2019 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Ailym Ford is a 5-9 207lb RB from West Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina. Other offers from Gardner-Webb, Tennessee Tech, USTA, St. Francis and West Virginia State

Highlights

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ktuck911]

CA QB Bennett to Boise State:

Congrats to him.... Now, hopefully we can close the deal on the kid from Canada

 

[Scrutineer]

Don Brown flips MA DB Sainristil to Michigan.

2019 UConn Offer List (click on UConn Commit's name for highlight video):

1. Cornelius Johnson (WR) - Brunswick School, Greenwich CT
2. Darrin(DJ) Smith (RB) - Lone Star High School, Frisco Texas (UConn Commit 5/10/18>Decommit 6/17/18)
3. Jaquan Allen (DB/WR) - East Hartford High School, East Hartford CT
4. Jared Harrison-Hunte (DL/TE) - Christ the King High School, Middle Village NY.
5. Brian Ugwa (RB/LB) - Hillside High School, Hillside New Jersey
6. Kenny Logan (Athlete) - Pedro Menendez High School, St Augustine Florida
7. Jerrod Means (WR/Athlete) - Lovejoy High School in Hampton, Georgia
8. Kennedy Lewis (WR) - Melissa High School, Melissa Texas (TCU Commit 6/19/18>Decommit 10/16/18)
9. Zay Flowers (WR/CB - University School, Ft. Lauderdale Florida
10. Jeremiah Fails (Athlete/SB/DB) - Ocoee High School, Ocoee Florida
11. Isaiah Bagnah (DE/TE) - Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, Lethbridge Alberta Canada
12. Trayvon Moss (WR/LB) - Victory Christian School, Tulsa Oklahoma
13. DJ Green (CB/RB/ATH) - Wharton High School, Tampa Florida
14. Brayden Bapst (TE/OL/DL) - St. John's College High School, Washington DC
15. Skylar Loving-Black (TE) - Valley Christian High School, San Jose CA
16. Rian Haigler (OL) - St John’s College High School, Washington DC
17. Steven Linton (TE/DE/LB) - Dublin High School, Dublin Georgia
18. Kevin Hester (DE) - North Cobb High School, Kennesaw Georgia
19. Nick Pendley (OL) - Creekview High School, Canton Georgia
20. Wyatt Hummel (OL) - Jesuit Dallas High School, Dallas Texas
21. Brett Seither (TE/WR)- Clearwater Central Catholic, Clearwater Florida
22. Matt Drayton (WR/DB) - Raines High School, Jacksonville Florida
23. Travis Koontz (TE) - Ventura Community College, Ventura CA (Pitt Commit 6/15/18>Decommit 10/2/18)
24. Jimmy Fritzche (OL/TE) - Greenville High School, Greenville South Carolina
25. Nate White (DE/LB/TE) - Edgewater High School, Orlando Florida
26. Zion Carter (TE) - Berkeley Prep, Tampa Florida
27. Malik Dixon (DB/WR) - Wekiva Senior High School. Apopka, Florida
28. Myles Bell (DB) - St. Thomas Aquinas, Ft Lauderdale Florida
29. Ailym Ford (RB/LB) - West Florence High School, Florence South Carolina
30. Dillon Harris (LB)- Cheshire Academy via Bloomfield CT (UConn Commit 4/5/17>> Lackawanna JUCO 2017/2018>>Confirmed UConn Commit 3/11/18)
31. Jackson Mitchell (WR/DB) - Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield CT (UConn Commit 6/14/18)
32. Winston Jules (WR/DB) - Salisbury School, Salisbury CT. (UConn Commit 6/16/18)
33. Jayce Medlock (WR/TE) - Desoto High School in DeSoto Texas (UConn Commit 6/17/18)
34. Chase Lundt (TE/OL) - Martin High School, Arlington Texas (UConn Commit 6/19/18)
35. Cameron Ross (WR) - St. John’s College High School, Washington DC (UConn Commit 7/28/18)
36. Kevens Clercius (WR/DB) - Montreal Canada (UConn Commit 8/1/18)
37. Ife Adeyi (WR/Ath) - Mansfield Legacy High School, Mansfield Texas (Houston Commit @ time of offer)
