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247Sports three-star player.
Hudl.com has video highlights.
Averaged 9.7 yards/carry in 2025.
Lewis has 14+ offers. Arkansas, Arizona, Northwestern and West Virginia have offered from Power Four. UConn, Tulsa, Tulane and many more have offered from Group-of-Five. Lewis could get a quality East Coast education and see early playing time in Amherst with the Minutemen.
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247Sports three-star player.
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Bsides UMass, Fisher has an offer from Toledo in the MAC. North Carolina has offered from Power Four. Local FBS teams East Carolina, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina and Liberty have offered from the Group-of-Five. Fischer could get a quality Northeast education and play FBS football with the resurgent Minuteman offense.
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247Sports page here.
Hudl.com has video.
Clark is a three-star recruit. He has offers from Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois and Ohio from the MAC. Liberty, Delaware and Missouri State have also offered. He's an athletic big man and could find a home and lots of playing time in Amherst.
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MaxPreps has stats.
Oberting has 15 total offers. Syracuse has offered from the ACC. Coastal Carolina, Temple and Bowling Green have offered from the Group-of-Five. In addition, most of the Ivies have offered from FCS.
Oberting could get a high quality education and play FBS football as well with the new Minuteman offense.
The Minuteman Command has a Spring recap by Christian McCollum and Rene Ingoglia.
It's well worth listening to. It has some interesting details. I think the Minutemen have significantly increased their talent level from last year. However, I have been worried about the OL and the running backs. Christian and Rene think UMass is good in those two rooms.
Generally, if you can run the ball, you've got a good looking offense and a good looking quarterback. Expecting Pop Watson the jump start the passing game and then also do a dual-threat thing is asking a lot. Being able to run the ball will make it easier on him and help the passing game too.
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ESPN has a good, detailed preview of the MAC conference for 2026. They pick us last, of course, but we deserve that until we play better.
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New conference foe Sacramento State wraps up Spring Ball.
The Hornets' write-up on their Spring practice.
UMass is one of the four MAC teams that have to make the trek to Sacramento, the others are Ohio, Kent State and Toledo.
It will be interesting to see how the new-look UMass team does against ex-FCS Sacramento. It could give us an early indication on how 2026 is going to go for the 2026 season.
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The MAC blog "By the Belt" has a post on three MAC players drafted by the CFL, which includes Keegan Andrews.
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UMass is the first FBS offer for Vallarelli. He's drawing interest from Wake Forest and North Carolina. The Minutemen's TE room is going to shine this year and he could join the crew and play in front of friends and family in Amherst.
Keegan Andrews gets drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Keegan is easily the best punter of the FBS era. I thought he would get an NFL look.
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Former UMass Football Coach Don Brown is now a high school assistant baseball coach.
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College Football News predicts UMass to go 2-10 in 2026.
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