Archive: June 2009
Terps Offer Friendship's Johnson
In Barr's absence, Alan Goldenbach checks in... Friendship Collegiate Coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim emails to report that senior offensive tackle Earl Johnson attended a one-day camp at Maryland last week, after which assistant head coach James Franklin offered the 6-foot-5, 245-pound Johnson a scholarship. While he'll likely need to add plenty...
By Micah Pollack | June 29, 2009; 4:56 PM ET | Email a Comment
Canes Land Dunbar DE Johnson
In his final act as Recruiting Insider before an extended hiatus (there are now little Recruiting Insiders running around the Barr household), Barr reports that Dunbar football coach Craig Jefferies has confirmed that Crimson Tide defensive end Javarie Johnson has committed to the University of Miami. The Hurricanes' gain is...
By Micah Pollack | June 26, 2009; 6:46 PM ET | Comments (4)
Miami Wants Dunbar Linebacker
Colleague Alan Goldenbach -- who, contrary to rumors is not in line to become the next head of DCIAA athletics -- filed this report from Dunbar Coach Craig Jefferies: Jefferies reports that he and outside linebacker-defensive end Javarie Johnson just returned from a one-day camp at Miami, which then offered...
By Josh Barr | June 16, 2009; 12:31 PM ET | Comments (6)
Wise Lineman Picks Up First Offer
With linebacker Titus Till already committed to Maryland, Wise Coach DaLawn Parrish is working on landing his other players college scholarships. He reports that tight end-defensive end Rahsaan Moore (6-2, 235) recevied his first offer yesterday from Liberty. With many key players returning from last season's Maryland 4A South Region...
By Josh Barr | June 16, 2009; 11:28 AM ET | Comments (1)
McGregor Talks About Players' Commitments
Just spoke with DeMatha Coach Bill McGregor about his two players that committed over the weekend, with wide receiver-defensive backs Kyrrel Latimer and Jeff Knox accepting scholarship offers from Virginia and Pittsburgh, respectively. "Kyrrel is going to be a combination-type kid, I think. He can play corner and he can...
By Josh Barr | June 15, 2009; 11:53 AM ET | Comments (2)
DeMatha Players Pick ACC, Big East Teams
Things have been relatively quiet on the recruiting front in recent weeks, but I expect the action will pick up quickly as players take unofficial campus visits and participate in camps and clinics in the next few weeks. There was some big news yesterday, with a pair of DeMatha players...
By Josh Barr | June 15, 2009; 6:06 AM ET | Comments (1)
Linganore Receiver Getting I-AA Offers
Colleague Jeff Nelson shares this report from Linganore Coach Rick Conner: Wide receiver Ryan Dixon has scholarship offers from James Madison, New Hampshire, Fordham and Monmouth. Richmond, Temple and Delaware also are very interested and Dixon is heading to Delaware's camp this weekend. Jeff also has this week's Recruiting Spotlight...
By Josh Barr | June 11, 2009; 3:24 PM ET | Comments (0)
With Floyd Out, Recruits Will Scatter
You have to wonder why Tim Floyd picked yesterday to resign as USC's coach. With the start of the summer recruiting period coming up and the recruiting class of 2009 pretty much set on where they're heading, all of a sudden things are in limbo. It will be interesting to...
By Josh Barr | June 10, 2009; 12:44 PM ET | Comments (1)
DeMatha, Montrose Players Selected to National Team
DeMatha guard Quinn Cook, a rising junior, and Montrose Christian forward Justin Anderson, a rising sophomore, were selected for the under-16 national team that will participate in the FIBA Americas under-16 championship in Argentina later this month. Former Montrose Christian coach Kevin Sutton is one of the assistant coaches for...
By Josh Barr | June 9, 2009; 5:07 PM ET | Comments (0)
Scouting Local Quarterbacks
It looks like there are three top quarterback prospects in the Washington area's rising senior class. H.D. Woodson's Ricardo Young already pledged to Virginia Tech. Battlefield's Bo Revell has yet to receive a scholarship offer but interest is picking up and the 6-6, 230-pounder will have some options. The third...
By Josh Barr | June 8, 2009; 11:54 AM ET | Comments (0)
QB Hires PR Firm, Hits Sports Bar, Pledges to BYU
So you're one of the nation's top-rated rising senior quarterbacks. You're from Sammamish, Wash., just east of Seattle. And you decide that you want to choose a scholarship offer from Brigham Young over all the other schools wooing you. Some think that maybe Utah's success this season in the Bowl...
By Josh Barr | June 5, 2009; 12:19 PM ET | Comments (2)
Syracuse Offers Broad Run Wide Receiver
Man About Loudoun County Paul Tenroio reports that Broad Run wide receiver Adrian Flemming picked up a scholarship offer from Syracuse this week. Flemming, who is 6-4, previously had been offered by Marshall and Delaware....
By Josh Barr | June 5, 2009; 11:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
Purdue Joins the List for Battlefield Quarterback
Spoke earlier this week with Battlefield Coach Mark Cox, who reports that rising senior quarterback Bo Revell is getting plenty of attention from college recruiters but has yet to receive a scholarship offer. "He's gotten a lot of interest," Cox said of the 6-6, 230-pound Revell. "He's got a busy...
By Josh Barr | June 4, 2009; 10:53 AM ET | Comments (0)
Olasewere Ready to Hit the Big Apple
Sort of. Springbrook All-Met forward Jamal Olasewere, who blossomed as a college prospect late in the season and led the Blue Devils to a second consecutive Maryland 4A championship, has signed a letter-of-intent to play for Long Island University. Here is the school's official release, though I'm still looking for...
By Josh Barr | June 2, 2009; 4:15 PM ET | Comments (3)
Top Hoopster Heading to the CAA
One of the nation's top basketball players will take the court in the CAA next year. Elena Delle Donne, a 6-5 guard, originally signed with Connecticut before saying she was burned out and enrolling at hometown Delaware and playing volleyball as a freshman. Now, she will join the Blue Hens'...
By Josh Barr | June 2, 2009; 10:27 AM ET | Comments (0)
Top Prospect Leaves Frederick for Prep School
So top prospect J.R. Ferguson is leaving St. John's Catholic Prep in Frederick to play his senior year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. It's a curious move, with Ferguson expressing his desire to move up in recruiting rankings as the chief reason for the transfer. The question here...
By Josh Barr | June 1, 2009; 4:12 PM ET | Comments (0)
Too Early to Say Where UK's Haul Ranks
While John Calipari seemingly got all the players he wanted since being hired at Kentucky - including former Eleanor Roosevelt All-Met Darnell Dodson - it's too early to start thinking of the incoming group of Wildcats as one of the best recruiting hauls ever. For while basketball recruiting can be...
By Josh Barr | June 1, 2009; 12:59 PM ET | Comments (0)
Eighth DeMatha Junior Receives I-A Offer
Fullback Austin Bailey is the eighth DeMatha junior to receive a division I-A scholarship offer. Miami of Ohio offered the 5-11, 240-pound Bailey. "He's the strongest guy, pound-for-pound, on the team," Stags Coach Bill McGregor said....
By Josh Barr | June 1, 2009; 10:42 AM ET | Comments (0)
