2017 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Ted Field ‏@TedField73 54m 54 minutes ago
Nice for @ReardonCoach to stop by the house tonight #UConnFootball #Huskies
View attachment 17260

Bruce Feldman@BruceFeldmanCFB36 mins ago
Georgia Southern head coach Tyson Summers will return in 2017, their AD had announced

Ted Field@TedField73 37 mins ago
Honored and excited to be a Georgia Southern Eagle! I have committed to the #GATA lifestyle!!!!

 

[FDNY99]

Bruce Feldman@BruceFeldmanCFB36 mins ago
Georgia Southern head coach Tyson Summers will return in 2017, their AD had announced

Ted Field@TedField73 37 mins ago
Honored and excited to be a Georgia Southern Eagle! I have committed to the #GATA lifestyle!!!!

Now we know why they offered Octavian Williams

 

[JMick]

Yeah you completely made up #5. Well done.

That posters finally realize what they are looking at does not put them at fault for the 'negative atmosphere'. The blame lies with the administration who is seemingly looking to murder the football program.

yeah I saw literally nothing that suggested that. Like other teams don't have message boards? All message boards are pretty bad in that regard.

 

[whaler11]

yeah I saw literally nothing that suggested that. Like other teams don't have message boards? All message boards are pretty bad in that regard.

He misunderstood what that kid's father posted.

I don't remember exactly what he posted but he was saying he agreed with us about the tire fire - not that the board influenced his opinion.

But yeah compared to other schools - this is a pillow fight. So if this is upsetting you might need to consider the NEC or NESCAC.

 

[huskymedic]

Now we know why they offered Octavian Williams

Not sure Williams got an UConn offer yet... just Tennessee Tech & Jackson State so far that I can tell. Big body for sure though.

 

[ktuck911]

Why does it seem like we've regressed a bit in recruiting? It seems like the majority of the recent recruits we've been linked to are getting primarily recruited by FCS schools.

 

[huskymedic]

Why does it seem like we've regressed a bit in recruiting? It seems like the majority of the recent recruits we've been linked to are getting primarily recruited by FCS schools.

Recruits/Targets or Commits? Two different things as you know.

 

[huskymedic]

Dhobbs92Jun 09, 8:50pm via Twitter for Android
Thankful to receive an offer from the University of Connecticut. Another great offer on the table. @UConnFootball

Dallas Hobbs is a 6-6 225lb DE/TE from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Hobbs will be doing a PG year @ Deerfield Academy. Other offers from Fordham and Holy Cross at this point.

Football Earns 6 All-Conference Honors & Defensive Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year - DL – Dallas Hobbs
1st Team Defense - DL – Dallas Hobbs
All New England - DL – Dallas Hobbs

Has picked up other offers from Army, Toledo, Dartmouth, Lafayette in addition to Fordham and Holy Cross from above.

NEPSAC All New England Teams (Besides Hobbs on Class A - UConn '17 DE commit Jake Byczko is All New England Class B. Other Class A selections: QB Nick Henkel '18 holds a UConn offer as do T.Black, '17, ND Commit C.J Holmes '17 and BC Commit Hunter Long '17)

 

[huskymedic]

James Tunstall 7️⃣ 3️⃣ ‏@OT_james53 33m 33 minutes ago
Received an offer from University of Connecticut #GoHuskies

James Turnstall is a 6-6 310lb OL from Lackey High School in Indian Head Maryland. Other offers from BGSU and Toledo as well as Fordham, Maine, Howard, Florida A&M, Mississippi Valley State and a near dozen other FCS schools.
James Tunstall Senior Year highlights

ScoutBrianDohn@BrianDohnScout 42 mins ago · North Brunswick
OL @OT_james53 picked up a #UConn offer and will make an OV this weekend
@FTRreport@LackeyFootball #HiddenTalent

 

[huskymedic]

2017 UConn Offer List:

1. Tarik Black (WR) – Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT
2. Aapri Washington (DB) – Southlake Christian Academy, Huntersville NC
3. Isaiah Wilson (OL) Brooklyn Poly Prep, Brooklyn, NY
4. C.J. Lewis (DT QB) – Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT (Tennessee Commit 7/23/16>Decommit 11/22/16)
   
5. Markquese Bell (WR/FS) - Bridgeton High School, Bridgeton New Jersey
6. Lester Axson Jr. (CB/WR) = Foundation Academy, Winter Haven, Florida
7. Jahmin Muse (Ath/WR/S) - Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth, NJ
8. Sandro Maxwell (TE/DE) - Berkley Prep High, Tampa Florida
9. DJ Edwards (WR) - Palm Beach Lakes High School, West Palm Beach Florida
   
