2012 Class (January Edition)

[Dann]

Signed (2):
Casey Cochran-CT (6’1,200)-QB (pro style)
scout-3*, 247-3*, rivals-3*, espn-3*
offers- BC, Iowa
-January enrolling, CT Gatorade POY

Chandler Whitmer-KS (6'2, 190)-QB (pro style)
scout-4*, 247-4*, rivals-3*, espn-nr
offers-
-January enrolling, from Butler CC, originally a Illinois 4*commit with several BCS offers out of hs. He has 3 Years Eligibility left in college after leaving Illinois and using 1 year at Butler CC.

Commits (17):
Rennick Bryan-CT (6’3,304)-OG
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-nr
offers-
-summer enrolling

Neally Cunningham-FL (6’2,185)-WR
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-3*
offers-

Jordan Floyd-MD (6’1,210)-ATH
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-2*
offers- MD

John Green-FL (5’10,165)-WR
scout-2*, 247-3*, rivals-2*, espn-3*
offers-

John Hicks-PA (6’2, 235)-ILB
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-3*
offers- local article says Cuse/Pitt/Rutgers
-Was 1st class AAA

Chauncey Lanier-FL (5’11,165)-CB
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-nr
offers-
-not listed as a commit on 247…

Michael Marder-FL (6’1,185)-S
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-2*
offers-

Obi Melifonwu-MA (6’4,195)-S
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-nr
offers-

Mikal Myers-NY (6’0, 305)-DT
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-3*
offers- PSU
-summer enrolling

Elijah Norris-DC (6’4,220)-TE/ATH
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-2*
offers- KST, MD, MSU

Bobby Puyol-FL (6’0,170)-K
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-2*, espn-2*
offers-
- 2011 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award

Zach Rugg-PA (6’5,270)-OT
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-3*
offers-
-WVU/MSU recently showed interest in him

Tyler Samra-NJ (6’4,275)-C
scout-2*, 247-3*, rivals-2*, espn-3*
offers-
-Will be taking a official visit soon

Brendan Santos-MA (6’3,250)-DE
scout-3*, 247-3*, rivals-2*, espn-nr
offers- USF
-he is a big time wrestler as well, has fought some injuries the past couple years, summer enrolling

Jason Sylva-MA (6’2, 250)-ILB
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-2*
offers- BC
-Will enroll in January.

Jhavon Williams-FL (5’11,175)-CB
scout-2*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-2*
offers- UK

Joseph Williams-PA-FUMA (6’0,200)-RB
scout-nr, 247-2*, raivals-3*, espn-nr
offers-

Who knows (2):
Jordan Armstrong-FL (5’10, 175)-ATH
scout-3*, 247-2*, rivals-3*, espn-4*
offers-Kan, MD, Minn, Auburn, Wake, VT, USCe, Lville
-he is commited to us per 247. Larry B a Miami beat writer told me he confimed the commit through his hs coach. jordan is home schooled and there are rumors of recrods issues or testing issues. rivals has us as the only high interest but with no official offer.

Montrell Dobbs-Milford Acd, CT (5’9,185)-RB
scout-4*, 247-3*, rivals 3*, espn-3*
offers-
-the saga is still ongoing, may enroll in marshall this january or juco then uconn. sats, clearinghouse, grades, credits are all rumors at this point.

Decommit (1):
Brannon Green-JUCO TE- Oklahoma commit now. MSU also jumped in late after he committed to UConn.

Transfers (5):
Ryan Donohue- Montvale, NJ (6’0, 230)-ILB
-eligible to play 2012(2 years left), played two years at MD
scout-2*, rivals-3*, espn-2*
2009 offers-Rutgers

Conor Maher-Stony Point, NY (6’2, 215)-LB
-eligible to play 2012(2 years left), played two years at Nova
2009 rankings-scout-nr, rivals-nr, espn-nr
offers-

Alex Mateas-Canada(6’3,303)-OL
-eligble to play 2012, played one year at PSU. He played left tackle for the Ottawa Sooners-CJFL.
2010 rankings-scout-nr, rivals-nr, espn-nr
2010 offers-UConn had offered I read in one article.

