After juggling several schools and enduring a lot of pressure from fans, coaches, etc., Lo Wood chose Notre Dame last week over many schools including Michigan. Wood said the campus, large fan base and the desire to be the first man from Apopka to go to Notre Dame as his biggest factors in choosing the Irish. Check out Wood press conference video below courtesy of Rivals Video:
July 2nd
St. Mary’s Prep H.S. (Michigan) safety and Gridironstuds.com member Earnest Thomas has chosen UCLA over Stanford, Illinois, Wisconsin, Penn St., Missouri and Louisville.
Big time running back Harding H.S. (Indiana) recruit Roderick Smith has committed to Ohio St. over Michigan, Iowa and Michigan St.
June 30th
Gridironstuds.com member Cody Riggs (St. Thomas Aquinas H.S., Florida) is closer to making a decision. Notre Dame, Georgia, Tennessee are the front runners. More on this later.
Gridironstuds.com member Chris Dunkley (Pahokee H.S., Florida) says he’s not committing any time soon so we should all just cool our heels.
Gridironstuds.com member Aramide Oliniyan is in Notre Dame today. You have to wonder if his Duke commit will hold up after this trip.
Gridironstuds.com member Jeff Luc (Treasure Coast H.S., Florida) has planned a second college tour with Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss and Southern Miss being among the schools he will visit.
Timpview H.S. (Utah) safety and Gridironstuds.com member Chris Badger has switched his commitment from Stanford to Notre Dame after being “blown away” by his visit to South Bend.
Stanford soothed their pain from the Chris Badger loss to Notre Dame by securing a commitment from Hamilton H.S. (Arizona) safety Devon Carrington. Carrington also has offers from California, Arizona, Arizona St., Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Notre Dame and Northwestern.
Notre Dame commit and Gridironstuds.com member Lo Wood plans to graduate in December and arrive in South Bend in time for spring football.
Recruits, prospects, let this be a lesson to you. Grade troubles leads to release from scholarship for 2009 USF signee Kamran Joyner. Full story.
Less than one week after securing a commitment from Gulliver Prep (Florida) QB Michael Strauss, Tulane has secured a second QB commitment from New Iberia H.S. (Louisiana) Taylor Bullock. Bullock is a dual threat QB with a 4.6 forty yard dash to his credit. The three year starter was not concerned with Strauss’ commitment “There’s going to be competition wherever you go,” he said.
June 29th
Evan Berry 13 year old brother of Eric Berry has committed to wait for it…. wait for it.. . Tennessee. Go ahead and tell me you are stunned by this.
Today’s Video of the Day comes from Apopka, Florida and Apopka High School. Hailing from the same high school as former standout NFL performer Warren Sapp, Lo Wood has continued on the great football tradition at Apopka High School by making plays all over the field at his defensive back position. Wood has drawn a lot of interest from top schools around the country for his football exploits and holds more than a dozen offers from Division I schools. Among the many suitors for Wood’s services are Notre Dame, Michigan, Stanford, Georgia Tech and NC State. Watch Wood make plays at defensive back and on special teams where he is also a standout performer. View Lo Wood’s highlight video.
A couple of top rated recruits headline the latest videos added to Gridironstuds.com. Royal Palm Beach’s top wide out Chris Dunkley has added his impressive highlight video to our database. Dunkley is sorting through offers from the Big 3 in the state of Florida along with Michigan, West Virginia and several others. Chris Dunkley’s highlight video. Oakland, California’s Chris Martin, who is already a commit to Notre Dame has also added his video to Gridironstuds.com. Martin is a rangy athlete that gets to the football and ruins offensive plans. Chris Martin’s video. Apopka, Florida’s top defensive back recruit Lo Wood also added his video to GIS. The playmaking defensive back has offers from Georgia Tech, Michigan, Stanford, Central Florida and others. Lo Wood’s highlight video. St. Thomas Aquinas’ cornerback Vladimir Rock and Virginia’s Zac Glass also added their videos recently.
