2018 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Can someone give me the Twitter to English translation? I get the "UCONN with the fire" part but what exactly is that referring too? How hard we're recruiting him? How impressed he is with our staff's recruitment of him?

He's referring to the "edit" (picture of his high school uniform morphing into a UConn uniform - see the Dillon Harris one above showing the Cheshire uniform>UConn uniform). This is a new UConn recruiting tool (if the school is pushing them out directly). He's verbaled to PennState but we still offered and he's getting regular communication so I would imagine we are pursuing him more than a courtesy offer (wonder if people heard rumbles - we don't just offer all "committed" kids). He appears to be impressed.

 

[formerlurker]

He's referring to the "edit" (picture of his high school uniform morphing into a UConn uniform - see the Dillon Harris one above showing the Cheshire uniform>UConn uniform). This is a new UConn recruiting tool (if the school is pushing them out directly). He's verbaled to PennState but we still offered and he's getting regular communication so I would imagine we are pursuing him more than a courtesy offer (wonder if people heard rumbles - we don't just offer all "committed" kids). He appears to be impressed.

Thanks, Medic!

I love this new recruiting tool.

UCONN with the

!!!

 

[huskymedic]

Sidney Murray is a 6-2 255lb LB/DE from Foster High School in Richmond Texas attending Cisco Junior College in Cisco Texas (near Abilene). Other offers from Purdue, Alabama A&M Alcorn State, App State, Austin Peay, Coastal Carolina, Lamar and Prairie View.

Interview: 2018 Cisco JUCO LB Sidney Murray Finally Settling in at a Natural Position - Recruiting News Guru

 

[Exit 4]

Happy we're looking JUCO early now too.. gotta look for impact guys all over the field... if they fit academically and football scheme wise and character wise, no matter if they're HS, Prep School, JUCO, you gotta go after them... No more sitting back with the recruiting...

I dont know if we have ever offered on a JUCO kid that wasn't a QB. This is a great sign.

 

[Exit 4]

This kid looks like a monster of an OL prospect. An absolute monster.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

I preface this with a "This is a guess" disclaimer...

I think the early offers to juco's will tell us about a couple things:

1. The guys we have on the roster at this position aren't good enough, and might not ever be

2. The guys we have on the roster at this position don't fit our new scheme

OR maybe this kid just blew away the staff, and someone has a connection to that CC.

I think the lack of football lately combined with the excitement of the new staff is making me look for weird connections and conspiracies all over the place. Can we start playing football soon?

 

[huskymedic]

... OR maybe this kid just blew away the staff, and someone has a connection to that CC

Coastal Carolina - Curome Cox

 

[huskymedic]

La'damian Webb is a 5-9 190lb RB/DB from Beauregard High School in Opelika, Alabama. Other offers from BGSU, Indiana, Iowa State, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Missouri, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy and UAB.



Noah Mindel‏ @noahmindel 24m 24 minutes ago
Looks like former #Auburn OC Rhett Lashlee still likes key prospects from Alabama. Mr. Football @webb_3ladamian picks up an offer from UCONN

State of Alabama Mr. Football:
Don Hawes‏ @DonWVTM13 Jan 18
Beauregard RB La'Damian Webb named Mr. Football.. ran for 3,342 yards and state-record 49 TDs in 2016

 

[Rewster]

La'damian Webb is a 5-9 190lb RB/DB from Beauregard High School in Opelika, Alabama. Other offers from BGSU, Indiana, Iowa State, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Missouri, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy and UAB.



Noah Mindel‏ @noahmindel 24m 24 minutes ago
Looks like former #Auburn OC Rhett Lashlee still likes key prospects from Alabama. Mr. Football @webb_3ladamian picks up an offer from UCONN

State of Alabama Mr. Football:
Don Hawes‏ @DonWVTM13 Jan 18
Beauregard RB La'Damian Webb named Mr. Football.. ran for 3,342 yards and state-record 49 TDs in 2016

WOW!!!
That dude is nasty!

 

[Saab04]

WOW!!!
That dude is nasty!

He reminds me of Terry Caulley the way he runs. This kid runs visiously.

 

[huskymedic]

Kyle Pitts is a 6-5 225lb TE from Archbishop Woods High School in Warminster PA. Other offers from Baylor, Maryland, Miami, Oklahoma, PSU, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, UCLA and VaTech.

4-star Pennsylvania TE Kyle Pitts names Rutgers in his Top 8 + Virginia Tech, Florida, Miami, Maryland, Oklahoma, UCLA and Tennessee.

