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huskymedic said:
Jeslord Boateng‏ @JeslordBoateng6 2h 2 hours ago
Honored to receive my 18th offer from The University Of UConn!! #GoHuskies

(yeah, yeah, I see it..)

Jeslord Boateng is a 6-2 210lb LB/DE from Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. Other offers from Ball State, BGSU, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Indiana, Iowa State, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State , Miami (OH), Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Toledo and WMU.

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HuskyMed, just wondering was there a reason why you did not add this player to the offer list?
 
It also looks like Bobby Haskins committed to Virginia last night…
 
2018 RB/Ansonia - Markell Dobbs....

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mtlebofootball‏ @mtlebofootball 3h 3 hours ago
Congrats to Coleman Coco on his Duquesne offer and Colby Sorsdal on his UCONN offer! Lebo Pride!

Colby Sorsdal is a 6-5 290lb OL/DL from Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, PA. Other offers from Akron, Ball State, BGSU, Brown, Bucknell, Buffalo, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Kent State, Youngstown State and UCF

 
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huskymedic said:
Joshua Ezeudu‏ @joshua61_ 19m 19 minutes ago
BLESSED TO receive another offer from UConn! #impaCT18 #Blessed

Joshua Ezeudu is a 6-5 305lb from Archer High School in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Other offers from Arkansas St, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgia State, Kansas, Marshall, Missouri, Purdue, Temple. Troy, Tulane, UCF, USF, WKU, WVA and Yale

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wow love this kid, huge, athletic with some serious brains? sign me up. technique could use some work but goodness
 
Carter Bradley‏ @carterbradley10 10m 10 minutes ago
Blessed to say I have received an offer from Connecticut!! @Corey_Bender @CollegeScoutFB @RyanWalkerQb14 @proimpact904

Carter Bradley is a 6-3 200lb QB from Providence High School in Jacksonville, Florida. He is former Jag's head coach Gus' son. Other offers from Cincinnati, Colorado State, ECU, FAU, FIU, Georgia State, Indiana, Louisville, Marshall, Mercer, North Dakota State, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers, Temple, Toledo, USF, WMU, Wisconsin and Wyoming.



Just competed in the invite only Elite 11 QB Comp in LA. Of the 24 invited QBs he did not finish in the Top 12 who head to The Opening.

From a 247 re-cap: >>Sunshine State Sleeper --- Jacksonville (Fla.) Providence’s Carter Bradley is currently ranked as the nation’s No. 820 overall prospect in the 2018 class according to the industry generated 247Sports Composite. However, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound prospect turned in one of the better performances of the Elite 11 Finals earning No. 6 ranking after the pro day simulation and a No. 2 ranking after the 7on7 session by 247Sports. Bradley showed that he belonged in the group of 24 competing in Los Angeles, and registered a better performance than some other signal callers with a higher rating. Bradley did not earn an invitation to The Opening, but his showing during the pro day simulation and the 7on7 were worthy of advancing.<<
 
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huskymedic said:
Carter Bradley‏ @carterbradley10 10m 10 minutes ago
Blessed to say I have received an offer from Connecticut!! @Corey_Bender @CollegeScoutFB @RyanWalkerQb14 @proimpact904

Carter Bradley is a 6-3 200lb QB from Providence High School in Jacksonville, Florida. He is former Jag's head coach Gus' son. Other offers from Cincinnati, Colorado State, ECU, FAU, FIU, Georgia State, Indiana, Louisville, Marshall, Mercer, North Dakota State, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers, Temple, Toledo, USF, WMU, Wisconsin and Wyoming.



Just competed in the invite only Elite 11 QB Comp in LA. Of the 24 invited QBs he did not finish in the Top 12 who head to The Opening.

From a 247 re-cap: >>Sunshine State Sleeper --- Jacksonville (Fla.) Providence’s Carter Bradley is currently ranked as the nation’s No. 820 overall prospect in the 2018 class according to the industry generated 247Sports Composite. However, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound prospect turned in one of the better performances of the Elite 11 Finals earning No. 6 ranking after the pro day simulation and a No. 2 ranking after the 7on7 session by 247Sports. Bradley showed that he belonged in the group of 24 competing in Los Angeles, and registered a better performance than some other signal callers with a higher rating. Bradley did not earn an invitation to The Opening, but his showing during the pro day simulation and the 7on7 were worthy of advancing.<<
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Providence High School is about 3 miles from my house. Got some players there. Saban came in on his helicopter ( :rolleyes: ) earlier this year to visit the Top 300 TE on the team who ended up committing to Miami.
 
