UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Evan Simon

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Evan Simon, a 6-2 200 pound pro-style QB from Manheim, PA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from March 2018 features Simon's recruiting.

Simon has five FBS offers including Pitt, Rutgers, Temple and West Virginia.

UMass Football News--June 30th, 2018

The UMass Athletic Dept operated $500,000 in the black for the 2017 season.

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The Orlando Sentinel ranks BYU as #59 in its preseason predictions.

The Cougars still have four quarterbacks in contention to start in 2018.

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UConn coach Randy Edsell hires his son Corey to be TE coach for the Huskies and causes a major kerfluffle in Storrs.

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Recruiting rankings have a strong correlation with a team's success.

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UMass Recruiting 2019--Jonathon Collins verbals to UMass

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Jonathan Collins, a 6-1 170 pound Athlete from Williamstown, NJ has verbaled to UMass.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on the commitment.

247Sports page here.

MaxPreps has stats.

This article features Collins performance at the recent Rutgers football camp.

Collins also gets a mention in this report on the Rutgers camp.

Another mention of Collins in this post on a 7-on-7 tournament.

Collins had offers from two FCS teams. He will probably be ranked as a two-star recruit after signing with a FBS team.

UMass Football News--June 29th, 2018

Video interview with Liam Coen about his R.I. football camp and his new job with the L.A. Rams.

Coen's Rams bio.

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The Trib Live.com ranks Boston College's QB Anthony Brown last in its ACC quarterback rankings.

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College Football continues to grow as a record 778 college and universities will field teams this fall.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Aaron Lowe

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Aaron Lowe, a 6-1 180 pound CB from Mesquite, TX has received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article features Lowe's recruiting by TCU.

Lowe has eleven offers with UMass as the only team from the Northeast.

UMass Football News--June 28th, 2018

HERO Sports ranks USF as #59 for 2018 preseason.

Saturday Blitz has five USF freshmen to watch this season.

The Bulls also have a new athletics director.

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Sporting New has Group-of-Five predictions for 2018. They have Ohio winning the MAC Championship and Neal Brown as the top candidate for a Power Five coaching position.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Joshua Youngblood

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Joshua Youngblood, a 5-11 170 pound Athlete from Tampa, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

Also ran track.

This article from May 24th features Youngblood.

Youngblood has thirty (!) offers including FBS teams Navy, Temple and Buffalo from the Northeast.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Spencer Witter

Spencer Witter, a 6-5 225 pound TE from West Hartford, Ct has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com video here.

2018 Choate football captain.

Witter has ten offers with Army as the other FBS team.

UMass Football Recruiting 2020 --Eamonn Dennis

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Eamonn Dennis, a 5-11 173 pound Athlete from Worcester, MA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com here.

USA Today 2017 All-Massachusetts as a kick returner.

Dennis also has an offer from UConn.

UMass Football News--June 25th, 2018

UMass President Marty Meehan says football games at Gillette are only a good idea depending on circumstances.

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Al.com reports Auburn is impressed with "freak athlete" Jack Driscoll.

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The Charlotte Observer looks at the 49ers opponents in 2018.

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Boston College gets a verbal from DB Romain Mungin, who had a UMass offer.

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UMass Football recruiting 2019---North Peters

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North Peters, a 6-3 285 pound DL from Mystic, Ct has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Peters has eleven offers including Syracuse, Army and Buffalo from the Northeast.

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Noelly Miller

Noelly Miller, a 6-1 190 pound WR from Rockville, MD has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

MaxPreps has stats.

Hudl.com has video.

UMass is the first FBS team to offer Miller. He has 12 other offers, all from FCS teams, including Maine, New Hampshire, Holy Cross and more from New England.

UMass Football News--June 22nd, 2018

Yesterday I bogged about the new practice bubble. They're actually pretty nice---and functional, which is the point.

This article is about the bubble installed at Columbia. It has a video and an image gallery.

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This article is from "Athletics Business" and is about maximizing field use and budgets using seasonal domes. Its got a video of the setup of Harvard's bubble. The sound track is pretty annoying and it starts slow, but hang on to the end when the bubble is lighted, then it's pretty impressive.

On a cold dreary January or February day the UMass coaching staff can show recruits the lighted bubble and it will make a difference. The bubble will also show the AAC, should there be a conference realignment, that UMass is investing in the program.

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247Sports has a post on ten running backs looking to build off their freshman season. One of them is A.J. Dillon, and the Minutemen are sure to get a big dose of that action on September 1st.

Speaking of BC, "BC Interruption" talks smack about the Minutemen.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Two who got away

I've blogged about 6-4 216 pound Safety Zukudo Igwenagu before.

He recently verbaled to Rutgers.

I also blogged about Kervens Bonhomme, a 6-2 230 pound LB before.

Bonhomme verbaled to Indiana.

UMass Football News--June 21st, 2018

UMass Alumnus Martin Jacobson pledges $5.58 million to help fund a new practice bubble for football.

The Gazette, which has not yet replaced Matty Vautour, has story about the gift and notes some of the funds will go towards a high-rez scoreboard.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" also has a post on the gift.

This is good news for the football team and athletic dept. While not a hard-sided facility, it'll be functional and a big help in bad-weather Amherst. Along with the scoreboard, it's another year of improvements. UMass went decades without any sort of improvements in McGuirk and this means we're still on the way up.

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BC Interruption looks at the last five games between the Eagles and the Minutemen.

Speaking of BC, Athlon has five Eagles as preseason All-Americans.

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The Lawless Republic says Independent BYU shouldn't play a schedule like UMass or Liberty.

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Athlon Sports ranks Georgia's 2018 opponents in order of difficulty.

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Recruiting 2019--Keynon Stewart verbals to Texas Tech

Keeynon Stewart, a 5-11 160 pound DB from Houston, TX has verbaled to Texas Tech.

I blogged about Stewart, who had a UMass offer, back on June 6th. Stewart was also the subject of a post on the "Fight Massachusetts" site.

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UMass Football News--June 20th, 2018

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" does a question-and-answer session with "BC Interruption".

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Sporting News has the over-and-under for UMass as 5.5.

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CBS Sports has Georgia at 10.5 wins. Second only to Alabama in the SEC.

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Spurred by football, Appalachian State athletics are on the rise.

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Social media has a growing impact on college football recruiting.

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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Dean Clark

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Dean Clark, a 6-1 180 pound Safety from Massillon, OH has received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This story from September of 2017 mentions Clark.

The McAllister Scouting Report has Clark as one of the better players in Ohio's 2019 class.

Besides UMass, Clark has FBS offers from Army and Air Force.

UMass Football News--June 17th, 2018

Former UMass player and assistant coach Malik Hall has been named head coach at Bates.

The Maine Press-Herald also has a story about Coach Hall being named HC.

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The Boston College site "BC Interrupted" kicks off a "UMass Week".

Speaking of BC, Mark Blaudschun asks if the Eagles are finally ready to join the ACC.

Athlon Sports previewed BC back on June 1st.
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UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Cornelius Nunn

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Cornelius Nunn, a 6-0 170 pound Safety from Miami, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports three-star player.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from a SB Nation site features Nunn.

Nunn has 23 offers, mostly from Power Five schools. BC and Pitt have offered from the Northeast.