Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Kenny Chruchwell Profile Position: Safety and Wide Receiver Height and Weight: 6-1.5, 175 Classification: 2018 2016 High School: Mountain Pointe – Phoenix, AZ – 6A Central 2015 Stat Line: 44 tackles, two interceptions, six passes defended, and a forced fumble 2016 Stat Line: 74 tackles, five interceptions, 11 passes defended, and three […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Joey Ramos Profile Position: Offensive Tackle Height and Weight: 6-5, 288 Classification: 2018 High School: Deer Valley (5A) – Glendale, Arizona 2016 Skyhawks Record: 6-4 2016 Team Stats: 1,410 yards passing with 10 touchdowns and 2,190 rushing yards with 27 touchdowns College Interest: USC, UCLA, Washington State, Indiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Arizona’s 2017 recruiting class continues to bob and weave adding top talent seemingly as desired. Since mid-December, the Wildcats have added five new players pushing their class to 25 commits on Monday with the addition of Tempe defensive end My-King Johnson. The addition of Johnson was somewhat of a surprise after he committed to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Class of 2018 quarterback Dalton Sneed is the envy of many. The dual-threat quarterback has a long list of accomplishments under his belt but being the ultimate competitor that he is, Sneed is now pushing himself to take his talents to another level that includes a big jump into the unknown. There are many […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA UCLA added their third Class of 2017 recruit from Arizona on late Tuesday night when Saguaro High School’s Jax Wacaser verbally committed to the Bruins. Wacaser lined up at right tackle for the Sabercats during his senior season helping his Scottsdale squad to a perfect 14-0 season against 4A competition. Wacaser helped blow open […]
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Please help keep RecruitingNewsGuru.com FREE! If RNG has helped you, a friend, or a family member through an article, video, or stylized interview with our countless hours of free promotion for high school, junior college, and college athletes – please donate. Any amount is appreciated! Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Recruiting by college coaches is not always without bias. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The “got to haves” on the football recruiting trail go deep at every position but rarely do we see a long snapper being flipped from one Power Five Conference team to another. That rarity happened on Sunday when Desert Ridge High School special teams standout Adam Bay pledged to the Badgers. Bay committed to […]
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Please help keep RecruitingNewsGuru.com FREE! If RNG has helped you, a friend, or a family member through an article, video, or stylized interview with our countless hours of free promotion for high school, junior college, and college athletes – please donate. Any amount is appreciated! Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When watching Rafael “Ralph” Frias in action, it does […]
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Please help keep RecruitingNewsGuru.com FREE! If RNG has helped you, a friend, or a family member through an article, video, or stylized interview with our countless hours of free promotion for high school, junior college, and college athletes – please donate. Any amount is appreciated! Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Sometimes fate, nature, or a lucky college coach unleashes […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There is really little left for Class of 2017 running back Stone Matthews to prove on the gridiron. Saguaro High School’s standout has helped the Sabercats win back-to-back state titles and has rushed for over 2,100 yards in a season against top Arizona talent. The last thing on his checklist is forcing college recruiters […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Rebels added their first two wide receivers to their 2017 recruiting class on Friday securing Jaelon Darden out of Texas and Johnny Johnson III out of Arizona. Johnson was part of a loaded Wolves team in 2015 making a run through 6A Arizona competition to the third round of the playoffs falling to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Tuesday, University of California-Davis got their first reported verbal commitment in the 2017 class when prolific Arizona quarterback Tehran Thomas pledged to the Aggies. Over the past two seasons, Thomas has been about as dynamic a quarterback out there as there is against his peer group. During his sophomore season with Desert Edge, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In one Friday phone call from three Saguaro High School teammates, Arizona State doubled their Class of 2017 recruiting class landing three verbal commits. Should ASU go onto win a national championship in the upcoming years, may this day be remembered as the “Saguaro Three.” Every Power Five Conference team needs to win their […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The beginning of college camp season has kicked off strong for Alabama landing two Class of 2017 recruits on Friday in Arizona five-star kicker (Chris Sailer) Brandon Ruiz and four-star linebacker Markail Benton. Ruiz helped the Black Hawks to a 9-3 record in 2015 handling all special teams duties for Williams Field High School. Ruiz […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Boise State went back into the state of Arizona on Monday to get their second commitment in the 2017 class landing three-star quarterback Chase