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Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor

 Wallace

One big reason that Ricky Seale has decided to wait before making a commitment is that he hasn’t actually been admitted academically by Stanford yet. “I’m supposed to hear from them tomorrow morning,” Seale said. So what’s bee... Read More

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Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor: Allen Wallace grew up in Newport Beach, Calif., graduating Newport Harbor High in 1970. He enrolled at USC, then Loyola Law in 1974 and began prac... Read More

Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor: Allen Wallace grew up in Newport Beach, Calif., graduating Newport Harbor High in 1970. He enrolled at USC, then Loyola Law in 1974 and began practicing law in Los Angeles in 1977. After eight years of civil litigation practice, Allen founded the nationally-renowned SuperPrep magazine in June, 1985 and originated SuperPrep.com in August, 1996. Allen continues to publish SuperPrep magazine out of his Laguna Beach home. He was the original football recruiting columnist for USAToday.com and CNNSI.com before becoming national recruiting editor at Scout.com in October, 2003. Read Less

Gore Ready to lead Team USA

Scott Kennedy, Director of Scouting

 Kennedy

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - Running Back Jakhari Gore is slated to lead Team USA vs. the World after winding up a sensational senior season that saw him rush for over 1,800 yards and 29 touchdowns. Read More

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Buckeyes Offer Caputo

Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager

 Lichtenfels

Michael Caputo is as humble as a young man as you'll find in the recruiting world. A few months ago, Caputo was just hoping that he would be a D-I prospect and now he is considered one of the top 150 prospects in the nation. Read More

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Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager: Lichtenfels is in his 6th year with Scout.com and has developed into one of the most respected scout's in the business. Lichtenfels played basebal... Read More

Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager: Lichtenfels is in his 6th year with Scout.com and has developed into one of the most respected scout's in the business. Lichtenfels played baseball and football in college. He played in the prestigous Johnstown AAABA Baseball league. Lichtenfels was an assistant high school football coach for nine seasons and he also did personnel work and scouting for the now defunct Johnstown Riverhawks Indoor Football team. Lichtenfels has appeared on ESPN's Outside The Lines, NFL Network, Big Ten Network, Comcast and Fox Sports Pittsburgh. He has also been featured in such newspapers as the Washington Post. Lichtenfels also owns his own Mixed Martial Arts gym where he trains and manages several fighters. Read Less

Allen Trieu, Midwest Regional Manager: Allen began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and has since expanded his territory while becoming one of the most respected ana... Read More

Allen Trieu, Midwest Regional Manager: Allen began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and has since expanded his territory while becoming one of the most respected analysts in the midwest. He has appeared on numerous radio programs and print publications, including The Sporting News and was a guest analyst on the Big Ten Network's Signing Day show. Read Less

Another Offer for Funderburk

Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst

 Alkire

Four-star wide receiver Quinta Funderburk just picked up his fourth scholarship offer from the Florida Gators on Tuesday evening and talked to Scout.com a bit about two of the schools that have offered him from the SEC. Read More

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Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst: Alkire started with Scout.com in July of 2006 and has handled the Northeast Region of the country since then. He was a three-sport athlete in high... Read More

Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst: Alkire started with Scout.com in July of 2006 and has handled the Northeast Region of the country since then. He was a three-sport athlete in high school, his family has a rich coaching background and learned to evaluate talent from NFL level personnel. Along with his work at Scout.com he also runs an NFL Draft site currently ranked third most accurate in the country. He has also done many radio and newspaper interviews. Read Less

Tim Adams, Indiana Recruiting Analyst/Publisher: <p>Tim Adams coached varsity high school football for 27 years. He also coached wrestling and girl’s softball at the state championship level in ... Read More

Tim Adams, Indiana Recruiting Analyst/Publisher: <p>Tim Adams coached varsity high school football for 27 years. He also coached wrestling and girl’s softball at the state championship level in Indiana. He served as an assistant coach at Eastern Hancock the 1985 Class 1A Indiana state champions. Adams is originally from Lexington, KY where he started on Bryan Station high school’s only state football championship team in 1971, he currently lives in central Indiana with his wife Mary.</p> <p>He started the popular Gridiron Digest in 1998 on the internet and built it into one of the largest high school internet football sites in America chronicling the growth of Indiana high school football and creating a community of Indiana high school football fanatics.</p> Read Less

Chad Simmons, South Recruiting Manager: Chad Simmons started out with Scout in 2003 covering top talent in Georgia and other areas in the South. He then moved on to another Recruiting S... Read More

