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Had some FCS offers and kicked a 56 yard FG. Good stats on kickoffs also. Nice to have a solid PWO kicker
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Had some FCS offers and kicked a 56 yard FG. Good stats on kickoffs also. Nice to have a solid PWO kicker
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Hoping we're still keeping tabs on him... "same dream different path"And then there were two offers left without a home. Schuler going Juco!
National Signing Day: Jhalyn Shuler joins Fullerton College
ABBEVILLE — Abbeville linebacker Jhalyn Shuler ended a long recruitment process on Wednesday’s National Signing Day by choosing a junior college opportunity.www.indexjournal.com
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Both Spanos & Weiss have Southern California past. How does a Georgia kid from a smaller town end up at Fullerton ... someone opens doors. It’s possible. Plus other Programs.
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Why. He has a 247 tie. Why would he publicly post something like that unless he’s making a underlying point. Ratings are a positive correlation variable to dollars spent.
likely entitled and enabled
OR, a Serious Issue.....................
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And I imagine next year's class may even be better as more future schedule dates are filled.
I really think Independence can be a great recruiting tool - the only schools that will play more P5 games than UConn are teams in a P5 or BYU/ND.
I've been echoing the same thoughts myself when the Independent announcement was made. UConn should become a National brand. It's good exposure and should certainly help in recruiting.
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Agree with both of you. The elephant in the room is coming up with the money to pay competitive salary for a competent staff. This isn't going to happen on the cheap.
That sounds like A LOT more names.
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He said 79 scholarships as we speak
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Saw this in Silver's newsletter this morning: Handley's Devontae Houston says yes to UConn
>>That profile on 247sports.com describes a player who is 5-10 and 163 lbs. He’s a 2-star recruit, the 3,584th-ranked player in the country, the 236th-best running back and the 129th best player in Alabama. The profile doesn’t even have Houston’s picture, just a faceless digital image of a generic football player to serve as a placeholder where his picture should be. That’s not the typical description of a player who receives a full scholarship offer from a school that plays at the highest level of college football.
But Houston defied the odds on national signing day Wednesday when he accepted just such an offer, to play running back and slot receiver for the University of Connecticut.
You see, there’s a number that’s not on that recruiting profile that is probably the most important number in the low-key recruitment of Devontae Houston. That number is 4.4 – the number under which Devontae Houston has been consistently timed in the 40-yard dash.<<
>>“I got discouraged a lot through this process because I was working every day trying to get better. Colleges weren’t reaching out to me, and I was really fixing to give up,” he said. “But I just kept going. All of my teammates were like, brother, keep going, you’re going to be great. I just went to the field every day, kept working and UConn popped up. They believed in me. That’s all I needed was somebody to believe in me.”
Houston has left his mark on Handley after he set the school record for single-season rushing yards (2,494) and touchdowns (29) and earned first-team all-state honors for his efforts following his just-completed senior season.
And with that sub-4.4 speed and an intense determination to succeed, Houston’s coach thinks his new school will be pleasantly surprised. “Devontae got a great deal,” Strain said. “But I think UConn’s the one that got the deal by signing him.”<<
>>That profile on 247sports.com describes a player who is 5-10 and 163 lbs. He’s a 2-star recruit, the 3,584th-ranked player in the country, the 236th-best running back and the 129th best player in Alabama. The profile doesn’t even have Houston’s picture, just a faceless digital image of a generic football player to serve as a placeholder where his picture should be. That’s not the typical description of a player who receives a full scholarship offer from a school that plays at the highest level of college football.
But Houston defied the odds on national signing day Wednesday when he accepted just such an offer, to play running back and slot receiver for the University of Connecticut.
You see, there’s a number that’s not on that recruiting profile that is probably the most important number in the low-key recruitment of Devontae Houston. That number is 4.4 – the number under which Devontae Houston has been consistently timed in the 40-yard dash.<<
>>“I got discouraged a lot through this process because I was working every day trying to get better. Colleges weren’t reaching out to me, and I was really fixing to give up,” he said. “But I just kept going. All of my teammates were like, brother, keep going, you’re going to be great. I just went to the field every day, kept working and UConn popped up. They believed in me. That’s all I needed was somebody to believe in me.”
Houston has left his mark on Handley after he set the school record for single-season rushing yards (2,494) and touchdowns (29) and earned first-team all-state honors for his efforts following his just-completed senior season.
And with that sub-4.4 speed and an intense determination to succeed, Houston’s coach thinks his new school will be pleasantly surprised. “Devontae got a great deal,” Strain said. “But I think UConn’s the one that got the deal by signing him.”<<
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I agree with Strain... We've had success at RB with guys like Lyle McCombs, Andre Dixon, TERRY MCAULLEY... This young man kinda fits moreso what today's all purpose backs are like. Get him in the weight room (get up to like 185-190 GOOD lbs in a few years) everybody will really know about him. I can see him sneaking up on folks for us this year...
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I like how hungry this guy sounds. I also like how we have left if open; RB or Slot WR and he seems good with that. We have to see how he grows. He might be better suited to go the WR route and skip the physical abuse of the RB position if he stays in the lighter side.
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Master list of all CT 2020 signees
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Football Recruiting 2020: Connecticut’s High School Football College signing list (as of March 2))
Below is a updating list of Connecticut natives and/or state prep school football players in the Class of 2020 who have signed national letters of intent or agreements to play college f…
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Nick Evans makes the Maryland statewide team.
Nick Harris, too!!
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Blake Otto is a 6-3 175lb Punter/Kicker from the Community School of Naples, Naples Florida.
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Matt Brooks is a 6-3 300lb OL/DL from Hamden CT attending IMG Academy in Bradenton Florida. Previously played @ Notre Dame West Haven before attending IMG. Other offer from Marist College.
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What go we know about Ryan Denmark?