2015 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner 56s
Ben Hartwick, a 6-6, 215 pound tight end from Mahwah (N.J.) High has also committed to #UConn which continues to focus on getting longer

NJ_FB_SPOT 10:27pm via Twitter for iPhone
UConn has landed a commitment from 2015 Mahwah TE/DE Ben Hartwick (@TheGreatOak24). Congrats!

(damn hotel internet )

 

[huskymedic]

@CoachDCorleyJr: Husky Nation, let's show these new Dawgs some twitter love tonight! The Future of @UConnFootball is bright! #TheseDawgsWillHunt

 

[Bonehead]

Diaco finally starting to get it. At a certain point you just need warm bodies so recruiting against Monmouth and Bucknell is a great strategy

'RICHARD'.

 

[sportsart]

Diaco finally starting to get it. At a certain point you just need warm bodies so recruiting against Monmouth and Bucknell is a great strategy

I'm bummed I missed your first 2 posts.

 

[noeynox]

@Munster22, Get Off The Board Deleone, Your Going To Mis The Senior Citizen Discount Hours At Denys.

 

[gioff23]

Solid week for recruiting. The former regime seemed intent on finding kids with measurables but, as I learned late, not developing them. This staff seems intent on finding kids who can contribute down the road with the proper conditioning.

 

[Husky25]

Minor point: There is no such place as Manwah, NJ. Both syllables end in an"h," as in Mahwah.

I only recognize the name because my sister got married in that town.

 

[JayRU09]

I was wondering where the hell Manwah is. Nice week for you guys, keep it up!

 

[APA]

I was wondering where the hell Manwah is. Nice week for you guys, keep it up!

Evan Adams from Norwalk to Syracuse.

 

[Dooley]

Size, size, size. Look at the frames of all 3 verbals so far.

Murphy - 6'2"
Davis - 6'5"
Hartwick - 6'6"

Give Balis 1-2 years with these guys and we are looking at a bigger, stronger roster. Great start to the 2015 class! I guess "#RiseUp" is meant very literally with the height of his first recruiting class!

 

[huskymedic]

Out of left field (or Quebec Canada):

desmondconner7:49pm via Twitter for iPhone
#UConnFootball gets commitment No.4 for 2015 - Phil Okounam, a 6-5, 260 pound defensive end at St.Paul (N.H.) High

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2560970/philippe-okounam

 

[BNich]

Size, size, size. Look at the frames of all 3 verbals so far.

Murphy - 6'2"
Davis - 6'5"
Hartwick - 6'6"

Give Balis 1-2 years with these guys and we are looking at a bigger, stronger roster. Great start to the 2015 class! I guess "#RiseUp" is meant very literally with the height of his first recruiting class!

Don't forget the last couple bodies from last years class. The other kid from Canada, 6' RB from FL, 6'4" LB from OH, 6'3" Dan Oak, 6'5 Ryan Crozier. Big boys coming and a top notch nutrient and weight program to turn them into Physically imposing men. Lets go!!

 

[huskymedic]

Updated Offer/Commit list...

