UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Evan Simon

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Evan Simon, a 6-2 200 pound pro-style QB from Manheim, PA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from March 2018 features Simon's recruiting.

Simon has five FBS offers including Pitt, Rutgers, Temple and West Virginia.

UMass Football News--June 30th, 2018

The UMass Athletic Dept operated $500,000 in the black for the 2017 season.

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The Orlando Sentinel ranks BYU as #59 in its preseason predictions.

The Cougars still have four quarterbacks in contention to start in 2018.

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UConn coach Randy Edsell hires his son Corey to be TE coach for the Huskies and causes a major kerfluffle in Storrs.

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Recruiting rankings have a strong correlation with a team's success.

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UMass Recruiting 2019--Jonathon Collins verbals to UMass

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Jonathan Collins, a 6-1 170 pound Athlete from Williamstown, NJ has verbaled to UMass.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on the commitment.

247Sports page here.

MaxPreps has stats.

This article features Collins performance at the recent Rutgers football camp.

Collins also gets a mention in this report on the Rutgers camp.

Another mention of Collins in this post on a 7-on-7 tournament.

Collins had offers from two FCS teams. He will probably be ranked as a two-star recruit after signing with a FBS team.

UMass Football News--June 29th, 2018

Video interview with Liam Coen about his R.I. football camp and his new job with the L.A. Rams.

Coen's Rams bio.

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The Trib Live.com ranks Boston College's QB Anthony Brown last in its ACC quarterback rankings.

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College Football continues to grow as a record 778 college and universities will field teams this fall.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Aaron Lowe

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Aaron Lowe, a 6-1 180 pound CB from Mesquite, TX has received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article features Lowe's recruiting by TCU.

Lowe has eleven offers with UMass as the only team from the Northeast.

UMass Football News--June 28th, 2018

HERO Sports ranks USF as #59 for 2018 preseason.

Saturday Blitz has five USF freshmen to watch this season.

The Bulls also have a new athletics director.

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Sporting New has Group-of-Five predictions for 2018. They have Ohio winning the MAC Championship and Neal Brown as the top candidate for a Power Five coaching position.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Joshua Youngblood

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Joshua Youngblood, a 5-11 170 pound Athlete from Tampa, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

Also ran track.

This article from May 24th features Youngblood.

Youngblood has thirty (!) offers including FBS teams Navy, Temple and Buffalo from the Northeast.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Spencer Witter

Spencer Witter, a 6-5 225 pound TE from West Hartford, Ct has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com video here.

2018 Choate football captain.

Witter has ten offers with Army as the other FBS team.

UMass Football Recruiting 2020 --Eamonn Dennis

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Eamonn Dennis, a 5-11 173 pound Athlete from Worcester, MA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com here.

USA Today 2017 All-Massachusetts as a kick returner.

Dennis also has an offer from UConn.

UMass Football News--June 25th, 2018

UMass President Marty Meehan says football games at Gillette are only a good idea depending on circumstances.

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Al.com reports Auburn is impressed with "freak athlete" Jack Driscoll.

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The Charlotte Observer looks at the 49ers opponents in 2018.

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Boston College gets a verbal from DB Romain Mungin, who had a UMass offer.

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UMass Football recruiting 2019---North Peters

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North Peters, a 6-3 285 pound DL from Mystic, Ct has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Peters has eleven offers including Syracuse, Army and Buffalo from the Northeast.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Noelly Miller

Noelly Miller, a 6-1 190 pound WR from Rockville, MD has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

MaxPreps has stats.

Hudl.com has video.

UMass is the first FBS team to offer Miller. He has 12 other offers, all from FCS teams, including Maine, New Hampshire, Holy Cross and more from New England.

UMass Football News--June 22nd, 2018

Yesterday I bogged about the new practice bubble. They're actually pretty nice---and functional, which is the point.

This article is about the bubble installed at Columbia. It has a video and an image gallery.

Columbia athletics image.

This article is from "Athletics Business" and is about maximizing field use and budgets using seasonal domes. Its got a video of the setup of Harvard's bubble. The sound track is pretty annoying and it starts slow, but hang on to the end when the bubble is lighted, then it's pretty impressive.

On a cold dreary January or February day the UMass coaching staff can show recruits the lighted bubble and it will make a difference. The bubble will also show the AAC, should there be a conference realignment, that UMass is investing in the program.

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247Sports has a post on ten running backs looking to build off their freshman season. One of them is A.J. Dillon, and the Minutemen are sure to get a big dose of that action on September 1st.

