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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

There is no question as to who leads for Terry McLaurin (Indianapolis/Cathedral). The junior receiver visited Purdue on Tuesday, and the Boilermakers rolled out the red carpet. As soon as McLaurin arrived, he met with first-year coach Darrell H...

Blog | March 20, 2013

The moment is never too big for Mike Edwards. Whether his Cincinnati Winton Woods teammates need a big play or an emotional lift from the junior safety , Edwards does not buckle when under the spotlight. "He's fearless back there," Winton Woods co...

Blog | March 07, 2013

The season ended just a few yards too short for quarterback Chayce Crouch as the Newark (Ohio) Catholic quarterback was just feet from winning a state championship this fall. Good news has come since, however. Crouch has three offers as well as in...

Blog | March 05, 2013

When Chris Durkin (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline) picked up an offer from Michigan State and coach Mark Dantonio earlier this month, he could hardly contain his excitement. Neither could his coach. "Coach Dantonio was on speaker when I was talking ...

Blog | February 28, 2013

Traditionally, no position fills up in recruiting classes faster than quarterback, which is why Joey Duckworth (Louisville, Ohio/Louisville) knows he will not drag his decision out. "I am set on making a decision in June," Duckworth said. The 6...

Blog | February 25, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS -- Linebacker Dorian Hendrix (Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne) said he does not have any favorites, but that does not mean there aren't teams making an early impression. "There's some schools that I do like but as of right now I'm medium wi...

Blog | February 19, 2013

The MAC is tired of getting picked on. That is what Toledo coach Matt Campbell told Timothy Cason II a few weeks ago (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston). While Campbell would like Cason in his 2014 class, he was not ready to accept Cason's commitment ...

Blog | February 19, 2013

Mike Barwick (Cincinnati/Summit Country Day) made the rounds to a few schools Saturday, and he left with two offers -- one from a school he didn't even check out. The junior defensive tackle was offered by Bowling Green early Saturday while at its...

Blog | February 16, 2013

PITTSBURGH -- Considering the era, Troy Apke (Pittsburgh/Mt. Lebanon) breaks the mold at wide receiver. Playing a position that has bred some of the game's flashiest players of the last decade, Apke is humble to a fault. Asked how he felt about hi...

Blog | February 14, 2013

PITTSBURGH -- At the beginning, all of the local usual suspects were on 2014 two-way lineman Alex Bookser (Pittsburgh/Mt. Lebanon). Maryland, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and West Virginia were among the first schools to offer. But right before the contact...

Blog | February 13, 2013

Coming into his junior season, Anthony Davis (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) was under the radar as he missed the summer camp circuit because of a foot injury. He was a player his coaches raved about, however, and a productive 2012 season has him on the r...

Blog | February 12, 2013

The rumor mill began churning Monday evening regarding the three Pittsburgh commitments from Clairton (Pa.), speculating that not only was Tyler Boyd on the fence but teammates Titus Howard and Terrish Webb were as well. That is not the case, at l...

Blog | February 04, 2013

This past weekend's junior day at Central Michigan was all about cornerbacks, and Detroit Martin Luther King junior Jalen Embry was one of two defensive backs to leave with an offer. "I talked to a lot of the coaches who looked at my film and they...

Blog | February 04, 2013

With an Illinois offer in hand, 2014 running back Chris James (Niles, Ill./Notre Dame) spent his Saturday with who he called his potential future teammates. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound junior visited Champaign for the Illini's junior day this weekend....

Blog | January 27, 2013

WESTMONT, Ill. -- One of the top performers at quarterback at the Core 6 showcase, Jake Kolbe (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central), will head down to Illinois this weekend for a junior day. Kolbe is just coming back from Iowa. "I really liked ...

Blog | January 25, 2013