Cavalcade of Patriot League Recruiting News

[Lehigh Football Nation]

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/calvalcade-of-lehigh-and-patriot.html

Just listed a ton of recruiting news on the blog. It's mostly Lehigh recruits and prospectives, but there's a slew of other Patriot League commits listed, too. More, too, as I get them.

Might as well use this thread to talk about YOUR PL recruits, too.

Other Lehigh recruits that I'm aware of are here:
http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/recruiting-update-will-matt-simms.html
http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-lehigh-recruiting-news-including.html

[ngineer]

Thanks for the heads up...Looks like we're making progress. Lehigh usually waits a week or more after LOI day. One reasons as you say is for Lehigh and Lafayette not to step on each other and let each school have the media focus for that week. However, we ahve historically, gathered more than a few recruits after LOI day with some fence-sitters coming later. The U likes to announce the class once everyone is in the fold rather than piecemeal.xthumbsupx

[bison137]

A couple of corrections on the Bucknell list:

- LB Anthony Lubischer (Red Bank Catholic, NJ) committed to Fordham, not Bucknell.
- QB Max Yago (Las Lomas HS, CA) was in the Class of '08 and played this past Fall at D2 Lewis and Clark in Oregon. Sounds unlikely that he is transferring to Bucknell.


Three additions for the list:

- OL Chris Spahr (6'4", 260) Red Bank Catholic - first-team All Shore area, 2nd team Star Ledger All-State (all groups)

- RB/DB Robert Owoyele - Arlington TX - second team All-District 4A

- Safety Joseph Francis - Arlington TX - first team All-District 4A

[Ken_Z]

Bucknell

- Defensive End John Wagner 6'3" 240#

[bison137]

Bucknell

- Defensive End John Wagner 6'3" 240#


Do you have a link for him or know what H.S. he played for? Can't find anything on google.


EDIT: Never mind, I found him. Spelling is actually Jon Wagner, Wilson H.S. in the Reading Area.

[RichH2]

I would expect a lot of verbals after this weekend and then again after signing day. Next week should be interesting.
LU and LC usually finish their classes before signing day. Does notseem to be the case this year.

[bison137]

One more Bucknell name: Colton Weaver, a good LB from Wilson.

[TheValleyRaider]

WR/RS Ryan Kramer (Oneida HS, NY)
DB Jason Taylor (Barrington HS, IL)
RB/S Mike Yeager (St Joe's Prep HS, PA)

In addition to these guys LFN has, the Voy board is reporting:

Pat Friel, LB, Illinois

Chris Horner, 6'3", 265 lb., all region guard from Delaware Valley, PA. will play in the PA FB Coaches Assoc. East/West game in June.

Dan Saita, FB/DB, teamate of Horner

[bison137]

Another Bucknell name - if the PennLive forum is accurate:

6'2" 265 pound OL Brandon Morris from Cumberland Valley

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Thanks for the information, folks. I've added the verified names here plus (I think) a couple others to the original blog posting.

[bison137]

One more Bucknell name - but only from a forum:

OL/DL Josh Haywood from the Cleveland area.

[CrusaderBob]

Another Holy Cross Commit

Jack Karlovec, 6’1” 175 lb, WR, Chagrin Falls, OH – outside Cleveland. FWIW Scout says 4.5 speed.

http://www.news-herald.com/articles...ts/nh320777.txt

http://www.jjhuddle.com/football/re...?recruit_id=514

[Tribe4SF]

Lafayette has gained a commitment from LB/TE Zach Midulla from JR Tucker in Richmond, VA. He's 6'2" and 225, and was a defensive standout, but will apparently be a TE for the Pards.

[Andy]

Lafayette has gained a commitment from LB/TE Zach Midulla from JR Tucker in Richmond, VA. He's 6'2" and 225, and was a defensive standout, but will apparently be a TE for the Pards.


Thanks, hadn't seen that. LC has a definite need at the position having brought in only one recruited TE over the past two years.

[Franks Tanks]

Stud DE Tahir Basil has committed to Lafayette over Lehigh and Delaware State. He has the makings of a very good edge rusher for us.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Updated my list with what little I actually know:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/calvalcade-of-lehigh-and-patriot.html

Tribe, I couldn't find a confirmation of Zach Midulla's commitment to Lafayette, so I'm leaving it off for now. If you post it, I'll add it (and that also goes with more of the message board commits, too).

[Franks Tanks]

Updated my list with what little I actually know:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/calvalcade-of-lehigh-and-patriot.html

Tribe, I couldn't find a confirmation of Zach Midulla's commitment to Lafayette, so I'm leaving it off for now. If you post it, I'll add it (and that also goes with more of the message board commits, too).

Mike Murphy - OL/DL - 6-4 - 280 - Schuylkill Haven

Tyler Swoyer - Ol/DL - 6-2 - 285 - Schuylkill Haven

http://www.pafootballnews.com/commitments2009.htm

These two committed to Lafayette about a month ago.

[Tribe4SF]

Updated my list with what little I actually know:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/calvalcade-of-lehigh-and-patriot.html

Tribe, I couldn't find a confirmation of Zach Midulla's commitment to Lafayette, so I'm leaving it off for now. If you post it, I'll add it (and that also goes with more of the message board commits, too).

There's an article on VaPreps today about Midulla's commitment. Written by Steve Roberts of robertsrecruits.com, and is premium content on VaPreps, but here's the link in case your subscribed.

http://virginiapreps.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1702&mid=120499608&sid=914&tid=120499608&style=1

Here's a link to Roberts Recruits with info on Zach, although no update on his recruitment.

http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=ROBERTSRECRUITS&s=football&t=c

[Syntax Error]

All this verbal commit stuff doesn't really mean much until it is final, right?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

All this verbal commit stuff doesn't really mean much until it is final, right?

True, they are not 100% "done deals" yet, but it's very likely if they've already committed to the school in the newspaper or to Scout or Rivals they'll end up going to the school. It's more the exception that "decommits" and goes somewhere else.

Found another Colgate commit, incidentally (who has been added too to my listing):

K/P Evan Colborne (Hillsborough HS, FL), Colgate

[TheValleyRaider]

Found another Colgate commit, incidentally (who has been added too to my listing):

K/P Evan Colborne (Hillsborough HS, FL), Colgate

Excellent, a kicker xthumbsupx

[c15683]

Anyone want to guess which PL team will score the best recruiting class?

[MDFAN]

Won't likely know for three years!!

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Added some more to the list - I am updating it as I go.

The biggest name actually to hit the list is the rumor that UD QB Lou Ritaccio is considering transferring to Fordham. I've included a blurb (and link) to it on the original blog posting:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/01/calvalcade-of-lehigh-and-patriot.html

I may try to a brand-new recruiting posting later today, I'm not sure. Keep the information coming!

[colorless raider]

Chuck, keep up the good work!! Thank you.

[813Jag]

Excellent, a kicker xthumbsupx
He's from my school xthumbsupx, great leg on kick offs, it'll be interesting to see how he kicks in college.

[breezy]

LFN --

For Holy Cross, you can add Erik Wachter, New Jersey linebacker (second team All-State).

Link: http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1233208506118500.xml&coll=1.

[Ken_Z]

Bucknell

Troy Steinhilber - lineman - Rochester, NY http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090204/SPORTS08/902040349/1007/SPORTS