Friday, June 19, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2028--Anthony Boniface

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 Anthony Boniface, a 6-6 285 pound OL/DL from Suffield Academy in Suffield, CT has a UMass offer.

Hudl.com has video highlights

Boniface also has an offer from UConn. He could play close to home and be part of the new UMass offense in Amherst. 

Thursday, June 18, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Ty McCutcheon


 Ty McCutcheon, a 6-3 195 pound JUCO QB from Southwestern College in San Diego will take a OV to UMass today.

Went 7 GP 94-155 1,122 yards 60.6% 11 TD's 4 INT's  139.7 EFF for the Jaguars last year.

Hudl.com has video highlights

Southwestern College "X" post about McCutcheon

Was a 247Sports three-star player out of HS. 

McCutcheon had Power Four offers from Arizona and Washington State out of HS. He could find a home in Amherst and give the Minutemen some added depth in the quarterback room. 

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

UMass Football News--June 17th, 2026

 During last weekend's visit 2027 commits  Jack Hinspeter and GaVin English rock the icy whites.


 

 

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UMass was tied for 3rd in the 247Sports 2026 MAC transfer rankings with 25 three-star recruits--that was before RJ Johnson left. 

Still a number of FBS QB's available including quarterbacks from Kent State and NIU.

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HERO Sports reports on rumors about UConn to the PAC-12.

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OT, but UMass rowing led the MAC with 25 selections to the MAC All-Academic team.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Joel Gomez commits to UMass

 

Joel Gomez, a 6-6 215 pound TE from Manchester, NH has committed to UMass.

Three-star 247Sports athlete. 

I blogged about Gomez back on March 11th

This is a nice signing for the Minutemen. Gomez chose UMass over offers from Virginia Tech, Boston College, Rutgers and UConn. He should have a bright future with the resurgent Minuteman offense. 

Monday, June 15, 2026

UMass Football News--The Ides of June 2026

 The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" has a post on football pundit Phil Steele's preseason All-Mac team.

MAC 2026 favorites Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio) dominate the 1st team selections.

UMass places seven players on the teams. Tyler Martin is first-team defense and Grant Mills makes the 2nd team special teams list. 

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Athlon Sports has a story about the top six Group-of-Five teams for 2026. 

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CBS Sports thinks the new PAC-12 immediately moves to the top of the non-Power conferences. 

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UConn signs a record setting QB.  The Huskies are up to 16 signed players for 2027.

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Boston College flips a Miami (Ohio) recruit.

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Saturday, June 13, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Louis Turpin

 

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Louis Turpin, 6-4 225 pound DE from Cheshire Academy, CT has a UMass offer.

Hudl.com has video highlights from 2024-2025. 

Turpin is originally from Ontario, Canada. Defensive end has been a need for the Minutemen for a long time. He could play FBS football and get an excellent education in Amherst with UMass.

Friday, June 12, 2026

UMass Football News--June 12th, 2026


 UMass QB RJ Johnson III has posted on X he is transferring from UMass

This is a hit to the Minutemen's depth. Since moving to FBS, UMass has struggled to field a FBS-level quarterback. Except for Andrew Ford and Blake Fronapfel  in the Whipple II era, we have not had productive play from the QB position.

If Pop Watson should be injured,  UMass would be left without a proven QB. 

Remaining QB's would include redshirt sophomore Will Perry, true freshman Aedan McCarthy   and Drake transfer Logan Inagawa.

Inagawa was a three-star recruit out of HS. His Bulldogs bio here.

The Minutemen will probably try to add a QB transfer over the summer.