Chad Simmons, South Recruiting Manager: Chad Simmons started out with Scout in 2003 covering top talent in Georgia and other areas in the South. He then moved on to another Recruiting Service from 2004-2008 before returning to Scout the first of 2009. He has a strong eye for talent and is a well respected throughout the country. Simmons is a non stop worker that travels throughout his region to see the talent live throughout the year. He also speaks to other media outlets on a regular basis, he is involved with multiple magazine publications, he spends hours every week on radio, and he has done some TV as well. Read Less

ScoutTV: Reese Dismukes

Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager

 Bone

Reese Dismukes, offensive center from Spanish Fort, Ala., is one of the top in-state prospects in the class of 2011. He has early scholarship offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida State and Ole Miss. Scout.com presents his jun... Read More

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Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager: Andrew Bone started with Scout.com in 2003 and has taken on various roles in the network. He was named Assistant Regional Manager for the South R... Read More

Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager: Andrew Bone started with Scout.com in 2003 and has taken on various roles in the network. He was named Assistant Regional Manager for the South Region in 2008. Bone is the recruiting analyst for several print media outlets including newspaper, magazines, and weekly radio and TV programs. He is a regular featured speaker for alumni groups across the region. He is on the road scouting players by hitting combines, camps, all-star games, etc. Read Less

Grading the Class: Defense

Mike Bakas,

 Bakas

The Hurricanes signed 28 players last week and so it's time to take a closer look at how well they did. Instead of trying to evaluate the recruits, lets take another approach. Lets see how the Canes did at each position, based... Read More

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Mike Bakas, : Bakas, a central Florida resident, has been covering the state of Florida for Scout since 2003. He believes getting out and meeting the kids at va... Read More

Mike Bakas, : Bakas, a central Florida resident, has been covering the state of Florida for Scout since 2003. He believes getting out and meeting the kids at various events throughout the year gives you an opportunity to provide the best and most accurate information. His daily duties with Scout include posting prospect videos, communicating with players and coaches from around the state, and providing Scout's readers with quality and up-to-date information. Read Less

Two From the SEC

Steve Robertson, Scout.com

 Robertson

Ocean Springs fell to Oak Grove in the 6A south state title game this past season. Wide out Joseph Morrow caught 39 passes for nearly 800 yards and 11 touchdowns during the 2009 season. That robust season has piqued the intere... Read More

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Sonny Shipp, Louisiana Recruiting Analyst

 Shipp

St. Paul’s in Covington, La. will have plenty of college coaches coming through in the spring and one of the 2011 prospects they will be evaluating is wide receiver/kick returner Jermaine Sams. Here is a part two of a two-part... Read More

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Yancy Porter, Mississippi Scout: Yancy Porter started the largest Mississippi independent recruiting website in 1999 named Spirit Recruiting. It was devoted to high school and ju... Read More

Yancy Porter, Mississippi Scout: Yancy Porter started the largest Mississippi independent recruiting website in 1999 named Spirit Recruiting. It was devoted to high school and juco recruiting for football, basketball, and baseball. <br><br> Yancy is originally from Hattiesburg (MS) and currently lives in Oxford (MS) with his wife (Kate) and son (Taylor). Read Less

Brandon Huffman, West Recruiting Manager: Brandon Huffman is in his fifth year with Scout.com, currently as the West Regional Manager, and prior to that, the California/Nevada recruiting a... Read More

Brandon Huffman, West Recruiting Manager: Brandon Huffman is in his fifth year with Scout.com, currently as the West Regional Manager, and prior to that, the California/Nevada recruiting analyst. Before joining the Scout.com recruiting team, he was a team football recruiting writer on the Scout.com network. He spent three years as an offensive line/tight ends coach in the high school ranks prior to coming to Scout. He has been featured in several national newspapers and The Sporting News and has been a featured guest on FSN Prime Ticket, FSN Northwest, The NFL Network, The MTN, Fox Sports Radio, Sporting News Radio and ESPN Radio as well. He can be reached at brandonh@scout.com and followed at twitter.com/brandonhuffman Read Less

Jason Jewell, Southwest Recruiting Analyst: I cover the great states of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico for Scout. AZ is my home state and where I started my playing days at Washington HS. ... Read More

Jason Jewell, Southwest Recruiting Analyst: I cover the great states of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico for Scout. AZ is my home state and where I started my playing days at Washington HS. Played one season at Glendale Community College as an offensive tackle and was lucky enough to get a scholarship to Northwestern after my first year. Spent a year there playing under Gary Barnett and later transferred to New Mexico State and played under Tony Samuel. Graduated with a degree in criminal justice and played two seasons in AF2 before hanging the cleats up and starting coaching and working for Scout. Have coached at the HS and JC levels as an OL coach. Read Less

