Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There are a handful of tight ends already recognized as best in the 2017 recruiting class, and Roseville High School’s Jimmy Jaggers is one of them. Rivals has identified eight tight ends as 4-star recruits with Notre Dame snatching up Brock Wright (Cypress, TX) and Cole Kmet (Arlington Heights, IL). Stanford has Colby Parkinson […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Anytime a student-athlete moves on to the next level in any sport, their accomplishment should be acknowledged. For Arroyo Grande High School Class of 2016 do-everything athlete Bradley Mickey, the next level decision is a little sweeter than most getting the opportunity to essentially stay home for college opting to sign with Cal Poly […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA If you had the chance to watch Sierra Canyon play in 2014, you might have noticed this 6’4”, 260 pound, two-way lineman hustling and getting after it play after play. Without looking at the program or asking someone around you in the know, the initial thought might have been, only if this guy was […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Thursday, Jan. 28, Lamar Jackson released his Top 3 schools via Recruiting News Guru, placing the lucky three out of 25 Division-I scholarship offers down to Nebraska, Arizona, and Arizona State. The push-and-pull for the 6’2”, 205 pound, speed burner was building. Everyone seemingly wanted the Under Armour All-American Game selection on their […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There are a lot of recruiting battles won and lost out on the trail, and the one that the Utes won landing cornerback Terrell Burgess on Thursday, late Wednesday night depending on one’s time zone, was significant. Burgess did a little bit of everything for San Marcos High School (San Marcos) in 2015. The […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Watching Franklin High School Class of 2016 athlete Lamar Jackson play, one gets the feeling that he can do anything he wants on the gridiron. Jackson has lined up at safety, cornerback, running back, and quarterback finishing his senior season as the Wildcats starter under center. If one wanted to stretch his potential […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA National Signing Day is less than a week away and the suspense is building. Across the country players, parents, coaches, and fan bases are hand wringing over how the final days will playout seeing who will go where, if a last minute offer will come in, and if a talent has a change of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2016 recruiting efforts have been a rollercoaster for UCLA and the Bruin faithful. The class has ebbed and flowed, suffered some setbacks, but picked up some momentum on Monday with 3-star quarterback Devon Modster verbally committing. Modster, a dual-threat quarterback, jumped on the recruiting map during his junior season passing for 2,602 yards […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2016 Kentucky recruiting class is near completion with 24 verbal commitments after landing Junior College talents Stephen Johnson II and Naquez Pringle on Saturday. Johnson led College of the Desert (Palm Desert, CA) to a 6-4 record in 2015 passing for 3,210 yards with 34 touchdowns against seven interceptions. The 6’3”, 195 pounder, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The high school ranks are filled with “athletes” year after year, especially in California. Some athletes are able to play multiple positions well enough to garner college scholarship offers on both sides of the ball or at multiple positions on the same side of the ball. Other recruits are just physically gifted all the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The U.S. Army All-American Game is one of the premier high school football all-star games in the nation featuring some of the top seniors in their respective class year after year. The 2016 addition is no different featuring some of the more highly sought after 5- and 4-star players on every other college coach’s […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Westlake High School has had a great one-two punch on offense with running back Chase Jasmin (San Diego State) and Theo Howard over the past two seasons. Jasmin rushed for 979 yards off 149 carries with 11 touchdowns in nine games during his senior season following up a 1,413 yard 13 touchdown season as […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Trojans turned a couple of recruiting corners on Saturday when area 4-star defensive end Oluwole Betiku verbally committed to USC after being a one-time commitment to the UCLA Bruins. Betiku has the size, speed, and strength to be a next level playmaker listed in the neighborhood of 6’4”, 245 pounds. The Junipero Serra […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The future is bright at Rancho Cucamonga High School heading into the 2016 California High School football season. The Cougars wrapped up a 9-4 season in 2015 that was upended in the third round of the CIF playoffs in a 62-56 loss in five overtimes against Vista Murrieta. The skill positions on offense at […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Few college football teams would be as lucky to have the kind of talent Rancho Cucamonga High School has in their secondary. Shutting down opposing California passing attacks has become commonplace for the trio of highly regarded recruits; Thomas Graham Jr. (4-star), Tayari Venable (3-star), and Jaylon Redd (4-star). Each player is