Its hard to put into words what both of these kids have meant to football within Oregon. BYU came up big as both Kearsley and Leavitt rank as the #1 prospect at their position in the entire region. Brayden Kearsley is hands down the Pacific Northwest’s top lineman and one of the best in the country, with Dallin Leavitt being the region’s top safety. Both…
Highlight Videos: Marcus Griffin, Shane Bowman We all know how good Bellevue Football is on a national level, and everyone in the Pacific Northwest can be proud to have such a dominant program within our region. The Wolverines D from this past season could be one of the only teams to ever have 11 D1 prospects on the same side of the ball. Leading…
In what has been a crazy process to say the least one of the top recruits in the northwest, Johnny Ragin (6-3 215 Sr. LB) of Wilsonville, was recently offered by Oregon. The CAL commit had Don Pellum and new Head Coach Mark Helfrich come into his home on Tuesday making the offer official. Ragin had been offered by a host of top schools over…
In what was has been a long and somewhat grueling process two of Oregon’s top senior athletes made their intentions know in the last 24 hours. NEI’s top ranked LB/DE Evan Colorito (6-4 235 Sr. LB/DE) out of Beaverton committed to Colorado St, and West Salem’s Matt Sommer (6-5 300 Sr. DL) did the same committing to Eastern Washington. Colorito earned Metro League Player of…
As he boards a plane to head to Texas to take part in the USA vs. the World football game to be held on February 6th, Seattle Prep DB Teré Calloway is secure in the fact that his future lies with the Nevada Wolfpack. Northwest Elite Index caught up with the gifted prospect recently and he filled us in on his decision as well as which BCS programs have…
Hunter Malberg Highlights With just over a week until signing day, DB Hunter Malberg (6-1 190) of Mount Si has made a verbal commitment to play for the University of Minnesota-Duluth. The Bulldogs are a D2 school playing out of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. They could be considered to be a bit of a powerhouse program and have recently won two national championships, 2008…
August 21, 2011 NEI was launched and the first article ever put on the site was that of Connor Strahm (6-2 215 Sr. ATH) out of Sheldon High School. Over the last three years Strahm has broken countless records, and finished his career in storybook fashion winning the 2012 6A state title. On Monday night Connor called and gave his commitment to the Montana Grizzlies,…
A day after Connor Humphreys (6-4 245 Jr. DE) picked apart everybody at our Oregon Elite Event, he received an offer from Arizona St University. Humphreys returned Saturday evening from their junior day, and showed up ready to go at Oregon Elite on Sunday. This is his 2nd Pac 12 offer and 4th overall, after Oregon St offered a few months back. Connor is a…
In what has been an exhausting process with lots of twists and turns, Wilsonville all everything athlete Tanner Shipley (6-2 185 Jr. RB/WR) decided on Boise State as his future college home. Shipley was originally committed to BYU, but has made the transition and is confident in his switch. “I know Boise State is the right fit for me and coach Chris Peterson is truly an amazing…
Henry Mondeaux Highlights In the end a kid that could have more offers then anyone in the northwest is Henry Mondeaux (6-5 245 Jr. TE/OLB) out of Jesuit in Portland. He is one of the most versatile big men we have seen come out of the region in years, and he just continues to get better. Mondeaux started as a sophomore and is a…