Posted by sjs81 on 1/14/2008, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Orange County Recruiting News (No SJS news however)"
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This whole Tomey - UH situation is obviously going to hurt recruiting. Going into December, I was expecting one of our best recruiting classes ever. I don't think that'll happen now.
--Previous Message--
: Looks like Boise and Fresno are doing well
: down here and most of thers guys are
: quality. Last year, SJS was popping up in
: this column early and often.
:
:
: Sunday, January 6, 2008
: Recruiting roundup for Orange County
: Updates on Troy's Coleman and others, plus a
: list of where O.C.'s top players are headed.
: By DAN ALBANO
: OCVarsity.com
: UCLA scored some major points with recruit
: Derrick Coleman when it hired Rick Neuheisel
: as its football coach.
:
: “I was really glad,” the Troy senior running
: back said. “I was kind of glad because he’s
: an offensive guy.”
:
: Coleman committed to the Bruins in June but
: took an official recruiting trip to USC
: after Coach Karl Dorrell was fired in early
: December.
:
: After visiting the Trojans, Coleman took an
: official trip to Westwood the next weekend
: and left feeling renewed about his pledge to
: UCLA.
:
: But with his approval of Neuheisel, Coleman
: now sounds like an even stronger commit to
: UCLA. On rivals.com, the All-County member
: is listed as a soft verbal for the Bruins.
:
: “I’m a solid verbal (for UCLA),” the 6-foot,
: 225-pound Coleman said. “Everyone else is
: out.”
:
: (Check out this link to OCVarsity.com's
: complete list of the top O.C. players being
: recruited.)
:
: Coleman said he enjoyed a conversation last
: week with Neuheisel.
:
: “He’s a really good guy,” he said of the
: coach, who had been the offensive
: coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. “That
: was the first time I had talked to him and I
: already like him.”
:
: Coleman also said he is not bothered by
: Neuheisel’s past, which includes a long list
: of secondary violations at Colorado.
:
: “Whatever he did in the past is the past,”
: Coleman said. “You’ve just got to worry
: about the future and what you (can) do now.”
:
: UCLA hopes its future includes a signature
: from Coleman on National Signing Day on Feb.
: 6.
:
: ANOTHER BRUIN?
: UCLA expressed interest last week in Mater
: Dei wide receiver/defensive back Carlo
: Valdes (6-2, 200).
:
: Valdes said it was his first phone
: conversation with the Bruins since before
: the high school season. The senior was
: pleasantly surprised.
:
: “I’ve always liked them (UCLA) since I was a
: little kid,” said Valdes, who has been
: offered a scholarship by Washington State.
:
: Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson said
: Washington State likes Valdes’ straight
: ahead speed at receiver.
:
: STILL SHOPPING?
: Orange Lutheran All-County linebacker Ricky
: Pemasa (6-0, 210) said he is a solid verbal
: to Fresno State but added he might take more
: recruiting trips. Boise State is a
: possibility, the senior said.
:
: LION KING
: Westminster defensive lineman/tight end Toa
: Tuitea (6-3, 255) has at least 10
: scholarship offers and is one of the most
: sought after uncommitted seniors in the
: county.
:
: Arizona State and Vanderbilt are among his
: offers. Tuitea took an official trip to
: Arizona State in December and will visit
: Vanderbilt this weekend, his brother, Calvin
: Silva said.
:
: “He really liked Arizona State and he likes
: the Vanderbilt coaches,” Silva said. “It
: might come down to those two but other
: schools are showing interest.”
:
: THICK AND THIN
: Mission Viejo linebacker Kameron Krebs (6-1,
: 210) said Cal, Oregon State, San Diego State
: and Utah continued to recruit him after he
: injured his right knee in late July. Krebs
: only played in the Diablos’ final two games
: in 2007.
:
: Krebs played his first two seasons at Kahuku
: in Hawaii and plans to return to the school
: to graduate.
:
: SHORT ROUTES
: San Clemente offensive lineman Kevin Murphy
: (6-7, 261) has committed to Ivy League
: champion Harvard. … Santa Margarita
: defensive lineman Logan Harrell (6-3, 265)
: has a well-known god parent. Harrell’s god
: father is former Ram and Hall of Famer Jack
: Youngblood, who played with Harrell’s
: father, Robert, at the University of
: Florida. Harrell has six scholarship offers,
: including one from Washington State. …
: Kennedy coach Mitch Olson hopes that two-way
: lineman Jeremy Hensley (6-1, 270) will pick
: up some recruiting interest by playing in
: the inaugural Southern California Bowl on
: Jan. 26 at Cal State Fullerton at 1:15 p.m.
