Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Certain players standout on a crowded field of talented high school players with their play popping full of energy. At Lakewood High School, James Rafkin is in the midst of finding his stride as one of the more dynamic and explosive players in the state of California with another season of experience left to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Nothing changed with the College Football Playoff Selection Committee rankings in Week 5 after Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Iowa all held up their end of the bargain for one more week. Some shuffling could still be had during Championship Week if the top draws are upset. Perhaps the biggest cemented spot, at least for […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Win or lose, each week a finicky College Football Playoff Selection Committee can dock a team for the smallest or biggest of things quickly putting a season into high alert. Case in point, Notre Dame eked out a three-point win at Fenway Stadium over Boston College but was demoted from No. 4 to No. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The AAC is on the move with a couple key wins during the 2015 season but none bigger than Memphis’ 37-24 derailing of No. 13 Ole Miss. When the AP voters turned in their ballots at the conclusion of Week 7 the American Athletic Conference, for the first time ever, had three teams ranked […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA While Texas’ 2016 recruiting class has a long way to go before being filled with just nine commitments, the 2017 class got a big boost on Wednesday and Thursday with the addition of tight end Major Tennison and defensive end LaGaryonn Carson. Tennison jumped on the recruiting map as a sophomore pulling down 20 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Several college football teams added to their 2016 and 2017 recruiting classes last week but the top two programs to win the week were arguably Wisconsin and Utah. Western Michigan had a good week picking up two in-state recruits in athlete Mitchell Heimbuch and wide receiver Rodney Graves, same as Utah, but the Utes […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 Louisiana has had its share of different frightening tales over the years threatening the livelihood of the good people in the Bayou State. Some of the better stories that have kept going over time include the Swamp Monster or the Fouke monster, the paramafait, and the Rougarou. A new beast that is not fictional […]
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Written by Ryan Wright During a ceremony from Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, 4-star wide receiver Tyler Vaughns verbally committed to USC on Wednesday. The announcement was of little surprise considering Vaughns has been a regular on the USC campus during his recruiting process and La Puente is roughly 20 minutes (east) away from the Trojans’ facilities. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright SEC West foes watch out, Ole Miss is at it again putting together another consensus Top 15 kind of recruiting class. Taking a big step towards that highly ranked class in 2016 was the verbal commitment of cornerback Jaylon Jones. Jones is a do everything kind of cornerback listed at 5’11”, 182 pounds, with 4.40 forty-yard […]
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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 […]
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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 If college coaches were constructing the perfect defensive tackle an itemized rundown of important criteria must first be listed. Among the desired traits would have to be height, somewhere in the 6-foot 3-inch or taller range. Good weight is a must, at least 290 pounds and maybe no more than 320 on the high end. Quickness, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s former Kansas City Royals centerfielder and former Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson let the world know just how athletic and talented he was successfully picking up one sporting hobby after another telling us “Another Day, Another Hobby.” For Valley High School defensive end Teton Saltes, a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Thomas Graham Jr. seemingly has the football world on a string. The 5’11”, 170 pound, cornerback, already has 11 scholarship offers and a clear cut vision of where he wants to play his college ball. On Wednesday night during a massive recruiting ceremony that included nine other recruits, Graham verbally committed to USC over offers from […]
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Written by Ryan Wright One of the primary goals of attending one-day college camps is to land an offer. On Wednesday the plan was executed to perfection for Class of 2017 recruits offensive tackle Austin Jackson and cornerback Thomas Graham. Jackson is a standout offensive tackle for North Canyon High School in Phoenix, Ariz. The 6’5”, 260 pound, big man […]
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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 […]
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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 soon to be graduated senior Taylor McNamara announced his intentions to transfer from the University of Oklahoma opting to play his final year out at University of Southern California. The 6’5”, 245 pound, So Cal native from West View High School in San Diego was a lost piece in the Sooners’ offense playing in 11 career games, starting […]
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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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Recruiting update with top Carrollton, Texas offensive lineman As the hype and anticipation builds leading into the first Wednesday of February for National Signing Day, one Class of 2015 recruit will already be on a college campus going through the daily grind of classroom work, offseason workouts, and learning a new playbook. That student-athlete is Carrolton, Texas’ star offensive […]
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Exclusive interview with McKinley Whitfield Respect can come in different ways for high school football players but at the end of the day what one does on the field matters most. While snubbed by state publications for All-State honors after a standout junior season, college coaches are cluing in on Spiro, Oklahoma’s McKinley Whitfield giving the pride of the […]
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