UMass Football News--December 17th, 2018

Well, the big news is the successful recruiting session held this weekend by Coach Bell.

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

This is excellent results for Coach Bell who does not even have half a staff yet. Four of the six verbals are defensive players, a major UMass need. Jermaine Johnson could also play WR..

I doubt any of the defensive players will redshirt. Xavier Gonsalves and Mike Claffoni were both recently named Herald All-Scholastics.

Of the six 2019 commits, four are three-star players. UMass only signed six total three-star recruits for the entire 2018 recruiting cycle.

All in all, a very promising start to Coach Bell's tenure in Amherst. 

Still needed for the 2019 recruiting class are TE's, running backs and more of every position on defense.