1. Nas Bonner (APB) - Imhotep Institute Charter School, Philadelphia PA
2. Christian Wilkins (DT) - Suffield Academy, Suffield CT
3. Taj-Amir Torrez - (WR/ATH) - Amherst Regional HS - Amherst MA
4. Jordan Fox (OLB/TE) - St Peter's Prep, Jersey City NJ
5. Jay Stocker (S) - Coatesville Area HS, Coatesville PA
6. Dionte Austin (CB) - Calvert Hall College HS, Towson MD
7. Juantez McRae (S) - Calvert Hall College HS, Towson MD
8. Justin Spencer (CB/Ath) - Oviedo HS, Oviedo FL
9. Chris Garrison (TE) - Lawrence Academy, Groton MA
10. Matt Burrell (OT) - CD Hylton HS, Woodbridge VA
11. Shareef Miller (DE) -Georgetown HS, Philadelphia PA
12. Quinn Oseland (OL) - Sacred Heart Griffin, Springfield Ill
13. Carlton Davis (S) - Norland HS, Miami FL (erroneously reported as a commit to the "U")
14. Najee Clayton (WR) - Paramus Catholic HS, Paramus NJ
15. Saleem Brightwell (OLB) - Paramus Catholic HS, Paramus NJ
16. Dave Tolentino (NG/T) - St. Peter's Prep, Jersey City NJ.
17. Channing Hames (DE/DT) - Bishop O'Connell, Arlington VA
18. Manny Bowen (LB) - Barnegat HS, Barnegat NJ
19. Trevor Ruhland (OL) - Cary-Grove HS, Cary Ill.
20. Karon Jackson (DB/WR) - American High School, Hialeah FL
21. Raequan Williams (DE/TE) - Gordon Tech, Chicago Ill
22. Miles Boykin (WR) - Providence Catholic, New Lenox Ill.
23. Mirko Jurkovic (OL) - IMG Academy, Bradenton FL via St. Joes's HS South Bend, Ind.
24. Amir Ealey (TE/DE) - Coatesville Area HS, Coatesville PA
25. Aaron Garland (CB) - Fenwick High, Oak Park Illinois
26. Freddie Simmons (WR) Bethlehem Catholic HS, Bethlehem PA
27. Scott Washington (WR) - St John Catholic HS, Washington DC
28. Marques Ford (DE) - East Bay High School, Gibsonton FL
29. J. Hunter Roman (DE) - New London High School - New London CT
30. Chris Clark (TE) - Avon Old Farms Prep, Avon CT (De-comitted from UNC)
31. Denniston (D.J.) Moore (WR.Ath) - Imhotep Institute Charter School, Philadelphia PA.
32. Goren Krasic, (G/DE) - Hackensack High School, NJ (?? actual offer)
33. AJ Turner (RB/S) - Centreville HS, Clifton VA
34. Nazir Williams (WR/DE/OLB) - Bridgeton HS, Bridgeton NJ
35. Daiquan Kelly (WR/SS/"Athlete") - Union City HS, Union City NJ
36. David Ryslik (DE) - Peddie School, Hightstown NJ
37. Zach Abercrumbia (DT) - Skyline High School, Dallas Texas
38. Carlos Strickland (WR) - Skyline High School, Dallas Texas
39. Anthony Wheeler (LB) - Skyline High School, Dallas Texas
40. Gladimir Paul (DE) - Northeast High School, Philadelphia PA.
41. Darrion Daniels (DT) - Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas Texas
42. Conner Dyer (OT) - Horn High School, Mesquite Texas
43. Irvin Charles (WR) - Paul VI High School, Haddonfield New Jersey
44. Alex Badine (CB) - Grand Street Campus, Brooklyn NY
45. Jeff Christian (CB) - Colerain High School, Cincinnati Ohio
46. Qaadir Sheppard (OLB) - Iona Prep, New Rochelle NY
47. Brandon Feamster (DB) - Downington East High School, Exton PA
48. Jordan Craig (LB/TE) - Toms River North, Toms River NJ
49. Ryan Kroeger (OL/DL) - Red Bank Catholic, Freehold NJ
50. Twazanga Mugala (DE/LB) - Ardrey Kell, Charlotte North Carolina
51. Elijah Ball (WR) - Princeton High School, Cincinnati, OH
52. Lawrence Cager (WR) - Calvert College High School, Towson MD
53. Dan Clifford (OT) - Hoboken High School, Hoboken NJ.
54. Nevone McCrimmon (RB) - Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore MD
55. Marvin Robinson (WR) - Stranahan High School, Ft. Lauderdale FL
56. Kirk Livingstone (DE) - Stranahan High School, Ft. Lauderdale FL
57. Jeremiah Atoki (Ath) - Vineland High School, Vineland NJ
58. Felton "Trey" Blackwell (OL/DL) - Cedar Creek High School, Egg Harbor City NJ
59. Omari Stringer (DB/LB/S) - Crete-Monee High School, Crete Illinois
60. Carl Thompson (DL) - Guyer High School, Denton Texas
61. Madison Akamnonu (OL) - Bowie High School, Arlington Texas
62. Jake Pickard (TE/DE) - Millburn High School, Millburn New Jersey
63. Jestin Green (CB/WR) - Admiral Ferragut High School, St. Petersburg Florida
