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July 26th

The SouthEast team were the winners in the final game of the Gridiron Kings 7-on-7 tournament in Orlando this weekend.  Miami Central’s Jeffrey Godfrey fired a pass to Miramar H.S. (Florida) WR Ivan McCartney with no time remaining for the 12-6 win over the West team.  Gridironstuds.com member Latwan Anderson was named the Defensive MVP.  Anderson played for the Midwest team which dealt the Southeast team their only loss in the tournament.   The offensive MVP of the tournament was Palm Beach, Fla Dwyer H.S. tight end Gerald Christian.

July 25th

Booker T. Washington H.S. (Florida) DE and Gridironstuds.com member Lynden Trail says the Florida Gators are his leader but that USC is giving them a run for their money. View his video here.

University of Miami commit Tavadis Glenn was asked to leave the Florida Gators event “Friday Night Lights” after flashing a U Sign to stands.

July 24th

Martin Luther King H.S. (Georgia) running back Mack Brown has committed to Florida. Brown is also being recruited by Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia and Auburn.

Highly recruited LB and Gridironstuds.com member Jeff Luc has named a final four of Florida St., Florida, Georgia and LSU. Interestingly enough, the University of Miami was not named in Jeff’s top four. Many had considered him leaning towards the Hurricanes. Gators fans think he’s a Florida St. lean. Florida St. think he’s a Gator lean. I think Luc’s going to ride the process out as long as he can.

Top rated Gridironstuds.com wide receiver Kyle Prater has named his top six as Notre Dame, Alabama, Oklahoma, Illinois, Tennessee and USC.

Highly sought after quarterback from Lakewood H.S. (California) and Gridironstuds.com member Jesse Scroggins has chosen USC. Scroggins was also considering Florida, LSU, Arizona and wait for it… wait for it… Tennessee. Look at Scroggins’ highlight video, click here.

A ton of top prospects expected to attend the University of Florida’s Friday Night Lights event. In attendance will be: Venice quarterback Trey Burton, Mobile (Ala.) Murphy receiver Solomon Patton, West Palm Beach Dwyer teammates Matt Elam and Gerald Christian, Bradenton Southeast defensive back Jon Dowling, Cape Coral athlete Jaylen Watkins, New Port Richey Gulf defensive lineman Leon Orr and Orange Park Fleming Island offensive lineman Ian Silberman, Moreno Valley (Cal.) Rancho Verde defensive end Ronald Powell, Lithonia (Ga.) King running back Mack Brown, Tampa Catholic athlete Christian Green, Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast linebacker Jeff Luc, Hialeah defensive end Corey Lemonier, Miami Northwestern running back Corvin Lamb, Pahokee receiver Chris Dunkley, Philadelphia George Washington defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd and Staten Island (NY) Curtis defensive lineman Dominique Easley. Also, Punta Gorda Charlotte running back Mike Bellamy, Davenport Ridge Community athlete Karlos Williams, DeLand running back Deaunte Saunders, Columbus (Ga.) Crowell running back Isiah Crowell, Tampa Jefferson receiver Andre Davis, Belle Glade Glades Central receiver/tight end Kelvin Benjamin, Miami Northwestern quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day quarterback Price Litton and Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline receiver Kasen Williams. Finally, Glades Day (Florida) running back Kelvin Taylor (son of former Gator Fred Taylor) will be at the event.

Byrnes H.S. (South Carolina) running back Marcus Lattimore has named his top 3 schools as Penn St., North Carolina and Oregon.

As expected, Opelika H.S. (Alabama) running back Corey Grant chose Alabama over Auburn and Florida. View Grants’s video here.

Cedar Park H.S. (Texas) defensive end Holmes Onwukaife has committed to Florida St. Onwukaife is also being recruited by UCLA, Baylor, Texas Tech, Michigan and Colorado.

Booker T. Washington H.S. (Georgia) wide receiver Antonio Goodwin has chosen Auburn over Alabama, Florida, Florida St., Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia and wait for it, wait for it …… Tennessee.

July 23rd

JAKHARI GORE UPDATE: After going back and forth with whether or not the University of Miami accepted the commitment of Jakhari Gore or not, I have confirmed from what I consider to be an EXTREMELY reliable source that the University of Miami HAS NOT accepted Gore’s commitment and the Columbus H.S. (Florida) running back will be most likely playing somewhere other than for the Hurricanes in his college career.

