Football: BYU gets three commitments on Saturday
It's Saturday night, and I just got off the phone with Austin Holt, the big tight end from Bingham High who is on his official recruiting visit to BYU this weekend.
Holt confiirmed that BYU has received three oral commitments today and that those commitments were announced at a dinner for all the recruits and their families a few hours ago.
The commitments came from Florida receiver O'Neill Chambers, California linebacker Uona Kaveinga and California offensive lineman Solomone Kafu.
Holt said that as far as he knows, Hamani Stevens, the four-star recruit from Hemet High in California has not committed.
Still. landing Chambers and Kaveinga is huge for the Cougars, and makes this one of the best recruiting classes in school history.
Kaveinga committed to UCLA months ago, but de-committed last fall and has also received an offer from USC. He is a four-star recruit according to Scout.com, and recently turned heads with his play at an all-star game in Florida.
Chambers is a three-star recruit who had offers from Purdue, Maryland and Florida, although there are conflicting reports whether the Florida offer was still on the table.
Kafu is not even listed on most major recruiting sites, but an article in the Sacramento Bee says he carries a 3.8 grade point average and had offers from Sacramento State and UC Davis. It said he was not heavily recruited because of a foot injury he suffered his junior season.
Kafu is the cousin of USC player Christian Tupou, a big recruit last year.
According to the Bee, he was an All-Metro second-team selection as a senior and the primary blocker for Houston Roots, who rushed for 1,750 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Holt confiirmed that BYU has received three oral commitments today and that those commitments were announced at a dinner for all the recruits and their families a few hours ago.
The commitments came from Florida receiver O'Neill Chambers, California linebacker Uona Kaveinga and California offensive lineman Solomone Kafu.
Holt said that as far as he knows, Hamani Stevens, the four-star recruit from Hemet High in California has not committed.
Still. landing Chambers and Kaveinga is huge for the Cougars, and makes this one of the best recruiting classes in school history.
Kaveinga committed to UCLA months ago, but de-committed last fall and has also received an offer from USC. He is a four-star recruit according to Scout.com, and recently turned heads with his play at an all-star game in Florida.
Chambers is a three-star recruit who had offers from Purdue, Maryland and Florida, although there are conflicting reports whether the Florida offer was still on the table.
Kafu is not even listed on most major recruiting sites, but an article in the Sacramento Bee says he carries a 3.8 grade point average and had offers from Sacramento State and UC Davis. It said he was not heavily recruited because of a foot injury he suffered his junior season.
Kafu is the cousin of USC player Christian Tupou, a big recruit last year.
According to the Bee, he was an All-Metro second-team selection as a senior and the primary blocker for Houston Roots, who rushed for 1,750 yards and 20 touchdowns.
5 Comments:
Hey, Drew, when you get a tip from a news source about some BYU commits (cough, totalbluesports.com ), simple courtesy would seem to dictate mentioning them in your blog.
Hey, Jason, go ahead and read the article again.. He talked with Austin Holt and got the information. Turn your head and...
I don't care where he got the information...just happy he got it and reported it. And happy about the news of course. The Tribune has certainly stepped up to the plate. When did we as fans have this many excellent sources for information?
The SoCal middle linebacker will be the top recruit in the MWC. His comments on the USC recruiting website indicate he is wise beyond his years, a great fit at BYU. It's nice to hear Austin Holt becoming a cheer leader for the Cougs in spotlighting potential recruits. Not long ago, he was talking about Stanford and other PAC-10 schools, long after his verbal to BYU. I think the whole verbal idea needs to be dumped. Let the kids sign with their choice as soon as the high school season is over. Too many resources are wasted, with coaches doing the hard sell on kids who have verbally committed to another school. ASU has long been a leader in undercutting kids bound for BYU. Example would be Atwood from Timpview, and some all-Americans from Snow. As Hall and Atwood can attest, ASU and other school are as aggressive in running kids out of the program as they are in bringing them in. To recruit 2-3 QB's a year, while losing a starter every 2.5 years means that 1-2 kids are going to leave on their own volition or involuntarily, yearly.
Thanks Drew for the great site. I am excited to hear who is coming this weekend for the utes and who you think they have a good chance at getting. also do you know who is coming to the team this year that have been gone to missions? thanks. i check the site twice a day.
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