being heavily […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Golden Bears may have landed their most prized recruit in the 2016 recruiting class in terms of ranking, on Monday when Melquise Stovall verbally committed to Cal. Stovall had a breakout junior season rushing 198 times for 1,603 yards with 21 touchdowns. The two-way star also had 32 tackles, four pass breakups, and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Amazing how a fluke incident can help or hinder a team or even a player at any given time on the gridiron. Football is a game of inches and a fall from a teammate a couple of inches short of Xavier Bell’s ankle could have been a whole different season for Mater Dei High […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The recruiting trail for Washington State has heated up with coaches able to spend a little more time forging relationships with key players across the country. On Thursday, the Cougars landed California all-purpose back Romello Harris and then added junior college cornerback Robert Taylor and Utah defensive end Lyric Bartley on Saturday. Harris has […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Certain players standout on a crowded field of talented high school players with their play popping full of energy. At Lakewood High School, James Rafkin is in the midst of finding his stride as one of the more dynamic and explosive players in the state of California with another season of experience left to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twiter: @HogManInLA The Long Beach area in California was broadsided by an unexpected offensive force in 2015 when Byron “B.J.” Busbee crushed it as an all-purpose back, slot receiver, and cornerback for St. Anthony’s High School. Busbee started as a sophomore but kicked his production into high-gear as a junior producing 1,222 yards of offense from […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 season on the California gridiron may not have turned out the way Etiwanda High School star cornerback Treyjohn Butler wanted, but the Class of 2016 recruit did nothing to diminish his lofty status as one of the nation’s best. The Eagles fought through a tough 3-7 campaign but Butler’s play on the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Being a team player at any level of sports is not always for the betterment of the player directly involved. Being a team player typically signals a selfless act by a given teammate truly living up to the old cliché “there is no I in team.” When the 2015 season began, San Juan Hills […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Bruins had a nice Thanksgiving adding a third offensive line commitment in Alex Akingbulu. Akingbulu, though undersized at 6’5”, 260 pounds, is highly regarded with 12 scholarship offers on the table. The Narbonne High School standout had narrowed his list of schools down to three, Cal, Utah, and UCLA days before his announcement. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA As the old saying goes, tape does not lie and the tape on Summit High School’s 2017 running back Stephen Carr is about as good as it gets. Over the last two seasons Carr has used his deceptive speed, great field vision and balance, along with soft hands in the passing game to push […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA No matter how San Jose State’s 2016 recruiting class pans out, Spartan Nation cannot knock how effectively the staff has recruited wide receivers. On Tuesday, San Jose State added their fifth wide receiver recruit landing a verbal from overlooked Adarrus Wilson. Wilson was a key cog in Morningside High School’s offensive machine in 2015 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Starting for any high school team at the top classifications of the bigger states in the country is always an accomplishment. Playing at a high level as a starter is an impressive feat. Starting as a sophomore for Bishop Amat, a Los Angeles area school, is pretty amazing but doing more than just holding […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The UCLA recruiting machine that head coach Jim Mora Jr. has created continued to roll through the weekend picking up a verbal commitment from area wide receiver Theo Howard. Howard jumped on the recruiting scene in 2014 after securing 52 passes for 869 yards with seven touchdowns for Westlake High School in the San […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Every high school has that one guy at the school that the players and coaches see the potential in but said player is committed to playing a different sport, that player has become the “what if” guy. At Calabasas High School, a program stocked full of Division-I football talent, the players and coaches could […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In every sport coaches are always looking for that rare athlete that can change the fortunes of a given game on talent and athleticism alone. College coaches have identified a rare talent at Merced College, cornerback Devron Davis. Davis is a true freshman working his way through a standout junior college season after lighting […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA America lost sports icon Yogi Berra on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The all-time New York Yankees great was an 18-time All-Star, appeared in 14 World Series winning 10, and cemented a place in sports and pop culture history with his famous quotes. While Berra’s quotes are greatly amusing and funny many of his “isms” have […]
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