Most reasonable people that I know in Connecticut know that CT is years behind as far as high school football is concerned. The others are just plain blind to the fact that Connecticut just doesn't crop the same kind of players most big time programs are looking for. At least UCONN's head coach, Randy Edsall sees that he needs to find players out of state to come to his school, and you know what...it shows! Edsall really stays away from Connecticut prospects so much that he missed out on the only 4-star recruits (2) in state. Joshua Adams is the state's #1 player. The wide receiver from Cheshire Academy is on his way to the University of North Carolina, and is considered the 35th best receiver in the nation. Also lost from Edsall is one of the nation's most versatile quarterbacks. Jordan Reed from New London H.S. is making his way south toward Gainesville, home of the National Champs. Reed is coming off an injury that occurred earlier in the season, story is is that Gators coach Urban Meyer called up superstar high school coach Jack Cochran and told him that Reed will not play the rest of the season no matter what, and that he doesn't care about Cochran's state championship. I guess that this shows how good this kid is! A couple other prospects that will not be attending the Storrs campus this fall are 3-star recruits Andre Lawrence from Hartford Public (Boston College) and Mark Harrison from Bunnell High School (Rutgers). Finally, the most recognized football recruit in the 2009 season was Jake Golic from Northwest Catholic. There has been mixed reviews about the 2-star recruit who is the son of the former NFL player and current talk show host Mike Golic. The younger Golic will be attending Notre Dame this fall as a tight end. He was invited to attend the All-American Bowl game which consists of the top high school players in the nation, but he was brought in as an alternate. Which might be because he is a celebrity's son.
As far as Edsall and UCONN goes, well things on the recruiting end are going well. So all you "snow birds" will be happy with the commits so far. Dwayne Difton, is a 4-star wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL has recently just committed to the Huskies this past week. Steve Greene is another top recruit that UCONN grabbed from Pennsylvania. Greene is an offensive guard who ranks #41 in the nation, who stands at 6'4'' and weighs 304 pounds. This is a big week though for Connecticut, this week one of the top linebackers in the nation will be visiting the school. Barkevious Mingo, is labeled as a 4-star recruit from Louisiana and is coming off an impressive visit to Alabama. Mingo is ranked #155 overall and #9 at linebacker in the nation. Mingo really has no clue on where he will be attending school in the fall but he has narrowed his choices to a top 11. Edsall did indeed grab a couple of in state recruits for the fall. The top ones are 2-star recruits Mike Osiecki LB from Seymour H.S. and Marcus Aiken WR from St. Paul (Bristol).
I have been recently asked from my boy, Mif, about a local player that the Record Journal is really pubbing up. Billy Ragone, from Cheshire was the quarterback this past high school season for Cheshire H.S. He is listed as a safety on Rivals.com and is nothing more than a 1-star recruit. He is considering UCONN, BC, Syracuse, Temple, and Army. With the only offers coming from Temple and Army so far. It cracks me up when the locals go too far with what they think a talented kid is. Next week I will get into the Florida crop of talent just to put these people back down to earth, in the mean time here is a video from UCONN bound Dwayne Difton.
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