Cord. Cord started drawing national attention after his sophomore season when he passed for 2,286 yards with 33 touchdowns against just five interceptions for Sunrise Mountain (Peoria). The Mustangs posted […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – an athletic high school tight end who also plays defensive end for his team. It’ll be a little bit harder to stop me with the next one – that same tight end is an asset in the run game and passing attack. Gets a little […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Very few Class of 2017 football recruits has as much going for him as Saguaro’s all-purpose back Stone Matthews while seemingly having as much to prove as every other prospect in the nation. Matthews helped the Arizona powerhouse football program to yet another state title posting a 12-2 mark in 2015. Matthews has 280 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: HogManInLA When Oregon got the bad news on Tuesday night that four-star Arizona quarterback Ryan Kelley was decommitting, the writing was on the proverbial wall as to what was about to play out next. Three days later all thoughts were confirmed as to why Kelley had a change of heart when he verbally committed to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2017 recruiting campaign for Oregon’s football team has been far more lackluster than prolific, especially for a team given the Ducks’ recent success. The two commitments added to Oregon’s class were both four-stars but both secured in 2015. Now the class of two is down to one after Arizona quarterback Ryan Kelley decommitted […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Within the state of Arizona, if you want to win a high school football championship you have to go through Saguaro High School first. That action is easier said than done. The Sabercats year in and year out are stacked with talent going 14-0 in 2014 and 12-2 in 2015 proving to be the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Sabercats pounded their way to another state championship in 2015 going 12-2 to taking home a third consecutive piece of hardware for the trophy case. The list of outstanding seasons for Saguaro High School’s individual players is long but one player certainly jumps out on his own, Class of 2017 running back Stone […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Seems that every state has one or two teams that is always in the mix come the end of the high school football season. In Arizona, Saguaro High School is that squad. When the 2015 season ended the Sabercats were once again champs working through a 12-2 campaign culminating with a 38-20 title win […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There have been a couple of consistencies in football on both the high school and college level. One recently has been a Lyles tearing it up for Saguaro High School and the other is a Lyles heading to Wisconsin. Well one of the two is about to change. The Wisconsin link for the Lyles […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The dust collecting on Washington’s 2016 commitment list was knocked off hard over the last two days with the Huskies landing two big recruits on Wednesday and Thursday pulling in defensive end Levi Onwuzurike and cornerback Byron Murphy respectively. The Huskies did not pull in talent off any old high school gridiron but secured […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA While there are many top players who remain uncommitted in the 2016 recruiting class, there are fewer prospects that could make an immediate impact during their true freshman season that are still weighing their options before National Signing Day. One of the few still exploring all of his options is 4-star Arizona defensive end […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When American outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882) was stealing from other businesses during his heyday, he was using a gun. All Northern Arizona had to do when they stole offensive lineman Steven Bailey away from Division-I programs was be the first to offer and be genuine about wanting him to play for the Lumberjacks. On […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Little surprise, but Centennial High School crushed it again in 2015 posting a 12-2 record on the way to a second consecutive Arizona High School Football State Championship. The Coyotes had in-season losses to Hamilton (34-27) and Liberty (34-33) but got revenge on Hamilton in the second round of the playoffs advancing on a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Life is moving fast on and off the field for Phoenix high school quarterback Daniel Bridge-Gadd. Bridge-Gadd received an offer from the Washington Huskies on Oct. 3 and after a weekend visit to Seattle verbally committed to the Huskies on Monday. Bridge-Gadd is a star quarterback for Paradise Valley High School in Arizona. The […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Anytime a team has lined up against Brophy Prep College in Phoenix over the last two seasons, the first question before drawing up a game plan or snapping the ball is where is No. 90? No. 90 has been a terror in opposing Arizona high school backfields using his 6’7”, 255 pound, frame to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA What was supposed to be one of the marquee national high school football games of the weekend turned into a cruising victory for the Gaels when Bishop Gorman upended visiting Chandler 35-14. Both squads are loaded with Division-I talent but the game took an upsetting turn early when Chandler (Arizona) 4-star running back Chase […]
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