Commit Arkeel Newsome named to 50th Annual Parade All-American team

[hthusky74]

Is it the general consensus that this kid is getting the ball as a true frosh? I don't know how common that is or if we can expect him to be an instant impact with the players in our backfield currently.

My grandmother would be better than our backfield currently and she's dead!

 

[uconndogs]

It doesn't pain me to say it at all, P was a good recruiter, or at least his staff did well with recruiting. P had other problems. We have a few guys on the roster that we probably wouldn't have gotten under Edsall. I think Diaco should be better still, but we won't really be able to gauge that for at least another year.

I don't know how you can say P did a good job recruiting. Other than Obi (who I think will be excellent), hardly any of his kids have seen meaningful time. It seems to me a lot didn't make it to campus. Jury is still out in my opinion.

I will say getting Whitmer and Phillips in as transfers was an excellent move.

 

[UConnDan97]

I don't know how you can say P did a good job recruiting. Other than Obi (who I think will be excellent), hardly any of his kids have seen meaningful time.

I hate finding myself in the position of defending the last regime, but they in fact did a very good job of recruiting. If you looked at our 2-deep last season, I believe the calculation that I came out with was about 45% were PP's underclassmen. That's rare on most football teams. Not just Obi; people like Jhavon Williams, Brian Lemelle, and a bunch of others.....oh, and that kid at QB....what's his name....Cochran, I think? Consider this: all of the QB's on the roster are PP's. Just saying...

 

[huskymedic]

Huge accolades for a CT kid. Glad he is (as of now) sticking with his commitment to play for UConn

I think you can maybe start to breathe easier B -

Newsome Committed To The UConn Way, Familiar With Huskies
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-uconn-football-0202-20140201,0,4744974.story

"For me, it was more about the school, but the staff had something to do with it too and of course the players," Newsome said. "They made me feel at home up there, and staying home means a lot to me. My family, everyone can come see me, but really I just wanted to play in my home state. I enjoyed myself every time I went up there, and going to the games, I loved the environment."

 

[BNich]

I think you can maybe start to breathe easier B -

Newsome Committed To The UConn Way, Familiar With Huskies
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-uconn-football-0202-20140201,0,4744974.story

"For me, it was more about the school, but the staff had something to do with it too and of course the players," Newsome said. "They made me feel at home up there, and staying home means a lot to me. My family, everyone can come see me, but really I just wanted to play in my home state. I enjoyed myself every time I went up there, and going to the games, I loved the environment."

He may not be the highest rated, but I think he is the biggest (not in stature) commit we have.

 

[mattp]

I don't know how you can say P did a good job recruiting. Other than Obi (who I think will be excellent), hardly any of his kids have seen meaningful time. It seems to me a lot didn't make it to campus. Jury is still out in my opinion.

I will say getting Whitmer and Phillips in as transfers was an excellent move.

what about Cochran and Boyle? Vann and Ashiru were highly rated guys that seem to be panning out well.

 

[huskyniner]

we're the only "mid-major" with a parade all-american. pretty cool.

Old Dominion and Toledo both got an "honorable mention".

 

[jdb50]

I don't know how you can say P did a good job recruiting. Other than Obi (who I think will be excellent), hardly any of his kids have seen meaningful time. It seems to me a lot didn't make it to campus. Jury is still out in my opinion.

I will say getting Whitmer and Phillips in as transfers was an excellent move.

Brian Lemelle, this player is going to have a big career at UConn and as a true frosh he was pretty productive. The jury is still out on the lineman but at the end of the Louisville game we had a second string O-line in with Levy and Rugg and they looked pretty good as CC led them down the field. Shaf. has yet to see the field. We've got talent in the program and they will really benefit from the coaching change.

 

[Nostical]

Perception is everything isn't it? I bet that last year when Brian Lemelle was inserted in the games you thought he was just another hopefully talented freshman. I did. Now we discover he was a Parade All American. It's a very impressive moniker, akin to a McDonald's All American in basketball. Most of us were not aware of his selection. Tell me it doesn't raise your perception of him. Arkeel is in pretty heady company.