2014 Football Recruits

[UA2007]

Looks like we just nabbed a pretty good LB out of MD from Good Counsel. Its confirmed via Good Counsel's twitter feed and updated in rivals. Although ESPN has not yet confirmed the signing as they give little to no attention to FCS, they do rank him pretty well as the #17 player in the state and #71 ranked LB.

 

https://twitter.com/GC_SportsNation

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-DaSharnte-Thompson-141057

 

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/news/_/id/188313/dasharnte-thompson

[Michigan_Dane]

Good reporting '07

[haggyland]

Good reporting '07

 

Agreed on the good reporting, but we already had a good LB recruit from Good Counsel in last year's class...Mr. Marcel Ngachie.

[danefan]

That Maryland connection is working out.....

[haggyland]

That Maryland connection is working out.....

 

2012: Nicastro; 2013: Ngachie; 2014: Thompson

 

All LBs; all Our Lady of Good Counsel.

[Michigan_Dane]

Thompson is a 3 star on ESPN. That's great.

 

From what I understand history says he gets downgraded as soon as he commits to a FCS program, right?

[danefan]

Thompson is a 3 star on ESPN. That's great.

 

From what I understand history says he gets downgraded as soon as he commits to a FCS program, right?

 

Correct which is why those recruiting ratings are BS.

[Ruler]

Would not shock me if they moved him to SS. @ 200lbs he may be a little small for LB

[Dane Pound]

Another Maryland area recruit, Jordan Crockett. According to this we've offered and he will visit in January.

[UA2007]

Also have an offers out to Turner Echols (DE), Zee Roberson (WR), and Steve Shanley (QB) as per thier twitter accounts.

[Dane96]

Steve Shanley has a very very good arm and is very accurate. Watched a couple of games of his on T.V. this year. His RB is probably the best prospect NJ has seen in a decade, Jabril Peppers.

 

If we got Shanley, it would be a MAJOR coup. He has offers from Central Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, Buffalo. He has visited Penn State.

 

Also, seems like we got a verbal from ANTHONY PAOLELLO. He is a Metro State All-Star (NJ, NY, CT).

 

St. Joseph Regional, N.J., 6-1, 245, committed to Albany

[Dane96]

More on Paolello, who could be a DT or DE for us. Chose us over UCONN, UMASS, Colgate and Lafayette, all who had offered. Apparently loves Gattuso and the staff (must mean we have some good holdovers). His team has 7 guys with D-I offers and 2 underclassmen who are HIGH D-I candidates. He is an All-Metro Honorable Mention (NY, NJ, CT).

 

http://njfootballspo...m-st-joseph-de/

 

"Paolello spoke highly of his official visit to Albany, which he took this past weekend."

“I really trust them. I went up yesterday for an official visit and really bonded with them. They have the experience and knowledge to take Albany to the next level…I fully believe we will win the CAA and compete for national championships in the next four years the staff has been there before and they have a lot of young talent coming in.” he said.

Paolello is the first commitment for Gattuso, who recently took over the program after spending three seasons as an assistant at Maryland.

“I loved that the coaching staff has a plan for us these next four years and I saw how the football team really has a special bond and that’s something you can’t really search for…they really made me feel like I was home.” he said.

Paolello had interest from several other programs including UMass, Lafayette, Colgate and UConn. He is the fourth football player from St. Joseph Regional’s class of 2014 to commit to a Division 1 program.

 

I think some schools really missed out on Paolello by not offering him. He played both ways for St. Joseph, a team that dominated most of its games this year. Paolello is 6’2 and definitely fits the frame of an FCS defensive end. Paolello proved that he could stop the run and rush the quarterback during his two seasons as a starter at defensive end for the Green Knights. He has a quick first step and showed that he could get down the field quickly as a tight end."

Edited December 31, 2013 by Dane96

[Dane96]

Zee Roberson has an offer from BC, Pitt, Western Michigan and Robert Morris-- pretty fast receiver at 4.5 40yd. He's a 3-star recruit and 31st ranked player in PA.

Edited December 31, 2013 by Dane96

[Dane96]

Echols is a big-time recruit: http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Turner-Echols-147898

 

 

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[Clickclack]

Can't believe some of the other schools involved... We never could sniff kids like this before in the nec.