Speaking of BC, "BC Interruption" talks smack about the Minutemen.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Two who got away

I've blogged about 6-4 216 pound Safety Zukudo Igwenagu before.

He recently verbaled to Rutgers.

I also blogged about Kervens Bonhomme, a 6-2 230 pound LB before.

Bonhomme verbaled to Indiana.

UMass Football News--June 21st, 2018

UMass Alumnus Martin Jacobson pledges $5.58 million to help fund a new practice bubble for football.

The Gazette, which has not yet replaced Matty Vautour, has story about the gift and notes some of the funds will go towards a high-rez scoreboard.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" also has a post on the gift.

This is good news for the football team and athletic dept. While not a hard-sided facility, it'll be functional and a big help in bad-weather Amherst. Along with the scoreboard, it's another year of improvements. UMass went decades without any sort of improvements in McGuirk and this means we're still on the way up.

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BC Interruption looks at the last five games between the Eagles and the Minutemen.

Speaking of BC, Athlon has five Eagles as preseason All-Americans.

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The Lawless Republic says Independent BYU shouldn't play a schedule like UMass or Liberty.

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Athlon Sports ranks Georgia's 2018 opponents in order of difficulty.

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Recruiting 2019--Keynon Stewart verbals to Texas Tech

Keeynon Stewart, a 5-11 160 pound DB from Houston, TX has verbaled to Texas Tech.

I blogged about Stewart, who had a UMass offer, back on June 6th. Stewart was also the subject of a post on the "Fight Massachusetts" site.

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UMass Football News--June 20th, 2018

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" does a question-and-answer session with "BC Interruption".

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Sporting News has the over-and-under for UMass as 5.5.

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CBS Sports has Georgia at 10.5 wins. Second only to Alabama in the SEC.

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Spurred by football, Appalachian State athletics are on the rise.

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Social media has a growing impact on college football recruiting.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Dean Clark

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Dean Clark, a 6-1 180 pound Safety from Massillon, OH has received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This story from September of 2017 mentions Clark.

The McAllister Scouting Report has Clark as one of the better players in Ohio's 2019 class.

Besides UMass, Clark has FBS offers from Army and Air Force.

UMass Football News--June 17th, 2018

Former UMass player and assistant coach Malik Hall has been named head coach at Bates.

The Maine Press-Herald also has a story about Coach Hall being named HC.

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The Boston College site "BC Interrupted" kicks off a "UMass Week".

Speaking of BC, Mark Blaudschun asks if the Eagles are finally ready to join the ACC.

Athlon Sports previewed BC back on June 1st.
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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Cornelius Nunn

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Cornelius Nunn, a 6-0 170 pound Safety from Miami, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports three-star player.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from a SB Nation site features Nunn.

Nunn has 23 offers, mostly from Power Five schools. BC and Pitt have offered from the Northeast.

UMass Football News--June 18th, 2018

Athlon Sports previews the 2018 Minutemen and ranks UMass as #107.

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The Boston Herald has a post on Paul Gorham's passing.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews the USF Bulls and ranks them #72. USF went 10-2 last year. The Bulls have to replace most of their offensive output, but retain most of their AAC-leading defense. If USF gets by Elon, Georgia Tech, Illinois and East Carolina, they may be the highest ranked team to play at McGuirk in the FBS era.

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Former UMass AD , and current Liberty University AD Ian McGaw has a question and answer session about Liberty Football and life as an Independent. Mentions UMass.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--David Broncati

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David Broncati, a 6-5 205 pound kicker from Norwalk, CT has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

Broncati has a paragraph in this nj.com article on the Northeast's top specialists.

It appears UMass is the first offer for Broncati.

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Kalel Mullings II

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Kalel Mullings, 6-2 215 pound RB/LB from Milton, Ma attended the UMass camp last Saturday.

Mullings is a four-star recruit and the #2 rated recruit in Massachusetts.

I blogged about Mullings back in May.

This article reports he talked with UMass coaches during, but is leaning towards Michigan.

UMass Football News--June 15th, 2018

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I watched the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Jovan Santos-Knox play the Edmonton Eskimos last night.

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An Oregon Live reporter thinks the new NCAA transfer rule will encourage Power Five teams to poach players from Group-of-Five and FCS teams.

TMG Sports thinks the new transfer rules will be good for the players.

