There are a lot of kids all over the country that play for sub par teams and a lot of the time that has detrimental effects on the recruiting of the athlete. Conner Floan (6-6 245 Sr. TE/DE) is a kid out of Redmond HS in Washington that overcame a variety of obstacles including the teams (0-9) record. He’s an outstanding overall athlete that is a legit hooper with a…
4A First Team Offense QB – Max Browne 6-5, 210 Jr. Skyline (Sammamish) RB – Ryan Lewis 6-0, 190 Sr. Eastlake (Sammamish) RB – Parker Henry 5-11, 190 Sr. Skyview (Vancouver) TE – Caleb Smith 6-5, 235 Sr. Kentridge (Kent) WR – Michael Rector 6-1, 190 Sr. Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) WR – Christian Gasca 5-11, 165 Sr. Lake Stevens OL – Joshua Garnett 6-5, 300 Sr. Puyallup OL – Cory…
While this time of year is the “Season of Giving”, make no mistake, college football, at all levels, is a business and because of that, recruiting can be a dog-eat-dog world. One player who found that out recently was Woodinville (Wa.) DL Sawyer Whalen who recently found out there wouldn’t be a spot for him at Portland State, the school he had committed to only two months before. “I talked…
Jayshawn Jordan 5-10 185 Sr. CB ODea HS As the recruiting “dead period” begins, 2 Washington HS recruits are feeling more alive than ever. Both Jayshawn Jordan and DJ May were offered full scholarships to play at the University of Wyoming. We had a chance to speak directly to both of them, as they talked to NEI 1st about their offers. “I feel so good right now, it’s a great…
Daniel Jiminez #2 Pat Alexander #47 Year in and year out the South Medford Panthers are one of the top teams in the state, but they don’t always get the love they deserve due to their location. This past season they did more of the same winning their first eight games of the season before falling to conference rival Roseburg in the state playoffs. They were ranked #3 in Oregon…
by Taylor Barton In the “Recruiting Tips” prior to this, I’ve addressed a number of issues. In this “Tip”, I wanted to discuss something that I feel kids and parents are really screwing up on. I want to talk about the summer college camp tour. I see kids attend the wrong camps for the wrong reasons every year, and suffer down the road as a result. Hopefully with this guidance,…
As a junior he’s made a name for himself, leading Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) to the top ranking in the NEI polls and an undefeated regular season before falling to state runner-up Skyview (Vancouver). As a sophomore he led the Lions to the State 4A Semi-Finals where they lost to eventual state champion Ferris (Spokane). With his productivity — 4,800 yards and 44 touchdowns with only 15 interceptions — the…
As always, coming to you first NEI is breaking the story of Kameron Canaday’s (6-5 240 Long Snapper/DL) commitment to PSU. Canaday is recognized as one of nations top long snappers, and did an incredible job for the nationally ranked Irish in 2011. Ranked as one of Oregon’s top 50 athletes by NEI Canaday says” the PSU coaches came to my house on Wednesday night (Head Coach Nigel Burton, Coach…
Statistically he is one of the best receivers in the country (Max Preps), and to back that up Christian Gasca (5-11 185 Sr ATH) absolutely went off in 2011. The senior wide out from Lake Stevens broke 7 school records and lead his team to the class 4a semi finals. He accounted for 2087 all purpose yards and 26 total touchdowns. His records included single game, single season, and career…
He is currently ranked the #2 overall recruit in the state of Oregon for the class of 2013, and he is sitting with 3 major offers (Washington, UCLA, Purdue) . There’s a laundry list of additional D1 schools that are interested and Evan Voeller (6-5 285 Jr. OL) is still a long way from being done with his high school career. Voeller was part of a talented West Linn team…