Welcome to the 2016 commits !

[the Blades]

I did this last year so l'll put it together again. * Rivals profile along with some of the linked articles and * HUDL highlights.( as with all verbals every year in CFB, things remain fluid until signing day !) .....Should be a smaller class with only 11 SR's on the team...... Welcome to Uconn Country:

* Donovan Williams.........6-4/205.......QB.......(4.6 /40yd).....Woodbridge, VA ( Hylton)......* Hudl highlights
* UConn receives first verbal commitment from 3-star Virginia QB

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* Keyion Dixon........6-1/180........WR.....(4.4 /40yd)...Glastonbury, CT..(G.H.S.)...* Hudl highlights

* Keyion Dixon Of Glastonbury Commits To UConn

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to :
* Eddie Hahn.....6-3/200......Safety.....(4.58 /40yd).....Red Bank, NJ ( R.B. Catholic)...... * Hudl highlights

* UConn Lands 3 star Recruit Eddie Hahn | NBC

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to:
* Quayvon Skanes......5-10/175.....WR...(4.5 /40yd)..Chicago, IL (Phillips).....* Hudl highlights

* 3 Star Chicago WR Skanes to UConn

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to:
* Tahj Herring.....6-1/188.....CB......(4.6 40yd)....Hartford, CT ( Suffield Academy).....* Hudl highlights

* 3 Star DB Tahj Herring discusses visit to UCONN

 

[meego1963]

Very good start better than I can ever remember let keep it going get the big ot sign and couple other in state player

 

[the Blades]

Quotes from the commits regarding Uconn turning it around and the new regime.....following the PP and GDL down years :

UConn Football Offers Challenge: Make Us A Winner- Again !

"There's no real secret," said Kevin Wolthausen, the Huskies' second-year defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator. "If we can get guys to step on our campus and take a look at what's here, see the facilities, they understand we're a Top-20 academic school in the country, all those things. And then you tie our coaching staff and direction with Coach Diaco ... that's what we do. There's nothing fancy."

 

[the Blades]

Guess I should add these transfers who will see their first Uconn action in 2016.... Welcome to Uconn Country:
* E.J. Levenberry Jr........6-3/246.......LB.....(4.7 40yd).....Woodbridge, VA (Hylton/ Florida State)........* Hylton HS Highlight tape
The 4 Star LB will have 2 years remaining as a RS JR after transferring in from Florida State with 60 tackles in his first 2 years

* Billy Williams.....6-3/235....TE/FB/H-back...(4.7 / 40yd)....Knoxville, TN (Farragut/ Northern Iowa )..... * Hudl highlights from Farragut HS
Played as a true FR at Northern Iowa under new Uconn OC Frank Verducci... He'll be eligible as a 2016 RS sophomore with 3 years to play after sitting out a year......

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the next Husky:

* Ryan Gilmartin......6-1/230....LB......(4.58 40yd)...... Charlotte, NC ( Charlotte Christian )......* Hudl Highlights
* N.C. Linebacker Gilmartin Picks UConn ( 3 Star on Scout.com & 247 Sports)

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the newest Husky:

Nino Leone.......6-5/340lb......OL.....(5.1 40yd)...South Hamilton, MA..( Pingree H.S).......* HUDL Highlights

3 Star on (247Sports)

* UConn Football Lands Big Commit
* "Sky is limit" for latest UConn football commit
* Big-Time Recruit: Pingree's Leone makes commitment

 

[aman kidwai]

Great stuff thanks for putting this together!

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the latest Uconn Husky:

* Jay Rose.......6-4/225..........TE/F.....( 4.58 40yd).......Southington, CT ( S.H.S.)...... * Hudl QB JR Highlights.../...* 2013 Hudl TE highlights
NEW - #20 - QB - SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

* CT QB/TE commits to UConn ( 3 Star on Scout.com and 247 Sports )
offers from Cuse, Boston College, Maryland, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, NC State and West Virginia

 

[aman kidwai]

They have a couple of visitors coming in this weekend, something could happen.

 

[the Blades]

I saw quite a few recruits in the students section who watched the Ohio St-Uconn hoops game. The FB coaches came over and met them at the half. It sounds like some of them liked what they saw on their trip :

UConn Football ‏@UConnFootball 1h1 hour ago

#UconnFootball is adding more Huskies to the pack this morning!

 

[aman kidwai]

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to Uconn Country:

* Nate Hopkins.......RB......6-1/ 215...(4.58 40 yd)....... Flower Mound, TX (Marcus)........ * Hudl Highlights

Recent premium article from Aman:TX RB Visiting UConn
3 Star on (Scout )and (247Sports.com)

 

[the Blades]

Keep them coming:

V I C K E R S ‏@VickFor6ix 1h1 hour ago - ---- Ja'kevious Vickers RB, Glades Central HS, Belle Glade, FL
After this amazing visit i have decided to commit to the University of Connecticut #GoHuskies

AJ Garson ‏@ajgarson 4h4 hours ago
Excited to say I'm committed to the University of Connecticut.

Cam DeGeorge ‏@camerondegeorge 1h1 hour ago
Very proud to announce that I am now committed to UConn. Thank you to everyone who was apart of the process.

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the next commit:
Ja'kevious Vickers...RB.....5-11/198...(4.45 40yd).......Belle Glade, FL ( Glades Central HS)........Hudl Highlights

CBS 12-Athlete of the Week: Glades Central's Jakevious Vickers ( interview)

* Uconn Report- FL RB discusses UConn

 

[aman kidwai]

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[the Blades]

Well that escalated quickly.

Yeah I had a sneakin' suspicion when I bumped this thread a few days ago !!!