Top rated Dr. Phillips H.S. (Florida) wide receiver Kenny Shaw has named Florida St. as his top school after taking part in their camp this past weekend. Shaw says Georgia, Bama, Tennessee, Florida and Ohio St. are also teams in the running for his services in 2010.

East Lake H.S. (California) athlete Tony Jefferson has committed to UCLA. Jefferson rushed for 1,328 yards and 28 touchdowns last season and also recorded 88 tackles with four sacks on defense. Jefferson is also being recruited by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Georgia, Miami, Florida, USC and wait for it…. wait for it…. TENNESSEE. It was earlier reported the Jefferson dropped USC from his list and that UCLA was not even on his top school list. I guess this kids favorite play is “the end run”.

Highly recruited Southwest DeKalb (Georgia) defensive end T.J. Stripling has become the 18th commitment for the Georgia Bulldogs from the 2010 class.

Jeff Luc is amongst several other highly recruited prep stars including several Gridironstuds.com members competing in the Gridiron Kings event at Disney Wide World of Sports this week. Luc will be joined by fellow Gridironstuds.com members Aramide Olaniyan and Kyle Prater. A total of 64 players will take part in the event. The Gridiron Kings is a three-day event featuring players at the seven skill positions: quarterback, running back, tight end, wide receiver, linebacker, cornerback and safety. It culminates in 7-on-7 competitions Saturday

July 22nd

Reports are that the University of Miami has accepted the commitment of Columbus H.S. (Miami, FL) running back prospect Jakhari Gore (cousin of former Hurricane Frank Gore). It was reported earlier that UM told Gore that things were full when he attempted to commit. View Jakhari Gore’s highlight video.

Penn Hills H.S. (Pennsylvania) cornerback Cullen Christian maintains that Michigan is his #1 but he has planned official visits to West Virginia and UCLA along with Michigan for games this Fall. View Cullen Christian’s highlight video.

Ohio (Glenville H.S.) defensive back and Gridironstuds.com member Latwan Anderson has ascended from #74 rated prospect in the country to #35. Anderson is now also rated the #2 safety in the country. Anderson’s strong showing in a couple of camps this summer has led to this move up the list. Check out some of Anderson’s camp highlights, click here now.

July 21st

Former Miami Hurricane quarterback Robert Marve has torn his ACL and will be out of practice at least until October. Marve has to sit out a year anyway but this injury prevents him from practicing and getting familiar with the offense and personnel at Purdue.

Frostproof H.S. (Florida) four star rated cornerback Nickell Robey has committed to the University of Georgia. Robey is also being recruited by Michigan, Ohio St., USF, Stanford, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Clemson and Florida. Robey has rushed for over 3,100 yards and has picked off 13 passes over the last two seasons.

West Virginia still running in first place for Ohio safety and Gridironstuds.com member Latwan Anderson. “West Virginia is my favorite. I really like their coaches. I enjoy talking to them and I like the family environment with their players,” Anderson said. Anderson announced a top six last month of West Virginia, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Miami and Michigan St. All but Michigan St. are recruiting him as a safety. Michigan St. likes him as a cornerback.

Top rated linebacker Jeff Luc landed on the Alabama Crimson Tide campus on Monday visiting the team, coaches and facility.

Provisio H.S. (Illinois) wide receiver and Gridironstuds.com member Kyle Prater has planned trip to Alabama before the start of the season. Prater has Alabama in his top 10. “What I like about Alabama is I love the SEC,” said Prater. “I love competition and they have it.”

Opelika H.S. (Alabama) running back and Gridironstuds.com member Corey Grant plans to announce his decision on Thursday. He has a final three of Alabama, Auburn and Florida. Some believe that Bama will be his choice.

July 20th

Nature Coast Tech H.S. running back and Gridironstuds.com member Tevin Drake has listed a top 5 of Miami, Florida St., Georgia, Oregon and Ole Miss in that order. Says he’s still interested in hearing from other schools and that he won’t be making a decision any time soon.

Clive Walford, TE from Glades Central H.S. (Fl0rida) has committed to the University of Miami. Also being recruited by Purdue, FIU and Indiana.

East Lake H.S. (California) running back Tony Jefferson has dropped USC from his list and now has a top 5 of Penn St., Michigan, Notre Dame Oklahoma and Florida.

