2018 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Johnathon Huggins is a 6-2 200lb Safety/WR from Pine Ridge High School, Deltona Florida. Other offers from App St, Colorado St, Coastal Carolina, ECU, FAU, FSU, Georgia Southern, Georgia St, Liberty, Marshall, Mercer, Missouri, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Southeastern College, Southern Miss, Stony Brook, Temple, Toledo, Tulane, UCF, UMass and USF, VaTech, Wake Forest, WKY, Coastal Carolina, Mercer

Junior Year Highlights

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

Malik Banks is a 6-1 195lb DB from Howard High School in Wilmington Delaware. Other offers from Alderson Broaddus U , CCSU, Howard and Morgan State.

Junior Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

@ UConn Camp today:

Khyon Gillespie‏ @Khyon2Gillespie 2m 2 minutes ago
Extremely blessed to receive my first offer from Uconn #HuskyUp #impaCT18 #cthsfb @CoachAbitz @JonathanWholley

Khyon Gillespie is a 6-1 180lb RB/Safety from Capital Prep Magnet School, Hartford CT

 

[huskymedic]

Can't find his original post from the 11th but...

Shamel Lazarus‏ @ShamelLazarus1 Apr 11
I Want to thank @CoachEdsall and @JonathanWholley for having me today. Really enjoyed campus
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Shamel is a 6-3 170lb CB from Bayside High School in Bayside Queens, New York. Has been making the rounds to the usual Northeast suspects.


He picked up an offer from Anthony Poindexter today:
Shamel Lazarus‏ @ShamelLazarus1 3h3 hours ago
Blessed to receive my first full Division 1 scholarship from the university of Purdue @Coachlanese13 @aboutunyc

Shamel Lazarus‏ @ShamelLazarus1 3m 3 minutes ago
I Had a great day at Uconn Camp today. I loved the coaching and I had a lot of fun @aboutunyc @Coachlanese13 @CoachCCox @JonathanWholley

Shamel Lazarus‏ @ShamelLazarus1 1m 1 minute ago
Thankful to receive my 4th division1 offer from the university of Connecticut

Shamel has transferred to Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn since original post. Other offers from Buffalo, Kent State and Purdue.

 

[huskymedic]

Heron Maurisseau-ONeil is a 6-0 170lb WR from St. Anthony's High School in Melville, New York.

Junior Highlights
Track Profile: Heron Maurisseau-O'Neal

 

[huskymedic]

Zareon Hayes is a 6-2 225lb LB/DE from Dillon High School in Dillon South Carolina. Other offer from Georgia State and ODU.
Zareon Hayes highlights

zareon hayes on Twitter
Blessed to announce that I'm 100% committed to @AppState_FB

 

[huskymedic]

Daniel Arias is a 6-4 195lb WR/CB from Jackson High School in Mill Creek Washington. Other offers from
Air Force, Boise State, Colorado, Colorado St, Cornell, Dartmouth, Hawaii, Montana St, , Navy, Nevada, Oregon St, SDSU, Utah, Utah St, Weber St, Wyoming and Yale

Junior Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

Julian Sams is a 6-3 275lb OL/DL from Liberty High School in Bealton VA. Other offers from Delaware State, Howard, Liberty, Ohio University and ODU.

Julian Sams highlights

Committed to ODU
BigJuu 7️⃣ 4️⃣‏ @AyyJuliann 13m 13 minutes ago
Committed. Bealeton Norfolk, VA #AimHigh @cmalone51 @ODUCoachWilder

 

[huskymedic]

Hollywood 8️⃣‏ @LichonTerrell 1h 1 hour ago
Blessed to receive an Offer from Uconn

Lichon Terrell is a 6-2 265lb DL from Callaway High School in Hogansville Georgia. Other offers from Alabama St, App St, , Army, Ball St, Charlotte, Charleston Southern, FAU, Georgia St, Jacksonville St, Marshall, Mercer, Morgan St, MTSU, Mississippi St, New Mexico, Ohio, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulane, UMass, and WKU

 

[huskymedic]

@ UConn Camp today:

Khyon Gillespie‏ @Khyon2Gillespie 2m 2 minutes ago
Extremely blessed to receive my first offer from UConn #HuskyUp #impaCT18 #cthsfb @CoachAbitz @JonathanWholley

Khyon Gillespie is a 6-1 180lb RB/Safety from Capital Prep Magnet School, Hartford CT

Noel Thomas JR.‏@NoelThomas05 6m 6 minutes ago
Noel Thomas JR. Retweeted Khyon Gillespie
Only one you need! Congrats.

