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Quin Blanding has vowed he won't be the last. The five-star safety from Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside has said he'll do everything he can to reel in more prospects to sign with Virginia, where he committed in February. Blanding's decision to com...

Blog | May 14, 2013

The other day I was asked a question about the SEC that caught me off guard a little. And no, it wasn't about Bob Stoops or scheduling. I was asked if the league would be a quarterback or running back league in 2013. Obviously, when you think a...

As homecomings go, Kei Kamara's return to Sporting Kansas City didn't quite go according to plan. In fact, Wednesday's encounter with the Seattle Sounders ended in nightmarish fashion, with the visitors capitalizing on a late error by Aurelien Collin...

The RN Top 10 will appear throughout the camp and combine season and rank prospects based strictly on their on-field performance at that particular event. It does not reflect their overall prospect ranking. ASHBURN, Va. - The East Coast and mid-At...

Blog | April 22, 2013

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- There goes the family vacation. Alabama fans planning their annual pilgrimage to Tuscaloosa for the A-Day scrimmage this Saturday were hit with some disappointing news when it was learned that fab freshman tailback Derrick Henry w...

Alabama will be without one of its top offensive athletes for the rest of spring after true freshman running back Derrick Henry fractured his tibia in Saturday's scrimmage, according to his high school coach Bobby Ramsay. Henry, who was the No. 1-...

Transfer news

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The last month has been a productive one for the University of Alabama in terms of recruiting. Sure, the Crimson Tide still have just three commitments for 2014 -- far less than they've had at this time in years past -- but sin...

The sports world is dominated by social media these days, but college coaches are finding that personal, handwritten letters to recruits may be the best way to show them how much they're coveted.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2013

Firdose Moonda is left entranced by documentary Kei, which charts the rise of Norwich City striker Kei Kamara from a warzone is Sierra Leone to the English Premier League.

The Weekly Update at WolverineNation is a sneak peek inside Michigan recruiting. C.J. Reavis Despite his recruiter, Jerry Montgomery, leaving for Oklahoma, safety C.J. Reavis (Chester, Va./Thomas Dale) says he is still very interested in Michig...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Watch List receiver Jamil Kamara (Virginia Beach, Va./Bishop Sullivan) is watching some of his closest friends land with the in-state school, and he can't help but take notice. Virginia is one of the favorites for the 6-foot-2,...

Blog | March 20, 2013

Tennessee is really trying to get its point across to 2014 athlete Stanton Truitt (Monroe, Ga./Monroe Area). And it isn't a subtle point, either. When Truitt got home on Monday, he had more than 100 letters waiting from him in his mailbox -- all f...

Tennessee first-year head coach Butch Jones is taking a page out of Nick Saban's recruiting playbook.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Next Level 7-on-7 tournament made its way through the Midwest on Saturday, and while there was a noticeable absence of Ohio players because of rules that prohibit Ohioans to play in 7-on-7 competitions before June 1, the event...

Blog | March 17, 2013

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The New Level Athletics 7-on-7 Midwest Regional attracted 21 teams from Delaware, Indiana, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Canada. The competition was strong Saturday from this one-day tournament as the teams battle...

Blog | March 16, 2013