Byrnes H.S. (South Carolina) Defensive End Corey Miller has committed to Florida St. Miller is also being recruited by South Carolina, Miami, North Carolina, Georgia and… wait for it, wait for it…. Tennessee.

Douglass H.S. (Georgia) Defensive End, Garrison Smith has committed to Georgia. Smith is also being recruited by Alabama, Florida, LSU, Ohio St. and USC.

Dr. Phillips H.S. (Florida) wide receiver Kenny Shaw says he will not make a decision until the end of the season but says Florida St. is the current leader for his services.

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From the Rumor and Wires….

April 25, 2009

Nick Montana not attending Ohio St. spring game.  Looks like Notre Dame front runner for Joe’s kid.

Gridironstuds.com member Cody Riggs will be attending Ohio St. Spring Game today along with his mate in the defensive backfield and Gridironstuds.com member Lamarcus Joyner.

Gridironstuds.com member Lynden Trail has been offered by USC.

Wayzata H.S. (Minnesota) LB A.J. Tarpley is in California this weekend visiting UCLA and Stanford.

Pleasant Grove H.S. (Utah) QB, Dallas Lloyd has been offered a scholarship by the University of Miami. Check out his highlight video.

April 23, 2009

Top 40 times at University of Miami’s testing on Wednesday

40-YARD DASH
1 Sam Shields 4.20
2 Brandon McGee 4.23
3 Graig Cooper, 4.37
4T Tommy Streeter 4.40
4T Ryan Hill 4.40

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#1 LB recruit in the nation Jeff Luc has enjoyed his visits to Miami, Florida and Florida St. but is not naming a leader or a top 5. Says USC is recruiting him hard and that he will make decision before December because he plans to graduate early and attend the school of his choice next spring.

April 22, 2009

Miami Northwestern cornerback Khalid Marshall has been offered by LSU.

James Potts (American Heritage, Delray) Florida has just received 3 new offers. The 5’11″ 190 lb. running back has received offers from Vanderbilt, Rutgers and Memphis.

Lamarcus Joyner was impressed with his weekend visits to Florida St. , Tennessee and Alabama. Reportedly a dead heat amongst those three schools and Ohio St. University of Miami recruiting him hard and still in the running, albeit outside of the top four.

April 21, 2009

Word is University of Miami’s Brandon McGee a top 2009 signee, who entered school early, clocked 40 times ranging from 4.19 to 4.26 during testing today. Needless to say this would be a record for Hurricane football.

Florida St. has offered Woodberry Forest, VA linebacker Aramide Olaniyan. As reported earlier, Olaniyan is a Duke Commit but this has not stopped Clemson and Florida St. from making their offers within the last week. I guess folks don’t have much respect for a Duke commit these days.

The University of Miami has made a scholarship offer to David Perry DE at University School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Perry also has offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida St., Kentucky, Ole Miss, Oregon, Purdue, South Carolina, Tennessee and Central Florida.

The Greg Paulus college tour will make a stop in Syracuse.

Former high school #1 recruit Matt Barkley has surpassed Mitch Mustain in reps at USC’s spring practice.

USC is the latest school to offer consensus #1 recruit Seantrel Henderson out of Minnesota. The ridiculously big 6’8″305 Henderson now has over 30 offers. Henderson’s USC offer came over the phone directly from head coach Pete Carroll. Many feel that Minnesota has a legit shot at landing this top prospect.

Former University of Miami quarterback Robert Mavre has announced his final 5 of teams he’s considering transferring to. After recently dropping Michigan and UCLA from the list, he has announced that the final 5 teams are: Nebraska, Texas Tech, Purdue, Arizona St. and South Florida.

April 20, 2009

Despite being an Oklahoma St. commit, Sand Springs, Oklahoma QB, Johnny Deaton has just been offered a scholarship from Kansas St. Deaton passed for 1874 (11 tds) and rushed for 1,665 (19t tds) in leading Charles Page high school last year.

Good news for WVU fans. Quote from Ohio Safety and Gridironstuds.com member Latwan Anderson ” in love with west virginia cant wait to go back I love that place.”

April 19, 2009

Recruits reported to have been at the University of Florida Spring game on Saturday. Matt Elam, Demar Dorsey, Gerald Christian, Quinton Dunbar, Ted Meline, Ivan McCartney, Gideo Ajagbe, Travis Bell, Richard Ash, James Louis, Brandon Linder, Gio Bernard, Vinnie Mauro, Kembrell Thompkins.