Shakim Phillips-Patterson, NJ (6'2, 203)-WR
-eligible to play 2012. played one year at BC
scout-3*, rivals-4*, espn-4*
2010 offers-Iowa, UNC, MD, Pitt, Rutgers, Tenn, Cincy, UConn, AZ, Duke, UGA, Ill, Lville, MSU, Minn, USF, Cuse, Vandy, Wisc, WVU. Chesus Christ!

Bryce McNeal- Minn, MN (6’2,170)-WR
-eligible to play 2012, He has 2 years left (graduate student). From Clemson, played 2 years + a rs.
-rivals-4*, scout-4*
2009 offers from Colo, Minn, Oreg

Walkons (1):
Anthony Masucci- CT

 

[Dann]

Guys were still after:

Ryan Brodie(NJ)-OT- down to UConn, Rutgers and Miami. Will visit the other 2 this month.
Trae Clark(OH)-DT- WVU is the favorite, UConn, Ark, Ill, Ind are also in it.
Mark Glowinski(PA-JUCO)-OT- KST, UConn, WVU are in it.
Malik Golden(CT)-WR- PSU commit, looking at Iowa and UConn.
AJ Liddell(GA)-WR- UConn, GT, Vandy are in it.
Wayne Morgan(NYC)-CB- down to Syracuse and UConn. Will visit both this month.
Barrington Morris(FL)-DE/ILB- a Minn decommit, will visit this month. Ill, Cuse, TT have offered.
Mike Roberts(OH)-TE- down to Cincy, UConn, Lville, NCST.
Jevon Tyree(NJ)-ATH- down to UConn, MD, Wisc, GT. BC is also a 5th team in it.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Thanks for the summary.

I thought Whitmer had 3 years and McNeal had 2?

 

[rbny1]

I thought Whitmer had 3 years and McNeal had 2?

I was wondering the same thing about McNeal. He has played two years and has taken a redshirt year, which makes me think he has two years of eligibility left. But I may be totally wrong.

 

[NutmegState]

McNeal has two, Whitmer has three.

 

[Dann]

good info, i will edit those now. i'm just trying to grab all the info on our guys and put it all together for the BY to get a better look at our new faces. its hard to find out info on guys becuase its spread out everywhere on the recruit sites and the offers are sometimes not listed. not to mention uconn doesn't exactly get the most respect in the fball world from the sites. alot of times the info is old compared to other teams that are updated every day.

also i bet some of our guys have offers from UCF. they should prob be considered a bcs offer becuase of them upgrading to the BE, i would asume they are recruiting kids telling them that they are BCS now. It just makes the FL kids who have UCF offers more impressive due to the fact that they can stay home and play BCS ball but still they picked UConn.

 

[scdono]

McNeal has two years. Great job Husky Dan. I must of missed info on Shakim Phillips-Patterson, NJ (6'2, 203)-WR
-eligible to play 2012. played one year at BC. What happened at BC? No PT

 

[rbny1]

Thanks for putting together the summary, HuskyfanDan.

 

[ktuck911]

Guys were still after:

Ryan Brodie(NJ)-OT- down to UConn, Rutgers and Miami. Will visit the other 2 this month.
Trae Clark(OH)-DT- WVU is the favorite, UConn, Ark, Ill, Ind are also in it.
Mark Glowinski(PA-JUCO)-OT- KST, UConn, WVU are in it.
Malik Golden(CT)-WR- PSU commit, looking at Iowa and UConn.
AJ Liddell(GA)-WR- UConn, GT, Vandy are in it.
Wayne Morgan(NYC)-CB- down to Syracuse and UConn. Will visit both this month.
Barrington Morris(FL)-DE/ILB- a Minn decommit, will visit this month. Ill, Cuse, TT have offered.
Mike Roberts(OH)-TE- down to Cincy, UConn, Lville, NCST.
Jevon Tyree(NJ)-ATH- down to UConn, MD, Wisc, GT. BC is also a 5th team in it.