 

[the Blades]

And welcome to:

* AJ Garson.........LB.........6-6/235....( 4.75 40 yd).......West Palm Beach, FL ( Oxbridge Academy )....* Hudl Highlights

* AJ Garson Discusses Commitment to UConn

 

[the Blades]

From Dez- UConn Football Boosts 2016 Class With Four Recruits
" UConn had nine recruits visit over the weekend, and, who were in attendance at the Awards Show Friday night on campus. Four were committed somewhere else, three were Power 5 conference commits."

UConn Adds Four Football Recruits for 2016
by Tim Fontenault

 

[the Blades]

Shout out to the next Husky:

* Cam DeGeorge.........OL.........6-5/270lb.........Lynnfield, MA (Lynnfield HS)............* Hudl highlights

Syracuse Football : Former OG Commit Cam DeGeorge Flips to UConn

Boston Globe- It's decision day for some Globe FB All-Scholastics ( Cam Degeorge )

( Rated 3 Star prospect by 247Sports.com, Scout and ESPN )

 

[aman kidwai]

This is a really strong group.

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the next commit who has announced on his account :
The Tyler Coyle ‏@_CoyleEra01 30m30 minutes ago
" Blessed to announce that i am staying home and verbally committing to The University of Connecticut ️#GoHuskies "

* Tyler Coyle.........6-2/195lbs........Safety.........( 4.42 40yds).........Windsor, CT (W.H.S.)..... * HUDL Highlights

Summer article: Camp Defensive MVP Impresses West Virgina staff

New Uconn Report article: Windsor's Tyler Coyle Discusses Commitment to UConn

 

[the Blades]

FWIW, current 2016 AAC Football Team Rankings from CBS/247 Sports

 

[the Blades]

Welcome to the next Husky:

* Teddy Allmendinger ........6-0/230.......Fullback......(4.75 40yd).......Avon, CT ( Avon HS)........* Hudl Highlights

from November: UConn Report ‏@UConnReport
Avon Standout May Join Huskies as a Fullback: Teddy Allmendinger represents what Bob Diaco ... http://rvls.co/1HcyS9K

Confirmed by Jim Fuller ‏@NHRJimFuller 1h1 hour ago .....Avon's Teddy Allmendinger headed to #UConn as preferred walk-on

 

[noeynox]

@the Blades , real nice job with this thread.

 

[the Blades]

And shout out to the newest Husky (will be RS JR & slotted to sit a year per NCAA transfer rules):

* Tre' Bell.........6-0/178......CB.......Jersey City, NJ (St. Peters Prep/ Vanderbilt)........ * Hudl Highlights/ St. Peters Prep

*Uconn Report - Vanderbilt CB Tre' Bell Transferring to UConn

 

[the Blades]

Back: Williams, Dixon, Rose, Noel Brouse
Middle: Skanes, Nick Zecchino, Gilmartin, Coyle, Leone
Front: Hahn, Herring, Brett Graham

 

[ktuck911]

TOS implies the other kid in the middle row between Coyle and Nino is former syracuse/current Villanova commit OL/DL Noel Brouse. Think he'll flip to us?

 

[the Blades]

Interesting visit for sure, committed to Nova in the FCS, after the Cuse decommit / coaching change, but I thought I saw somewhere that Cuse will still honor his scholly offer from the previous staff...

 

[the Blades]

Also listed this earlier in the targets thread but...... Dez has confirmed it...... So welcome to the next Husky:

* Nick Zecchino......6-1/205......LS/ ATH.......( 4.8 40yd)......Cedar Grove, NJ( CG H.S.).........* Nick Zecchino - Hudl

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner 3m3 minutes ago Middletown, CT
#UConnFootball gets commitment from Nick Zecchino, visited this weekend...

 

[the Blades]

Nice article Aman, UConn Adds Three Verbal Commitments After Big Official Visit Weekend .......Shout out to the next Husky:

* Noel Brouse..........DE...........6-6/265lbs.......Allentown, PA ( Parkland HS)........* HUDL Highlights

Rated 3 Star with (247 sports) and (ESPN)

Noel Brouse ‏@n3brouse 45m45 minutes ago
I'm Committed to UCONN! #HuskyNation

 

[the Blades]

And welcome to:

* Brett Graham.......6-3/220lbs.....Punter........(4.8 40yd).....State College, PA ( S.C.H.S.).......* HUDL Highlights

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner 1m1 minute ago Middletown, CT
#UConnFootball gets commitment from P Brett Graham, State College (PA) Area High

 

[ktuck911]

With the Brouse commit will that have any effect on Izon Pulley if he decides on picking us too? There were reports that he took an OV to Illinois this weekend. Tymir Oliver, another one of our targets took an OV there this weekend too. He's now committed to Illinois.
I'm liking our chances now with Pulley. It'd be niceto get another recruit out of the MD region. Legit talent there.

 

[the Blades]

Recruiting breakdown from Coach Wolthausen :

* A Few Questions For UConn Football's Recruiting Coordinator

 

[aman kidwai]

Two new ones, potentially more in the works... working on figuring out who...

This is Teddy Allmendinger, I believe.




I am being told this is Mason Donaldson http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2696496/mason-donaldson

 

[ktuck911]

Twitterreports from UConn Football indicate2 new pups. One from PA the other homegrown. Don't know who they are though

 

[ktuck911]

Allmendinger agreed to comit as a PWO, no?

 

[aman kidwai]

Allmendinger agreed to comit as a PWO, no?

I think they both might be. Donaldson is listed on his hudl as a WR/K, and UConn has already been set at WR it would make sense for him to be either a PWO WR or potentially a scholarship K... that's pure speculation though.