64. Xavier Castille (WR/S) - Rockwall High School, Rockwall Texas
65. Hergy Mayala (SS/WR) - Trinity Pawling School, New York
66. Jahrvis Davenport (WR) - Robinson High School, Tampa Florida
67. Billy Bahl (QB) - Marian Central Catholic High School, Woodstock Illinois
68. Jeremiah Dinson (CB) - American High School, Hialeah Florida
69. Alex Parkinson (WR/DE/OLB) - Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck New York
70. Connor Williams (OT) - Coppell High School, Coppell Texas
71. George Asafo-Adjei (OL) - Lakota West High School, West Chester, Ohio
72. John Robinson (CB) - Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, New Jersey
73. Jared Southers (OT) - Seton Hall Prep, West Orange NJ
74. Marcus Marshall (RB) - Millbrook High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
75. A.D. Miller (WR) - Bishop Dunne Catholic Prep, Dallas, Texas
76. Sheldrick Redwine (CB) - Killian High School, Miami FL.
77. Joe Charlton (K/P) - AC Flora High School, Charleston South Carolina
78. Lawrence Stevens (DB) - Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey New Jersey
79. Jake Bargas (TE) - St Andrew's School, Boca Raton FL
80. Marshe Terry (WR) - North Burlington Regional HS, Columbus NJ
81. Marcus Walker (S) - Lake Wales HS, Lake Wales FL (Decommitted from Kentucky 4/16/14)
82. Jaire Alexander (DB) - Rocky River High School, Mint Hill (NC) (Charlotte Commit when offered)
83. Nakia Griffin (WR/TE/OLB/SS) - Tenafly High School, Tenafly NJ (Rutgers Commit when offered)
84. Kevin Murphy(DE) - West Chester East High School, West Chester PA (UConn Commit 6/9/14)
85. Tyler Davis (QB) - Mepham High School, Bellmore New York (UConn Commit 6/12/14)
86. Ben Hartwick (TE/DE) - Manwah High School, Manwah NJ (UConn Commit 6/12/14)
87. Philippe Okounam (DE) - St Paul's High School, Conway New Hampshire (UConn Commit (6/13/14)
88. De'Andre Johnson (DT QB) - First Coast HS, Jacksonville FL (FSU Commit 7/20/12, yes 2012)
89. Dexter Neal (WR) - Stephenson HS - Stone Mountain GA (USCe Commit 5/16/13)
90 Andrew Butcher (DE) - Alpharetta HS, Alpharetta GA (Tennessee Commit 6/8/13)
91. Arrington Farrar (S) - Woodard Academy, College Park GA (Stanford Commit 8/6/13)
92. Anthony Palazzolo (DT) - Fairfield Prep, Fairfield CT (BC Commit 12/23/13))
93. DuWayne Johnson (CB) - Woodson HS, Washington DC (VT Commit 2/8/14))
94. Chauncey Rivers (TE/DE) - Stephenson HS - Stone Mountain GA (UGA Commit 2/15/14)
95. Ryan Buchholz (DE/TE) - Great Valley HS, Malvern PA (PSU Commit 2/24/14)
96. Steve Gonzalez (OT) - Union City HS, Union City NJ (PSU Commit 3/29/14)
97. Aaron Monteiro (OL) - Brockton High School, Brockton MA (BC Commit 3/29/14)
98. Zach Allen (DE/LB) - New Canaan HS, New Canaan CT (Northwestern Commit 4/15/14)
99. Sam Tecklenburg (DT/TE/OT) - Plano HS, Plano Tx (Baylor Commit 4/17/14)
100. Minkah Fitzpatrick (CB) - St Peter's Prep, Jersey City NJ (Alabama Commit 4/19/14)
101. Brandon Wimbush (DT QB) - St Peter's Prep, Jersey City NJ (PSU Commit 5/6/14)
102. Jalen Christian (ATH/CB) - Damascus HS, Damascus MD (USCe Commit 5/15/14)
103. Quentin Harris (QB) - The Taft School, Watertown CT (Duke Commit 5/23/14)
104. David Eldridge (WR/CB) - Kettle Run HS, Nokesville VA (UVA Commit 5/29/14)
105. Adam Lemke-Bell (OT) - Oak Park River Forest HS, Illinois (Northwestern Commit 5/31/14)
106. Noah Listermann (OL) - Winston Woods High School, Cincinnati Ohio (MSU Commit 6/1/14)
107. Tanner Crowley (LB) - Manasquan High School, Manasquan NJ (UVA Commit 6/3/14)
108. Alex Hornibrook (QB) - Malvern Prep, Malvern PA (Pitt Commit 6/7/14)
109. Jamie Gordiner (LB/DE) - Red Bank Catholic, Red Bank NJ (University of Miami Commit 6/9/14)
110. Will Harris (DB) - Choate-Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT (Boston College Commit 6/11/14)
111. Leon Thornton (WR) - Montini Catholic, Lombard Ill. (Indiana Commit 6/11/14)
112 Kareem Ali (CB) - Timber Creek Regional HS, Gloucester Twnshp NJ (Maryland Commit 6/11/14)
113. Tommy Hatton (OL) - St. Joseph Regional HS, Montvale NJ (UNC Commit 6/13/14)

