UMass Football News--July 19th, 2025

 College Football Wire gives ticket information and kickoff times for the 2025 UMass football schedule.

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Iowa Hawkeyes on Sports Illustrated previews UMass (amazingly, it seems not AI written). 

I have a link to Dave Barry's blog (he cracks me up) here at the UMass football blog. Recently, Google's AI has decided he's dead. 

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Hustle Belt looks at the non-conference chances for each MAC conference football team. 

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College Football Wire considers if FCS transfer Mark Gronowski can take 2025 opponent Iowa to the college football playoffs.

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Deion Sanders wishes college football had a salary cap.

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UMass Football News--July 18th, 2025

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 The Minuteman Command has a post on Coach Harasymiak and staff's recruiting style.

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College Football News has surprising depth in the CFN's preseason MAC All-Conference teams. 

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NIU Huskies hope for a MAC championship in their last year in the league. 

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2025 opponent Iowa announces two sell-out games for this season. 

The Hawkeyes have a 21-game home sell-out record.

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Missouri's HC Eli Drinkwitz thinks a 30-team college football playoff would be about right. 

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UMass Football News--2025

 Rene Ingogia and Mike Corey do the 13th episode of the Minuteman Command podcast.

Mike and Rene interview Mark Vandermeer who was the "Voice of the Minutemen" during the glory years of UMass basketball and football. 

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USA Today ranks 2025 opponent Missouri 10th in SEC power rankings. Tenth in the SEC could lead to a third 10-win season for the Tigers.

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Temple, UMass' opening opponent of the 2025 season reveals two now uniform jerseys for the start of K.C. Keeler era. 

The Owls also had four players make Phil Steele's preseason All-AAC conference team. 

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The CAA, UMass' old FCS conference, continues to dissolve as  Villanova joins William & Mary and Richmond in the Patriot League.

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UMass Football News--July 16th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command interviews Jack Muldoon, the HC at Bonner & Prendergast HS about UMass DL recruit CJ Amobi.

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EA Sports College Football 25 predicts Central Michigan will defeat Miami (Ohio) in the 2025 MAC Conference championship and also predicts a 4-8 season for UMass. 

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The Athletic predicts (and ranks) QB starters for all 136 college football teams. 

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They predict Utah transfer Brandon Rose will start for UMass. 

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UMass Football News--July 15th, 2025

 

Homecoming will be October 4th. The opponent will be Western Michigan. The Broncos went 6-7 in 2024, with a loss to Southern Alabama in the Salute to Veterans Bowl. Athlon predicts an 8th place finish in 2025. Lindy's picks Western Michigan 6th in the MAC.

College Football News thinks the Broncos have a "likely" win at UMass. 

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The Minuteman Command has an interview with new UMass kicker Seamus McIntyre. 

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Hero Sports has a post on all of the pending conference realignments.

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Hustle Belt looks at CFB 26's MAC team ratings and overall player rankings. 

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UMass Football News--July 14th, 2025

 

The MAC conference has a post on it's Thursday July 24th Media Day.

Along with Coach Harasymiak, Rocco Griffin and Malcolm Green will attend. Both are transfers and new to UMass this year. Griffin is a RB and spent time at Vanderbilt and UTSA. Green is a DB and had previous stops at Clemson and Virginia.

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Ohio University issues a statement that a story saying they were exploring leaving the MAC conference "inaccurate" .

Maybe it was all an AI hallucination.. 

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Forbes looks at the Group of Six for 2025 and says Boise State is still the cream of the crop. 

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UMass Football News--July 12th, 2025

 UMass places seven players on the Athlon Sports preseason All-MAC team.

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The MetroWest Daily News looks at the 2025 Minutemen player ratings in College Football 2025. 

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Episode #12 of the Minuteman Podcast is up. 

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Something called Sportskeeda looks at MAC conference NFL prospects including UMass OL Ryan Mosesso. 

Ryan's UMass bio. 

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It occurs to me that yesterday's blog post was probably off base. The referenced article mentioned Ohio's travel concerns and weekday "MacAction". That paragraph in the original article was probably AI-written padding. It's the exact type of invented detail that AIs like to provide..

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UMass Football News--July 11th, 2025

 Hustle Belt report that founding MAC member Ohio is in "preliminary" discussions with the Sun Belt conference about affiliation.

Athlon Sports has a post on the report. 

