Archive: August 2009
Indiana Moves 'Home' Game to Landover
How important is visibility among recruits on the East Coast? Indiana will move its 2010 home game against Penn State to FedEx Field, in part so that the Hoosiers can get closer to an area they - and others - are trying to recruit. Penn State has eight Washington-area recruits...
By Josh Barr | August 26, 2009; 5:04 PM ET | Comments (5)
DeMatha Running Back Makes Big Ten Pick
DeMatha running back Marcus Coker has committed to play for Iowa. Coker, who is 6 feet and 230 pounds, had narrowed his choices to the Hawkeyes, Minnesota and Wake Forest. He had never been to either of the Big Ten schools -- or even their respective states -- before a...
By Josh Barr | August 26, 2009; 2:13 PM ET | Comments (2)
Web Sites Present New Dynamic in Recruiting
Colleagues Steve Yanda and Eric Prisbell have a good story in today's paper about how Web sites are changing recruiting. The problem? There is no way to regulate - for recruits, colleges or the NCAA -- these sites. Sure, a school could decline to provide credentials for home games, but...
By Josh Barr | August 25, 2009; 12:17 PM ET | Comments (1)
D.C. Skill Players Getting Offers
Colleague Alan Goldenbach files this dispatch: More offers are pouring in for D.C. players, and the schools recruiting them are not all the usual suspects. While H.D. Woodson's 6-foot-4 senior wide receiver Alonzo Russell has some familiar suitors offering him (Pittsburgh and West Virginia), a trio of Coolidge senior skill-position...
By Josh Barr | August 25, 2009; 11:43 AM ET | Comments (1)
Gonzaga's Lindsay Picks Richmond
Get ready for some more basketball commitments as seniors try to firm up their scholarship plans before school starts. The latest to make up his mind is Gonzaga guard Cedrick Lindsay, who on Sunday accepted an offer to play for Richmond, Eagles Coach Steve Turner reported. Lindsay, who is 6...
By Josh Barr | August 23, 2009; 10:36 PM ET | Comments (3)
Speedster Holds Offers Before First Varsity Snap
Ron Darby is only a few days into his first preseason with the Potomac (Md.) varsity football team. But while the rising sophomore running back's only high school experience is on the Oxon Hill school's junior varsity, Darby already has some college options. Darby, who is 5 feet 10 and...
By Josh Barr | August 18, 2009; 2:16 PM ET | Comments (2)
Cook Holding Court, DeMatha Seniors Mull Offers
Caught up with DeMatha basketball coach Mike Jones as he drove home from Chris Paul's CP3 Elite Guard Camp in Winston-Salem, N.C., where Jones noted the Washington area was well represented. DeMatha junior Quinn Cook, O'Connell senior Kendall Marshall (North Carolina), Georgetown Prep senior Markel Starks (Georgetown) and Gonzaga All-Met...
By Josh Barr | August 17, 2009; 3:24 PM ET | Comments (6)
Catching Up; UNC, K-State Land Recruits
Back from the last vacation of the season and plenty of news to catch up on: Colleague Alan Goldenbach reports that the final word on the class of 2009 belongs to H.D. Woodson wide receiver Jerrard Hunter, who had his bags packed for a season at Hargrave Miltary Academy before...
By Josh Barr | August 17, 2009; 9:59 AM ET | Comments (0)
H.D. Woodson's Hunter Lands at WVU
The Insider's namesake is away, but still other Insiders have their say. This, from Man About D.C. Alan Goldenbach... H.D. Woodson wide receiver Jerrard Hunter, who was all set to spend the upcoming season at Hargrave Miltary Academy, found his way to West Virginia last week. Woodson assistant Larry Williams...
By Micah Pollack | August 11, 2009; 1:26 PM ET | Comments (2)
Bennett's First Recruiting Class Growing
New Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett has said he wants to make inroads recruiting the Washington area but his first recruiting class is drawing players from across the nation. The latest to pledge for the Cavaliers is guard K.T. Harrell of Montgomery, Ala. He joins guard Joe Harris of...
By Josh Barr | August 6, 2009; 3:42 PM ET | Comments (0)
ODU Hitting Area Hard, Offers Wise Lineman
Old Dominion has 17 local players on its roster as it prepares for its return to the football field, and it's hoping for more. The latest player to get an offer from the Monarchs is Wise defensive lineman Charles Owens (6 feet 1, 300 pounds). Wise wide receiver Trevon Butler...
By Josh Barr | August 6, 2009; 12:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
College Recruiters Find New Hotbed at Wise
In its first three years of existence, the newest public high school in Prince George's County produced a grand total of zero division I-A or I-AA scholarship players. This offseason, however, Wise High in Upper Marlboro has been a destination for college recruiters. Three rising seniors have made college commitments,...
By Josh Barr | August 5, 2009; 10:14 AM ET | Comments (2)
Out at Penn State, Top CB Givens Heading to Rutgers?
Highly recruited cornerback Darrell Givens is looking for a new college to play for this fall, and he could have a decision later Tuesday after a trip to Rutgers. Givens, who graduated from Lackey this past spring, signed a letter-of-intent to play for Penn State in February. He had orally...
By Josh Barr | August 4, 2009; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (2)
Junior Defensive Lineman Getting Lots of Attention
After a summer spent chasing rugrats instead of recruiting tidbits, I'm shifting my focus back to the gridiron. Let's start with a look at St. John's, where -- with defensive lineman Andre Monroe committing to Maryland earlier this summer -- junior tight end-defensive lineman Kevin McReynolds is the Cadets' most...
By Josh Barr | August 3, 2009; 5:29 PM ET | Comments (1)
