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 Few high school head coaches have been able to do what Will Clark has done with Crest High School over the past two years. Clark has put together back-to-back 16-0 seasons and put up a 14-2 record in 2013 with a run to the North Carolina state championship game before falling 38-31 to Southern. […]
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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 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 […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana has a reputation of producing great football stars including former NFL running back Jacob Hester and current Louisiana Tech wide receiver Trent Taylor. One of the next big stars to come out of this great football program is junior wide receiver Johnathan Jones. Jones is one of the weapons of the Eagles offense […]
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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 […]
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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 On Sunday, University of Tennessee-Martin went into central Arkansas to land quarterback Andre Sale. Sale, listed at 6’2”, 195 pounds, has offers from Austin Peay and Tennessee-Martin along with interest from Arkansas, Arkansas State, Vanderbilt, and Louisville. Sale had made a couple of unofficial visits to the Razorbacks and attended one of their camps […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Vanderbilt’s second season under head coach Derek Mason may not be starting off the way Commodore Nation had hoped for but there is hope for the future with the solid 2016 recruiting class that is being put together. Mason and company are piece mailing a strong 2016 group and that group got a little […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Continuing off an All-State performance in 2014, Class of 2016 offensive lineman Noah Johnson is back at it on the Arkansas high school gridiron. Helping push Fayetteville in the right direction in 2015, the Bulldogs have a 3-0 record with nice wins over Eisenhower (OK) 58-6, North Little Rock 53-14, and Muskogee (OK) 55-20. […]
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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 The recruiting stock for Omaha South High School two-way star Noah Fant is high and rising. The 6’5”, 215 pound, recruit is still seemingly open to the recruiting process going forward but for now he has hitched his wagon to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Noah made his announcement Friday morning on the Sharp and Benning […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When UCLA picked up a verbal commitment from Toleafoa “Sean” Auwae on Thursday, they landed a Top 5 center in the 2016 recruiting class. The 6’3”, 296 pound, Kapolei High School star is quick on his feet and strong in the trenches, a key piece to any recruiting class. The Semper-Fidelis All-American is a nice guy […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The recruiting period from offer to verbal commitment was short and sweet for Hawaii standout center “Sean” Toleafoa Auwae and UCLA. The Bruins offered the Kapolei High School star on Aug. 5 landing him on Friday, August 14. Auwae gained recruiting attention playing for the Hurricanes in 2014 shooting up the rankings as one of the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Australian exchange student Brent Le Roux has a shared dream with thousands of his American peers, a Division-I football scholarship. On paper the odds are not stacked in Brent Le Roux’s favor but the reality is he has a couple of advantages most high school football players do not have, gifted size and strength along with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Seems like UCLA head coach Jim Mora has been with the Bruins for several years but in fact he is just entering his third season in Westwood. After posting 9 and 10-win seasons in 2013 and 2014, the upward trend can only continue with the addition of top shelf talent. On Wednesday Mora and company added […]
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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 The Houston Cougars continued their mission of locking down area Class of 2016 talents landing safety Collin Wilder on Tuesday. The verbal commitment sent yet another message to fellow Lone Star college football programs that the Cougars are for real flipping the one-time Texas Tech commitment. Wilder, 5’11”, 185 pounds, has seen his recruiting stock soar […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel The Parkway Panthers in Bossier City, Louisiana has had two successful seasons in the past two years including making it all the way to 2013 Louisiana 5A State Championship Game. Unfortunately Parkway had to forfeit five wins from last year due to playing an ineligible player. The Panthers have many talented players all over the field including […]
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Wesleyan High School safety Jordan Mack is quick on the move on and off the field. On Friday “The Wesleyan Nightmare” officially announced his verbal commitment to the University of Virginia weeks ahead of his previous set announcement date of August 3. The explosive 6’3”, 200 pound, Norcross, Georgia talent has been a hit off the field with college coaches […]
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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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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 […]
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One of the hardest hitting safeties in the 2016 recruiting class, Jordan Mack, “The Wesleyan Nightmare”, is ready! Mack is ready in more ways than one for the next level coming in at 6’3”, 200 pounds, running a 4.45 forty-yard dash. But first the Wesleyan High School star must narrow down his school of choice from eight offers with 12 […]
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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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Much like many high school juniors across the nation Fort Smith Northside High School’s Deontre Hardwick is preparing for the next step of his life, awaiting the results of his first ACT exam. The American College Testing exam is one of the proving grounds all students must conquer before heading off to college. The one thing that makes Hardwick a […]
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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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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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OL Ean Pfeifer opens up about signing his LOI A dream came for Bentonville High School offensive lineman Ean Pfeifer on Wednesday, he signed a letter of intent to play for Vanderbilt. The 6’5”, 285 pound, road grader racked up 48 pancake blocks during his junior year and then added another 50 during his senior season helping his team […]
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Class of 2016 top recruit gives insight as underclassman In less than a year Wesleyan High School cornerback/safety Jordan Mack will have his day in the sun. The Norcross, Georgia talent already has an offer on the table from Georgia Tech with Duke, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wisconsin, Penn State, Boston College, Miami, Louisville, Arkansas, Northwestern, and Oregon all showing […]
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