M live also has a story on the report. 

M Live points out and I would like to add that some of the report does not make a lot of sense.

 "Metllen’s reporting suggests Ohio— and perhaps other MAC members— express concerns with the conference’s broadcaster-influenced decision to schedule weeknight games leading to declining attendance at games and that the conference’s most recent full-member additions (Buffalo in 1999 and UMass in 2025) have or will resulted in increased travel costs."

Most of the Sun Belt's locations are much farther away from Athens OH than Buffalo NY or Amherst MA. Depending on route taken, Buffalo is about 390 miles from Athens and UMass is about 380.

James Madison is about 300 miles from Ohio, Georgia Southern is 600-650 miles, South Alabama 800-850 miles and Louisiana is about 900-950 miles. The other Gulf Coast Sun Belt teams are a comparable distance. In general, travel distances to Sun Belt locations would be significantly larger.

The weekday MACation games generally have low attendances, but the schools taking part get a national TV audience that has no other competition on that night. 

If Ohio really is interested in leaving the MAC, it is probably because they think they can get more money elsewhere.  

Northern Illinois is leaving for the Mountain West, which has a media payout of about $6 million per school versus about $1 million for the MAC. The Sun Belt payouts are reportedly slightly more than the MAC.

The MAC's media package is up for renewal in 2027 and should result in a sizable increase. 

 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Seamus McIntyre commits to UMass

 

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Seamus McIntyre, a 6-2 225 pound kicker from New Hampshire has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on McIntyre's joining the Minutemen. 

I blogged about McIntyre back on May 24th. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Kohl's Kicking.com has an extensive bio here. 

McIntyre chose UMass over offers from Bryant and Holy Cross. Kicking has been a thorn in the side of Minuteman football during the FBS era. McIntyre has a chance to be part of a team that will lead the program out of the wilderness. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Samu Suominen commits to UMass

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 Samu Suominen, a 6-4 308 pound offensive lineman from Finland has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Suominen's joining UMass. 

The NFL Academy has an interview (in Finnish) with some video footage of his play there.

Hudl.com has some video of him on the Finnish national team. 

Suominen also has video (in English) of him at the London NFL Academy. 

Motivation and hard work will take a player far and Suominen could be a factor in future Minuteman offensive lines. 

 

UMass Football News--July 8th, 2025

 

The Minuteman Command has an interview with 2026 QB recruit Tyler Bell.

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The Hampshire Gazette remembers UMass' glory days in the Atlantic 10. Unfortunately, most of them were a long time ago.

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The MetroWest News has a report on local players in College Football 25, including Sullivan Weidman and Tyler Martin from UMass. 

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Athlon Sports has a four-deep MAC preseason All-conference team.  The Minutemen have a number of players on the third and fourth string teams.

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The UMass Football Blog has a strict policy of not making fun of football player's names.

Therefore, under no conceivable circumstance should you click on this link.

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UMass Football News--July 7th, 2024

 

Hustle Belt has welcome back to the Mid-America Conference, UMass.

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HERO Sports predicts UMass will have four wins in  2025 and go 2-6 in the MAC. 

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A possibly AI-written post by Sports Illustrated looks at how UMass will do in our return to the MAC. 

Why I think the story is AI-written is because all the hard information in the story comes from one 247Sports page. You and I know if UMass loaded up on transfers, then there won't be much NIL or scholarship money for freshmen recruits. But an AI does not make the connection between the low ranking on freshman recruiting and the thirty-five transfers.

Also the article concludes UMass COULD get better, or the Minutemen COULD get worse.. 

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SI also has UMass dead last in the post-spring power rankings, behind 0-12 Kent State. 

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The new-look Pac-12 (now eight)  adds Texas State.

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Delaware joins Conference USA. I think the Hens and Western Kentucky would be excellent additions to the MAC. Delaware would be the third flagship university (joining UMass and Buffalo) in the MAC and the Hill Toppers have a strong athletic program.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Kareem Pruitt

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 Kareem Pruitt, a 6-3 173 pound Safety from Orchard Lake, MI has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Pruitt's commitment. 

I blogged about Pruitt back in March. 

Pruitt had seven offers including a Power Four offer from Kentucky. Also received interest  from Michigan State. Temple and Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Miami (Ohio) also offered. A 6-3, he has room to grow into a down-hill safety and could be a force in the Minuteman secondary in the future.