38. DJ Williams (RB) - Sebring High School, Sebring Florida. (Appalachian St Commit (July 2018) @ time of offer)
39. Justin Moore (DE) - Texas Christian Academy, Addison Texas. (Rice University Commit (April 2018) @ time of offer
40. Bryce Sebastian (RB/DB/Athlete) - Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT (Initial Diaco Staff Offer/UConn still pursuing> BC Commit 2/3/18)
41. Hayden Rucci (TE/LB/DE) - Warwick High School, Lititz PA (Wisconsin Commit 2/5/18)
42. Jeremiah Peyton (WR) - Duncan High School, Neptune Florida (University of Miami Commit 2/20/18)
43. Paul Tyson (QB) - Hewitt-Trussville High School, Trussville Alabama (Alabama Commit 4/5/18)
44. Antonio Clary (DB/QB) - Sandlewood High School, Jacksonville Florida (Virginia Commit 4/10/18)
45. Nyquee Hawkins (WR/CB) - Orange High School, Orange New Jersey (Diaco Staff Offer - VaTech Commit 4/13/18)
46. Taisun Phommachanh (QB) - Avon Old Farms School, Avon CT (Initial Diaco Staff Offer/UConn still pursuing - Clemson Commit 4/14/18)
47. John Olmstead (OL/DL) - St. Joseph High School, Metuchen New Jersey (Notre Dame Commit 4/20/18)
48. Andre' White Jr (LB) - Harrisburg High School, Harrisburg PA (Texas A&M Commit 4/27/18)
49. Keith Maguire (WR/LB) - Malvern Prep, Malvern PA (Clemson Commit 4/27/18)
50. Jayden Jernigan (DL) - Allen High School, Allen Texas (Oklahoma State Commit 5/14/18)
51. Marquis Wilson (DB/WR) from Windsor CT attending Avon Old Farms, Avon CT (Penn State Commit 5/20/18)
52. Tyler Rudolph (DB/WR) - from Waterbury attending St Thomas More School, Oakdale CT (Penn State Commit 5/21/18)
53. Nick Samac (OL/DL) - Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio (Michigan State Commit 5/27/18)
54. Blerim Rustemi (OL) - DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne New Jersey (BC Commit 6/5/18)
55. Jacob Clark (QB) - Rockwall High School, Rockwall Texas (Minnesota Commit 6/6/18)
56. Aaron Beasley (RB/DB) - Bowdon High School, Bowdon Georgia (Tennessee Commit 6/10/18)
57. Paul Piferi (QB) - Villa Park High School, Villa Park California (Purdue Commit 6/11/18)
58. Josh Henderson (RB) - The Hun School, Princeton New Jersey (North Carolina Commit 6/14/18)
59. Xavier Truss (OL) - Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick Rhode Island (Georgia Commit 6/17/18)
60. Bryce Nelms (DL) - West Orange High School, West Orange New Jersey (Pitt Commit 6/17/18)
61. Crishawn Long (LB) - Padua Franciscan High School, Cleveland Ohio (Purdue Commit 6/18/18)
62. Chayce Chalmers (DB/WR) - Stonewall Jackson High School, Manassas Virginia (Virginia commit 6/19/18)
63. Bam Brima (DE/OT/TE) - Loyalsock Township High School, Williamsport PA (Pitt Commit 6/19/18)
64. Nick Gallo (TE/DE) - Council Rock South High School, Holland PA (VaTech Commit 6/19/18)
65. Treyson Potts (RB/DB) - Williamsport High School, Williamsport PA (Minnesota Commit 6/20/18)
66. Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (LB) - South Dade High School, Homestead Florida (UCF Commit 6/20/18)
67. CJ Hanson (OL/DL) - St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel New Jersey (Rutgers Commit 6/20/18 - waffling)
68. Grayson Murphy(LB) - Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas Texas (North Texas State Commit 6/21/18)
69. Gabriel Murphy (LB) - Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas Texas (North Texas State Commit 6/21/18)
70. Kyi Wright (LB) - Farrell High School, Farrell, PA (Pitt Commit 6/21/18)
