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Damien Mama (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco) made himself invisible to college coaches for a short time this spring, which isn't an easy thing for a 6-foot-4, 352-pound recruit -- as well as the No. 68 player overall and No. 3 offensive guard in t...

Blog | May 21, 2013

OAKLAND, Calif. -- As expected, the 2014 class was terrific at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp, as nine players bagged invitations to The Opening. But the event also provided a glimpse into the future, with several underclassmen standing out....

Blog | May 20, 2013

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The thought heading into the Oakland Nike Camp was that Laney College would be buzzing with some of the West's top prospects on Sunday afternoon. And although two ESPN 150 prospects were on hand but did not participate, the camp st...

Blog | May 20, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Keller Chryst (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) has plenty of history to follow. His grandfather, George Chryst, was a longtime high school football coach and the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. His father...

Blog | May 18, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The penultimate Elite 11 Regional brought some of the West region's top quarterbacks out to the San Francisco 49ers practice facility on Friday evening. Though no quarterback earned MVP honors or walked away with an invitation ...

Blog | May 18, 2013

Erik McKinney and Phil Murphy preview today's Elite 11 camp in San Francisco by discussing a few quarterbacks they're looking forward to seeing. They also take a look at Sunday's Nike Football Training Camp that is also in San Francisco....

ESPN's Erik McKinney drops by to preview top West Coast prospects who will be at this weekend's Elite 11 and Oakland NFTC. McKinney also talks Pac-12 recruiting and why the conference has gotten off to a slow start in 2014 recruiting....

In one of the least surprising developments of the 2014 recruiting class, three-star wide receiver Dionte Sykes (Chandler, Ariz./Chandler) is headed to the school he always knew he'd attend. Sykes, who was previously offered by Arizona, Arizona St...

Blog | May 16, 2013

The Vista Murrieta (Calif.) football team is likely to face the same two questions over and over this spring, as the media peppers the Broncos with concerns regarding how they will bounce back from a heartbreaking 30-28 loss to Corona (Calif.) Centen...

Blog | May 16, 2013

Long Beach (Calif.) Poly is the kind of high school football power where a four-loss season constitutes a disappointment, no matter the circumstances. So then why is it that a 12-4 record in 2012 has so many people around the Jackrabbits program so e...

Blog | May 14, 2013

Linebacker Greg Hoyd (Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta) didn't want to go into his senior season still swimming in the recruiting process. So after a weekend to think about it, Hoyd made his decision on Monday morning with a phone call to the Washingt...

Blog | May 14, 2013

It was shaping up to be an interesting recruiting battle for quarterback Brad Kaaya (West Hills, Calif./Chaminade) as Pac-12 programs eyed the 6-foot-4, 213-pound signal-caller and likely would have picked up interest this fall. But those teams won't...

Blog | May 14, 2013

Corona (Calif.) Centennial was the place to be for college coaches this past Thursday, as the Huskies went through their spring showcase event designed to give schools from every level a chance to evaluate the juniors and top underclassmen. More than...

Blog | May 13, 2013

ESPN 150 offensive guard Viane Talamaivao (Corona, Calif./Centennial) established himself as a 2014 prospect to watch a year ago when he dominated the 2012 Los Angeles Nike Football Training Camp and took home position MVP honors. Talamaivao perf...

Blog | May 10, 2013

The Florida State Seminoles waited a long time to offer their first freshman in the state of California, but after extending one to 2015 quarterback Kevin Dillman (La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada) last year, they didn't wait long to do it again. On Th...

Blog | May 10, 2013

West recruiting coordinator Erik McKinney joins Phil Murphy to talk IMG West Regional standouts (notably No. 5 overall recruit Adoree' Jackson), the player evaluation at Stanford and news on the tight end of the nation's most talked-about quarterback...