Fourth of July 2025

Peace, prosperity and personal liberty have been rare in history and they are by no means the norm in the 21st century. I'm very thankful for my life here in New Hampshire.

Happy Birthday America!
 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Donovan Murphy commits to UMass

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 Donovan Murphy, a 6-4 230 pound Edge from District Heights, MD has committed to UMass.

247Sports page here. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

The Minuteman Command has a post on Murphy's joining the Minutemen. 

Gets a mention as a top performer in this Rival camp. 

UMass was the first offer for Murphy. DL's are the scarcest recruits. Murphy has the size to be a force as a DE. He should be a factor in future Minuteman defensive lines.  

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Jenoa Alford commits to UMass

 

Jenoa Alford, a 5-10 165 pound WR from Jacksonville, FL has committed to UMass.

247Sports page here.

MaxPreps has stats. 3,369 total all-purpose yards of offense..

Watch this kick return. 

Alford had five offers including Power Four offers from Illinois and Pitt. He could play WR and be the primary kickoff return guy. It should be fun watching him supply a spark to UMass' special teams. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Terron Johnson commits to UMass

 

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Terron Johnson, a 5-11 175 pound CB from New Rochelle, NY has committed to UMass.

247 Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

The Minuteman Command has a post on Johnson's commitment. 

Johnson is a two-time All-American in track. He chose UMass over Power Four offers from BC, Duke, Minnesota and Syracuse. He should see plenty of playing time and be a force in the Minuteman secondary in coming years. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--CJ Amobi commits to UMass

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 CJ Amobi, a 6-2 210 pound Edge from Drexil Hill, PA has committed to UMass.

247 Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

The Minuteman Command has a post on Amobi's commitment.  

Amobi had fourteen total offers including Army, Navy, Air Force and Cincinnati from FBS. His academics are excellent and he had offers from Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale. He probably projects as an OLB in college. It should be fun watching his career with UMass.

UMass Football Blog News--June 26th, 2025

 There will be no updates to the blog on Friday or Saturday. I'll be back on Monday June 30th..

UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Romando Johnson commits to UMass

 

Romando Johnson, a 6-3 245 strong-side DE transfer from West Virginia has committed to UMass.

247Sports page here. 

Mountaineers bio here. 

Johnson could be the top transfer signing of this period. He was a high three-star player and was ranked a top-100 recruit in Florida.  He received 30 offers (!), including Boston College, Cincinnati, Florida, Louisville, Miami, Mississippi State, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Wake Forest and Wisconsin.

Defensive end has been a long-time weakness in UMass' FBS era. Johnson could be an impact player for the Minutemen and in the MAC. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Christian Alvarez commits to UMass

 

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Christian Alvarez, a 6-4 285 pound OL from Montval, NJ has committed to UMass.

 The Minuteman Command has a post on Alvarez's commitment. 

I blogged about Alvarez back on June 4th. 

Alvarez is the first OL signing of this cycle. He had fifteen offers including FBS offers from Army, Air Force, Coastal Carolina and  Delaware (the Hens are joining CUSA this year). 

He should have a bright future with the Minuteman and I look forward to watching him play. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--David Moore Jr commits to UMass

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 David Moore Jr, a 5-11 180 pound Athlete from West Orange,NJ has committed to UMass

The Minuteman Command has a post on his commitment.  

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

Rivals three-star recruit. 

Moore had fifteen offers. He had Power Four offers from Duke, Pitt and West Virginia. Central Michigan and Toledo offered from the MAC. Moore can play both ways, but probably projects as a WR in College. Hopefully, he will have a great career and make an impact on UMass' status in the MAC. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Kai Owens commits to UMass

 

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Kai Owens, a 6-3 175 pound WR from Mundelein, IL has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on his joining UMass. 

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats.  62 total catches for 803 yards and 7 TD's..

Owens had eight offers including Ball St, Eastern Michigan, Kent State and Miami (Ohio) from the MAC. Marshall offered from the Sun Belt.  The new UMass offense wants to throw the ball and Owens should prosper in the years to come. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Yendor Mack commits to UMass

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 Yendor Mack, a 6-3 260 pound DL from Harrisburg, PA has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on his joining UMass. 