71. Aric Horne (LB) - Raines High School, Jacksonville Florida (Iowa State Commit 6/22/18)
72. Valentin Senn (OL/DL) - Innsbruck Austria (Colorado Commit 6/24/18)
73. William Pritchard (OL) - Manchester High School, Midlothian Virginia (VaTech Commit 7/1/18)
74. Jake Hornibrook (DL/OL) - Malvern Prep, Malvern PA (Stanford Commit 7/1/18)
75. David Ojabo (DE) - Blair Academy, Blairstown New Jersey (Michigan Commit 7/2/18)
76. Nolan Matthews (TE/WR) - Reedy High School, Frisco Texas (Arizona State University Commit 7/4/18)
77. Sam Snyder (TE) - Fleming Island High School, Orange Park Florida (Louisville Commit 7/6/18
78. Raykwon Anderson (DB/Athlete) - Charlton County High School, Folkston Georgia (North Carolina Commit 7/13/18)
79. Kelly Joiner (APB) - South Lake High School, Groveland Florida (USF Commit 7/25/18)
80. Kris Mitchell (WR) - Mandarin High School, Jacksonville, Florida (FIU Commit 7/29/18)
81. Matt Goncalves (OL/TE/DL) - Eastport South Manor High School, NY (Pitt Commit 7/31/18)
82. Elijah Wroten (DL/OL) - Germantown Academy Fort Washington,PA (Duke Commit 7/31/18
83. Yusuf Terry (WR) - Imhotep Charter High School, Philadelphia PA (Baylor Commit 8/1/18)
84. Zachary Franks (OL) - Gilman School, Baltimore Maryland (Penn State Commit 8/2/18>Decommit>Northwestern Commit 8/10/18)
85. Nazir Burnett (WR/DB) - Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg, PA (Syracuse Commit 8/3/18)
86. Spencer Lytle (LB/TE/HB) - Servite High School, Anaheim CA (Wisconsin Commit 8/4/18)
87. Prince-Elijah Degroat (DB) - Curtis High School, Staten Island New York (Fordham Commit 8/6/18)
88. Rashee Rice (WR) - Richland High School, North Richland Hills Texas (SMU Commit 8/7/18)
89. Jayln Philips (DB) - Archer High School, Lawrenceville GA (Clemson Commit 8/20/18)
90. Mohamoud Diabate (DE) - Auburn High School, Auburn Alabama (Florida Commit 8/22/18)
91. Tykee Smith (DB) Imhotep Institute Charter School, Philadelphia PA (West Virginia Commit 8/23/18)
92. Mohamed Toure (LB) - Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville New Jersey (Rutgers Commit 8/30/18)
93. Osita Smith (WR) - Wilde Lake High School, Columbia Maryland (West Virginia Commit 8/30/18)
94. Asim Richards (DE/TE) - The Haverford School, Haverford PA (North Carolina Commit 8/30/18)
95. Jason Blissett Jr. (DL/OL) - Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn New York (University of Miami (9/14/18)
96. Walter Rouse (DL/OL) - Sidwell Friends School, Washington DC (Stanford Commit 9/14/18)
97. Konner Fox (TE/WR/QB) - Reagan High School, San Antonio Texas (Kansas State Commit 9/19/18)
98. Trent Holler (OL/DL) - Greater Latrobe High School, Latrobe, PA (ECU Commit 9/22/18)
99. Brenton Strange (TE) - Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, West Virginia (Penn State Commit 10/1/18)
100. Lewis Cine (DB) - Trinity Christian School, Cedar Hill Texas (Georgia Commit 10/10/18)
101. Aaron Young (RB) - Coatesville Area Senior High School, Coatesville PA (Michigan State Commit 10/21/18)
102. Malachi Burby (DE) from Berlin CT attending Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT (Wake Forest Commit 3/27/18>Decommit 8/23/18>Rutgers Commit 10/26/18)
103. Stacy Brown (DB) Duncanville High School, Duncanville Texas (Missouri Commit 10/26/18)
104. Kaiden Bennett (QB) - Folsom HS, Folsom CA (Boise State Commit 11/3/18)
105. Mike Sainristil (DB) - Everett High School, Everett MA (VaTech Commit 2/9/18>Decommit 10/22/18>Michigan Commit 11/4/18))