10. Zamari Maxwell (CB/Athlete) - Pinellas Park High School, Largo Florida
11. Joshua Maize (DE) - Deerfield High School, Deerfield Illinois
12. Noah Hamlin (WR/DB) - Clarion High School, Clarion PA
13. Savon Cooper (LB) - Creekside High School, Fairburn GA
14. Liam Fornadel (OL) - Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey New Jersey
15. Stanley Hubbard III (OL) - St. John's College High School, Washington DC.
16. Justus Harris (CB) - Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia
17. Dawson DeGroot (Safety/WR/Athlete) - Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers Florida
    
18. Dallas Hobbs (TE/DE) - Deerfield Academy via Washington High School Cedar Rapids Iowa
19. Josh Thompson (WR/DB) - Garland High School, Garland Texas (BC Commit 0/12/16>Decommit)
    
20. Johnathan Lovett (RB/SS) - Cherokee High School, Marlton New Jersey (Rutgers DeCommit 11/14/16)
    
21. Michael Smith (WR) - Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Florida.
22. James Turnstall (OL) - Lackey High School, Indian Head Maryland
    
23. Jordan McAfee (PS QB) - Everett High School, Everett MA (UConn Commit 4/2/16)
24. Abiola Bebe Olaniyan (CB) - Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest VA (UConn Commit 6/14/16)
25. Ryan Dickens (LB/FB/LS) - Raritan High School, Hazlett New Jersey (UConn Commit 6/15/16)
26. Ryan Fitton (TE/DE/P) Staples High School, Westport CT (UConn Commit 7/4/16)
27. Ian Swenson (CB) - Loyola Academy, Wilmette Illinois (UConn Commit 7/22/16)
28. Brian Keating (C/LS) - Darien High School, Darien CT. (UConn Commit 7/2016 - PWO)
29. Jake Byczko (TE/OLB) - Lawrence Academy, Groton MA (UConn Commit 7/27/16)
30. Omar Fortt (DB/WR) - St Luke's School, New Canaan CT (UConn Commit 8/7/16)
    
