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East St. Louis (Ill.) High has a long history of producing BCS-level products, and the 2014 and 2015 classes are loaded. ESPN 150 linebacker Kyron Watson (Kansas) and safety Gregory Taylor (Missouri) are already committed, but there is still a lot...

Blog | May 23, 2013

LSU and Ohio State were the top two for ESPN 150 wide receiver Saeed Blacknall. Now the two are bookends for the Manalapan (N.J.) High School star's top five. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Blacknall released a top five Tuesday night. LSU remains at the ...

Blog | May 21, 2013

It was a Thursday night in late April and Alex Bookser (Pittsburgh/Mount Lebanon) was watching the NFL draft. A 6-foot-6, 295-pound prospect, Bookser is being recruited as a lineman on both sides of the ball. Bookser was an offensive lineman by th...

Blog | May 20, 2013

Quips go to Pitt. That is the expression in Western Pennsylvania. The elite prospects from talent-rich Aliquippa (Pa.) High almost exclusively go to nearby Pittsburgh to star for the Panthers. Jonathan Baldwin, Tommie Campbell and Darrelle Revis a...

Blog | May 18, 2013

When an assistant coach makes the rounds at area high schools, he might make five or more stops that day. That was not the case with Reggie Mitchell when it came to East St. Louis (Ill.) High. It paid big dividends, too, as the Kansas assistant co...

Blog | May 14, 2013

Thomas Holley's recruitment has been a lot like his most recent visit. The ESPN 150 defensive tackle out of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Abraham Lincoln was at Penn State for the annual spring game, which was hampered by every weather condition imaginable. ...

Blog | May 01, 2013

MANALAPAN, N.J. -- Four-star wide receiver Saeed Blacknall (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) already has more than 20 offers, so if he is going to camp for an offer, he says it better be worth it. That school would have to jump one of his early top two....

Blog | May 01, 2013

Adonis Jennings almost could not believe it. He might have been the MVP of a recent Nike football camp and rated an ESPN 150 prospect, but the Erial (N.J.) Timber Creek receiver was in more in awe about Clemson offering Monday night. "It's mind bl...

Blog | April 30, 2013

Paramus (N.J.) Catholic lineman Juwann Bushell-Beatty was not guaranteed a starting spot entering his junior season. His football career began only two years prior, and there was only hope from the coaching staff he would lock down the left tackle sp...

Blog | April 24, 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

Hinsdale (Ill.) Central tight end Ian Bunting listed a top three at the end of February, but that group dissipated nearly as quickly as it was created as several big offers over the next 72 hours made him open it back up. After visits to several o...

Blog | April 22, 2013

Stacy Coley (Oakland Park, Fla./Northeast) is the latest college recruit to come down to Florida State and Miami (Fla.). This round goes to the Hurricanes. The 6-foot-1 Under Armour All-American, No. 47 in the ESPN 150 and fourth-best receiver nat...

Blog | February 06, 2013

A recruitment filled with twists and turns, it only seemed right for Elijah Daniel (Avon, Ind./Avon) to flip to Auburn the morning of signing day following a late visit to The Plains. Daniel, No. 34 overall in the ESPN 150, faxed his letter to Au...

Blog | February 06, 2013

Ole Miss is poised to boast the strongest closing come signing day, but the Rebels have some cause for concern with one ESPN 150 prospect. Avon, Ind., defensive end Elijah Daniel, who committed Jan. 20, will officially visit Auburn this coming wee...

Blog | January 29, 2013

Fun and gun? How about ground and pound. Steve Spurrier was known for airing it out with top-flight quarterbacks while at Florida, but he has been piling up the ESPN 150 running backs while at South Carolina. The Gamecocks added ESPN 150 runnin...

Blog | January 04, 2013

Philadelphia Imhotep Charter running back David Williams is leaving the Mid-Atlantic. The ESPN 150 prospect will announce his commitment on Jan. 4 at the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Los Angeles. "Me and my family talked about it after t...

Blog | December 23, 2012