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

PennLive has a story covering his commitment to UMass 

Mack had thirteen offers including Buffalo, Akron and Old Dominion from FBS. He should prosper in the new Minuteman defense. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Corey Warner commits to UMass

 

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Corey Warner, a 5-11 180 pound DB from Louisville, KY has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Warner's signing. 

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

Warner had eight total offers including Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Miami (Ohio) and Toledo from the MAC. He has all the potential to be a fixture in the future UMass defensive secondary. Hope he has a great career with the Minutemen. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Tyler Bell commits to UMass

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 Tyler Bell, a 6-0 185 pound QB from Jersey City, NJ has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has two posts on Bell's commitment:  his announcement and Tommy Guy breaks down Bell's HS skills.

I blogged about Bell before. 

247Sports has a post on Bell's commitment to the Minutemen. 

In FBS football, it's the general procedure to recruit one QB per year and Bell looks like an excellent signing. UMass fans will be able to follow his career with Coach Harasymiak. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Matthew Tybor commits to UMass

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 Matthew Tybor, a 6-4 240 pound TE from Lawrence Academy has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Tybor's commitment. 

I blogged about UMass recruiting Tybor back in March. 

Tight ends have become a big component of modern college football offenses. Hope Tybor has a productive career with the Minutemen. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Samuel Mulbah commits to UMass

 

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The Minuteman Command reports Samuel Mulbah, a 6-3 260 pound DL from Camp Hill, PA has committed to UMass.

I blogged about Mulbah back on May 23rd, 2025. 

Mulbah chose UMass over an offer from Buffalo and several FCS schools. He should have a bright future in the new Minuteman defense. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Cooper Long commits to UMass

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 UMass had a number of commits from this weekend's OV session.

Cooper Long, 6-5 270 pound DL from Sallsbury, CT has committed to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Long's deciding to join the Minutemen. 

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Long had nine offers including Army from FBS and eight Northeast FCS schools. I'll be looking forward to following his career with UMass. 

UMass Football News--June 14th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command has a post on a number of potential recruits taking an official visit to UMass this weekend.

I've blogged on some of them here. I'll cover any commits as they occur.

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The Daily Collegian has a really nice story about Coach Jim Reid. If anyone reflects the values of Minuteman foot ball, it's coach Reid.

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Sports Illustrated ranks MAC teams after Spring ball and has UMass dead last, after winless Kent State. 

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I have a copy of the 2025 edition of Lindy's College Football Magazine. Of the 28 new coaching hires they rank Coach Harasymiak 7th out of 28 hires (with a rating of 8.5 out of 10).

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The Athletic reports college football's effort to reel in the transfer portal is gaining momentum.  

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Parker Maiers

 

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Parker Maiers, a 6-1 220 pound LB from Indianapolis, IN has a UMass offer.

247Sport page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 296 TT in 22 games played in the last two years.

This article from 2024 has him as one of the top-20 LB's in Indiana. 

Maiers has eleven offers including Air Force and Navy. Buffalo, Central Michigan, Kent State and Eastern Michigan have offered from the MAC. He could get an excellent education and be part of the resurgent UMass football tradition in Amherst. 

UMass Football News--June 12th, 2025

 Episode # 8 of the Flagship Podcast is up. Christian McCollum fills in for Rene Ingoglia this week.

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College Football,News previews the 2025 UMass team and predicts 2.5 wins.

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Hustle Belt has the House vs NCAA settlement from a MAC point of view. 

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Athlon Sports previews the 2025 MAC conference and predicts UMass 12th in the 13-team league. 

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Hawkeyes Wire looks at 2025 Power Four opponent Iowa. 

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Paul Finebaum thinks the new NIL structure leaves mid-major teams "with no chance of success". 

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North Carolina basketball will pay its NIL roster a "staggering" amount of money in 2025. 

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Collin Walls

 

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Collin Walls a 6-5 235 pound TE from Fishers, IN has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Gets a mention is this 2024 article on top recruiting prospects in Indiana. 

Walls has a Power Four offer from Maryland. Marshall has offered as well as Bowling Green and Kent State from the MAC. He could be part of the resurgent UMass offense and be in line for some early playing time in Amherst.

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Will McNamara

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 Will McNamara, a 6-5 270 pound OL from Kent, CT has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

McNamara has an FBS offer from New Mexico as well as a number of FCS schools. He could be part of the new Minuteman offense with Coach Harasymiak in amherst. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Calix Lemp

 

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Calix Lemp, a 6-0 185 pound Athlete from Wadsworth, OH has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Third in the state of Ohio in 60 meters track. 

