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January 9th
Glenville H.S. (Ohio) defensive back Latwan Anderson has committed to West Virginia at the Army All American game. Anderson chose WVU over Ohio St., Miami, North Carolina and Cincinnati.
January 6th
Southridge H.S. (Miami) CB and Gridironstuds.com member Jermaine Kelson has committed to the University of Central Michigan. Kelson chose the Chippewas over Marshall.
Southeastern H.S. (Michigan) DT Jonathan Hankins has committed to Ohio St. Hankins was also being recruited by Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan, Florida and Oklahoma.
Dwyer H.S. athlete Matt Elam, a highly sought after prospect, will announce his final decision on Saturday. Elam committed to Florida originally and then recently switched to Florida St. Now comes word that he will make his final announcement on Saturday. Elam is being recruited by Florida St., Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Ohio St.
Southwest Dekalb H.S. (Georgia) cornerback Marques Dixon has committed to Tennessee. Dixon was also being recruited by Miami, Iowa, Central Michigan and USF.
Word is that Kadron Boone has renewed his interest in the University of Miami now that he has reopened his recruiting in the wake of the Mike Leach firing at Texas Tech.
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October 1, 2009
Glenville H.S. (Ohio) defensive back Latwan Anderson has been nominated for U.s. Army Player of the Year. View Latwan’s highlight video.
Top prospects Jeff Luc – LB – Port St. Lucie, FL and Matt Elam – LB – West Palm Beach, FL are scheduled to visit Tennessee this weekend.
FIU continues to put together an impressive class of local talent. Killian High School (Miami) standout cornerback Richard Leonard has committed to the Golden Panthers. Leonard clocked a 4.37 forty last spring at the Under Armour combine in Miami and impressed future Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.
Miramar High School (Fla) wide receiver Ivan McCartney has narrowed his list of schools down to four possibly five. Florida, Miami, Oregon and West Virginia are the top four. McCartney says North Carolina has been making a hard charge at him of late and could end up in the mix.
Ariton H.S. (AL) defensive end Craig Sanders has dropped Alabama for Auburn. Sanders was previously committed to Alabama but has now changed that commitment to one for Auburn. Sanders is also being recruited by Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clmson, Ole Miss, Stanford and Vanderbilt.
Rumors and Wires
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The word has been out for quite some time on Florida talent in high school football. As a result, out of state teams have been hitting the sunshine state hard and fast trying to snag some Florida speed and improve their teams. One of the teams making some head-way in one of the more important counties in the state of Florida is West Virginia.
Currently, WVU has four commitments from the list of the Top 40 players in Palm Beach County. Pahokee wide receiver Fred Pickett and Dwyer High School defensive back Robert Clark are Mountaineer commits along with Glades Central defensive back Travis bell and Heritage Delray athlete Darius Millines . In addition, West Virginia is in the lead for Glades Central running back Antwan Chisholm.
Compare that to national champs Florida who only have two commits out of that top 40 (#1 Matt Elam RB Dwyer H.S. and #4 Gerald Christian TE Dwyer High School). Miami has three commitments (#5 OL Shane McDermott – Palm Beach Central H.S., #32 Raheam Buxton – DB – Pahokee H.S. and #34 TE – Clive Walford – Glades Central H.S.). Florida St. only has one Palm Beach County Top 40 commit and that’s #7 De Joshua Johnson – WR – Pahokee H.S.
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