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Buffett10 said:
Curtis Samuel out of Ehall won Positional MVP this past weekend at New York NFTC. He was there as a WR but can play RB as well as on the defensive side of the ball. He said he feels more comfortable on the offensive side. We need to try and get this kid he is a playmaker.
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We're trying (being recruited by Coach Wholley) but beside his UConn offer he also has tOSU, BCU, Rutty, UF, the U, Nebraska, Cuse, Vols, USCe, and UVA offers.

ND, Bama, and VA Tech are also on the trail but no offers yet.
 
3* 6-5 275 OG Nathaniel Devers from Massillon Ohio received an offer from UConn today.

BlackSwarm_762:26pm via Twitter for Android
UCONN just offered!!

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1354574/#highlights/38913374

Nate has other offers from Indiana, Akron, Toledo, Bowling Green, Ohio and Buffalo but is drawing other large conference schools.

He was one of the top offensive performers @ this past weeks Under Armour/Rivals Camp Series this past weekend in pittsburgh:

"Devers may not be the biggest offensive lineman but he was very good Sunday playing at guard. He has great upper body strength and really relied on it to finish off the defensive linemen. That being said, Devers was able to anchor down pretty well to stop bull-rushes. He just needs to add lower body strength because he won't be able to bench press defenders at the next level. Devers also had very good lateral quickness as well.'

My sense is that this a a TJ Weist connection. This is the same school that produced QB Kyle Krumpt that we offered last year after he was left high and dry by Tuberville.
 
New Canaan's Connor Buck (DL)

Recently received UMass offer
 
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Got to have a Giovanni on your team...

A Jim Fuller @ NHR re-tweet

Countryside Football (@csidefootball)
5/2/13, 7:24 PM
Congrats to @Negron67 (Giovanni Negron) for getting offered by #UCONN today. Great job Gio!

6-4 285 lb offensive tackle out of Countryside HS in Clearwater FL.

From Florida Preps: SCOUT CARDS

- mean streak
- aggessive
- solid pass blocker
- really good run blocker
- good feet

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1239737/giovanni-negron

Offer from Ohio University besides UConn
 
From a JB report last week on Connor Dintino (OG up @ Choate after transferring from Gunnery):

>>Dintino, 6-foot-3, 290 pounds, has long been in touch with UConn and along the way has developed a relationship with the program and coaching staff. "We've been building it up gradually," he said. "It really helped when I went to their spring practice, saw their practice routine and how the coaches worked. I could really see myself there with the atmosphere it had." Coach DeLeone has been recruiting Dintino for UConn. "He's a tough coach, very honest and makes his players work hard," he said.<<

Right now his only offers are from Buffalo and Holy Cross. He will be camping @ UConn this summer.

Comment from the Under Armour/Rivals Camp Series in Jersey @ the end of April:

"Dintino was one of the most pleasant surprises of the day. He blended in with the other offensive linemen when looking at the group, but when the play started it was easy to see Dintino has been very well-coached. He has a very strong base and easily shrugged off bull-rush attempts. When the defenders tried moves to his left or right, Dintino was able to quickly adjust and get a good punch on the opposing lineman. It's very surprising more teams have not offered him. "
 
Alec Eberle can't stand to be on the sidelines. "I'd get bored," said the 6-foot-5, 278-pound lineman, who on Wednesday became the ninth commitment to the 2014 Florida State recruiting class. So the talented two-way player is taking measures to make sure he's ready for the next transition in his football career. The Mechanicsville (Va.) Atlee High prospect is taking lessons from a private coach to begin a process that FSU offensive line coach Rick Trickett told him could make him one of the best centers ever to wear the garnet and gold. "I talked to Coach Trickett a couple months ago and he said they loved my film and the whole staff would love get me down on campus," Eberle said. "I went down there and visited and I knew I loved it the moment I got there. It's amazing how much commitment the whole school has toward the football program. If a school that far away from my house wanted me that bad, I figured, let's do it. ... so I committed." Eberle, who plays defensive tackle and offensive tackle at Atlee, picked the Seminoles over offers from Maryland, UConn, Old Dominion and Temple. "A bunch of other schools planned to offer me once they got me to come to camp," Eberle said, "But, really, there is no other school I wanted to go to more than Florida State." He hasn't played center in a while, so that's why Eberle said he has been working with a private coach to hone his snapping abilities.
Orlando Sentinel
 
Just want to say thanks to everyone who contributes to this thread. Sadly UCONN footbAll recruiting info has gotten tougher to find rather than easier.
 