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UMass Football recruiting 2020--Zac Zinter

Zac Zinter, a 6-6 300 pound OT from Cambridge, MA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass. He visited UMass during the recent UMass big man clinic.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Zinter also has an offer from Boston College.

UMass Football News--June 14th, 2018

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Matty Vautour has a touching story about Paul Gorham and his love of coaching. I admire guys who never quit; Gorham never did.

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Las Vegas releases its over and under for all 129 FBS teams. UMass gets a 5 win prediction.

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The NCAA released two rule changes recently. Players will be able to play up to four games and still receive a medical redshirt. That's sensible with the 12 to 13 (with bowls) games most teams now play. In addition, player will no longer have to request their release from their current team in order to transfer.

USA Today has a post on how the transfer and redshirt rules will affect college football.

Sports Illustrated says the new rules are a win for both coaches and players.

The redshirt rule will allow freshmen to play some games and still redshirt. That should help motivation.

ODU Coach Wilder says the rules are a big day for college football. Quote from the story:

"Wilder said he instructed his staff to call the players in his 2018 recruiting class to notify them of the rule change and to deliver a message:

“They’re playing this year,” he said."

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Xavier Gonsalves

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Xavier Gonsalves a 6-2 238 pound DE from Mashpee, MA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from the Cape Cod Times features Gonsalves.

UMass was the first school to offer Gonsalves. He's attended camps at Duke and UConn.

UMass Football News--June 13th, 2018

UMass Director of Football Operations Paul Gorham passed away on June 9th. Fifty-seven is too young to leave. Condolences to Gorham's family and the UMass football staff.

The Spun also has a post on Gorham's passing.

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There's a new edition of the Spring roster up.

Deletions:

Victor Santiago Athlete SO

Elijah Robinson WR RSSO

Patrick O'Reilly WR RSSO

Jake Froehlich LB RSJR

Number changes

Jesse Britt #1 ex-5

Brennon Dingle #4 ex-10

Andy Isabella #5 ex-23

Zach Loane #90 ex-56

Joe Privite #98 ex-61

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Jackson Porter has signed with the Baltimore Ravens.

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UMass Recruiting 2018--Joseph Norwood enrolls at UMass

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" reports UMass has added Joseph Norwood, a 6-1 170 pound Safety to their 2018 recruiting class.

I blogged about Norwood back in February.

As Mike says, this is a big signing for the Minutemen. Norwood is their first ever recruit that has been rated as four-stars by any recruiting service.

This article covers Norwood's leaving Tennessee.

Recently won the Tennessee small-schools triple jump.

Norwood's joining UMass moves the Minutemen's 2018 recruiting class out of the bottom ten and into a much more comfortable position.

UMass Football News--June 12th, 2018

The Orlando Sentinel report three new bowls will start in 2020. Mentions independents UMass, New Mexico State and Liberty will have to wait for an at-large bid.

One of those new bowls could locate at Coastal Carolina's Brooks Stadium.

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The Michigan Insider has news and notes from last Saturday's UMass camp (requires 247Sports subscription). It says about 200 players attended the camp.

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Athlon Sports predicts Ohio to win the MAC East.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Thomas Nance

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Thomas Nance, a 6-3 235 pound OLB from Eagle Lake, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article mentions Nance.

Nance has eleven offers including a Power Five offer from Duke. The Minutemen are the only offer from the Northeast.

UMass Football News--June 11th, 2018

UMass was 2nd in the A10 with 274 student athletes making the Commissioner's Honor Roll list.

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Tom Keane joins the UMass Football staff as special teams and quality control assistant.

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Freshman QB recruit Jaret Pallotta has been attending the Jim Ballard QB camp. (Fixed link)

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Two FIU QB's have separated from the pack to start for the Panthers in 2018.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Alex Azusenis

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Alex Azusenis, a 6-6 290 OT from Powell, OH has announced he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Azusenis has 14 offers including Buffalo and Holy Cross from the Northeast.

UMass Football News--June 9th, 2018

Jesse Britt went 12-4 GP-GS 29-422 14.6 AVE 3 TD's 40 LONG.

Britt was actually fourth in yards per catch among the Minutemen. Isabella and Dingle averaged 15.7 yards a catch and Palmer averaged 14.8. UMass returns their entire WR corps. Whipple has said UMass will play more three WR sets this year. This is necessitated by the Minutemen returning only five catches for 50 yards by returning TE's Kyle Horn and Travis Reynolds. There was some talk about UMass seeking a transfer TE, but none has materialized so far.

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The battle for starting Auburn RT (which includes UMass transfer Jack Driscoll), gets hotter.

