Federal Way made it all the way to the 4A State Semifinals and one player who is glad for the playoff run is LB Jared Pulu, one of the state’s top 2015 prospects, who missed most of the regular season with a shoulder injury. “In our first game, on kick coverage, I came down and just was in an awkward position and I separated my shoulder and…
One of the more versatile and athletic players we at Northwest Elite Index ran across during the start of the 2014 recruiting cycle was Newport’s Conner Baumann. The talented athlete recently visited one of his top schools and decided he’d seen enough and made the call on where he wants to play his college football. “I chose to commit to Eastern Washington tonight,” Baumann told NEI. “I…
While he waited longer than expected for his first offer, things have picked up over the past two weeks for O’Dea (Seattle) RB Myles Gaskin, one of the top 2015 prospects in the Evergreen State, and he recently picked up his second Pac 12 offer when Washington State spoke to him late last week. “Washington State just offered me a couple of days ago,” Gaskin told Northwest…
Click For Monike Failauga Highlights Fife’s Monike Failauga is a mammoth interior defensive lineman who has put up huge numbers the past three years, but he’s still waiting on his first offer and Northwest Elite Index spoke to him recently to get an update on things. “We didn’t make the playoffs, so right now I’m just working out and hoping I start to get some looks from…
Kevin Thomson (Photo: DHC Photography/dhc.snugmug.com With his senior season completed, Auburn Riverside QB Kevin Thomson can now turn his sights toward recruiting and recently he added his third offer from an FBS program. “I got an offer from New Mexico State,” Thomson said in a text message to Northwest Elite Index recently. The offer from the Aggies joins full rides the talented signal-caller already had from…
O’Dea has been one of the hottest teams in the state this year and one reason their defense has been so strong is because of the play of DT Jarius McDade. The senior updated us recently on his senior season and where things stand on the recruiting front. “We’re all playing really well up front. Inside, no one can run on us up the gut, so we’ve…
Click For Marcus Griffin Highlights Since this summer, Bellevue DT Marcus Griffin has been steadfast in his decision to commit to Washington State, however, things have changed and over the weekend he announced via Twitter that he’s decided to decommit from the Cougars. “At this time I have decommitted from Washington State. I would like to thank the coaches for understanding and respecting my decision,” was the…
It’s been a test of patience as O’Dea (Seattle) RB Myles Gaskin has waited for his first offer and on Sunday, he got good news when Washington became the first school extend him a full ride. “I called coach (Marques) Tuiasosopo and we were talking and he put me in touch with coach (Steve) Sarkisian and when we were on the phone he said he was offering me,”…
He’s one of the top playmakers on one of the best teams in the state, but while they might be ranked high so think that Skyline is a bit of an underdog this year and that is just how junior LB Cameron Saffle and his teammates like it. “There are some really good 4A teams this year and I know Camas is a really great team so…
Auburn Riverside’s Kevin Thomson has flown under-the-radar most of the season, but after a solid regular season for the Ravens he is sitting on two offers, but his focus right now is leading his team on a playoff run. “I really worked hard this past summer on my mechanics and also on learning the game of football more,” Thomson told Northwest Elite Index over the weekend after…