Rumors are that Demar Dorsey has eased off of Gator commit because of the depth in the secondary, playing time concerns and the recent commitment of Jaylen Watkins to Gators.

April 18, 2009

Highly recruited Skyline High School (Washington) QB and Gridironstuds.com member Jake Heaps has named his top 5 schools Scout.com is reporting. His five, in no particular order are BYU, California, LSU, Tennessee and Washington. Heaps is expected to make his college choice some time in the summer.

North Broward Prep High School (Florida) RB and Oregon commit Ethan Grant has been offered a scholarship by Wisconsin.

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Chris Dunkley – WR – Royal Palm Bay, FL

VS. Latwan Anderson – CB – Lakewood, Oh

In our second edition of “IN THE PIT” we have matched up two of the best athletes in our Gridironstuds.com Database.

In one corner we have the highly recruited Chris Dunkley out of Royal Palm Bay High School in Royal Palm Bay, FL. There are no small plays with Dunkley. The routine play suddenly turns into a crowd on their feet and women screaming as Dunkley eats up the yardage. Blessed with game breaking speed and a thirst for the end zone, Dunkley found pay dirt 13 times last year and opened up a business where he was contracted to make defenders look stupid for free. At 5’11 169 he plays bigger than those numbers and runs a 4.43 forty but will that be enough…. View Chris Dunkley’s highlight video.

In the other corner…..

We have safety who could certainly play cornerback, Latwan Anderson. The recent transfer from St. Edwards High School to Glenville High School in Ohio, has made a name for himself. He boasts a 4.29 in the 40 and while we all hold high school 40 times with a degree of skepticism, Anderson makes a good case for it in his video. There are plenty of clips of him getting his hands on the ball and beating everyone to the endzone. He also shows some solid aggression. At 5’11″ 190 lbs., he’s bigger than Dunkley but is he quick enough to handle Dunkley’s shakes in a 1-on-1 situation?   Watch Latwan Anderson’s highlight video.

So, on a dark mid October Friday night in the Fall, if Anderson was assigned to follow wide receiver Dunkley around for 4 quarters from his cornerback spot, who would get the best of that battle? “In the Pit” wants to know.  Tell us now, CLICK HERE.

As an interesting side note,  The University of Miami has offers on the table for both of these athletes so there is the small chance that this battle could play out on a daily basis in practice on the Hurricanes” campus in the future.

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It’s been a busy week for Ohio prep football star Latwan Anderson.  Last week he announced that he was departing St. Edward’s High School where he rose to stardom on the gridiron and on the track.  This week he landed at a new high school and landed a new offer from a big time college football program.

Anderson announced on Thursday that he will be playing football this Fall for Glenville High School under the watchful eye of Tedd Gin Sr.   Anderson will be attending Ginn Academy,  started by Ginn Senior while playing for Glenville this upcoming season.

That wasn’t the only news falling under Anderson’s name this week.  It is also being reported that Anderson landed an offer from the University of Miami this week further burgeoning the status of this Top 100 recruit.  Anderson is also holding offers from Michigan St., Michigan, West Virginia, Cincinnati and may have also recently received an offer from UCLA.

Anderson is being recruited as a defensive back but also played running back and wide receiver for St. Edwards in the two years that he played varsity football at the school.  Last season,  Anderson totaled 50 tackles, 5 interceptions and six touchdowns.   He was also a standout on special teams for St. Edwards.

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The videos are pouring in at Gridironstuds.com with prospects adding their videos daily. However, being the society that we are, people want to know who’s looked at the most. Here are the Top 10 most watched videos on Gridironstuds.com in February:

1. Jeff Luc – LB – Treasure Coast High School – Port St. Lucie, FL (no surprise there)
2. Lamarcus Joyner – DB – St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3. Latwan Anderson – DB – St. Edwards High School – Lakewood, Oh
4. Tavon Austin – RB – Dunbar H.S. – Baltimore, MD
5. Shaun Alexander – QB – Catherdral H.S. – Inglewood, CA
6. Lache Seastrunk – RB – Temple H.S. – Temple, Tx
7. Chris Dunkley – WR – Royal Palm Beach H.S. – Royal Palm Beach, FL
8. Jamal Berry – RB – Palmetto H.S. – Miami, FL
9. Lamar Miller – RB – Killian H.S. – Miami, FL
10. Vontaze Burfict – LB – Centennial H.S. – Corona, CA

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