Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA As much as things change, it does the heart good to know that somethings never change. Case in point, when first interviewing Chuck Filiaga in May of 2014, he was a “scrawny” 6’6”, 275 pound, defensive end for St. Augustine High School in San Diego. He finished his freshman year with 52 tackles, seven […]
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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 Week 9 of the college football season did little to restructure or add mounting drama to the 2015 college football season with more near misses than amazing Top 25 upsets but all of that is sure to change in Week 10. AAC The American Athletic Conference showed that the top of the class deserves […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The future on the field for St. Thomas Aquinas and one of the top linebackers in the 2017 recruiting class is extremely bright. The Miami area squad is a national power readying for an opportunity to play for a Florida high school state championship sitting on a 5-1 record. The Raiders are coming off […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Wednesday Alabama pulled a rising star safety recruit out of Georgia securing Xavier McKinney to their 2017 recruiting class. McKinney, a standout safety, has helped Roswell High School start off 3-0 this season picking up seven tackles and two interceptions. Recruiting interest in McKinney for the Crimson Tide has been ongoing since the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Volunteers added a much needed experienced cornerback to their 2016 recruiting class on Thursday receiving a verbal commitment from Desmond Henderson. Despite having a really nice freshman season for Dodge City Community College, Henderson (6’1”, 180) was still under the radar after coming up with 46 tackles, 5.5 tackles for a loss, eight […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football recruiters are all in on Bastrop High School wide receiver Isaiah Graham. The 6’1”, 180 pound, receiver tore up opposing Louisiana high school defenses last year pulling down 48 passes for 1,138 yards with 20 receiving touchdowns leading to double-digit offers heading into his senior season. The Class of 2016 recruit has […]
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Written by James Gray II Last Thursday wasn’t pretty, but it was a step in the right direction for the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gamecocks were able to win a tight game against the North Carolina Tarheels 17-13. After struggling mightily last season on defense, it was the defense that won the game for the Gamecocks in their season opener. The […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA What many believed would be the inevitable decision all along became fact on Tuesday when South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier named redshirt sophomore Connor Mitch the starting quarterback for the Gamecocks. Daily fall camp drama was coming out of Columbia with Spurrier attempting to push for a greater competition among his signal callers. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright What could have turned into a long recruiting process for Lake Minneola High School safety Deon Edwards took a quick turn around on Wednesday when he verbally committed to the Arkansas Razorbacks. Before the weekend Edwards had narrowed down his list of 15 reported offers to South Carolina, Missouri, Central Florida, and Arkansas announcing as things […]
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Written by Ryan Wright In December of 2014, after a long tough season that saw the Gamecocks finish 7-6 after an AP preseason ranking of No. 9 in the nation, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier muttered the worst sentence a coach his age could put out there, “two to three-year plan” in reference to how much longer he would […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the 2015 Louisiana High School football season kicks off, Bastrop High School standout Isaiah Graham will begin his campaign to solidify himself as one of the top players not only in the state but in the nation. At the end of his junior season he had already made a strong case for himself coming up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Friday Ole Miss added verbal commitment No. 15 pulling offensive guard Chandler Tuitt away from SEC East foes Georgia and Florida. Tuitt worked his way from being in the 260 pound range as a highly productive junior for Sandy Creek High School to being a growing 6’3”, 294 pound, near college ready lineman heading into […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A small town located between Monroe, Louisiana and the southern Arkansas border has a living tourist attraction running up and down the sidelines every Friday night. Throughout the past two high school football seasons fans have come to see the attraction bobbing and weaving, hustling and grinding, and out working others on his way to local […]
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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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Recruiting for Little Rock Christian running back Damarea Crockett has heated up since the 2014 season concluded. After Crockett had rushed for 1,250 rushing yards with 16 touchdowns and then posted another 250 receiving yards with an additional three touchdowns only Memphis had extended an offer. But now Crockett’s recruiting has hit a fever pitch with Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, […]
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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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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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Before transfer D’Najee Whosendove starts tearing up the field for his new school, Allendale-Fairfax High School, the speedy wide receiver/cornerback plans to impress coaches on the one-day college camp circuit this summer. Schools like South Carolina, Georgia Southern, and North Carolina State will get a first hand look at what Whosendove can do for an offense and what he can […]
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Before top Class of 2017 outside linebacker Justin Foster steps on the field for Crest High School attempting to bring a second consecutive North Carolina state champions home in 2015, we put him through an in-depth interview process wanting to know everything football related to him. Still wanting to know more, we put the 6’3”, 220 pound, recruit with nine […]
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Few times in life can one be called disruptive, troublesome, or a brute with those adjectives being high praise and a great compliment. But those words only partly describes Crest High School linebacker Justin Foster. Other adjectives include big, fast, strong, and smart. All in all Foster is the complete package, a natural. Even college recruiters love Foster’s play. The […]
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What was once a strong suit for the South Carolina football team became a detriment in 2014, the vaulted Gamecock defense. USC started out the season with a Top 10 ranking but stumbled through a 7-6 season primarily due to an inconsistent and inexperienced defensive front. In 2015 South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier hopes to turnaround the teetering .500 […]
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