Chad Wilson – Editor – Gridiron Studs Blog
Twitter: @GridironStuds
What if I told you I had a high school quarterback that has thrown for over 8,000 yard in his high school career? What if I told you he has thrown for 90 TDs since he first got under center? What if I told you he has thrown for 31 TDs with 0 INTs in this his senior season? What if I told you he threw for over 3,000 yards as a sophomore? Finally, what if I told you he was the all time leader passer for the state in which he resides? You would likely say, he must have a ton of offers, how many does he have? I would reply, he has none. You would say, “oh he must be one of these 5’8″ guys playing in some small classification in his state full of church schools.” I would reply with no, he’s 6’3″ 215 lbs and plays for the #1 team in the largest classification of his state.
Welcome to the life of Easton Bruere and welcome to the life of college football recruiting, the inexact science. Sometimes the formula for becoming a recruitable prospect is more complicated than the numbers needed to get a mortgage modification from a big institution lender. It seems Bruere’s biggest crime may be that he plays football in the state of New Mexico, not known for being a recruiting hot bed in the landscape. Bruere’s accomplishments have gone largely overlooked in the recruiting community. His height, frame and will to succeed should not however. Bruere has led his Rio Rancho high school team to an 8-0 record thus far on the season and all but one opponent have failed to come within three TDs of beating the Rams. Opponents have found it next to impossible to stop Bruere and the Rams’ offense from strolling up and down the field on Friday Nights. They are averaging 47 points per game and have scored 40 plus in seven of their eight contests. Most anywhere else in the country, such results would garner this QB some major college attention. This has not been the case for Bruere who reports some interest from FBS and FCS schools.
The major problem for Bruere seems to be location as not many budgets are going to support trips to New Mexico where the thought is that there are only going to be a handful of prospects. This prevents prospects from getting a full look from top college football programs. History has shown, however, that programs willing to turn over every rock to find talent usually find themselves raising up a big trophy at the end of their seasons. With Bruere assaulting the New Mexico record books with each passing game, hopefully more and more colleges get to kicking over rocks in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. They may just find a rattle snake named Easton Bruere ready to be a major asset to their program.
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Chad Wilson is a college football recruiting expert and creator of the GridironStudsApp which allows high school football players to gain exposure to college football coaches and fans. Wilson is a former college football player for the University of Miami (92-94) and Long Beach St. (’90-’91) and played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks (’95). He is also a former youth and high school football coach for over 15 years most recently for 5-A State of Florida Champs American Heritage. He runs All Eyes DB Camp a defensive back training company located in South Florida IG: @alleyesdbcamp. Wilson’s oldest son Quincy plays in the NFL for the New York Giants and his younger son plays cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals.
