2026 Recruiting Thread

[huskymedic]

Deion Thomas is a 6-4 195lb WR from Westlake High School in Atlanta Georgia. Other offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Austin Peay, Colorado, Duke, ECU, FAU, FIU, Florida, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Jackson State, Kansas, Liberty, Marshall, Memphis, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pitt, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Tulane, UAB, UCF, Utah, Wake Forest and WVA.

Deion was on campus back the first weekend in June.

 

[JwittersPAC]

Not sure why people are upset that players are decommitting. Of course you would do the same since the head coach that recruited you is no longer at the school.

 

[Coach J]

Not sure why people are upset that players are decommitting. Of course you would do the same since the head coach that recruited you is no longer at the school.

Funny how Colorado St. kept most of their players though.

 

[CTBballfan243]

I’m not sure why any of this is surprising. Like someone else said, whoever we get here next, we’ll be hoping he brings his recruits or players with him as well. It’s part of CFB. This isn’t even a newer part of it.

Unfortunately, the players our coach will bring with him will most likely be low level DI or D2 players.

 

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[huskymedic]

Not a surprise…

 

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[ScottVib]

That's an interesting choice, perhaps he would rather the certainty of having a known destination vs the possibility of a new hire at UConn preferring someone else (without him having been signed)

 

[Coach J]

I wonder how many of our commits actually sign tomorrow

 

[greenday61892]

Like.... I "get" it to a degree but simultaneously does the word "commit" just have no meaning anymore? Like, their prerogative to change their mind but the semantics just makes no sense to me at all

 

[Zerostatic]

Losing out on high school commits does not bother me at all. High school recruiting just does not make sense for a school like us at this point in time. They're going to be lower tier recruits and if we hit a homerun on one of them there's a good chance they move on.

I think Power 4 conference players with 2 years of eligibility who were formerly highly ranked recruits but for some reason are not getting opportunities at their current schools should be our target. I think the UConn brand would appeal to these players since they're used to being at a big brand school and going from Wisconsin to UConn doesn't feel as big of a step down as going from Wisconsin to Kennesaw State or Ball State.

I'm fine with high school recruiting focused on Connecticut or neighboring states because those players might actually stick around and having some talent pipelines in place is never a bad thing but I don't see that as a primary way of us getting high quality talent.

 

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[Coach J]

At least he still has this pinned to his Twitter Page, but I have seen anything that he officially signed.

 

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[Greg]

Time to hit the portal. New coach needs to be a go getter. Plenty of talent that is second orchard string at SEC and BIG schools.

 

[JwittersPAC]

Time to hit the portal. New coach needs to be a go getter. Plenty of talent that is second orchard string at SEC and BIG schools.

3rd string works for me. Many of the 2nd string guys are getting lots of playing time. Greater risk reward in the players that are not seeing the field or seeing very limited time- just special teams.

 

[huskymedic]

Edgewater 3-star QB Carter Emanuel explains his college decision

The 6-foot-1, 215-pound Emanuel threw for 2,237 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushed for 406 yards and four touchdowns in 2025.

www.news-journalonline.com

 

[huskymedic]

Interesting…

 

[JwittersPAC]

Interesting…

I guess there really is a storm advisory.