Notes on potential, Polynesians and probable Aggies
Recruiting news hasn't been all that great lately for Utah fans, what with Texas prep quarterback Cole Loftin de-committing and then pledging with Southern Methodist and Hawaii prep linebacker Alema Tachibana saying he will play for Hawaii.
Here's a positive note, however.
The sports information director at Pasadena City College, Robert Lewis, sent me this note about David Reed, the wide receiver from PCC who committed to Utah in January. Remember, it is Lewis' job to pump up his players, but it sounds as if Reed could be special.
Lewis writes, "Reed, by the way, set a national community college record for most receptions in a season at 111 this past year. He broke every receiving record, except for longest catch, in a game, season, and career at Pasadena City College. If he doesn't make the NFL, I'll be completely perplexed. [I am] Stunned by the lack of interest in him at 4-year universities. Anthony Miller went to PCC before becoming an All-Pro receiver. He was a great sprinter.
Reed has the hands of a Wes Welker, makes yards after the catch, and can catch the long bomb in stride.
He has all the tools to be a great one. Utah is very lucky. Dennis Gossard, a long-time head coach and more recently an assistant, who's been part of the football program for 30-plus years at PCC said he's the greatest receiver he's ever seen at the community college level, Miller included."
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Speaking of e-mails, I thought I would pass along this note about the correct term for referring to Pacific Islanders. This was sent to me by Jesse Makani Markham, a member of the Department of Georgraphy at the University of Hawai'i, after I wrote an article about the "Poly Pipeline" to Utah and BYU.
Markham writes, "The US Census broadly labels the people indigenous to Oceania -- aka the Pacific -- as Pacific Islanders. Three subgroups make up Pacific Islanders: Polynesians (Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongans, Maori, Tahitian, etc), Melanesians (Fijians, Solomon Islanders, Papua New Guineans, etc.) and Micronesians (Chamorro, Marshallese, Chuukese, Kosraeans, Pohnpeians, etc).
The majority of the Pacific Islanders that are recruited are Polynesians. However, there have been some Fijians in recent years as well."
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I've confirmed from a representative at his high school that Kellen Bartlett, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound tight end from South High in Blue Springs, Mo., has orally committed to Utah State. He was also recruited by Boise State and Southern Illinois. I hope to have more on Bartlett when he returns my phone call.
We now know that the Aggies have commitments from at least three high schoolers: Bartlett; Emmanuel Ojeriakhi of Bakersfield, Calif., and Greg Grimes of Inderkum High in Sacramento, Calif.
Here's a positive note, however.
The sports information director at Pasadena City College, Robert Lewis, sent me this note about David Reed, the wide receiver from PCC who committed to Utah in January. Remember, it is Lewis' job to pump up his players, but it sounds as if Reed could be special.
Lewis writes, "Reed, by the way, set a national community college record for most receptions in a season at 111 this past year. He broke every receiving record, except for longest catch, in a game, season, and career at Pasadena City College. If he doesn't make the NFL, I'll be completely perplexed. [I am] Stunned by the lack of interest in him at 4-year universities. Anthony Miller went to PCC before becoming an All-Pro receiver. He was a great sprinter.
Reed has the hands of a Wes Welker, makes yards after the catch, and can catch the long bomb in stride.
He has all the tools to be a great one. Utah is very lucky. Dennis Gossard, a long-time head coach and more recently an assistant, who's been part of the football program for 30-plus years at PCC said he's the greatest receiver he's ever seen at the community college level, Miller included."
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Speaking of e-mails, I thought I would pass along this note about the correct term for referring to Pacific Islanders. This was sent to me by Jesse Makani Markham, a member of the Department of Georgraphy at the University of Hawai'i, after I wrote an article about the "Poly Pipeline" to Utah and BYU.
Markham writes, "The US Census broadly labels the people indigenous to Oceania -- aka the Pacific -- as Pacific Islanders. Three subgroups make up Pacific Islanders: Polynesians (Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongans, Maori, Tahitian, etc), Melanesians (Fijians, Solomon Islanders, Papua New Guineans, etc.) and Micronesians (Chamorro, Marshallese, Chuukese, Kosraeans, Pohnpeians, etc).
The majority of the Pacific Islanders that are recruited are Polynesians. However, there have been some Fijians in recent years as well."
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I've confirmed from a representative at his high school that Kellen Bartlett, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound tight end from South High in Blue Springs, Mo., has orally committed to Utah State. He was also recruited by Boise State and Southern Illinois. I hope to have more on Bartlett when he returns my phone call.
We now know that the Aggies have commitments from at least three high schoolers: Bartlett; Emmanuel Ojeriakhi of Bakersfield, Calif., and Greg Grimes of Inderkum High in Sacramento, Calif.
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