Former Oscar Smith and NFL QB Phillip Sims has founded Ground Up by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Saturday is an exciting day for Phillip Sims. The last day of 2016 is the first day of a new venture. Sims is opening his new business with a free football camp at Oscar Smith High School. Sims isn’t…
Virginia Tech scores 35 unanswered points to win the Belk Bowl by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Apparently a 24-0 halftime deficit is no big deal for Virginia Tech. In the first half of Thursday night’s Belk Bowl, played in Charlotte, North Carolina, everything seemed to go wrong, There were turnovers, blown calls, and the Hokie defense…
Phoebus DE Keyshawn Battle-Patterson (Photo: Mike Caudill/recruit757) Phoebus DE Keyshawn Battle-Patterson picks up another scholarship offer by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 At the end of every season they’re always a handful of players that start to get more looks after the season than while the season is going on. Keyshawn Battle-Patterson is one of those prospects…
Loren Johnson Gives Highland Springs Opportunity He Never Had by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 Nine seasons ago, Loren Johnson took a chance and ventured where few people dare to take the risk. For five seasons, Johnson was the head coach at Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas, Virginia and decided to make a move that would…
Bishop Sullivan LB Teradja Mitchell (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) The 2016 All-757 Junior teams give you the names to know for next fall by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Offensive Player of the Year: Darran Butts, King;’s Fork By his performance, Darran marked himself as THE player for any opposing team to stop. He rushed for over 1300…
Ocean Lakes lineman Eric Crosby (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) USA Today selected All-State teams for all 50. Here’s Virginia’s team: by Andy Hilton, recruit757 In this time where post-season honors are being dealt, we have another group that’s getting recognized. USA Today has honored the top players from every state in the nation. You can see…
Once the heir apparent to Taylor Heinicke, it seems that Shuler Bentley is moving on by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) — A report out of CBS affiliate WSPA in South Carolina says quarterback Shuler Bentley will transfer from Old Dominion. Bentley, a redshirt sophomore this past season, started…
Hampton Lineman Jalen Powell (Photo by Andy Hilton/recruit757) Hampton lineman Jalen Powell is drawing college interest by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Although the Christmas season is all but wrapped up, there are many prospects still continuing to get nods from programs looking to bolster their roster. The end of November gifted Justin Redd, Jalen Powell, and…
UVA Safety Quin Blanding (Photo: UVA Athletics) Bayside grad and top defender Quin Blanding will return for his senior season by Andy Hilton, recruit757 University of Virginia Athletics announced on Monday that safety Quin Blanding will forego the NFL draft and return for his senior season. “After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to…
Oscar Smith QB Shon Mitchell (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Shon Mitchell and Dazz Newsome headline the All-757 teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are the 2016 All-757 teams. We look at every one of the football programs in the 757 area code. This is not the best of a group of twenty or thirty teams. There…