SB Nation says the Week #1 battle between Auburn and Washington will be the week's top game.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Ronald Nunnery II

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on UMass recruiting Ronald Nunnery, a 6-2 205 pound athlete from Pearland, TX.

I blogged about Nunnery back on May 21st.

Since my post, Nunnery has added offers from Air Force, Memphis, Boise State, New Mexico State and more.

UMass Football News--June 8th, 2018

UMass announces the Bob and Marianne Foote Academic Success Center. Bob Foote was an All-American for UMass football in 1961 as well as 1st Team All-Yankee Conference.

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Conference USA's 2018 schedule is out including UMass at FIU.

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BYU site says losing to UMass "will really change a program".

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The preview magazines agree that Georgia will return to the college playoffs in 2018.

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UMass Recruiting 2019--Sayyid Stevens

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Sayyid Stevens, a 6-2 227 pound weak-side DE from Savannah, GA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats. Fifty TFL!

NCSA recruiting profile here.

Stewart has 20 total offers including 11 FBS. Army and Navy have offered from the Northeast.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Keeynon Stewart

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on UMass offering to Keeynon Stewart, a 5-11 170 pound Athlete from Houston, TX.

247Sports three-star athlete.

Hudl.com has video.

Also runs track.

Besides UMass, Stewart has FBS offers from Louisiana Monroe, Texas State and New Mexico.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Dallaz Crobit

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Dallaz Corbit, a 6-6 220 pound strong-side DE from Columbia, SC has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Also plays hoops.

Corbitt also has an offer from Coastal Carolina. Drawing interest from a number of Power Five schools.

UMass Football News--June 6th, 2018

Coach Whipple has announced Michigan coaches Jim Harbaugh, Don Brown, Greg Mattison and Ed Warinner will attend UMass' football camp on Saturday.

Hopefully, some of Michigan's recruiting prowess will rub off.

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The Macon Telegraph ranks Georgia's opponents for 2018. We're ahead of Austin Peay!

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Caelan Williams

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Caelan R. Williams, a 6-7 300 pound OL from Dublin, GA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com video here.

Besides UMass, Williams has a FBS offer from Georgia Southern.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Anthony Johnson

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Anthony Johnson, a 6-4 225 pound weak-side DE from Jeannette, PA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette features Johnson.

Johnson has been invited to a Pitt Camp.

Besides UMass, Johnson has offers from Syracuse, Ball State and Central Michigan.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--New Jersey III

Friday's Rutgers East Coast Elite camp drew 800 players and 160 coaches from 50 programs.

Former Rutgers and NFL running back Ray Rice attended.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Colton Richards

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Colton Richards, a 6-2 270 pound DT from New Willmington, PA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

2017 All-EPD/WPD All-State Class 2A team.

Erie Time District 10 All-Star Team.

Richards also has an FBS offer from Navy.

UMass Football Recruiting ---New Jersey II

More stories from Friday's Rutgers recruiting camp.

Eleven out-of-state (New Jersey) who could earn offers at the camp. Mentions UMass.

Breaking down five top Rutgers targets attending the camp. Mentions UMass.

Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano made an appearance.

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UMass Football News--June 2nd, 2018

The Ravens have waived Da'Sean Downey. Let's hope someone else picks him up. Downey might prosper in the CFL. Lots of space to work in.

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Former UMass player Taylor Riggins will be eligible to play for the Bulls this season.

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Legalized college football betting is coming and it will change the game. Note that in West Virginia, Marshall and UWV will get a cut of the action. Hard to envision that ever happening in Massachusetts.

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UMass Football Recruiting --New Jersey

NJ.com has a post on local (New Jersey) players who could score scholarship offers in today's Rutgers Football Camp.

The article mentions UMass six times.

The Minutemen could use TE's, DL's and RB's in 2019.

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UMass Football News--June 1st, 2018

Ohio vs UMass game time on September 29th is still pending.

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UMass at Georgia Southern at 6:00pm on September 8th will be on ESPN+

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I must have missed the notice UMass will play Big Ten Indiana in 2023.

The 2023 schedule so far as per Future FBS Schedules is:

• 09/09 - at Indiana
• 09/16 - at Eastern Michigan
• 09/30 - at New Mexico State
• 10/28 - at Army
• 11/11 - at Liberty

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Athlon Sports has Marquis Young in College Football's Top-50 running backs for 2018.

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Coastal Carolina has 10 players on Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun belt team.

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