 

[huskymedic]

Out of pocket - will update in a bit:

Leddie Brown is a 6-0 210lb RB from Smyrna High School in Smyrna Delaware. Other offers from Florida, Louisville, Maryland. Temple, Tennessee, WVA and BC.

 

[huskymedic]

Ugo Obassi is a 6-2 170lb WR from Milford Mill Academy High School in Baltimore MD. Other offers from Buffalo, Duke, Harvard, Illinois, Penn, Princeton and Yale

Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

Lancine Turay is a 6-6 240lb DE from Irvington High School in Irvington, New Jersey. He attended UConn Junior Day today. His brother will be a RS Sr DE w/ Rutgers this year. Other offers from Maryland, ODU, Rutgers, Syracuse, UCF, UMass and BC.

From a longer Scout premium article on Lancine Turay's recruitment today:

>>"I would say that the top 3 that hit me up a lot are Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn" Turay said. "No Leaders."<<

>>UConn's decision to bring coach Randy Edsall back into the fold makes the Huskies an interesting option. "We saw the facilities, we saw the campus, the dining hall, the town around it," Turay said. "It was new experience. I didn't think it would be like that. I like it". "The staff is very put together, and I think they know what they want to do with the program."<<

 

[Exit 4]

While we have yielded only one commit, this year's junior days, general recruiting interest by prospects and the effort by the staff has been really encouraging. Hope it keeps rolling and maybe by May we have some commits.

 

[Husky25]

While we have yielded only one commit, this year's junior days, general recruiting interest by prospects and the effort by the staff has been really encouraging. Hope it keeps rolling and maybe by May we have some commits.

Aaaaaaaand that tally of one verbal commit is one more than at any point before June of the previous three seasons.

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

Cameron Taylor is a 6-0 195lb WR from Park Crossing High School in Montgomery Alabama. Other offers from Arkansas State, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Jacksonville State, Michigan, Samford, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy, and UCF.



First University of UConn award for 2018!

 

[huskymedic]

Scout ($$ article) and 247 are reporting that Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) Safety Kevin Brennan received an offer from UConn after a recent visit (2/24)? Nothing I can see on his twitter yet.

Brennan is a 6-0 190lb Safety who holds offers from Army, Bowling Green, Rutgers, Western Michigan and BC.


NJ.com article from 3/1: 3-star athlete Kevin Brennan talks Don Bosco coaching change, Rutgers offer and visit

 

[huskymedic]

Justin Johnson is a 6-7 350lb OL from Imhotep Institute Charter School in Philadelphia PA. Other offers from
Brigham Young, Michigan State, Missouri, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, San Diego State, Temple, Texas Tech, UMass. Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wisconsin and BC

Justin Johnson‏ @BigFresh_Tep 1m1 minute ago

 

[formerlurker]

I hope he picks Virgina.

 

[Lewconn]

HuskyMed, it looks like Jalil Irvin committed to Auburn last night…

 

[huskymedic]

The top 50 high school football recruits in New Jersey: NJ.com's March 8 edition

>>High school breakdown: Peddie, Bergen Catholic and St. Peter's Prep lead the way with five selections, apiece. Don Bosco and St. Joseph (Mont.) have four, apiece. Meanwhile, DePaul has three and Irvington, St. Augustine and Paramus Catholic have two.<<

15 held/have offers or have visited UConn recently (#37 Jean-Baptiste and #45 Banks were up in the last few weeks as part of Junior/Underclassmen Days but don't hold offers yet). There also has been a number of un-ranked visitors (2018 and other classes) up from schools mentioned in the high school breakdown above.

 

[Exit 4]

The top 50 high school football recruits in New Jersey: NJ.com's March 8 edition

>>High school breakdown: Peddie, Bergen Catholic and St. Peter's Prep lead the way with five selections, apiece. Don Bosco and St. Joseph (Mont.) have four, apiece. Meanwhile, DePaul has three and Irvington, St. Augustine and Paramus Catholic have two.<<

15 held/have offers or have visited UConn recently (#37 Jean-Baptiste and #45 Banks were up in the last few weeks as part of Junior/Underclassmen Days but don't hold offers yet). There also has been a number of un-ranked visitors (2018 and other classes) up from schools mentioned in the high school breakdown above.

Wait, I thought Diaco walled us out of NJ when the Dickens schollie story went haywire in January?

 

[Drew]

@UcGrkFrk #7 on the offer list Brendan Radley-Hiles is who I was referring to the other day. Film is incredible. Looks like a Florida/Nebraska/USC/UCLA battle unfortunately.