31. Alex Wilcox (DT) - University Christian School, Jacksonville, Florida.(Wofford Commit @ time of UConn offer)
32. J.T. Cauthen (WR) - Cuthbertson High School, Waxhaw NC (UNC Commit 1/5/16)
33. Jack Coan (PS QB) - Sayville High School, Sayville New York (Wisconsin Commit 3/24/16)
34. A.J. Dillon (RB/LB) - Lawrence Academy, Groton MA (Michigan Commit 3/28/17)
35. Tommy Christ (DE/T) - Dominion High School, Sterling VA (UVA Commit 4/2/16)
36. Kasim Hill (PS QB) - Gilman High School, Baltimore MD (Maryland Commit 4/9/16)
37. Brandon Sebastian (Ath) – West Haven HS/Cheshire Academy Cheshire CT (BC Commit 4/9/16
38. Bo Melton ( WR/ATH) - Cedar Creek High School, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey (Rutgers Commit 4/15/16)
39. Ben Mason (LB/FB) - Newtown High School, Newtown CT (Michigan Commit 5/7/16)
40. Sam Vretman (OL) – Rocky Mountain HS Idaho/Cheshire Academy Cheshire CT (Rutgers Commit 5/16/16)
41. Isaiah McDuffie (LB/RB) - Bennett High School, Buffalo New York (Syracuse Commit 7/20/15>Decommit> BC Commit 5/24/16)
42. Fabian Kratz (OL) - Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois. (Oregon State Commit 5/31/16)
43. MJ Jarrell (WR) - Timber Creek High School, Orlando, Florida (Maryland Commit 6/2/16)
44. Issac Hawn (OL) - St Charles North High School,Elgin Illinois (NIU Commit 6/3/16)
45. Kenny Pickett (DT QB) - Ocean Twnshp High School, Oakhurst New Jersey (Temple Commit 4/9/16>Decommitt 5/16/16>Pitt Commit 6/4/16)
46. Alexander Marshall (TE/DE) - Andover High School, Andover MA (FSU Commit 6/4/16)
47. Darian Street (WR/CB) - Liberty High School, Bethlehem PA (Pitt Commit 6/6/16)
48. Zachariah Burton (DB/WR) - William Penn High School, New Castle Delaware (UVA Commit 6/12/16)
49. Ethan Wiederkehr (DE/TE) - Shoreham Wading River High School, Shoreham NY (Northwestern Commit 6/13/16)
50. Collin Smith (QB/RB/Safety/Athlete) - Ligonier Valley High School, Ligonier, PA (WVA Commit 6/14/16)
51. Marcus Valdez (DE) - Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, New Jersey (BC Commit 6/22/16)
52. Cody Lamb (OL) - Miamisburg High School, Miamisburg Ohio (Cincinnati Commit 6/22/16)
53. Robert Topps III (CB) - Marist High School, Chicago Ill. (Kansas Commit 6/22/16)
54. Dakota Davis (OL) - Gleneig High School, Gleneig Maryland (Syracuse Commit 6/24/16)
55. Andrew Stueber (OL) - Darien High School, Darien CT (Michigan Commit 6/25/16)
56. Cameron Jordan (WR/DB) - Hills West High School, Dix Hills NY (Syracuse Commit 6/26/16)
57. Matt Hankins ( CB) - Marcus High School, Flower Mound Texas (Iowa Commit 6/27/16)
58. Olakunle Fatukasi (OLB) - Grant Street Campus School, Brooklyn, NY (Rutgers Commit 6/28/16)
59. Rob King (Safety/QB/Athlete) - Father Judge High School, Philadelphia PA. (Temple Commit 7/1/16)
60. Ifeatu Melifonwu (WR/CB) - Grafton High School, Grafton MA.(Syracuse Commit 7/2/16)
61. Kameron Jones (LB) - Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA (Louisville Commit 7/3/16)
62. Deon Jones (CB) – Archbishop Carrol High School, Washington DC (Maryland Commit 7/6/16)
63. D. Major Roman (TE/LB) – New London High School, New London CT (Yale Commit (7/7/16)
64. C.J. Holmes (RB/CB) – Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT (Notre Dame Commit 7/8/16)
65. Darius Corbett (WR/CB) - Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa Florida (Toledo Commit 7/9/16)
66. Mike Tverdov (DE) - Union High School, Union NJ (Rutgers Commit 7/13/16)
67. Jeffrey Hubbard (CB) - Woodward Academy, College Park GA (Colorado State Commit 7/18/16)
68. Russell Thompson-Bishop (WR/QB/SS) - Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield CT (Syracuse Commit 7/21/16)
69. Jeremiah Stafford (OL) - North Marion High School , Citra, Florida (USF Commit 7/24/16)
70. Markus Vinson (DB/RB) - Damascus High School, Damascus Maryland (Richmond Commit 7/25/16)
71. Mason Cholewa (DE/DT) - Montour High School, McKees Rock PA (UCF Commit 7/27/16)
72. Thabo Mwaniki (Athlete) - Guyer High School, Denton Texas (OK State Commit 7/30/16)
73. Aaron Hackett (TE) - Venice High School, Venice Florida (Syracuse Commit 7/31/16)
74. Curtis Harper ( DT/G) - McKeesport High School, McKeesport PA (Syracuse Commit 8/1/16)
75. Max Fisher (WR) - Gonzaga High School, Washington DC. (NC State Commit 8/2/16)
76. Grant Donaldson (LB/FB/P) - DeMatha Catholic High School. Annapolis, Maryland (Air Force Commit 8/5/16)
77. Dan Sichterman (DE/OLB) - Kings High School, Kings Mill, Ohio (Ball State Commit 8/9/16 > Decommit/Iowas State Commit 10/30/16)
78. Jason Pinnock (CB/WR) - Windsor High School, Windsor CT (BC Commit 8/12/16)
79. Hunter Long (TE) - Deerfield Academy via Exeter High School, Exeter New Hampshire (BC Commit 8/13/16)
80. Trevon Grimes (WR) – St. Thomas Aquinas, Ft Lauderdale Florida (OSU Commit 8/22/16)
81. Diego Fagot (LB) - Calvary Christian Academy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Navy Commit 9/11/16)
82. Erik Mueller (LB/FB) - Wheaton North High School, Wheaton Illinois (Northwestern Commit 9/17/16)
83. Rob Saulin (DE/TE) - Pennsville Memorial High School, Pennsville New Jersey (UConn Commit 4/16/16 > Decommits> Temple Commit 11/29/16)
84. Ted Field (OL) - The Salisbury School CT via Glen Mill PA. (Georgia Southern Commit 12/3/16)

 

[Bonehead]

Yeah you completely made up #5. Well done.

No way!!???

5 The constant negativity on the Boneyard scared him off

#5 falls directly on the shoulders of the continuous naysayers on this Boneyard. I hope those here will take responsibility for their negative atmosphere they create and perpetuate does not have any further affects on recruits

Prove it and SuperJohn will pay you $5000.