 

[Storrsbred]

IMO, seeing a lot of swings and misses on the OL. To top it off those misses seem to be going to schools that are presumably (hopefully) not at UConn's level.
So my question is: do schools, with each offer at a position, go deeper down into the talent list as they keep missing out on their earlier offers?
Like many others have stated, really concerned about the future of the OL.

 

[huskymedic]

IMO, seeing a lot of swings and misses on the OL. To top it off those misses seem to be going to schools that are presumably (hopefully) not at UConn's level.

Like who - I see kids we've offered this cycle @ OL committed to Auburn, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pitt, a Florida kid to USF and a Virginia kid to ODU?

Until the last three kids, I was impressed that overall so far we have only lost players to P5 schools. (Probably just activated a BY jinx)

 

[Storrsbred]

Like who - I see kids we've offered this cycle @ OL committed to Auburn, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pitt, a Florida kid to USF and a Virginia kid to ODU?

Until the last three kids, I was impressed that overall so far we have only lost players to P5 schools. (Probably just activated a BY jinx)

My fault. I didn't do a through look through. Just remembered the ODU commitment. NTL, still swinging and missing.

 

[huskymedic]

| X |‏ @smith_xavier_ 3m 3 minutes ago
BLESSED and HUMBLED to say I have received an offer from UConn ! #GoHuskies!

Xavier Smith is a 6-1 235lb LB/RB from Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Virginia. Other offers ECU, Coastal Carolina and Marshall.

| X | on Twitter
UConn Visit tomorrow

 

[huskymedic]

Jeslord Boateng to Michigan State

 

[huskymedic]

?? Maybe/probably this ??

Andy Slater‏ @AndySlater
SLATER SCOOP: Former Canes DL Courtel Jenkins has landed on his feet. He'll resume his collegiate career with Randy Edsall's UConn Huskies

His U profile: Courtel Jenkins

He was dismissed from the U in February - One year eligibility left.

Change of heart it appears...

 

[Exit 4]

Change of heart it appears...

Boy that smarts. And UH picked up Deon Mix from Auburn for the OL as a grad transfer.

 

[Drew]

 

[Drew]

We made the top 10 for VA OL Jesus Gibbs

 

[huskymedic]

Evan Boozer is a 6-4 235lb DT from Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson Maryland. Other offers from Bryant, , Buffalo, Charlotte, Delaware, Monmouth, Notre Dame College (Ohio), ODU, Temple and Toledo.

Junior Year Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

We made the top 10 for VA OL Jesus Gibbs

Interesting - no mention of high school visit, campus visit or offer that I can find. In any respect:

Jesus Gibbs is a 6-4 265lb OT from Potomac High School in Dunfries Virginia. Other offers from Charlotte, ECU, FAU, Howard, Indiana, JMU, Kansas, Liberty, Navy, N.C. St, ODU, Princeton, South Carolina, Syracuse, Toledo, UVA, Wake Forest, Yale and BC

Junior Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

| X |‏ @smith_xavier_ 12:28 PM - 1 Jun 2017
BLESSED and HUMBLED to say I have received an offer from UConn ! #GoHuskies!
Xavier Smith is a 6-1 235lb LB/RB from Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Virginia. Other offers ECU, Coastal Carolina and Marshall.
3 game junior SZN

| X |‏ @smith_xavier_ Jun 12
UConn Visit tomorrow

Hmmm...

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

Christoph Henle is a 6-6 235 TE/DE from The Oakridge School in Arlington, Texas. Other offers from BGSU,CMU, Houston, Illinois, Kentucky, Northwestern St, Rice, SFA, , Texas St, Tulsa, UNLV, UTSA.

Highlights - THE HYBRID