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The Minuteman Command has a post on his joining UMass.
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.
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The Minuteman Command has a post on his joining UMass.
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.
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The Minuteman Command has a post on Warner's signing.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Long had nine offers including Army from FBS and eight Northeast FCS schools. I'll be looking forward to following his career with UMass.
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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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.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
David Moore, a 5-11 180 pound Athlete from West Orange, NJ will take an official visit to UMass.
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.
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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The Minuteman Command has a post on Alverez's visit.
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.
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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.
Jerry Washington, a 6-2 235 pound Edge from Goodyear, AZ has joined the 2025 class.
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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UPDATE:
The Minuteman Command has an interview with Washington.
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