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huskymedic said:
Not thinking he's going to be visiting UConn as he originally indicated but who knows :)

From a Rivals story:

"Former basketball player Thomas Holley has absolutely blown up over the past few months, bringing in 21 offers at a blistering pace, with more surely on the way. Holley has a strong relationship with Coach Cristobal from Alabama, Coach Sunseri from Florida State, Coach Johnson from Penn State and Coach Franklin at Miami. Holley plans to do a lot of visits during the summer to help him narrow his list. He would like to visit Miami, Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Ohio State and a few others. His next offers could come from Michigan and Duke."
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BobLichtenfels 3:39am via Twitter for Android
Brooklyn (N.Y.) Abraham Lincoln DT Thomas Holley adds offers from #Pitt and #Temple according to head coach Shawn O ' Connor.

UConn was his first offer... he now has 20 other offers from Alabama to Tennessee.
 
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UConnReport 9:42am via twitterfeed
UConn offers Vitiello: Three-star Joe Vitiello of Somerville (N.J.) Immaculata is one of the more impressive p...

3* 6-5 255 lb TE/DE being recruited by Coach Perkins

Offers from North Carolina, USF, UMass and Temple. Interest from the U, Rutty and Turtle. Plans to visit/camp @ UConn and Miami.

http://www.joevitiello85.com/#!who_we_are/c139r (yes, he has his own website)

From JB article: "I like UConn a lot because they said they will give me the option of playing offense or defense," said Vitiello, who originally began his recruiting process thinking he would be a defensive end at the college level.
 
As Kris1 already pointed out in Arkeel Newsome thread - Newsome is the only CT kid (and UConn offer) who is a U.S. Army All-American Bowl nominee.

http://blog.ctnews.com/hssports/2013/05/10/newsome-only-ct-u-s-army-all-american-bowl-nominee/

Looking through the list of those invited - 6-0 240 lb LB Connor Strachan Needham MA holds an offer from UConn as well. Being recruited by Mike Foley. Also has offers from BC, Demon Deacons, UVA, and UMass.

Two of the NY kids on the list have UConn offers ~ Holley and Hayes (committed to ND). The third Crossdale is being recruited by John Wholley

Of the 10 Jersey kids ~ WR Blacknall, DE Dickerson, DB Hester, WR Jennings, OT Nelson (committed to ND), DE Trumbetti (committed to ND), and ATH Winfree have UConn offers.

Of the 9 PA kids ~ CB Davis, OT Grimm, RB McKenzie, WR/S Williams have offers from UConn

Of the 5 DC kids ~ CB Payne has an offer

Of the 2 Delaware kids - WR Godwin has a UConn offer.

Of the 13 VA kids - S Revis (committed to VA Tech), OT Moss (committed to UVA), S Blanding (committed to UVA) and WR Kamara have UConn offers.
 
In other news, Boeing Brown has committed to play QB for the Citadel Bulldogs.
 
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kris1 said:
In other news, Boeing Brown has committed to play QB for the Citadel Bulldogs.
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Strange odyssey even though I'm not convinced there ever was a UConn option/offer: http://www.housatonictimes.com/arti...517069d572625611444592.txt?viewmode=fullstory

"Brown has a number of college options, including the University of Central Florida, the Citadel, the University of Massachusetts, SUNY-Buffalo, the University of Connecticut and the University of South Carolina. Several of the options are as a recruited walk-on quarterback. He also earned a nomination to the Air Force Academy.

“I really like UCF and head coach (George) O’Leary and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (Charlie) Taaffe. I threw for them last spring and summer, made several visits, and when I got shifted from quarterback Coach Taaffe offered me preferred walk-on status and still wanted me. In the end, I am confident I will be in Florida or in South Carolina next year. UCF would be most fun as they are now in the Big East and will play UConn, so I would get to come home a few times to play.”
 
kris1 said:
In other news, Boeing Brown has committed to play QB for the Citadel Bulldogs.
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I remember the occasional Citadel score on ABC's CFB Scoreboard years ago along with Slippery Rock and even UConn scores. Haven't heard much about them recently and can't seem to find even one picture of that old TV scoreboard show.
 
huskymedic said:
Strange odyssey even though I'm not convinced there ever was a UConn option/offer: http://www.housatonictimes.com/arti...517069d572625611444592.txt?viewmode=fullstory

"Brown has a number of college options, including the University of Central Florida, the Citadel, the University of Massachusetts, SUNY-Buffalo, the University of Connecticut and the University of South Carolina. Several of the options are as a recruited walk-on quarterback. He also earned a nomination to the Air Force Academy.

“I really like UCF and head coach (George) O’Leary and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (Charlie) Taaffe. I threw for them last spring and summer, made several visits, and when I got shifted from quarterback Coach Taaffe offered me preferred walk-on status and still wanted me. In the end, I am confident I will be in Florida or in South Carolina next year. UCF would be most fun as they are now in the Big East and will play UConn, so I would get to come home a few times to play.”
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Kid does not come off well in that article.
 
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