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Welcome to the latest update to the Recruiting Big Board.
Wide Receiver | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.940 | Cordell Broadus | NV | 6-2/195 | Cold | |||||
.945 | Equanimeous St. Brown | CA | 6-5/205 | Warm | |||||
.877 | Lawrence Cager | MD | 6-5/202 | Mild | |||||
.838 | Gary Jennings | VA | 6-2/190 | Cold | |||||
.988 | Tyron Johnson | LA | 6-1/191 | Cold | |||||
.986 | Christian Kirk | AZ | 5-10/191 | Cold | |||||
.984 | Damarkus Lodge | AZ | 6-2/190 | Cold | |||||
.907 | Ryan Newsome | TX | 5-8/168 | Cold | |||||
.921 | Ykili Ross | CA | 6-2/185 | Mild | |||||
.930 | Darius Slayton | GA | 6-2/182 | Cold |
The lone commitment among the receivers in recent weeks was (TX) Carlos Strickland .937 who gave a pledge to Texas Tech. He'll be targeted a lot in the pass game in the coming years.
Quick Reaction: Texas Tech lands 4-star WR Carlos Strickland http://t.co/VwCTpnTA61
— Viva The Matadors (@vivathematador) October 29, 2014
Another note on the national scene is that Damarkus Lodge left Texas A&M's class back in September. The big receiver from Texas has taken official visits to USC and LSU in addition to an unofficial visit to Ole Miss this fall.
Cedar Hill WR DaMarkus Lodge said he probably won't make a decision until National Signing Day
— EJ Holland (@EJSports4) November 22, 2014
The plan is still for Cordell Broadus to come to the awards banquet next month. His only official visit so far was to Arizona State and he plans on returning to Tempe after the season, as well.
Over the past two months Equanimeous St. Brown has taken two official visits: Notre Dame and Utah. He plans on taking more official visits but hasn't set up anything yet. The other schools likely involved will be UCLA, USC, and Arizona State. He continues to say he'll decide on National Signing Day.
Lawrence Cager was offered in mid-October by Notre Dame and remains in the conversation. He's already taken official visits to Virginia Tech and Wake Forest and will be using two more to see Ohio State this weekend and Notre Dame in December. Cager recently went down to Tuscaloosa on an unofficial and had a good time.
Towson (Md.) Calvert Hall @ArmyAllAmerican WR Lawrence Cager calls #Alabama "a second home to me." Talks weekend trip http://t.co/godnlmILSO
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) November 16, 2014
Virginia athlete Gary Jennings was supposed to visit Notre Dame for the Louisville game but had to cancel. We've downgraded him to cold for now. He may come to the awards banquet.
Ykili Ross remains listed as a wide receiver although he's being recruited as a defensive back by the Irish. It appeared that Notre Dame lost some momentum here but Ross came to the Louisville game on an official visit which makes two trips to South Bend since late June.
David Robinson is way taller in real life bros like 2 of me fr fr!! pic.twitter.com/wnZeoF611l
— OvO_Y2K (@TheRealYK_7) November 23, 2014
Ross was hosted by Max Redfield, which is curious, but they are friends from back in their home state of California. He will be taking an official visit to Oklahoma in a couple weeks.
Tight End | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.937 | Devonaire Clarington | FL | 6-5/222 | Cold |
Notre Dame remains solely focused on UCLA commit (NV) Aliz'e Jones .973 with a crucial few weeks coming up in the near future. He'll be at UCLA for the Stanford game this weekend and then will come to South Bend for the awards banquet.
#UCLA commit Aliz'e Jones (@TheRealHybrid8) is an @ArmyAllAmerican http://t.co/oN7KLK7NtY pic.twitter.com/keZ4GVBGD6
— 247Sports (@247Sports) October 28, 2014
Jones, who was recently named a U.S. Army All-American, caught 6 passes for 202 yards and 3 touchdowns in Bishop Gorman's playoff victory over Arbor City this past weekend.
Offensive Line | |||||||||
Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.998 | Martez Ivey | FL | 6-6/270 | Cold | |||||
.906 | Kendrick Norton | FL | 6-3/305 | Cold | |||||
.890 | Zach Robertson | CA | 6-5/308 | Cold | |||||
Things have been quiet at offensive line for months. Notre Dame received more good news when commit Jerry Tillery came back to Notre Dame again and will be back for the awards banquet.
ME AND THE BRO @JerryTillery FINNA BE GREAT #FAMILIA #NDFB pic.twitter.com/Nr1b2k5HOY
— BLOCK 11 (@DewTreadway11) November 23, 2014
Ohio State's hot streak in recruiting continued recently as they picked up a commitment from (VA) Matthew Burrell .954 and the Buckeyes weren't done there, either.
Ohio State has landed a commitment from 2015 Virginia lineman Matthew Burrell, Jr. #Boom http://t.co/STDQVHTEmK
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) November 18, 2014
Notre Dame had been scouting Utah commit (UT) Branden Bowen .853 in recent weeks but he just flipped to Ohio State.
I have decided to end my recruitment completely and commit to THE Ohio State University! #GoBucks #Elite15 pic.twitter.com/iWg76K0inl
— Branden Bowen (@BrandenBowen) November 24, 2014
The last note for today is that Irish commit Tristen Hoge was announced as a U.S. Army All-American back in October.
"I can’t wait until January to play in the game" @ArmyAllAmerican & #Irish commit Tristen Hoge http://t.co/jTIO0cutqP pic.twitter.com/sqIkDZLVJx
— 247Sports (@247Sports) October 17, 2014