How many DB's has UConn put in the NFL? How well did UConn develop Byron Jones and Obi Melifonwu?
How many Michigan DB's in the NFL the last few years?
With a QB from Everett on the current UConn roster, should UConn not have had a great shot at Sainristil?

 

[Stainmaster]

How many DB's has UConn put in the NFL? How well did UConn develop Byron Jones and Obi Melifonwu?
How many Michigan DB's in the NFL the last few years?
With a QB from Everett on the current UConn roster, should UConn not have had a great shot at Sainristil?

Please explain to me why you think a 17-year-old kid (not a middle-aged UConn fan) would ever choose UConn over Michigan...my god.

 

[huskymedic]

With a QB from Everett on the current UConn roster, should UConn not have had a great shot at Sainristil?

No. It’s Michigan Football.

 

[Scrutineer]

Please explain to me why you think a 17-year-old kid (not a middle-aged UConn fan) would ever choose UConn over Michigan...my god.

No. It’s Michigan Football. (Quote from huskymedic)

Actually, I'm an old UConn fan and delusionally optimistic. Maybe even on a Nostical scale.
Secondly, you may recall a couple kids at STM recently saying they wanted to go there to resurrect their program in their home state and yet decided to go to Syracuse and some other school for football. I asked on this site why they couldn't have the same thought process about their home U.
That's the reason I referenced UConn's NFL cornerbacks (Jones, etc) and asked why it's not possible to retain more of the instate or regional kids, especially those who play that position.
It still sticks in my mind that Hathaway hired Pasqualoni so he could use his relationships with CT high school coaches to keep more of the best kids home. Edsall seemed to have done a good job of building interest in high school football because of UConn's success in his first stint so is it not possible to keep more of the regional kids if you have the right people doing the recruiting?
Hurley assembled a terrific staff and just may have a great recruiting class this year (doomed). So, if he could do it coming off the recent down years, is it not possible to do better in football as well?

 

[huskymedic]

It still sticks in my mind that Hathaway hired Pasqualoni so he could use his relationships with CT high school coaches to keep more of the best kids home. Edsall seemed to have done a good job of building interest in high school football because of UConn's success in his first stint so is it not possible to keep more of the regional kids if you have the right people doing the recruiting?

Hurley assembled a terrific staff and just may have a great recruiting class this year (doomed). So, if he could do it coming off the recent down years, is it not possible to do better in football as well?

It's always possible and UConn should never stop chasing these in-state kids (and the out-of--state kids @ the prep schools) with fervor, but the expectation that these high end kids are going to pass up a marquee program for UConn (absent a connection other then state of residence) is not realistic @ this point in UConn conference situation and past 8 year on field performance (IMO).

 

[gioff2323]

Why is no one talking about the absolute silence on the recruiting front? I could care a less about recruiting kids from a certain state. But for a program who is brutally honest about its own feelings about the items left in the cupboard, I am shocked to see/hear so little activity. It can't be that they are too busy game planning.

 

[huskymedic]

Why is no one talking about the absolute silence on the recruiting front? I could care a less about recruiting kids from a certain state. But for a program who is brutally honest about its own feelings about the items left in the cupboard, I am shocked to see/hear so little activity. It can't be that they are too busy game planning.

My take... they've offered 4 kids in the past week and have been out and about from some social media activity. Early signing day is a month out and P5 rosters are filling and offers are disappearing for those on the P5/G5 fence, which will cause trickle down.

If there is still silence/significant gap after the early signing period... yikes.

 

[Exit 4]

Faison racking up the stats.

And btw, Bagnah visited Boise State this past weekend.

 

[huskymedic]

Interesting > PA WR/DB decommits from Syracuse. He had 20+ offers.