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Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst

 Fetters

Now that Signing Day is over and we all have had some time to digest all the information on Washington's 30 signees, what does it all mean for the future of UW football? Who is the best recruit? Who comes in with the biggest... Read More

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Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst: Having been Scout.com's Northwest Recruiting Analyst since 2001, nobody has seen more Northwest high school players in person or on film than Chr... Read More

Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst: Having been Scout.com's Northwest Recruiting Analyst since 2001, nobody has seen more Northwest high school players in person or on film than Chris Fetters. Fetters is the also the Editor-In-Chief and a regular on the Dawgman On KJR-950AM radio show in Seattle every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. <br><br> For Coaches and serious Division-1 and I-AA prospects looking to send highlight film, pictures and all information, please send to: Chris Fetters, 7519 Earl Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117. You can email me at cfetters@scout.com or c_fetters@comcast.net 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I also have IM's at AIM (cfetters58) and Yahoo (chris_fetters), and I can be found on Myspace and Facebook. I also have a Twitter account (cfetters58). I'm always around if you want to shoot me an update. Read Less

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1.

DeAnthony Thomas
  • Height:5-11
  • Weight:185
  • Forty:4.40

2.

Tim Jernigan
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:275

3.

Malcolm Brown
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:200
  • Forty:4.50

4.

Jadeveon Clowney
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:235

5.

Cyrus Kouandjio
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:291

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Braxton Miller
  • Height:6-3.5
  • Weight:199
  • Forty:4.47

3.

Teddy Bridgewater
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:180

5.

J.W. Walsh
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:185

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DeAnthony Thomas
  • Height:5-11
  • Weight:185
  • Forty:4.40

2.

Malcolm Brown
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:200
  • Forty:4.50

4.

Isaiah Crowell
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:204
  • Forty:4.43

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Travion Durham
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:200

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George Farmer
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:197
  • Forty:4.38

3.

Sammy Watkins
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:180

4.

Josh Turner
  • Height:5-11
  • Weight:165

5.

DaVaris Daniels
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:180
  • Forty:4.40

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1.

Jay Rome
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:237

2.

Ben Koyack
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:230
  • Forty:4.65

3.

Nick O'Leary
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:220
  • Forty:4.65

5.

Chris Barnett
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:230

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Cyrus Kouandjio
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:291

3.

La'el Collins
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:275
  • Forty:5.44

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Garrett Greenlea
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:275

5.

Brandon Shell
  • Height:6-7
  • Weight:310

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Angelo Mangiro
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:295

2.

Jordan Walsh
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:270

3.

Greg Robinson
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:285
  • Forty:4.90

4.

Donavon Clark
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:285
  • Forty:5.45

5.

Ryne Reeves
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:285

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Ryan Kelly
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:270

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2.

David Andrews
  • Height:6-2.5
  • Weight:276
  • Forty:5.40

3.

A.C. Patterson
  • Height:6-1.5
  • Weight:285

4.

Trey Pettis
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:280

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Artie Rowell
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:280
  • Forty:5.25

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1.

Tim Jernigan
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:275

2.

Desmond Jackson
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:254
  • Forty:5.02

3.

Viliami Moala
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:305

4.

Anthony Johnson
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:296
  • Forty:5.08

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5.

Mustafa Jalil
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:300

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1.

Jadeveon Clowney
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:235

2.

James Wilder
  • Height:6-2.5
  • Weight:216

3.

Jermauria Rasco
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:244

4.

Steve Miller
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:230

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5.

Colt Lyerla
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.56

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2.

James Vaughters
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:232
  • Forty:4.55

3.

Travis Hughes
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:215
  • Forty:4.55

4.

Anthony Wallace
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:235

5.

Andre Sturdivant
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:205

Schools of interest:

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2.

Steve Edmond
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:225

3.

Stephone Anthony
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:220

4.

Curtis Grant
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:215

5.

Trevon Randle
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:205

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1.

Sheroid Evans
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:175

Schools of interest:

2.

Gerod Holliman
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:185
  • Forty:4.55

3.

Ladarius Brown
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:175

4.

Karlos Williams
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:205

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1.

Leroy Scott
  • Height:5-10
  • Weight:185

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Doran Grant
  • Height:5-10
  • Weight:169
  • Forty:4.37

3.

Erique Florence
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:185

4.

Terrell Chestnut
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:165

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Quandre Diggs
  • Height:5-9
  • Weight:190

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