2017 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Coach Jon Wholley ‏@JonathanWholley 15m 15 minutes ago
Excited for a great visit weekend !!!! #bleedblue

 

[Stainmaster]

Coach Jon Wholley ‏@JonathanWholley 15m 15 minutes ago
Excited for a great visit weekend !!!! #bleedblue

Do we know who besides Swann is coming in for the weekend?

 

[huskymedic]

Do we know who besides Swann is coming in for the weekend?

From last night:

CB Commit Abiola Bebe Olaniyan

and

 

[UCFBfan]

Looks like Pindell may be our next QB. Following not only the coaches on Twitter, but UConn athletes from men's basketball to women's hockey.

He started following me too. I had to look twice to see if that was correct. I rarely tweet yet tweeted about the Finnebaum BS and he must have read it and followed me. Kid looks solid and I hope he comes here.

 

[businesslawyer]

Would love to have Pindell, but I'm not assuming that Lashlee won't be contacting Franklin after spring practice as well.

 

[Exit 4]

I wonder if we are looking at Gerrik Vollmer, a 6'5'' 280lbs OLineman from Taft. I believe his teammate Elliott Brown is visiting this weekend. Vollmer decommitted from Louisville in December. In the past couple days he has picked up offers from UMass, Buffalo and coaches from Temple visited.

http://247sports.com/Player/Gerrik-Vollmer-89449

 

[huskymedic]

So... so far from here and other sources it looks like the following are on campus this weekend:

Brown
Burnett
Keating
Olaniyan
Swann

 

[UConnRock]

There were always a few mystery names that Edsall snuck by the recruiting services and diehard recruiting followers. That may be a bit harder in the Twitter world.

 

[Clockshop]

So... so far from here and other sources it looks like the following are on campus this weekend:

Brown
Burnett
Keating
Olaniyan
Swann

Also saw Rob King was visiting this weekend. 2 star CB/athlete committed to Temple.

Junior Highlights - Robert King highlights - Hudl

 

[huskymedic]

Also saw Rob King was visiting this weekend. 2 star CB/athlete committed to Temple.

Junior Highlights - Robert King highlights - Hudl

Interesting that he already took an OV to Temple the first or second weekend after Collins came on board.

 

[huskymedic]

Coach Jon Wholley (@JonathanWholley)
1/21/17, 11:55 AM
Great day so far!! #BleedBlue

 

[UConnRock]

Also saw Rob King was visiting this weekend. 2 star CB/athlete committed to Temple.

Junior Highlights - Robert King highlights - Hudl

Best friends w/ Blackshear

 

[SouthPaw22]

Wonder if the new staff will have a twitter signal for when a recruit commits.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[JMick]

Good. Keeping McAfee had to be a priority for the staff.

 

[huskymedic]

Sigh... FTAAC

CuseNation.com@SyracuseOnScout 1 hour ago
BREAKING: Syracuse lands commitment from Grafton (MA) DB Ifeatu Melifonwu
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Syracuse Lands Versatile DB Melifonwu
>>"Melifonwu said. "My brother goes to UConn and I kind of wanted to carve my own path at Syracuse."<<

but will they hold him? JH/DB went to see his HS basketball game today.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 18m 18 minutes ago
I'm told Grafton's Ifeatu Melifonwu will visit Michigan next week. No offer but promising sign Coach Jim Harbaugh came to see him in person.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 6m6 minutes ago
Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown is a Central Mass. native who recruited Ifeatu Melifonwu's older brother, Obi, to play at UConn.

 

[sportsart]

but will they hold him? JH/DB went to see his HS basketball game today.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 18m 18 minutes ago
I'm told Grafton's Ifeatu Melifonwu will visit Michigan next week. No offer but promising sign Coach Jim Harbaugh came to see him in person.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 6m6 minutes ago
Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown is a Central Mass. native who recruited Ifeatu Melifonwu's older brother, Obi, to play at UConn.

Same old thing. Go to SU and see the fold. Go to MICH and probably just see the bench.

 

[Husky25]

I watched the MIAA Super Bowls and honestly, Melifonwu didn't impress me. He doesn't seem to have the same motor as Big Bro. AAC/Big East football is parsecs above Massachusetts interscholastic athletics, let alone the ACC or B1G.

Disclaimer: It was only one game.

 

[BNich]

I watched the MIAA Super Bowls and honestly, Melifonwu didn't impress me. He doesn't seem to have the same motor as Big Bro. AAC/Big East football is parsecs above Massachusetts interscholastic athletics, let alone the ACC or B1G.

Disclaimer: It was only one game.

Would you say the same thing had he committed to the Huskies?

 

[Exit 4]

Chris Elmore - DT from IL - same school as Skanes - has committed to Syracuse this weekend while on his visit.
Its also been reported that Blackshear to an official to Michigan State this weekend...crap.

 

[JMick]

Chris Elmore - DT from IL - same school as Skanes - has committed to Syracuse this weekend while on his visit.
Its also been reported that Blackshear to an official to Michigan State this weekend...crap.

That probably means Blackshear is getting an offer. I believe they previously offered him a walk-on spot but I could be wrong

 

[huskymedic]

but will they hold him? JH/DB went to see his HS basketball game today.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 18m 18 minutes ago
I'm told Grafton's Ifeatu Melifonwu will visit Michigan next week. No offer but promising sign Coach Jim Harbaugh came to see him in person.

Carl Setterlund ‏@CarlSetterlund 6m6 minutes ago
Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown is a Central Mass. native who recruited Ifeatu Melifonwu's older brother, Obi, to play at UConn.

Football: Ifeatu Melifonwu to visit Michigan Tuesday after coach Jim Harbaugh takes in Grafton hoop game

 

[noeynox]

Harbaugh seems to like New England.

 

[huskymedic]

Harbaugh seems to like New England.

Must be the pizza and lobsta rolls - there's no talent up here.

 

[Ldandy]

Football: Ifeatu Melifonwu to visit Michigan Tuesday after coach Jim Harbaugh takes in Grafton hoop game

Kid better jump on board quick if UM offers a scholarship. With 27 commits their class is filling up. Harbaugh will only be able to take 15-20 more kids max.

 

[ktuck911]

Would you say the same thing had he committed to the Huskies?

Probably not

 

[ktuck911]

Kid better jump on board quick if UM offers a scholarship. With 27 commits their class is filling up. Harbaugh will only be able to take 15-20 more kids max.

Where's Finebaum's now? What an injustice to these kids.

 

[mac66]

Where's Finebaum's now? What an injustice to these kids.

Finebaum is busy today, he washes Nick Saban 's cars on Sunday.

 

[huskymedic]

Ryan Bartow@RyanBartow1 hour ago
BREAKING: Defensive end Ibrahim Kante commits to #NorthCarolinaState.

 

[Husky25]

Would you say the same thing had he committed to the Huskies?

Sure, why not? It's an observation. OTOH, had he committed to UConn, it would be said with a degree of worry. As is, I couldn't care less what type of effort he gives the Orange, so long as UConn beats them.