If he was 'scared off' I think thats best for all - we dont need scaredy cats...we need dawgs.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EChnZTJicw

 

[ktuck911]

Hopefully more kids are visiting this weekend. I see Painter is now following Gerrik Vollmer (6'5 275lb lineman from CT) who is currently committed to Louisville.. Hopefully he's visiting along with Tunstall this weekend.

 

[Bonehead]

Hopefully more kids are visiting this weekend. I see Painter is now following Gerrik Vollmer (6'5 275lb lineman from CT) who is currently committed to Louisville.. Hopefully he's visiting along with Tunstall this weekend.

I get that he plays at Taft but from CT' is a bit of a stretch....

I hope we swing him our way -

 

[Exit 4]

Football Earns 6 All-Conference Honors & Defensive Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year - DL – Dallas Hobbs
1st Team Defense - DL – Dallas Hobbs
All New England - DL – Dallas Hobbs

Has picked up other offers from Army, Toledo, Dartmouth, Lafayette in addition to Fordham and Holy Cross from above.

NEPSAC All New England Teams (Besides Hobbs on Class A - UConn '17 DE commit Jake Byczko is All New England Class B. Other Class A selections: QB Nick Henkel '18 holds a UConn offer as do T.Black, '17, ND Commit C.J Holmes '17 and BC Commit Hunter Long '17)

I really like this Hobbs kid. Has explosiveness, good ability to change directions for his height. Long legs, but not slow legs. Probably has more growing to do. I really want to see what he could do at DE. But also his ability to have a acceleration burst could be useful as a TE to blow past LBs. Because he didnt look strong at Oline blocking, I would start him at DE. This could be the Saulin replacement we need.

 

[ktuck911]

I hope we can get an undersized NON "prototypical" RKG type with tons of speed ( a la Trevardo Williams ) that come come off the edge and disrupt a backfield a little more often.Time for us to sprinkle in some football players and less prototypes....

 

[Exit 4]

I hope we can get an undersized NON "prototypical" RKG type with tons of speed ( a la Trevardo Williams ) that come come off the edge and disrupt a backfield a little more often.Time for us to sprinkle in some football players and less prototypes....

Agreed. Speed is much more valuable than size. Hobbs has speed though.

 

[huskymedic]

Josh Helmholdt@JoshHelmholdt 2 hours ago
Chicagoland 3* DE Josh Maize has a Top 3 of#UConn#CMU and #Toledo, but #Cuse and others are watching him this fall

JH is the Rvals Midwest guy. Cherry picking the article:

>>“I like UConn’s Coach (Bob) Diaco. He’s a great defensive coach and he wants to use me in a lot of interesting ways.<<

>>“I have definitely talked with UConn about getting out there and taking an official visit,” Maize said. “Most of my offers are in the Midwest, so I have already been to those schools. UConn is the only school right now I have decided to definitely take an official visit to. “I’m good friends with Ian Swenson, who plays at Loyola and is committed to UConn. We know it is going to be in December and once the season ends we’ll pick that date which works for both of us.”<<

... but he is clearly open to other options: Cincy, PSU, Illinois, Iowa State and Cuse like his film and he will look @ other official visit options based on that.

Official visit to UConn this weekend

>>Deerfield (Ill.) senior three star ranked defensive end recruit Josh Maize (6-foot-4, 230 pounds) will make his first official visit this weekend to UConn. Maize resets his visit plans and more in this latest recruiting story.<<

>>Maize gave us a preview of what he's looking forward to this weekend on his official visit to UConn. "I'm just looking forward to seeing the campus and the surrounding area. I've never been out East before so I want to see what UConn has to offer. I'm also looking forward to getting to know the coaches and the guys on the team. UConn also is supposed to have great facilities and I'm excited to see the different facilities along with the overall environment at UConn."<<

Shaping up to me a big weekend.

 

[Bonehead]

I follow the Boneyard off and on. Recently there has been a recruit who decommitted from Uconn to go to Temple. Between what his release on why he went to Temple and the father's letter there are some things to conclude.
1 He really wanted to go to Temple
2 After his commitment Uconn Staff did no followup
3 When attempting to contact Uconn staff he was ignored.
4 The concern if the coaching staff would be here next year
5 The constant negativity on the Boneyard scared him off

#5 falls directly on the shoulders of the continuous naysayers on this Boneyard. I hope those here will take responsibility for their negative atmosphere they create and perpetuate does not have any further affects on recruits

I hope this young man wasn't attached to the coaching at all and it really is about Temple.

