The Salt Lake Tribune
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Football: Cougs, Utes Losing Favor?
Some odds and ends from the college football recruiting world that have been bantered about the major Web sites recently.......

* Kevin Prince, the quarterback from Crespi Carmelite High in Encino, Calif., who injured his knee in the first game of the season and missed his senior year, says that Washington and UCLA are still his top two choices. Prince has not decided yet whether or not he will go on an LDS Church mission, but says both schools are OK with it if he does.

BYU and Utah offered him during the summer, but neither school is still actively recruiting him. He has said he won't make a school decision until close to signing day in February.

* Cottonwood linebacker Lynn Katoa still hasn't made his college choice yet, but the hottest in-state recruit right now is Snow College left tackle Andrew Mitchell, who will lead the Badgers in the national juco championship game on Saturday at Rice-Eccles.

Mitchell is making his five alotted visits this month and next, and has offers from the likes of BYU, Oklahoma State. South Florida, Kansas, North Carolina State, Arizona State and Arizona.

* It appears that the University of Utah is going to lose a highly touted defensive tackle, Geordon Hanohano, to Hawaii. The four-star recruit from St. Louis High in Honolulu told prepstar.com that he is leaning toward signing with the Warriors. Arizona, San Diego State and UNLV have also offered the 265-pound senior.

* Similarly, offensive lineman Hamani Stevens seems to be slipping out of BYU's grasp. He recently set up a visit to Michigan State, but also has visits scheduled to Oregon and BYU. The BYU trip is set for Jan. 11, but Stevens has hinted he might commit before then.

"I could decide sometime soon, because I would like to get myself into a program and start working out [and maybe] graduate early and maybe play some spring ball," he said.

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