Recruiting 2014 -- Jason Sylva V

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I've blogged about Jason Sylva, a 6-3 250 pound LB from Dean College four times before.

Sylva is listed as a "soft verbal" to the Minutemen.

According to Rivals.com Sylva will visit UMass today.

Sylva was NFC 2013 Defensive player-of-the-year. He had 72 TT and 8 TFL.

He'll also be visiting Western Michigan on January 17th.

Sylva holds offers from UMass, Florida Atlantic, Old Dominion, UConn and Temple.

Recruiting 2014-- Jason Sylva

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Kudos to the UMass Football Blog reader who sent me a link showing Jason Sylva, a 6-3 250 pound LB from Dean Junior College has reopened his recruiting.

The article reporting Sylva's de-commit from UConn is here.

Sylva is a Rivals three-star player.

His stats from Dean.

Hudl.com has video.

Sylva still holds an offer from UMass.

Jason Sylva verbals to UMass

Matty V. reports that Jason Sylva, a 6-2 245 pound LB from Dean Junior College has verbaled to UMass.

Matty references this tweet by ESPN's Brendan Hall.

I just blogged about Sylva on Wednesday with a link to a recent article about his de-commit from UConn.

Sylva was the second leading tackler on Dean's defense going 30 UT 34 AT 64 TT 9.5-34 TFL 2.5-19 SACKS 1 INT 2 FF.

The Minutemen are building a formidable LB corps.

Recruiting 2014-- Jason Sylva VI

Jason Sylva, listed as a "soft commit" to the Minutemen flipped to Western Michigan after a visit.

Sylva's decommit knocked UMass down three notches in 247 Sports MAC recruiting rankings.

Recruiting 2013 and 2014 Holines and Sylva

UMass has added Sha-ki Holines, a 6-4 240 pound DE has transferred from UConn to the Minutemen.

The Torrington Register-Citizen also has an article on Holines transferring to UMass.

I've blogged on Holines three times before.

Article about Holines' original signing with UConn.

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In addition, Jason Sylva, a 6-3 250 pound LB from Dean College (JUCO) will join the 2014 UMass recruiting class.

Sylva is a Scout.com three-star recruit.

Sylva's Dean College stats.

I've blogged about Sylva before.

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Wednesday--July 31, 2013

UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni says there is an urgency to improve. Note that the comment about UMass verbal Jason Sylva does not seem to be correct as he has tweeted he is committed to the Minutemen.

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The AAC teams are playing for this year.

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The Wisconsin Blog "Bucky's fifth Quarter" says the Badgers will have several FBS All-American candidates on their roster in 2013.

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The Buffalo Blog "Bull Run" has some tips for UMass fans intending to attend this year's game. Mrs Blog and I are going, In'shallah.

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CBS Sports say all eyes on #MACtion.

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Vladimir Ducasse and John Griffin both get mentions in this Jets training camp report.

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Stephane Milhim is out 1-2 weeks with an injured foot.

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Josh Samuda gets some praise in this article from the Sun-Sentinel.

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