by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Last weekend was a big one for Hampton Crabber DE Elijah Conliffe. In a busy May that saw him pick up a number of big time scholarship offers, Conliffe got an invite to visit Tuscaloosa. He made the trip last weekend and came back beaming about the experience. “I…
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This weekend’s first annual Recruit757 Basketball Junior Showcase was an opportunity to assess the area’s deep pool of youth talent. The middle school athletes that showed up to Granby High School on Saturday certainly didn’t disappoint. After a brief registration period, the athletes went through a series of combine testing. Campers were treated to speeches…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 I’m 6-3 and 280 pounds. There aren’t many players who force me to look up at them as they approach me. Then again, not many student-athletes stand as tall as Sawaar Canady (SR LT 6-4 260) out of Heritage High School. The rising senior and All-757 Honorable Mention made his way…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 I.C. Norcom sent a representative on Saturday to Coach Connell Maynor’s HU One-Day Camp at Armstrong Stadium on Saturday and he was prepared to put his speed and skill on display. On a blazing summer Saturday, Joshua Elliot (SR WR/CB) from I.C. Norcom in Portsmouth, Virginia found no fault in Mother Nature.…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Hampton University’s Connell Maynor Camp this past Saturday was a great chance to get evaluated in terms of skill and football intelligence. The Warriors of Nansemond River showed up with a trio of rising seniors who were all in support of one another. Rising seniors Demetrius Stitmon (6-1 210 OLB TE…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Lafayette High’s Cheyton Pine added another college football offer this weekend, this time from a Big 12 School. West Virginia University became the latest school to add Pine to their wish list of recruits following a visit to Morgantown on Sunday. He announced the offer on his Twitter…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 The temperature in the city of Hampton on Saturday was over 90 degrees. On the turf inside of Armstrong Stadium the temperature was over 100 degrees. Hampton University head coach Connell Maynor spearheaded HU’s first football prospect camp of the season Saturday which saw student athletes near and far put their…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Last week, there was a bit of a surprise on Twitter. Landstown linebacker Laronde Liverpool announced he was verbally committing to Wake Forest. Now… it’s official. On June 2, he tweeted his commitment to the Demon Deacons. Then an explanation came out from an independent blogger with a Wake…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 It’s been debated before. Other sports have an early signing day, including college basketball. Why not college football? A vote is scheduled next week that could make that a reality. Currently, a football player makes his decision and wants to end his recruitment. That could happen in his junior year, over…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 It’s been debated before. Other sports have an early signing day, including college basketball. Why not college football? A vote is scheduled next week that could make that a reality. Currently, a football player makes his decision and wants to end his recruitment. That could happen in…
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