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Coaches are allowed one phone call to prospects during the spring evaluation period. Brian Kelly made one of his count. The Notre Dame coach called four-star guard Quenton Nelson (Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) on Wednesday, and Nelson committe...

Blog | May 01, 2013

Florida, California and Texas are considered the Big Three when it comes to recruiting. We look at the top prospects from those states.

While not generally thought of as a recruiting ground for Missouri, the state of Minnesota is not all that far from The Show-Me State, and the Tigers sent out two offers this weekend to prospects from Minnesota. Offensive tackle Frank Ragnow (Vict...

Blog | April 22, 2013

After issuing a few offers to prospects closer to home last week, the Oregon Ducks have made a push for some of the top recruits in the South. The Ducks are also hard at work in their pursuit of some of the best recruits in the West. It has already p...

As schools make their final pitches to prospects heading into national signing day on Feb. 6, fans are already wondering which true freshmen will make the biggest impacts next season. Good luck. We went back and looked at some of the top true f...

The effort the Oregon Ducks have put into expanding their recruiting reach in recent years is readily apparent, and the more success the program has, the more attractive it becomes to prospects far and wide. Nowhere has that been more evident than in...

If the Browns pass on LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne with the fourth overall pick, it shouldn't be based on his low test score. Claiborne scored a 4 out of 50 on the Wonderlic Test administered to prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine in Februar...

Former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne, the highest-rated cornerback in the NFL draft, scored a 4 out of 50 on the Wonderlic Test administered to prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine in February, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Ole Miss has reached far beyond the normally-fertile recruiting grounds of the Southeast and is sending offers to prospects in the Midwest and along the Atlantic. That trend continued Tuesday when New Jersey cornerback Tre' Bell (Jersey City/St. P...

Blog | February 21, 2012

If you haven't yet figured out that offensive line will be a big position of need for Michigan in 2013, just go look at how many offers have already been extended to prospects along the offensive line. With four linemen leaving the roster for Michiga...

Top targets remaining on the board were watching, and they resoundingly applauded Georgia's efforts in going from 0-2 to the SEC East title.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2011

Elite recruits such as Rushel Shell and Gunner Kiel could have pretty much gone anywhere. Why choose a struggling program?

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2011

Assistant coaches have the most contact with recruits, but when a coach leaves his school, what is the bigger draw to prospects -- program or coach?

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2011

Buster Olney writes that teams this season are much less willing to part with prospects -- and not just top-tier prospects -- than they used to be, creating a new dynamic in trade deadline discussions.

Blog | Conversation | July 26, 2011

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a closer look at "post-hype sleeper" Alex Gordon, from a fantasy perspective.

• Agent Scott Boras responds to the allegations that his company made illegal loans to prospects in the Dominican Republic. Boras says he didn't break any rules and discusses the international signing process. Boras • ESPN.com senior ML...