Coach Lew Johnston (Photo: Sarah Murphy/recruit757) Coach Lew Johnston talks about Nick Saban and team dynamics by Lew Johnston, a special contribution to recruit757 I thought that Coach Saban’s emotion-filled remarks after the national championship game were quite revealing. Yes, he has some very talented athletes! But, so did Ohio State. What got my attention…
Graphic courtesy of HDW7 Keegan Shackford Commits to Iowa State by Marc Goldstein, recruitNoVA Independence High School senior place kicker/punter Keegan Shackford announced on Tuesday that he has verbally committed to Iowa State University. Keegan has only played one season for Indy, as they only opened their doors at the beginning of the 2019 school…
Freedom head coach Darryl Overton (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Football activity still rolls in a prolonged offseason at Freedom by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Freedom football coach Darryl Overton has been as busy as any other high school head whistle in Virginia during the COVID pandemic. But as he waits for official football practice to begin on…
Tuscarora LB Rainer Halveland (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Rainer Halveland Commits to Frostburg State by Marc Goldstein, recruitNoVA Tuscarora High School senior linebacker Rainer Halveland has recently made a life-changing decision to commit to Frostburg State University to play football. He intends to use this commitment as motivation during the upcoming season, as he and his…
Robinson HS lineman Tristan Leigh (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Clemson grabs the best prospect not signing early: Tristan Leigh by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Good things are worth the wait. Robinson Secondary offensive lineman Tristan Leigh (2021 OL 6-5 270) passed on the opportunity to sign early and instead made Alabama, Clemson, Florida, LSU, Ohio State and…
Stone Bridge QB Billy Wiles (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruitNoVA) After decommitting from Tulane weeks ago, Billy Wiles announces a Christmas Eve commitment to Clemson by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Stone Bridge quarterback Billy Wiles (2021 QB 6-3 200), who led his team to the VHSL Class 5 State Championship game in 2019, has made a commitment that…
Ethan Davies commits to UVA (Twitter Photo) Ethan Davies Commits to Virginia by Marc Goldstein, recruitNoVA West Springfield High School senior athlete Ethan Davies has announced his commitment to the University of Virginia. Ethan said about the commitment, “It is incredibly exciting for me. Not only did I sign on to play for the university,…
Broad Run QB Brett Griffis (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruitNoVA) Brett Griffis follows his brother to Wake by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Brett Griffis didn’t want to wait until the COVID pandemic had passed to make his college football commitment decision. Although he hasn’t yet played through his junior year season, the Broad Run quarterback wanted to be…
Patriot DB Jalen Stroman signs with Virginia Tech (Twitter Photo) More NoVA athletes have signed their Letter of Intent by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA There was a second flurry of signings yesterday afternoon, as the college Early Signing Day cycle completed its appointed round. While most of the signees had made their intentions known in the…
ODU Football (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Coach Ricky Rahne bolstered the roster with 18 new signings by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Old Dominion Football brought in 18 new athletes on Wednesday, the first day of the 2020 early signing period. Of the 18, five were in-state commitments. Keep in mind that preferred walk-ons don’t sign a National…