Lemp has twenty offers including Army and Air Force from the Service academies as well as Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Central Michigan and Buffalo from the MAC. Lemp could play WR or DB in college. He could get an excellent East Coast education and be part of the new UMass football program with coach Harasymiak.  

UMASS Football Recruiting 2026--Lance Dawson

 

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Lance Dawson, a 6-5 250 pound OL/DE from Avon, Ohio, has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

 Will take an OV to Cincinnati.

Dawson has ten offers including Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Kent State and Miami from the MAC. He has a Power Four offer from Cincinnati. He could be part of the coming Renaissance  of UMass football with coach Harasymiak in Amherst. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--David Moore

 

David Moore, a 5-11 180 pound Athlete from West Orange, NJ will take an official visit to UMass.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. Averaged 9.8 yards/carry on offense.

Moore has fifteen offers including Toledo and Central Michigan from the MAC. Pitt and Duke have offered from the Power Four. He will also take an OV to Temple. Moore could be an active part in the rising UMass program. There is also lots of playing time available in Amherst. 

UMass Football News--June 5th, 2025

 The Minutemen Command has Episode #7 of the Flagship Podcast. Rene and Mike interview ESPN writer Dan Wetzel.

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Sports Illustrated has the G5 Daily covering the top teams in the Group-of-Five after Spring Ball. 

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Hustle Belt has a long interview with new UMass HC Joe Harasymiak. 

They also look at the QB situation for every MAC team. They predict Utah transfer Brandon Rose will win the UMass job.

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Draft Kings Sports Book has UMass with a 3.5 over-and-under season wins for 2025. This is kinda encouraging to Minuteman fans as Vegas thinks UMass will win between 3 and four games. Note that UMass has only won four games twice in our FBS career (2017 and 2018 Whipple). We've never won five.

Outside of those two 4-8 seasons with Whipple, the win total of Molnar, Bell and Brown was 17-106 or .160 winning percentage.. 

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Draft Kings also has UMass -1.5 favorite over Temple on August 30th.  A win over the Owls would be a really big boost to the 2025 season and place that four-win season ceiling in jeopardy. 

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Christian Alverez

 

Christian Alverez, a 6-4 285 pound OL from Woodcliff Lake, NJ recently took a visit to UMass.

The Minuteman Command has a post on Alverez's visit. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Alverez has offers from all three of the Service academies, Temple, Marshall and a number of FCS schools. He could get an excellent East Coast education and be part of the revived UMass program in Amherst. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Kai Owens

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 Kai Owens, a 6-2 195 pound WR from Mundelein, IL has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

This article covers his visit to Wisconsin. 

Owens has FBS offers from Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Marshall and Miami (Ohio). He could get an excellent East Coast education and be part of resurgent UMass football in Amherst.

UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Jerry Washington

 

Jerry Washington, a 6-2 235 pound Edge from Goodyear, AZ has joined the 2025 class.

UMass bio here. 

247Sports three-star athlete. 

Originally signed with San Diego State. 

DL's are the rarest recruits, and Washington could be an excellent addition to the UMass defensive line. In HS he had 47.5 career TFL, which is outstanding. I look forward to watching his career with the Minutemen. 

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UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Jackson Strand

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 The Minuteman Command interviews UMass recruiting target LB Jackson Strand. 

 

Strand is a 6-4 205 pound LB from Loomis Chaffee school in Windsor, CT. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

Besides UMass, Strand also has an offer from UConn. He could be part of the new UMass era in the MAC and play in front of friends and family in Amherst. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Keiran Edwards

 

Kieran Edwards, a 6-2 190 pound DB from Danbury, CT will take an OV to UMass in June.

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

Rivals page here. 

Edwards has ten total offers including Air Force and Navy from FBS. He could play in front of friends and family and be part the revived Minuteman defense in Amherst. 

UMass Football News--May 29th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command has episode #6 of the Flagship podcast.

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Hustle Belt has getting to know new Bowling Green HC Eddie George. 

UMass Coach Harasymiak will be the next coach interviewed in the series.

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Bill Connelly of ESPN has a long, detailed preview of the 2025 MAC conference.

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The 2025 MAC conference helmet schedule is up. 

