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Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic defensive back Darius West knows where he is going and knows when he will announce it to the public. The four-star cornerback will announce his commitment May 30 at his high school, Lima told ESPN.com in a text message...

Blog | May 17, 2013

The recruiting process is only beginning for Steven Gonzalez (Union City, N.J./Union City), but he knows what he wants. He is going to sign with a school close to his family. That does not mean the 2015 offensive tackle is already Rutgers bound, h...

Blog | May 15, 2013

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- A month ago, Jonathan Hilliman released a top 10. He is slowly whittling his list to a final school. "It's coming down to seven. I dropped some schools," Hilliman said. "We narrowed it down so we could go out and see these pla...

Blog | May 08, 2013

Cleveland Glenville always has a few young stars, and the summer camp circuit usually helps uncover them. That's when Matt Draper thought he would get his first offer. The 2015 inside linebacker was confident he would get one at some point over th...

Blog | April 25, 2013

By mid-July, one of the top players in the country will have a pretty good idea as to where he will be playing his college football in 2014. Paramus (N.J.) Catholic cornerback Jabrill Peppers, No. 2 in the ESPN 150, will visit Stanford in July. Fo...

Blog | April 24, 2013

Westerville (Ohio) South tight end Darryl Long knows where he is going and will let the public know in the coming days. The 6-foot-5, 217-pound Long said he will make his commitment Saturday. He holds 15 offers. Long's most recent trips were to...

Blog | April 22, 2013

Kentucky is planning to visit Nilijah Ballew (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills) on Monday. The coaches might want to reconsider. On Sunday Ballew committed to Louisville, the major in-state rival of Kentucky, which is having a tremendous amount of success ...

Blog | April 21, 2013

Kevin McFadden calls it a perfect fit. Sam Mustipher, McFadden's pupil at Olney (Md.) Good Counsel, committed to Notre Dame on Monday. "It's a perfect fit for him," said McFadden, an assistant coach at the school. "He's going to do very well th...

Blog | April 15, 2013

Louisville is starting to put more an emphasis on recruiting Ohio, and the Cardinals landed a prospect from the Buckeye State on Saturday. Tight end Mickey Crum (Columbus, Ohio/Hamilton) ommitted to the Cardinals and coach Charlie Strong. "Coac...

Blog | April 13, 2013

Springfield (Ohio) High School receiver Thaddeus Snodgrass was set to commit back in November, but circumstances forced him to cancel his announcement and continue the recruiting process. A decision finally came five months later, and Snodgrass is...

Blog | April 12, 2013

This past weekend, Garrett Dickerson (Oradell, N.J./Bergen Catholic) sat in on a sleep study at Stanford. Now the Cardinal coaches are hoping Dickerson puts his recruitment to bed. While the 6-foot-4, 240-pound ESPN Watch List tight end is not rea...

Blog | April 10, 2013

Pat Fitzgerald has signed an offensive lineman from Ohio in each of the last three recruiting classes. If all goes well between now and signing day 2014, he will make it a fourth consecutive class with a lineman from the Buckeye State. Ben Oxley (...

Blog | April 06, 2013

A top 10 has emerged for touted running back Jonathan Hilliman (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep), and now some separation is starting to take place among those schools. "The top five has definitely broken apart but not severely far," Hilliman s...

Blog | April 05, 2013

Mike Edwards (Cincinnati/Winton Woods) has more than a dozen offers, which is enough for him to start making decisions on which will be in his top group in the coming weeks. Kentucky, which Edwards visited last weekend, Louisville and West Virgini...

Blog | April 05, 2013

Being a fan of a program growing up does not necessarily mean a player will sign with the school. That could be the case with Jabrill Peppers (Paramus, N.J./Paramus Catholic) and Michigan. But that does not mean Peppers, who still has Michigan in ...

Blog | April 04, 2013

When Stanford and Vanderbilt offered ESPN Watch List athlete Montae Nicholson (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway), it immediately caught his attention. Both programs have the athletics, but more importantly the academics, he is looking for in a school. "I ...

Blog | April 04, 2013