2018 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

6-3 230lb DE/MLB/TE from Holy Cross High School in Flushing NY. Other offer from Army.

Mikey Taylor ✨‏ @mikey_taylor42 26m 26 minutes ago
Uconn Visit Today

 

[huskymedic]

6-0 190lb LB/Safety from North Pocono High School in PA


J.C. Gaughan highlights - Hudl

 

[huskymedic]

K G@Khyon2Gillespie1
Uconn today

Khyon Gillespie is a 6-1 175lb RB/S from Capital Prep High School in Hartford CT. Track profile

 

[Exit 4]

Is it premature to be making a wish list - I suppose so - but it won't stop me from saying that I would really like to see us pull in Brock Sturges at the RB position and a guy like Michael Taylor at the DL position. We need to reload at both positions next year and it would be great to get some early commits at these positions. I expect that for OL we probably end up making our waves late in the process as OLine players are slower to develop at the HS level and we need the fall season to see how PG kids perform.

 

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Joe Parello ‏@HerewegoJoe 13m 13 minutes ago
UConn sent a coach to @SHRHS_Football to meet with Kevin Mensah (@OheneKM) today. Here's a quick recruiting update.

UConn Visits Kevin Mensah

>>The elder Edsall, who originally coached the Huskies from 1998 to 2010, and again became UConn's head coach last month, followed up with Mensah in late December to let him know UConn is still interested. The head coach and Mensah scheduled an official visit to Storrs for the weekend of January 28th, and the younger Edsall made the trip to Dudley to chat with Mensah today.

"Coach (Corey) Edsall said he just got the chance to watch my film today, and he said he loved it," Mensah said. "I'm really excited to get out to UConn."

Though the Huskies have yet to offer, Mensah said the new staff has been pursuing him hard, and that he had a scheduled phone call with new UConn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee coming up tonight. UConn joins Bryant, who has already offered, Michigan, who has offered Mensah an invited walk-on spot, and Elon University as the school's pursuing Mensah the hardest, though Boston College, New Hampshire, Wagner and a number of other schools are still involved.<<

Kevin Mensah ‏@OheneKM 2m 2 minutes ago
Great talk with Coach Edsall and Coach Lashlee from UConn today.

Reclassifying from 2017 to 2018 @ St Thomas More. Moving him over to 2018.

 

[huskymedic]

Robert snead‏ @Robertsnead4
Visiting @UConnFootball april 15 #Huskies @JonathanWholley sackmachine#brickcitylions4life

Robert Snead is a 6-2 205lb LB from Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington New Jersey. No offers yet that I can see.

Season cut short by fx foot:

 

[Drew]

Robert snead‏ @Robertsnead4
Visiting @UConnFootball april 15 #Huskies @JonathanWholley sackmachine#brickcitylions4life

Robert Snead is a 6-2 205lb LB from Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington New Jersey. No offers yet that I can see.
Season cut short by fx foot:

just so everyone knows how big of a pull this would be for us, he is visiting Alabama for their Spring Game and UGA in late April...

Robert snead on Twitter

 

[huskymedic]

Shocky Jacques-Louis is a 6-1 168lb WR from Dunbar High School in Ft Myers, Florida. Other offers from App State, CMU, Cincinnati, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, UCF, USF, UVA, and Wake Forest

Highlights

 

[Drew]

@huskymedic is there a formal list of spring game visitors for Friday? Not sure how the game being on Friday night would impact the amount of prospects able to make it but would love for a lot of the Cheshire Academy and in-state guys to make it

 

[huskymedic]

@huskymedic is there a formal list of spring game visitors for Friday? Not sure how the game being on Friday night would impact the amount of prospects able to make it but would love for a lot of the Cheshire Academy and in-state guys to make it

I haven't seen any formal lists for the 21st (week after this). A bunch of schools are on spring break the next few weeks so I'm not sure whether a Friday night game would be prohibitive.

 

[Drew]

I haven't seen any formal lists for the 21st (week after this). A bunch of schools are on spring break the next few weeks so I'm not sure whether a Friday night game would be prohibitive.

whoops got my dates mixed up. hopefully we can get a decent group up to Rentschler for it

 

[huskymedic]

From a "non-linkable" article on Knights247:

>>Three-star dual-threat quarterback Re-al Mitchell (Bellflower, CA/St. John Bosco) has 16 offers, but the UCF offers meant a little bit extra for the California quarterback. “Well the offer means a lot in general,” said Mitchell. “But also because it came from Scott Frost. I went to an Oregon camp about three years ago and was able to chat it up with coach Frost so I’ve known about his style of offense for a while.”<<

>>The California quarterback tells Knights247 that UCF, Iowa State, Connecticut and South Carolina are schools that are sticking out to him early on.<<

Mitchell is rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite and is ranked as the 28th dual-threat quarterback in the 2018 class.

With full credit and attribution to a Rivals article by Richie Schnyderite (@RichieSRivals) on Storrs Central:

>>“I’m making a trip out east very soon to visit both Rutgers and UConn,” Mitchell told Storrs Central. “I talk to coaches Corey Edall and Coach Lashlee the most. They’ve been telling me that I’m a perfect fit for their program and could help get them where they want to be.”<<

>>“One of the main selling pitches to me from UConn is that they have the #1 Kinesiology program in the country. My education is pretty important to me. They’re also trying to rebuild the program and believe I can help lead the way in that process. I talk pretty frequently with their staff and I’m just looking forward to getting out there and seeing everything for myself first hand,” stated Mitchell.<<

 

[huskymedic]

Reclassifying to 2018 @ St Thomas More. Moving him over to 2018.