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Athlon Sports ranks the 2025 MAC head coaches.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Kayden Bennet

 

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The Minuteman Command has a video interview with Kayden Bennett, a 6-2 245 pound Edge from Suffield, CT. He will consider an OV to UMass later in the spring.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video. 

This article from Sports Illustrated covers his recruitment by Illinois. 

Bennett has seventeen total offers including a number of Power Four schools. UConn, BC and Syracuse have offered from the Northeast. Akron has offered from the MAC. UMass could offer early playing time and an excellent education.   

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Tyler Bell

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 The Minuteman Command has a video interview with 2026 recruiting target Tyler Bell.

Bell is a 6-0 185 pound QB from Jersey City, NJ.

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 3,200 career passing yards, 36 TD's

Threw six TD's in a single game. 

Bell could find a home in Amherst with the new-look UMass offense. He could be part of the coming Minuteman Renaissance. 

 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--RJ Blount

 RJ Blount a 5-11 200 pound RB from Pennsauken, NJ will take a OV to UMass in June.

This article talks about his recruiting including UMass and Temple. 

MaxPreps has stats. 7.6 yards/carry AVE.

Hudl.com has video. 

247Sports page here. 

Blount has eleven offers including Temple, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan and UConn. He could be part of the new UMass era with Coach Harasymiak in Amherst.

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Seamus McIntyre

 

Seamus McIntyre, a 6-2 220 pound kicker/punter will take an OV to UMass in June.

Kohl's camps has an extensive bio on McIntyre. 

YouTube has video. 

The new UMass staff led by Coach Harasymiak seems to be interested in special teams and McIntyre would prosper working with special teams coordinator Joe Castellito.

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Samuel Mulbah

 Samuel Mulbah, a 6-3 260 pound DL from Camp Hill, PA will take an OV to UMass in June.

247Sports page here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

Mulbah had 43 TT last year which included 12 TFL. He has an offer from MAC rival Buffalo. Mulbah could be part of the new era of UMass with Coach Harasuymiak in Amherst.

UMass Football News--May 22nd, 2025

 The Minuteman Command has two posts:

Episode #5 of the Minuteman podcast. 

Coach Harasymiak to prioritize high school recruiting.

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Former Eastern Michigan QB Cole Snyder signs with the Canadian Football League. 

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Hustle Belt interviews new Central Michigan head coach Matt Drinkall.  UMass is 0-2 all-time against Central Michigan, losing 42-21 and 37-0 in the Charlie Molnar era.

The Minutemen renew the series this year on October 25th at CMU.

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Nick Saben endorses enlarging the college football playoffs to 16 teams. Gee, FBS may do what the rest of college football FCS, DII and DII have been doing for decades.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Donnie Gray commits to UMass

 

Donnie Gray, a 6-2 210 pound transfer WR from Northwestern has committed to UMass.

Wildcats bio here. 

The Minuteman Command covers Gray's signing with the Minutemen. 

Gray was a high three-star out of Deerfield Academy with offers from Northwestern, Syracuse and Temple. He is a big-bodied receiver and should bring senior leadership to UMass. 

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--David Chiavegato commits to UMass

 

David Chiavegato, a 6-0 195 pound DB/Athlete from Walpole, MA has committed to UMass' 2026 freshman class.

Minuteman Command has the story here. 

Hudl.com has video. 

Chiavegato has impressive stats on both sides of the ball and chose UMass over FBS offers from Army and Air Force. He should be an excellent addition to future UMass teams.

UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Brandon Hood commits to UMass

 Brandon Hood, a 5-10 185 pound transfer RB from Colorado has committed to UMass.

Buffaloes bio here. 

This article covers his entering the transfer portal. 

Was a high three-star RB out of prep school.

With only four RB's currently on the roster, Hood has the opportunity to be a big part of the Minuteman offense in years to come.

 

UMass Football News--May 17th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command has two video episodes:

The fourth episode of the Minuteman Podcast. 

And Christian McCollum talks with New England Prep coaches about UMass recruiting. 

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Sports Illustrated reports that CJ Hester, the former UMass RB who transferred to Michigan, is unlikely to see the playing field in  any significant way.

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College Football News previews the 2025 Northern Illinois Huskies and predicts a win over UMass. 

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CFN also previews the 2025 UConn Huskies and predicts an eight-win season and another bowl game.

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