Caveat - This list includes both previous and current staff offers. Re-ordered (4/2) to reflect previous commit dates. Coach Diaco was hired 12/11/13.

 

[formerlurker]

Diaco finally starting to get it. At a certain point you just need warm bodies so recruiting against Monmouth and Bucknell is a great strategy

'RICHARD'.

I think you meant:

 

[Dynasty]

Troy Gethers gets an offer.

@troy1_gg: Received my 3rd offer from Uconn #Huskies



http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1803133/troy-gethers

 

[Dynasty]

Names to pay attention to:

John Robinson IV
Alex Badine
Nick Gray(not on the recruiting list)
Marshe Terry
Twazanga Mugala

 

[huskymedic]

Troy Gethers gets an offer.

@troy1_gg: Received my 3rd offer from Uconn #Huskies

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1803133/troy-gethers

6-0 190lb safety from Paramus Catholic, Paramus NJ. Other two offers are Coastal Carolina and Charlotte.

 

[Husky25]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

If there is even a scant amount of development in any area whatsoever, it will be far more than had gone on during the past 1095 days.

 

[gioff23]

Who said the old staff could not recruit. The problems were (a) they recruited some kids who were academic question marks and then lost them in their post-HS year (b) did not develop them on campus and (c) clearly did not connect with them on the field. Ignoring a, the overall feeling is that new staff will succeed at b and c.

 

[Bonehead]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

It's not about stars and P5 offers - it's about being able to get the best out of them - what's your issue Mrs Pasqualoni? Take a look at RE recruiting - 2 stars and no P5 offers and a bunch of NFL'ers - it's about development and your husband didn't know how to do that - he was here for the paycheck and not the work it took to be successful. Just like his Syracuse days. Go away - you aren't committed to UConn FB.
Thanks for your non-interested 'RICHARD'.

 

[huskyblooz]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

Go back to The New Canaan football board you troll

 

[Yonick]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

Nice to see you are using your 1st four posts to rip Diaco's recruiting. If you knew anything about UConn's football recruiting, you would know that this is the same recruiting tactics that Edsall used. They were successful enough to win 2 BE titles in our 1st 10 years of D-1 football existence. 5 bowl games with 3 wins. 1 BCS appearance.
Until UConn gets into a p-5 conference, this is what we need to do. Take the non prima-donna recruit who was overlooked by the biggies. Hopefully, these kids have an attitude and do what the staff asks of them. If they do, UConn will do just fine.

 

[sportsart]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

How lonely you must be.

 

[FDNY99]

Go back to The New Canaan football board you troll

Husky...we all know Munster22 is Lou Marinelli's screen name here on The Boneyard

 

[FDNY99]

So the old staff recruited bad classes, but this class that diaco is putting together, which is equally as bad so far (NOT 1 P5 OFFER AMONG ALL 4 COMMITS) is all of a sudden great and shows potential because theyre allegedly going to develop them in the weight room ?

Munster...here is how GREAT your buddy and his boys are at even evaluating recruits:
Jamie Gordinier Red Bank Catholic HS Red Bank NJ
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jamie-Gordinier-147381?colleges=show
Home of former UCONN Football Co-Captains Donald Brown, Paul Zenkert, Matt DeGennaro among others...and producer of MANY more UCONN football players..a "pipeline school" so to speak. It wasn't until Diaco came to UCONN that UCONN was even involved with this kid.
Let's go one further:
Quenton Nelson Red Bank Catholic HS Red Bank NJ
https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Quenton-Nelson-135224
Recruited and signed by one Bob Diaco then DC at Notre Dame...UCONN who at the time was DESPERATE for Offensive Lineman...NEVER offered until WAY late in the game. When a former player called then recruiting coordinator Rob Cersosimo he was told..thanks for the heads up..we will have to evaluate him to see if he can play in our program..this was after he had held offers from BC, PSU, Alabama, Southern Cal, Oregon, Michigan, Wisconsin...that group of Pasqualoni and company flat out blew this program to pieces!!! But then again he was ok in Lou Marinelli's book...he can rot with the rest of them!!