247Sports page here.
I blogged about Lewis back on August 5th and August 2nd.
Hudl.com has senior highlights.
Lewis ended up with 13 offers including all three services academies from FBS. He's pushing 200 pounds and should, along with fellow RB recruit Tauqueer Davis, provide a solid talent injection into the anemic UMass rushing attack. Lewis should have a chance to see some meaningful action in 2026.
247Sports page here.
Hudl.com has video highlights.
Took visits to Virginia Tech and Syracuse.
Davis had thirteen offers including Power Four Virginia Tech, Pitt and Syracuse. Akron, Buffalo, Kent State and Toledo offered from the MAC. UConn, Memphis and Marshall also offered.
Davis could be the impact player of this recruiting cycle. UMass was last-in-the-MAC in rushing offense and #131 nationally. True freshman or no, he'd be my pick to start at Rutgers on September 5th, 2026.
247Sports page here.
Hudl.com has senior highlights.
Fanstake has a bio of Amobi that mentions UMass.
This article features Amobi.
Amobi had 14 offers including Cincinnati from a Power Four conference. Army, Navy and Air Force offered from the Group-of-Five. Amobi' forte is a powerful edge rush, something the UMass defense is in dire need of. He should see the field early.
247Sports three-star player and ranked #10 in the state of Ct.
Hudl.com has senior highlights.
I blogged about Johnson back on July 1st.
On3.com three-star player.
This article has him in the top-13 players in CT.
Johnson chose UMass over Power Four offers from Boston College, Duke, Minnesota and Syracuse. UMass really needs an upgrade in the defensive secondary and Johnson should supply immediate help.
Warner's 247Sports page here.
On3.com has him a top-10 player out of Kentucky.
Hudl.com has video highlights.
MaxPreps has stats.
Warner had eight offers including Akron, Bowling Green Eastern Michigan, Miami and Ohio out of the MAC. Like most of 2026 recruits, Warner should have a chance to play early in a Minuteman defensive secondary that badly needs an upgrade.
Some MAC news:
Toledo loses their head coach Jason Candle to be HC at UConn.
The Rockets also lost their defensive coordinator to Syracuse.
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On 2026 recruiting or transfer portal: Why not a fullback?
The Minutemen could not move the ball in short yardage situations this year. And I spent 2026 watching UMass running backs get trampled by everybody's pass rush.
A 235 pound FB would help football's worst running game as a short yardage blocker or RB. In addition, it would be nice to have a big, solid blocker standing beside of our beleaguered QB in passing situations.
You remember Whipple used a fullback quite a bit. Whipple liked to pass to the fullback leaking out of the backfield sort of like another TE.
No recruiting site tracks fullbacks. 247 Sports (to which I subscribe) does not have a fullback page. ESPN does have a fullback page, but it's blank.
I spent some time scrolling around various recruiting sites for available plus-sized running backs and the only guy I found was Daniel Swinney, 5-10 225 from Iowa Case Western Junior College.
He has nine offers from Group-of-Five schools, so we're in his wheelhouse.
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