UMass Football News--September 24th, 2019

With yesterday's commit by LB Matheu Masse-Pelletler, the Minutemen currently have 18 verbals for the 2020 recruiting class. UMass signed 21 recruits in Coach Bell's first class, so the staff still has some scholarships to give.

On defense, two defensive linemen, three linebackers and five defensive backs are coming. 247Sports has the class rated as #78 out of 130 teams and rating does not reflect Masse-Pelletler, who does not have a rating yet.

Past UMass recruiting ranking per 247Sports:

2014--#120
2015--#107
2016--#86 (includes Ally, Dingle, Thomas-Ishman,Palmer and Rogers)
2017--#110
2018--#108 (includes five players who left or never arrived)

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" recaps the Coastal Carolina game.

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MassLive reports the Minutemen will receive guarantees of over $1 million for eight future games.

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Some takeaways from FIU's loss to Louisiana Tech.

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How a prep school helped Army achieve its current success.

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MAYBE THIS WILL WORK FOR US

Rutgers QB throws a TD, gets a celebratory punch in the face by one of his offensive linemen.

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