2023 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Amir Renwick is a 6-2 210lb DB from Baltimore Maryland attending Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville Kansas. Other offers from Buffalo, Colorado, Liberty, Kent State, Murray State, Nebraska, New Mexico State, North Texas, Rhode Island, Stony Brook, Texas State, Toledo, Towson, Troy, SMU and Washington State. Visited campus the weekend of January 20th.

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Amir Renwick

Amir Renwick

redravenathletics.com

 

[Coach J]

Amir Renwick is a 6-2 210lb DB from Baltimore Maryland attending Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville Kansas. Other offers from Buffalo, Colorado, Liberty, Kent State, Murray State, Nebraska, New Mexico State, North Texas, Rhode Island, Stony Brook, Texas State, Toledo, Towson, Troy, SMU and Washington State. Visited campus the weekend of January 20th.

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Amir Renwick

Amir Renwick

redravenathletics.com

Beating out Coach Prime for a DB says something right there!

 

[WNConn]

Beating out Coach Prime for a DB says something right there!

I think the CU offer was under the previous staff

 

[AD DB Burner]

Beating out Coach Prime for a DB says something right there!

Colorado's offer was from the previous staff. Impressive offer list nonetheless.

 

[Exit 4]

Looks like we have added another WO and this time to the RB position which is much needed. Nice to see what feels like a more pro-active approach to find area guys to see what they can do once on campus. It almost felt like the prior regime refused to find WOs until school started and they could review just which regional kids decided to land at Storrs.

5'11'' / 180lbs
1300+ rushing Yards, 23 Rushing touchdowns, 29 Total Touchdowns, 91 receiving yards, 4.47 speed (per his bio)
NEPSAC 2022 player of the year
New Hampton School/ New Hamtpon NH
I believe he is from New Haven CT

 

[huskymedic]

Geordon Porter is a 6-1195 lbs WR from Rancho Cucamonga, California attending University of New Mexico (Transfer Portal). Spent 3 seasons @ Arizona State before transferring to UNM.

Geordon Porter

golobos.com

 

[kris1]

Looks like we have added another WO and this time to the RB position which is much needed. Nice to see what feels like a more pro-active approach to find area guys to see what they can do once on campus. It almost felt like the prior regime refused to find WOs until school started and they could review just which regional kids decided to land at Storrs.

5'11'' / 180lbs
1300+ rushing Yards, 23 Rushing touchdowns, 29 Total Touchdowns, 91 receiving yards, 4.47 speed (per his bio)
NEPSAC 2022 player of the year
New Hampton School/ New Hamtpon NH
I believe he is from New Haven CT

Frank Daniley '23 RB/DB/ATH

Frank Daniley '23 RB/DB/ATH

www.hudl.com

 

[huskymedic]

Cody Smith is a 6-5 235lb DL from Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, NY. Other offers from Valparaiso University and BC (PWO). PWO @ UConn

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[huskymedic]

h/t @crazyUCfan23




Danny Shaban is a 6-1 205lb Offensive/Defensive Athlete from Joel Barlow High School in Redding CT.

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Player of the Year: Joel Barlow's Danny Shaban — 90th New Haven Register All-State Football ATH

Player of the Year: Joel Barlow's Danny Shaban — 90th New Haven Register All-State Football ATHThe 90th New Haven Register All-State Team:FIRST TEAM PRESENTA...

youtu.be

 

[gioff2323]

Some of these are PWOs, right?

 

[ktuck911]

Some of these are PWOs, right?

Yes... Good to see though.. Young men want to compete....

 

[huskymedic]

Zack Madison is a 6-3 195lb WR/DB from Northern Highlands High School in Allendale New Jersey. Other offer from Army.

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[AD DB Burner]

Some of these are PWOs, right?

Yes, if there’s nothing from the UConn social pages giving the official welcome, they are PWO’s.

 

[huskymedic]

Howard Simpson is a 6-5 218lb OLB from Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield CT. CHSCA All-State Defense Class SS/S

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[How Sway?!]