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huskymedic said:
Eugene Bowman IV‏ @EugeneBowman2 6m 6 minutes ago
Extremely blessed to get my 13th offer from UConn

Eugene Bowman is a 6-0 170lb DB from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville Florida. Other offers from Campbell, Cincinnati, ECU, Georgia Southern, Marshall, Mercer, MTSU, Purdue, Samford, South Alabama, Troy and USF

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From a R. Schnyderite story on TOS this morning:

>>The class of 2018 defensive back from Florida knows quite a bit about the Huskies program and is hoping to head up to the northeast for a visit sometime this summer. "I know they are on the AAC and they have a record of 3-3 in their bowl games. They also have a few conference titles in football. I also know they put out a lot of defensive backs in the league, which is a something I take note of. The talented defensive back intends to make a trip up to Storrs soon. "I don’t have a planned date yet to visit, but I will be getting to UConn sometime this summer to get a feel for the school and coaches. I’d say right now they are in my top five list of schools,” said Bowman>>

>>"First thing I'm looking for in a school is definitely a good education. At the end of the day football won't go on forever. Also I want to be comfortable at the school, I want to feel like I'm at home. Another thing I want is to feel like I'm a priority for a school and also the distance from home is a factor cause I want my family to be able to attend some of my games,” Bowman stated.<<
 
Brettloaf said:
Anyone else worried we don't have a QB locked up yet?
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Nope... my opinion is that w/ what we currently have on roster and what is coming in this summer (and class yr spread) - 2018 is less critical for just grabbing a QB for just the sake of grabbing a QB. Until Re-Al committed to Iowa State, he was the only known QB offer. I'm more comfortable w/ Lashlee having a plan than previous cycles.
 
I also like what we have coming in but I am a believer in always getting a QB every class because you never know who pans out, transfers, etc. At least we know we have Bisack in the fold.
 
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Brettloaf said:
I also like what we have coming in but I am a believer in always getting a QB every class because you never know who pans out, transfers, etc.
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I'm not arguing that they shouldn't recruit a QB for 2018, just that I'm not worried that we don't have one locked down in June.
 
huskymedic said:
I'm not arguing that they shouldn't recruit a QB for 2018, just that I'm not worried that we don't have one locked down in June.
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I'm least worried about the QB position than any position on this team. I'm confident that between Sherriffs, Bisack, Pindell, Washington, McAfee and Williams, Lashlee will be able to generate the best play we have seen out of this position since 2010 - particularly by the end of the season.

This staff is aiming higher and farther than any in history for UConn. Thus we have to expect we'll have fewer verbals this summer as the higher level kids we are seeking are likely to want to see how RE 2.0 looks on the field this fall. That said, pulling in kids with great junior tapes is something we are unlikely to do this year (as we rarely have in the past either) until the program has clearly turned a corner. Instead, the real difference making time for RE 2.0 will be in December when those late bloomers, as in those kids who have great senior seasons (and post grad seasons) when the big programs are out of slots. Thats what we did last January. This year the staff will being doing the same, but with the advantage of starting the late bloomer pursuit in December.

Bottomline, they are not settling this time. They are waiting to find kids that can help make a real difference, not just help the scout team and make us feel like something is happening this summer.

And all this pavement they are pounding hopefully sets them up well for transfers and other like situations in the years to come.
 
huskymedic said:
Nope... my opinion is that w/ what we currently have on roster and what is coming in this summer (and class yr spread) - 2018 is less critical for just grabbing a QB for just the sake of grabbing a QB. Until Re-Al committed to Iowa State, he was the only known QB offer. I'm more comfortable w/ Lashlee having a plan than previous cycles.
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I agree but let's hope what we currently have and that's coming in this Fall can hold things down with arguably (still way to easy to argue against it at the momeht) shaky OL... We need a guy back there that can make things happen.. NOW...
 
Exit 4 said:
I'm least worried about the QB position than any position on this team. I'm confident that between Sherriffs, Bisack, Pindell, Washington, McAfee and Williams, Lashlee will be able to generate the best play we have seen out of this position since 2010 - particularly by the end of the season.

This staff is aiming higher and farther than any in history for UConn. Thus we have to expect we'll have fewer verbals this summer as the higher level kids we are seeking are likely to want to see how RE 2.0 looks on the field this fall. That said, pulling in kids with great junior tapes is something we are unlikely to do this year (as we rarely have in the past either) until the program has clearly turned a corner. Instead, the real difference making time for RE 2.0 will be in December when those late bloomers, as in those kids who have great senior seasons (and post grad seasons) when the big programs are out of slots. Thats what we did last January. This year the staff will being doing the same, but with the advantage of starting the late bloomer pursuit in December.

Bottomline, they are not settling this time. They are waiting to find kids that can help make a real difference, not just help the scout team and make us feel like something is happening this summer.

And all this pavement they are pounding hopefully sets them up well for transfers and other like situations in the years to come.
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I'm glad I kept reading past your first comment. I agree with the rest and I am happy to have RE2.0 back. I hope the strategy they implement does well for this cycle and for transfers down the road.

To say QB is the position group you are least worried about is insane.
 
Brettloaf said:
I'm glad I kept reading past your first comment. I agree with the rest and I am happy to have RE2.0 back. I hope the strategy they implement does well for this cycle and for transfers down the road.

To say QB is the position group you are least worried about is insane.
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I think David Pindell and Marvin Washington have the potential to be our best QBs since Danny O. I'm very bullish on both. And I should not sleep on MacAfee. I think three years from now we may look back at UConn football at look at the hiring of RE 2.0 is critical step one and landing Pindell (away from Temple) as critical step two.

David Pindell on Hudl <--shades of Russell Wilson
 
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love how we've expanded our recruiting areas... this to me is more like leaving no stone unturned....
 
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