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WARREN, Ohio -- James Daniels (Warren, Ohio/Harding) is familiar with the drill. The 2015 defensive tackle prospect's father played offensive guard for Ohio State and had a brief stint in the NFL. His brother recently went through the recruiting cycl...

Blog | May 24, 2013

An offer from an SEC school often makes recruits take a step back and re-evaluate a top group or a commitment. That's not the case with Jared Wangler (Warren, Mich./De La Salle). LSU offered the 6-foot-2, 218-pound outside linebacker Wednesday, bu...

Blog | May 22, 2013

Malik Hooker (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) is not new to football. He was just new to high school football. The 2014 athlete that exploded onto the recruiting scene a month ago played football back in eighth grade but dropped it in high school to p...

Blog | May 22, 2013

It was the first practice of the season, and Nicholas Abramson's youth football coach went up and down the line asking his players who their favorite athletes were. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and all the usual suspects were rattled off. Then his co...

Blog | May 22, 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

With brothers at both Michigan and Penn State, offensive tackle Alex Bars (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) was facing a tough decision. Join Blake at Michigan or Brad at Penn State? Alex went an entirely different route and followed in t...

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

Derrick Nnadi just laughs off the pressure from his friend who just happens to be a highly rated prospect. "I try to avoid him," the defensive tackle from Virginia Beach (Va.) Ocean Lakes joked when asked about his weekly workouts with five-star V...

Blog | May 14, 2013

Football Outsiders examines the most pressing remaining issue after the 2013 draft for every NFC North team.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

After seeing Iowa State the first time, Hartland (Wis.) Arrowhead outside linebacker Sam Seonbuchner knew he wanted to make a return trip. When he did, he decided he had seen enough. Seonbuchner committed to the Cyclones on Saturday while on hi...

Blog | May 11, 2013

Inspired by Florida's "#ComePlayWRFortheJoker" campaign">Florida's "#ComePlayWRFortheJoker" campaign, our recruiting writers looked at other ways schools can sell themselves on the trail. Here's a look at recruiting pitches for the Big Ten: Illino...

Blog | May 10, 2013

Regional recruiters are not the ones coming in to see a prospect the size of Sterling Jenkins (Pittsburgh/Baldwin). Colleges are sending offensive line coaches directly instead to size up the fastest-rising 2015 prospect in Pennsylvania. There are...

Blog | May 07, 2013

Road-graders are typically huge in the deep South. However, there are some big men that college recruiters are chasing in the "northern" South: specifically Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Here are some big men to watch in the region: OT Alex Ba...

Blog | May 06, 2013

Cornerback Marcus Whitfield (Massillon, Ohio/Washington) posted a 99.87 at the SPARQ Combine a few months ago at his school. His teammate, tight end Beau Huffman, landed a camp-best 119.58 the same day. Since that February morning, their recruitme...

Blog | May 03, 2013

Mel Kiper looks at players who could play a key role for teams early on. Today he breaks down undrafted free agents.

Story | Conversation | May 02, 2013