Is that back to back years where UConn get all of the players of the year from the state?

 

[ktuck911]

Howard Simpson is a 6-5 218lb OLB from Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield CT. CHSCA All-State Defense Class SS/S

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I like this under the radar commit... ETA of impact on the field: Fall 2025 (my opinion)

 

[huskymedic]

Maiden, North Carolina WR/LB Alec Hall commits to Lenior-Rhyne University.

 

[UConnRock]

Mora had a late surge in CT PWOs and commits. It is great to see the quality PWOs that chose UConn over other options. In-state commits and PWO include Hudson, Harper, Teddy WIlliams, Neider, Simpson, Shaban and Daniley. This certainly gives UConn the in-state presence and connection to the prep and HS scene that Edsall lost in his 2nd term. Traditionally, a few of these in-staters have developed into impact players. Hopefully that rings true with this year's class.

 

[Exit 4]

Mora had a late surge in CT PWOs and commits. It is great to see the quality PWOs that chose UConn over other options. In-state commits and PWO include Hudson, Harper, Teddy WIlliams, Neider, Simpson, Shaban and Daniley. This certainly gives UConn the in-state presence and connection to the prep and HS scene that Edsall lost in his 2nd term. Traditionally, a few of these in-staters have developed into impact players. Hopefully that rings true with this year's class.

Yeah, fewer kids that end up on Holy Cross and Rhode Island that turn into "who is that guy, why didn't we take him seriously."

This is so fundamental and yet somehow the prior regime couldn't get past the walls they built around themselves.

All kinds of programs (P5, G5 and FCS) have WO develop into contributors, we should be no different.

 

[Alum1620]

Mora had a late surge in CT PWOs and commits. It is great to see the quality PWOs that chose UConn over other options. In-state commits and PWO include Hudson, Harper, Teddy WIlliams, Neider, Simpson, Shaban and Daniley. This certainly gives UConn the in-state presence and connection to the prep and HS scene that Edsall lost in his 2nd term. Traditionally, a few of these in-staters have developed into impact players. Hopefully that rings true with this year's class.

Yeah, fewer kids that end up on Holy Cross and Rhode Island that turn into "who is that guy, why didn't we take him seriously."

This is so fundamental and yet somehow the prior regime couldn't get past the walls they built around themselves.

All kinds of programs (P5, G5 and FCS) have WO develop into contributors, we should be no different.

I think the Mora has brought in coaches who have connections in CT football and has even talked about him leaning on them in recruiting the state.

 

[AD DB Burner]

Mora just needs to convince the AD to lift the roster cap of 105

 

[BRS24]

Yeah, fewer kids that end up on Holy Cross and Rhode Island that turn into "who is that guy, why didn't we take him seriously."

This is so fundamental and yet somehow the prior regime couldn't get past the walls they built around themselves.

All kinds of programs (P5, G5 and FCS) have WO develop into contributors, we should be no different.

I think the Mora has brought in coaches who have connections in CT football and has even talked about him leaning on them in recruiting the state.

And perhaps once the relationship with the school/coaches is established, UConn can go after higher ranked players and show that they are serious about the relationship, opposed to attempting to swoop in on a ranked player and say, hey, stay home and play at UConn, without any prior recruiting success.

 

[gioff2323]

While winning trumps all, bringing these kids in should drive more local interest in fan base as well as more tix sales.

 

[uconnbill]

Mora just needs to convince the AD to lift the roster cap of 105

could that have happened already?

 

[noeynox]

Yeah, fewer kids that end up on Holy Cross and Rhode Island that turn into "who is that guy, why didn't we take him seriously."

This is so fundamental and yet somehow the prior regime couldn't get past the walls they built around themselves.

All kinds of programs (P5, G5 and FCS) have WO develop into contributors, we should be no different.

1st go round they found future NFLers Donald Thomas and Marcus Easly that way. Wonder if Mora got some traction with Benedict on increasing the roster size via walkons.