UMass Football News---January 8th, 2019

Andy Isabella has been invited to the NFL Combine on Feb. 26th.

Music City Miracles interviews Isabella about his career and NFL hopes. Andy has nice things to say about UMass.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" reports RB Bilal Ally will return to the Minutemen next year.

This is a big "recruit" for Coach Bell. Ally rushed for 25-139 5.5 AVE 66 LONG in 2018. Without Ally UMass would have been very thin at RB next year.

With Jordan Fredericks being a senior and Ally a junior next year, UMass still really needs a RB in the 2019 recruiting class, but the coaching staff can now afford to be more choosy in their offers.

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SB Nation looks at the chances of all 130 FBS teams of beating FCS National Champions North Dakota State.

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247Sports reports UMass could be a transfer destination for SMU QB Ben Hicks. He's SMU's all-time leader in pass attempts, completions, yards and TD's.

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Meanwhile, Clemson dismantled Alabama in the FBS National Championship game.

The Tigers walk-on WR Hunter Renfrow is a lot like Andy Isabella.

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Recruiting 2017--Hunter Long verbals to BC

I've blogged about Hunter Long, a 6-4 250 TE from Exeter, NH a number of times before.

He verbaled to Boston College over the weekend.

Long attended last week's Clam Bake at UMass. Also had an offer from UConn.

Recruiting 2017--Hunter Long II

I've blogged about Hunter Long, a 6-5 235 pound TE from Exeter, NH before.

Mike Traini updates Long's recruiting news.

Long will be attending UMass' recruiting clam bake this weekend.

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Recruiting 2017--Hunter Long

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Several recruiting services indicate UMass has offered to Hunter Long, 6-5 235 pound TE from Exeter, NH.

His NCSA recruiting profile.

Hudl,com has video.

This article from 2015 features Long.

Seacoast Online says Long will take a prep year at Deerfield Academy.

Long currently holds offers from UMass, BC and UConn.

Recruiting 2017---Chinedu Ogbonna

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Several recruiting services indicate UMass has offered to Chinedu Ogbonna, a 6-2 200 pound OLB from Wheeler HS in Georgia.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Partial quote from a February 2016 article about Ogbonna from Scout.com:

Ogbonna, 6'3, 210, has a nice frame and as he adds weight will be a head hunter in his senior season.  With great insticts to the ball and good quickness, Ogbonna already brings a lot to the table.  
He's still got a very long time before he will make his deicision, and for now he just plans to keep working and getting ready for his senior season.

"I've been lifting weights and trying to get stronger," he said. 
"I run track and mostly just focus on school.  I have a lot in front of me and I'm excited about the future."

Ogbonna has 11 total offers including future UMass opponents Troy, Old Dominion, Tulane (2016) and Tennessee (2017).