Rhule hired at Baylor today.
Sources: Baylor hires Temple's Rhule as coach

 

[ktuck911]

Agreed. Speed is much more valuable than size. Hobbs has speed though.

That's good to know.. Now let's get him on campus for an OV.. like this weekend....

 

[Drew]

I wonder if there will be any recruiting fallout from the Rhule-Baylor news. I'd love for us to get in contact with some of these guys, we were in on a decent amount of them before they committed to Temple (at least offered/recruited for a period of time).

On a side note somewhat related to the above- feels to me like we don't do a good enough job of maintaining even just somewhat regular contact/relationships with kids after they commit to other schools. As someone that likes to follow recruiting nationally and not just who UConn is interested in, you see this happening fairly frequently throughout the rest of the country. Maintaining contact with a kid throughout the entirety of the process is crucial for us, especially in the G5 when stuff like Rhule leaving abruptly happens almost every offseason.

When Herman went from UH to UT, you instantly saw Tulane, Tulsa, SMU, and others reaching out to prospects and continuing dialogue with them. I hope we do that here as most of these kids are close enough to us proximity wise to be able to visit quickly.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Agreed. Speed is much more valuable than size. Hobbs has speed though.

Speed, speed, speed. Our D has looked woefully slow of late. I don't mind massive DTs, and even sizeable DEs, but if the DE are oversized the LBs need to be able to fly.

Really hoping that Rhule departure might open up a couple of kids.

 

[huskymedic]

KM.@artofkm14 mins ago
Want to thank Uconn, Boston college, Ccsu, Wagner and Bryant for stopping by this week.

Kevin Mensah RB Shepard Hill High in Dudley MA.

KM³@artofkm 1 hour ago
Great to see coach Cummings from uconn again & Glad to see coach Picucci from UMaine as well. Looking forward to the visit in January.

 

[huskymedic]

KM.@artofkm14 mins ago
Want to thank Uconn, Boston college, Ccsu, Wagner and Bryant for stopping by this week.

Kevin Mensah RB Shepard Hill High in Dudley MA.

KM³@artofkm 1 hour ago
Great to see coach Cummings from uconn again & Glad to see coach Picucci from UMaine as well. Looking forward to the visit in January.

Some more background on Mensah:

All-State RB Kevin Mensah transferring to Shepherd Hill
Court gives Kevin Mensah OK to suit up for rest of season

Senior Year ( 9/11 games ) - Kevin Mensah highlights

 

[Exit 4]

Speed, speed, speed. Our D has looked woefully slow of late. I don't mind massive DTs, and even sizeable DEs, but if the DE are oversized the LBs need to be able to fly.

Really hoping that Rhule departure might open up a couple of kids.

Regarding DTs, have we recruited many besides Murphy and Blackwell (now gone) in the past few years? Hobbs and Maize look like DE...both of which could also flirt with the TE position.

While I am excited about Hobbs and Maize, I'm very disappointed by the recruiting at the Oline position. I wish we would recruit like Navy, fit fast Oline of medium build rather than giants who can pummel little men, but dont have the speed to pick up speedier Dline players.

 

[huskymedic]

Official visit to UConn this weekend

>>Deerfield (Ill.) senior three star ranked defensive end recruit Josh Maize (6-foot-4, 230 pounds) will make his first official visit this weekend to UConn. Maize resets his visit plans and more in this latest recruiting story.<<

>>Maize gave us a preview of what he's looking forward to this weekend on his official visit to UConn. "I'm just looking forward to seeing the campus and the surrounding area. I've never been out East before so I want to see what UConn has to offer. I'm also looking forward to getting to know the coaches and the guys on the team. UConn also is supposed to have great facilities and I'm excited to see the different facilities along with the overall environment at UConn."<<

Shaping up to me a big weekend.

Pioneer Press All-Area Football First Team Defense and Special Teams

Joshua Maize - DE/LB, Deerfield, Sr.
Key stats: 96 tackles, 8 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 2 forced fumbles, fumble recovery.
College: Undecided
Pivotal point: After playing two years at Notre Dame, Maize transferred to Deerfield. He had never played linebacker, but Deerfield coach Steve Winiecki suggested the move would show off his speed and athleticism. He played linebacker and defensive end this season. "I credit that switch for making me the player and person I am today," Maize said. "I wouldn't be in this situation without that move."
Opposing player I most respect: Maine South offensive lineman Kevin Jarvis. "The kid is an animal."
Fun fact: He's an avid gamer. "Anything sports, but I definitely like 2K Madden. I can play all day, especially on Sundays."

2017 Commit Ian Swenson also made the team.