Nice to see we're still in it for Trae Clark and Mike Roberts... Those are two needs we still need to fill... From all I've read on these two recently there was no mention of us in their plans...

 

[sportsart]

McNeal has two years. Great job Husky Dan. I must of missed info on Shakim Phillips-Patterson, NJ (6'2, 203)-WR
-eligible to play 2012. played one year at BC. What happened at BC? No PT

Low BB attendance at BCU turned him off.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Puyol had an offer from Middle Tennessee.

Marder had an offer from Tulane.

Green had offers from FIU and Marshall.

Myers also had Akron and Buffalo offers.

Cunningham had a Marshall offer.

 

[B1GEast]

Nice job puting this all together

 

[B1GEast]

There are a lot of guys on that list that are ready to battle for starting or 2 deep positions, no learning curves like true freshman, 2012 is going to be an exciting year.

 

[Dann]

Puyol had an offer from Middle Tennessee.

Marder had an offer from Tulane.

Green had offers from FIU and Marshall.

Myers also had Akron and Buffalo offers.

Cunningham had a Marshall offer.

nice, i'm going to leave it at bcs offers for now. i would imagine that a good amount of our guys had lower offers from local schools.

 

[Dann]

-were looking at wendy laurent acording to tos. he has interest from ruty/psu and alot of low d1 offers. attends the hun school where nick williams is from, they are friends.

-were going to see brodie and malik at there homes...

 

[BNich]

-were looking at wendy laurent acording to tos. he has interest from ruty/psu and alot of low d1 offers. attends the hun school where nick williams is from, they are friends.

-were going to see brodie and malik at there homes...

Laurent looks like a great athlete his size. In the Kendall Reyes mold, tall cut, agile and quick. Looks like a great DL prospect. Haven't heard his name until now.

Also Malik Golden has Playmaker written all over him. Really want to see him in a husky uniform. Some of his highlight reels are crazy!

 

[ktuck911]

Laurent's a 2012 according to the youtube highlight tape... I like him... a lot...

 

[Dann]

wow just finished the hl tape, i don't believe he doesn't have any bcs offers. wow

 

[BNich]

wow just finished the hl tape, i don't believe he doesn't have any bcs offers. wow

Laurent?

 

[cu73etr]

Jon Hicks also had Temple, Maryland, and Illinois.

 

[Dann]

Laurent?

yea

he looked like a beast. maybe bad comp?

 

[BNich]

yea

he looked like a beast. maybe bad comp?

That was my thinking. My high school had a kid go there. Julian Hayes, RB (Xavier) now at Monmouth. 6'0" 225lbs beast of a running back. Watched his highlights and there really wasn't much of any good from the opposition, but then again they are "highlights" so who knows. Haven't heard much about the Hun school being a big prep level program. Who knows. He is definitely a great athlete for a guy his size. I really see him as a Kendall Reyes type.

 

[noeynox]

Watched the first two minutes of Laurent's tape. Def impressed. Kid moves GREAT for that size in HS. Hope we get this kid. One of those kids that appears to have fallen through the recruiting cracks. Want this kid here. With that name, I wonder if he is originally from Canada?

 

[Dann]

Jon Hicks also had Temple, Maryland, and Illinois.

nice, he had alot of good offers as it turns out. the recruit sites are missing the boat on him it seems. great job by the staff. why this editing thing gets fixed i'll go back and add md/ill.

 

[Sean]

nice, he had alot of good offers as it turns out. the recruit sites are missing the boat on him it seems. great job by the staff. why this editing thing gets fixed i'll go back and add md/ill.

Temple and Maryland? I thought we weren't including non-BCS teams.

Illinois is impressive though. <G>