Kevin Ohene Mensah‏ @KevinMensahi 2m 2 minutes ago
Will be visiting the University of Michigan Friday - Saturday

 

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Dez Boykin‏ @Dez_Boykin 40m 40 minutes ago
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Connecticut!! #GoHuskies

Dez Boykin is a 5-9 170lb WR from Whitehall High School in Whitehall PA. 2016 Pennsylvania Football Writers’ Class 5A All -State team. Other offers from Army, Buffalo, Duquesne, Kent State, Monmouth, Toledo and Villanova

 

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ThisIsUConnCountry‏ @MattSchonvisky 1h 1 hour ago
Other visitors to #UConnFootball today included highly sought after WR @ryan1_sean & ATH Nick Williams, both from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn

Sean Ryan is a 6-3 185lb WR. Current offers from BGSU, Buffalo, Maryland, Nebraska, Syracuse, Rutgers, Temple, WMU and BC. Highlights
Nick Williams is a 5-5 135lb Slot/Athlete Highlights

 

[Drew]

ThisIsUConnCountry‏ @MattSchonvisky 1h 1 hour ago
Other visitors to #UConnFootball today included highly sought after WR @ryan1_sean & ATH Nick Williams, both from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn

Sean Ryan is a 6-3 185lb WR. Current offers from BGSU, Buffalo, Maryland, Nebraska, Syracuse, Rutgers, Temple, WMU and BC. Highlights
Nick Williams is a 5-5 135lb Slot/Athlete Highlights

Ryan visited Rutgers a few days ago and is headed to Nebraska this weekend for their spring game. Nice to get him on campus

 

[Drew]

Drue Jackson (#17 on the list) checks in on this list:

TexasHSFootball.com's Top 10 Wide Receivers In 2017 - TexasHSFootball

 

[Exit 4]

Seems like we have more traction (more visits) with more high quality prospects than anytime in recent memory for this stage in the cycle. That Dez Boykin looks like another Skanes.

 

[Drew]

Shocky Jacques-Louis is a 6-1 168lb WR from Dunbar High School in Ft Myers, Florida. Other offers from App State, CMU, Cincinnati, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, UCF, USF, UVA, and Wake Forest

Highlights

Shocky Jacques-louis on Twitter

Visiting USF this weekend for Junior Day

 

[huskymedic]

Parker Devine‏ @Parker_Devine99
Thankful to receive an offer from UCONN! @BTHS_Football @Corey_Bender @CoachCEdsall @CSmithScout @JEdwar247 @HamiltonESPN

Coach Chad Parker‏ @coachparker85 30m 30 minutes ago
Congratulations to Bartram Trail 2018 DE @Parker_Devine99 for receiving an offer from @UConnFootball #Huskies #GoBears

Parker Devine is a 6-4 250lb DE/OLB from Bartram Trail High School in Jacksonville Florida. Other offers from App State. Cincinnati, CMU, Colorado State, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Kentucky, Marshall, Mercer, Rutgers, Samford, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy, Tulane, UCF, Western Kentucky, WVA and BC

 

[huskymedic]

Favorited but missed last night:

Ryan Betz‏ @ryanbetz41 24h 24 hours ago
Had another awesome visit at UCONN today. @Coach_Crock

Ryan Betz is a 6-3 265lb DL/TE from Malvern Prep High School in Malvern PA (about 10 miles from Villanova). First trip was back in March during Junior/Underclassmen Days

 

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Gavin Schoenwald‏ @g_schoenwald10
Honored to receive an offer from the University of Connecticut!! #Huskies

Gavin Schoenwald is a 6-5 214lb TE/QB from Brentwood Academy High School in Brentwood Tennessee. Other offers from Duke, Kentucky Mississippi, Mississippi State, Purdue, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee.

 

[Drew]

With full credit and attribution to a Rivals article by Richie Schnyderite (@RichieSRivals) on Storrs Central:

>>“I’m making a trip out east very soon to visit both Rutgers and UConn,” Mitchell told Storrs Central. “I talk to coaches Corey Edall and Coach Lashlee the most. They’ve been telling me that I’m a perfect fit for their program and could help get them where they want to be.”<<

>>“One of the main selling pitches to me from UConn is that they have the #1 Kinesiology program in the country. My education is pretty important to me. They’re also trying to rebuild the program and believe I can help lead the way in that process. I talk pretty frequently with their staff and I’m just looking forward to getting out there and seeing everything for myself first hand,” stated Mitchell.<<

Sounds like Nebraska may be kicking the tires here:

 

[huskymedic]

Nihym Anderson is a 6-2 227lb LB from Vineland Senior High School South in Vineland, New Jersey. Other offers from Minnesota, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Toledo and BC.

Nihym Anderson committed to Maryland today.

 

[huskymedic]

Sounds like Nebraska may be kicking the tires here:

UConn just getting him on campus for a face:face visit w/ Lashlee/Edsall and to see the facilities in person in the next few weeks is a partial win...

Re-al Mitchell‏ @realmitchell11 4m 4 minutes ago
Excited to announce that I've been offered a scholarship to the University of Illinois!! #GloryToGod