touchdowns against Manhattan. After the season, McCoy was selected All-State honorable […]

Continue reading »

Former Oklahoma State QB Daxx Garman Eligible to Play Immediately for Maryland

College Football Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright Maryland head coach Rand Edsall got a small win heading into the 2015 college football season before stepping foot on the field. On Thursday transfer quarterback Daxx Garman received a waiver from the NCAA clearing him to play this season. J.W. Walsh started the season opener for Oklahoma State but Garman played in nine games last […]

Continue reading »

Texas Tech Sneaks 3-Star DT Nick McCann out of Arkansas

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright The Red Raiders have not ventured outside the state of Texas much to build their 2016 recruiting class but snuck a hidden gem out of the state of Arkansas on Tuesday landing a verbal commitment from Texarkana defensive tackle Nick McCann. McCann, 6’2”, 290 pounds, jumped onto the recruiting scene during the offseason by way of […]

Continue reading »

Class of 2016 LSU FS/OLB Commit Cliff Chatman Announces Five Official Visits

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

Written by Ryan Wright Living in the Big Easy could not be any easier for McDonogh 35 free safety/outside linebacker Cliff Chattman. The 6’5”, 185 pound, talent has offers from some of the top programs throughout the region but landed the big offer seemingly every other high school prospect in the state of Louisiana wants, an offer from LSU. On […]

Continue reading »

Quick Getting to Know You Interview with Cisco QB Richard Lagow

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Written by Ryan Wright When National Signing Day 2016 nears that first Wednesday in February watch for the name Richard Lagow, because Division-I colleges in need of a quarterback with the potential to step in and start right away will put this Texas junior college gunslinger in high demand. The Cisco College signal caller has quickly become one of the […]

Continue reading »

Cisco QB Richard Lagow talks unofficial visit with USC Trojans

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

Written by Ryan Wright One of the fastest rising quarterback prospects out of the JUCO ranks for the 2016 recruiting class is Cisco signal caller Richard Lagow. Lagow originally signed with UConn out of Plano Senior High School as part of the 2013 recruiting class, went through fall camp with the Huskies, but then walked on at Oklahoma State redshirting […]

Continue reading »

Former Dallas area star QB and UConn signee Richard Lagow working back to D-I ranks from Cisco C.C.

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News 4 comments

The second time around is not always the sweetest but for former Dallas area high school star quarterback Richard Lagow the first time around was not necessarily that great anyway. Now the former University of Connecticut turned former Oklahoma State walk-on is looking to find a new Division-I home via Cisco Community College, and tearing it up in the process. […]

Continue reading »

Fun Q&A interview with Acadiana Louisiana LB Kevin Moore

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Louisiana is a hot bed for high school football talent. One of the star players that fans should pay attention to during the 2015 season is Kevin Moore. Kevin Moore had a great junior year at Acadiana High School in Lafayette, Louisiana. The 6’1”, 196 pound, workhorse racked up 148 tackles, seven pass breakups, five sacks, four interceptions, three forced fumbles, […]

Continue reading »

Interview with Oklahoma State Class of 2016 CB commitment Rodarius Williams

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana has a reputation of shaping high school football players into division one college prospects. The Calvary Cavaliers have a high-powered offense led by Ole Miss commitment quarterback Shea Patterson and are looking for their third straight Louisiana Division III state championship in 2015. The Cavaliers also have a stellar defense which only gave up […]

Continue reading »

Interview: College camp circuit should see offers increase for Fort Smith LB Deontre Hardwick

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

College coaches love evaluating high school recruits in person. The one-on-one time allows coaches to see if recruits are as big, fast, and as skilled as they appear on tape. The time during the camp also allows for coaches to see if a player is coachable and it helps forge a bond with said recruit. For Fort Smith linebacker Deontre […]

Continue reading »

Interview: Oklahoma safety Calvin Bundage headhunting along the way to the college ranks

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

In a town 14 miles due north of the heart of Oklahoma City stands a football cautionary tale. When parents talk about being fearful for their child’s safety on a football field, traces of the conversation can be linked back to the town of Edmond. When media talking heads expound on the violence of the game of football, they are […]

Continue reading »

Interview with Fort Smith Northside 4.34 CB speedster Kiondre Thomas

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Until the mid to late 1980’s football players were noted to have good to great speed but then a guy named Bo Jackson came around and shattered all preconceived notions about “football speed.” The Auburn star running back was not only big and strong along with talented, but he was also blazing fast running a reported hand-held 40-yard dash time […]

Continue reading »

Conway QB Breylin Smith readies to showcase talent at college summer camps

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News One comment

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 […]

Continue reading »

Interview: Louisiana QB Cole Kelley talks about verbal commitment to Arkansas

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News 2 comments

On Saturday the Arkansas Razorbacks picked up a verbal commitment from Teurlings Catholic High School quarterback Cole Kelley. Kelley became the fifth verbal commitment and second Louisiana native added to the Hogs 2016 recruiting class. The 6’7”, 245 pound, pro-style quarterback with a cannon for an arm is a rising star in the 2016 recruiting class. He already has offers […]

Continue reading »

Interview: Louisiana QB Cole Kelley tearing it up on the ground and in the air

College Football, High School Football, Recruiting News Leave a comment

Teurlings Catholic High School’s Cole Kelley truly stands out in a crowd, both on and off the gridiron. The 6’7”, 245 pound, quarterback is a rarity in more ways than one. Not only does his height give him a slight advantage while in the pocket but despite his towering size, especially for a quarterback, he can get down the field […]

Continue reading »
1 2