2016 Recruiting Thread

huskymedic · Nov 11, 2015

Dynasty said:
Jeffrey Pooler to West Virginia.

JefferyPooler9 4:25pm via Twitter for iPhone
Officially committed to the West Virginia Mountaineers #HailWV

But I guess I missed the decommit from Maryland.

Dynasty · Nov 12, 2015

Daelun Darien committed to Temple today.

Abdul Adams decommitted from Mich. St. yesterday.

ktuck911 · Nov 15, 2015

Hey huskymedic any word on WR/RB DJ Owens out of N Paulding HS in Dallas, GA? He'd be nice fit in Storrs

huskymedic · Nov 15, 2015

ktuck911 said:
Hey huskymedic any word on WR/RB DJ Owens out of N Paulding HS in Dallas, GA? He'd be nice fit in Storrs

I haven't seen him connected to UConn in any way? Did you see something - been doing quite a bit of traveling so I could have missed a mention?

ktuck911 · Nov 17, 2015

huskymedic said:
I haven't seen him connected to UConn in any way? Did you see something - been doing quite a bit of traveling so I could have missed a mention?

One of our coaches is following this kid on twitter so i was thinking maybe we'd offered by now. His Hudl highlights were pretty decent?

Dynasty · Nov 19, 2015

Remember that OL/DL Marcus Brown from Naples, FL that we were talking about in the 2015 recruiting thread? Well apparently he is doing a post-grad at East Coast Prep in Great Barrington, MA and he is receiving a lot of interest from schools including from UConn.

http://www.scout.com/college/footba...big-ten-big-12-c-usa-on-ol-marcus-brown?s=342

ktuck911 · Nov 19, 2015

Dynasty said:
Remember that OL/DL Marcus Brown from Naples, FL that we were talking about in the 2015 recruiting thread? Well apparently he is doing a post-grad at East Coast Prep in Great Barrington, MA and he is receiving a lot of interest from schools including from UConn.

http://www.scout.com/college/footba...big-ten-big-12-c-usa-on-ol-marcus-brown?s=342

Nice!... Hoping he ends up with us and on OL

ktuck911 · Nov 19, 2015

I just watched the video of Marcus Brown... love the lick he put on the defender... ooo-ff!.. would love to see him in the middle of our OL at OG... We still need help at OT but an OG like that would do wonders for our run game... he looks like a man-child

ktuck911 · Nov 20, 2015

A glaring need we have for this class (IMO) is finding a playmaker for our return game.... We currently have NO ONE on this current squad that has that ability. Arkeel's the only threat on KOR's but that's it.. nothing else. Do any of the kids we got verbals from already or are still trying to recruit provide such ability?

huskymedic · Nov 20, 2015

ktuck911 said:
Do any of the kids we got verbals from already or are still trying to recruit provide such ability?

Huge difference in return games from high school to D1 football - I'm not convinced what you see now is what you get in the future. Speed, vision and good hands/ball security are starting points but not everyone w/ the aforementioned skills can be returners.

ktuck911 · Nov 20, 2015

OK, so how did we get the Larry Taylors, Nick Williams, Rob Freys of the world? What do we have now that convinces you we currently have that now that can potentially translate to our team going forward? Because, right now, that part of our game is lacking way too much.

uconnflyer88 · Nov 20, 2015

ktuck911 said:
OK, so how did we get the Larry Taylors, Nick Williams, Rob Freys of the world? What do we have now that convinces you we currently have that now that can potentially translate to our team going forward? Because, right now, that part of our game is lacking way too much.

They weren't that good at returning until their junior/senior year....it takes time

It also takes a squad that can block as well....not all on the returner, unless of course you're tavon austin

ktuck911 · Nov 20, 2015

Larry Taylor, if I recall was pretty good for awhile for us with PR and KOR, especially PR...

but, you're right, we gotta block for the returners, which, for the most part, has been non-existent... God awful to be honest.. Is that coaching? or lack of talent to perform such task?

Dynasty · Nov 21, 2015

Update on Devin Singletary. Seems like we're still involved with him.

http://www.scout.com/college/footba...-singletary-locks-in-official-with-b1g-school

huskypantz · Nov 24, 2015

ktuck911 said:
Larry Taylor, if I recall was pretty good for awhile for us with PR and KOR, especially PR...

but, you're right, we gotta block for the returners, which, for the most part, has been non-existent... God awful to be honest.. Is that coaching? or lack of talent to perform such task?

He was good as as freshman.

One of the best kickoff return high school highlight reels was Reggie McClain's . And he ended up playing D.

Dynasty · Nov 24, 2015

Dynasty said:
Update on Devin Singletary. Seems like we're still involved with him.

http://www.scout.com/college/footba...-singletary-locks-in-official-with-b1g-school

Never mind that. He just committed to Illinois.

ktuck911 · Nov 25, 2015

huskypantz said:
He was good as as freshman.

One of the best kickoff return high school highlight reels was Reggie McClain's . And he ended up playing D.

Didn't he do some PR and KOR for us at one point? I'm certain he did... but he just didn't end up being the best guy for the job... we need to find that guy or those guys... Our primary RB isn't the answer (my opinion).. We all know Arkeel has that ability but he needs to not be overused like he is now. Somebody's gotta step up from what we have... or we recruit a kid with that "special" ability. We did with Larry Taylor and Nick Williams (clearly).. We can find another.

noeynox · Nov 25, 2015

ktuck911 said:
Didn't he do some PR and KOR for us at one point? I'm certain he did... but he just didn't end up being the best guy for the job... we need to find that guy or those guys... Our primary RB isn't the answer (my opinion).. We all know Arkeel has that ability but he needs to not be overused like he is now. Somebody's gotta step up from what we have... or we recruit a kid with that "special" ability. We did with Larry Taylor and Nick Williams (clearly).. We can find another.

He did. He took a punt return to the House against Cincy. It was a game we lost like 47-45, and they went on to an undefeated regular season before losing to Florida in a bowl game.

tduconn · Nov 25, 2015

Did UConn receive any commits this Fall?

huskymedic · Nov 25, 2015

tduconn said:
Did UConn receive any commits this Fall?

Depends on how you define fall but no one since Rose on 9/17.

uconnphil2016 · Nov 26, 2015

Should look into this kid as a walk on...Sean Kelly from Bacon Academy in Colchester. Watched him play today and he was really impressive, albeit not against the stiffest competition. Moves well in the pocket and had great accuracy on deep balls. Why not?

Dynasty · Nov 28, 2015

CJ Riley committed to NC State yesterday. Sorry @Drew

huskymedic · Nov 28, 2015

Abdul_Adams2 1:07pm via Twitter for iPhone
#BoomerSooner

huskymedic · Nov 29, 2015

With the Coaching Carousel in hyper mode, the run-up to NLI Day is going to be chaotic at best.

With Kyle Flood gone, where do Rutgers' class of 2016 commits stand?
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._where_do_the_class.html#incart_story_package

JMick · Nov 29, 2015

huskymedic said:
With the Coaching Carousel in hyper mode, the run-up to NLI Day is going to be chaotic at best.

With Kyle Flood gone, where do Rutgers' class of 2016 commits stand?
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._where_do_the_class.html#incart_story_package

Really hoping we can snag a couple kids from this mess. With so many coaching changes, this is prime time for programs to snag ex-coaches recruits.

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