>>Burnett's decommitment comes as a bit of a surprise, as he seemed to be a solid commit. However, it is possible he sees the young talent at receiver for the Orange and is concerned about early playing time. Burnett cited rushing his decision the first time around, meaning other visits are likely on the horizon. There is no word on another school getting involved, new offers or new interest. <<

 

[huskymedic]

GA WR:

 

[Exit 4]

Thought this is worth posting because Crocker, A. Smith and John Siebel (GA) follow Drew Gunther, a 6'3'' QB from Malvern Prep (south of Philly). He's been to Syracuse twice and received a PWO offer from Tenn. He has full offers from VMI, Fordham, Georgetown (they have football?), Brown and Albany.

 

[Exit 4]

Nice Q&A here on 247 with Jimmy Fritzsche, the 6'7'' OT/TE from Greenville SC. Really good upside in this one, might be one of the better OTs Edsall 2.0 has pursued.

He also said his "top schools for me right now are Nebraska, UConn, Villanova, and Syracuse in that order."
And regarding UConn: "UConn’s offer also excited me and I’ve been very fond of the coaches I’ve talked to. "

Jimmy says he has three visits lined up in January, but didn't specify the who and whens and also said its subject to change. His preference is to commit in late Jan, but would commit in December if he had too.

Q&A With 2019, TE/OL, Jimmy Fritzsche

 

[huskymedic]

DC Lineman Bapst to Vanderbilt:

 

[uconnphil2016]

 

[Exit 4]

Jacob Miley is a 6’6’’ WR from Palm Coast FL. No 2018 HUDL tape on this kid (just the way Edsall likes it). Miley is a bit of a track star participating on some record setting relay teams. Claims a 4.68 40 time. Obviously has a big catching radius. Looks a bit like Randy Moss based on the few 2017 HUDL clips.

Follow up on this reported offer, its odd there appears to be zero connection between Miley and the UConn football staff on twitter. The only connection is with a UConn track coach.

Follow up Par II: This looks like a UConn indoor track off. My bad. The pitfalls of viewing twitter on a cell phone.

I think it worth leaving this post because this kid is playing football at HS and could a walk on candidate at some capacity.

 

[Exit 4]

UConn showing some love;

And btw, DJ Williams picked up offers from Tennessee and Colorado State this week.

 

[Exit 4]

We have moved to "warm" status on JUCO TE Travis Koontz. I dont have access to 247, but it appears he has scheduled a visit to ECU. Boise State, Michigan State and TCU are also in the mix.

 

[huskymedic]

We have moved to "warm" status on JUCO TE Travis Koontz. I dont have access to 247, but it appears he has scheduled a visit to ECU. Boise State, Michigan State and TCU are also in the mix.

>>Boise State, Michigan State, TCU, East Carolina and UConn are the schools mostly in contact with Koontz right now, according to the tight end. He’s already used one of his official visits to Pitt, but plans to use his final four paid trips after his season. “I’m going to visit Michigan State, TCU and Boise,” Koontz said. “I’m going to take an official visit to ECU, too. We’ve locked that down. That’s probably going to be my four right there.”<<

>>“I’m looking for an offense that uses the tight end obviously and that I trust the tight ends coach as well,” Koontz said. “Hopefully that’s something I can be comfortable with before I decide to make my decision. That’s pretty much it.”<<

Warm: UConn, Boise, ECU, Michigan State and TCU (has offers).

Cool: Pitt (decommitted), Fresno State, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, San Diego, Texas State (has offers). UCLA (no offer).

 

[huskymedic]

Williams was @ Auburn last week...

 

[Exit 4]

Williams was @ Auburn last week...

Williams picked up a Miami offer today on top of the Tennessee offer earlier this week (and Colorado St yesterday). We all saw his mid year tape - it was explosive and screamed legit big time prospect and so here comes the P5 herd.

 

[huskymedic]

Chasing SC RB Ford...

 

[Exit 4]

They don't have a cumulative senior season highlight reel posted for Chase Lundt just yet, but here is a one game teaser: