Monday, March 09, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--David Wise

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 UMass has offered to David Wise, a 6-6 280 pound OL from West Lawn, Pa.

Hudl.com has season highlights. 

UMass is the first D1 offer for Wise. He has drawn interest from Syracuse and Temple. He could join the resurgent Minuteman program and get an excellent education in Amherst. 

Saturday, March 07, 2026

UMass Football News--March 7th, 2026

 UMass and Hawaii have agreed to cancel their 2026 and 2027 series.

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The latest edition of the Spring UMass football roster is up.

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The Big Ten conference plots a 24-team college football playoff. 

The Power Four conferences want more of their teams in the playoffs, but a 24 team playoff should have ALL THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, including the Group-of-Five. That would still give the Power Four fifteen additional slots.

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And finally, the Boston drivers' version of the Waymo  self-driving car is out.


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Friday, March 06, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Marcus Forsythe

 

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Marcus Forsythe, a 6-4 300 pound OL from Ridgely, MD has a UMass offer.

Hudl.com has video highlights. 

UMass needs offensive linemen and Amherst would be a great place for Forsythe to develop his career. 

Thursday, March 05, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Zyon Preston

 

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Zyon Preston, a 6-2 220 pound Edge from Snellville, GA has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here

Hudl.com has video highlights

MaxPreps has stats. 

Preston also has offers from Cornell and Harvard. He could play FBS-level football and get an excellent education in Amherst. 

Wednesday, March 04, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--Julius LaRosa III

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 Julius LaRosa III, a 6-2 260 pound DL from Jacksonville, FL has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here

This site has video highlights. 

MaxPreps has stats. 

This article covers his offer from UCLA. 

LaRosa has 22 offers pretty evenly split between Power Four schools and Group-of-Five. UCLA, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Kansas are some of his Power Four offers. Appalachian State, Liberty, Western Kentucky and JMU are representative of Group-of-Five. UMass is his only offer from the MAC. He could get an excellent education and a chance to start early in Amherst. 

Tuesday, March 03, 2026

UMass 2026 Transfer Recruiting --Nick Dalessandro

 

Nick Dalessandro, a 6-4 290 pound OG/OT portal transfer from Colgate has a UMass offer.

Dalessamndro's Red Raiders bio here. 

He had 15 career starts and 32 games played for Colgate. Gave up zero sacks on 457 passing plays in 2025. The UMass offensive line is one unit that could use some additional players from the transfer portal.  Dalessandro could be an instant starter and potentially play in 11 FBS games (counting the extra game against Hawaii).

Monday, March 02, 2026

UMass Football Recruiting 2027--William Grinage


 UMass has offered to William Grinage, a 6-3 240 pound DE from Orlando, FL.

Hudl.com has video highlights

MaxPreps has Stats. 14 SACKs and 18 TFL in eleven games..

Grinage has offers from Oregon State and Marshal. He could be part of the Minutemen's defensive renaissance in Amherst.