: “I definitely think he can go on and play
: (Division I-A),” Olson said. “On the field,
: he’s a mean and tough kid.” … Mater Dei
: senior-to-be quarterback Matt Barkley
: attended the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
: last week in San Antonio and was selected
: the Maxwell Award Club’s Outstanding Junior.
: The award was presented by former
: Philadelphia Eagles player Vince Papale, the
: subject of the movie “Invincible.”
:
: Contact the writer: dalbano@ocregister.com
:
:
: O.C. football recruiting list
: By DAN ALBANO
: OCVarsity.com
: COMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS
: Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. College
: Blake Ayles Orange Lutheran TE 6-4 255 USC
: Jeff Baca Mission Viejo OL 6-4 285 UCLA
: Aaron Brewer Troy LS 6-4 215 San Diego St.
: Derrick Coleman Troy RB 6-0 225 UCLA
: Nick Crissman Edison QB 6-4 200 UCLA
: Tim Hodgdon Tesoro OL 6-4 285 Wash. St.
: Khaled Holmes Mater Dei OL 6-5 300 USC
: Matt Kalil Servite OL 6-7 280 USC
: Darren Koontz Los Alamitos DL 6-4 260
: Boise State
: Cameron Meredith Mater Dei DE 6-5 225
: Nebraska
: Ricky Pemasa Orange Lutheran OLB 6-0 210
: Fresno State
: Warren Reuland Mission Viejo WR 6-5 215
: Stanford
: D.J. Shoemate Servite Athlete 6-0 221 USC
: Ross Williams Mission Viejo DE 6-3 215 San
: Diego St.
:
: Also committed: Kevin Murphy (San Clemente,
: OL), Harvard
:
:
:
: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
: UNCOMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS
: Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. Recruited by
: Andrew Abbott Mater Dei CB/WR 5-9 160 Air
: Force
: Fresno St.
: Hawaii
: Sac. St.
: San Diego St.
: Robbie Boyer Mater Dei WR 6-1 175 Air
: Force
: San Diego
: Harvard
: Andrew Douglass San Clemente LB 6-2 228
: Montana
: San Diego St.
: Wes Fletcher Valencia RB 6-0 215 BYU
: Idaho St.
: Logan Harrell Santa Margarita DL 6-3 265
: Fresno St.
: Idaho
: Idaho St.
: Montana
: UNLV
: Wash. St.
: Kory Johnson Brea LB 6-1 240 Colorado
: Oregon St.
: Kameron Krebs Mission Viejo LB/
: S 6-1 210 BYU
: Cal
: Oregon St.
: San Diego St.
: Utah
: Sean Kurtz Canyon LB 6-0 225 UC Davis
: Utah St.
: Anthony Laurenzi El Dorado DL 6-3 240
: Hawaii
: Nevada
: San Diego St.
: Wash. St.
: Brady Lukas Esperanza LB 6-2 230 Air Force
: San Diego St.
: Stony Brook
: UNLV
: Austin Niklas Servite LB 6-2 230 Air Force
: Montana St.
: San Diego St.
: Manuel Rojas Fullerton C/G 6-2 283 Fresno
: St.
: Portland St.
: Mississippi
: Earnie Sagiao Edison LB 6-0 235 Boise St.
: Fresno St.
: New Mexico St.
: Sac. St.
: Ryan Saumur Cypress OLB/
: H-back 6-2 195 Fresno St.
: Idaho
: No. Ariz.
: Ben Tauanuu Mater Dei OL 6-5 286 Montana
: Wash. St.
: Toa Tuitea Westminster DL/
: TE 6-3 250 Ariz.
: Ariz. St.
: Hawaii
: Nevada
: New Mexico St.
: San Diego St.
: Utah
: Vanderbilt
: Wash. St.
: Carlo Valdes Mater Dei WR/
: ATH/
: DB 6-2 200 Ariz. St.
: Oregon St.
: UCLA
: Wash. St.
:
: Contact the writer: dalbano@ocregister.com
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