Football: 7 on 7 teams impressive in workout
Utah's two entrants in Saturday and Sunday's Scout.com/New Level Athletics 7 on 7 passing tournament in Las Vegas got together Monday night for a workout at BYU's indoor practice facility in Provo.
All of the players are juniors except Timpview's Chris Badger, who is a sophomore. They were chosen for the all-star type event by the four coaches who will direct them in Las Vegas: Bingham's Dave Peck, Timpview's Chad Van Orden, Alta's Les Hamilton and Logan's Mike Favero.
Unfortunately, there have been some changes to the rosters that we posted earlier this week.
Team One will be without perhaps its two best players, it appears. Layton running back LaVaughn Jackson is out with a stress fracture in his foot. Timpview safety Craig Bills, who has committed to BYU, informed coaches on Monday that he won't be going, presumably because he learned the tournament portion of the camp is on Sunday.
Jackson has been replaced by East High's Sunia Tauteoli, a 5-11, 205-pound running back.
A couple of observations from the workout:
* Logan High quarterback Jeff Manning has an absolute rocket for a right arm. He was zipping balls all over the field with excellent velocity and accuracy. He could make folks in Logan forget about Riley Nelson if he has that untangible feel for making plays like Nelson did.
Manning told me a few weeks ago that he doesn't have any scholarship offers yet, but has received dozens and dozens of letters. He said he's has always been a Utah fan growing up, but a recent visit to BYU's Junior Day had him thinking the Cougars could be a possibility, if they are interested.
* Snow College coaches were there in force to see and be seen because they are not bound by the same NCAA rules that kept even BYU coaches from watching the action.
* Bingham, which has the maximum four players on the two rosters, is going to have some outstanding looking athletes this fall: 6-4 receiver Mike Edmunds, 6-1 linebacker L.T. Filiaga, 6-5 tight end Remington Peck and 5-11 receiver Matt Green all looked great.
I had a chance to speak to the fathers of both Edmunds and Filiaga.
Edmunds does not have any college offers yet (he didn't see the ball much in Bingham's offense last year, with Austin Holt and Sam Langi around), but is hoping to impress coaches with his rare combinaton of speed and height. He especially would like to play for BYU. Edmunds recently posted a 4.47 time in the 40-yard dash, not bad for a 6-4 kid. Peck said Edmunds has improved rapidly in the past year and will be a big part of Bingham's offense this year, with all-state caliber quarterback Jake Soffe rifling passes to him.
Filiaga's father said that L.T. has offers from BYU and Utah and that Stanford, Colorado and Harvard have expressed interest. Harvard is in the mix because Filiaga has a 3.9 grade point average. He will take the ACT college admission test in April.
Filiaga's older brother, Isley Filiaga, originally signed with BYU before an LDS Church mission, but is now playing for Utah. Mr. Filiaga said his son is "pretty wide open" right now about his college choice.
* We've posted a lot about C.J. Wilcox, the junior basketball star from Pleasant Grove who has offers from BYU, Utah and several other basketball programs. Did you know Wilcox has a cousin who is an excellent football player?
LeSean Wilcox, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound safety, was impressive in Monday's practice and appears to have the speed and athleticism to be a D-I football recruit.
All of the players are juniors except Timpview's Chris Badger, who is a sophomore. They were chosen for the all-star type event by the four coaches who will direct them in Las Vegas: Bingham's Dave Peck, Timpview's Chad Van Orden, Alta's Les Hamilton and Logan's Mike Favero.
Unfortunately, there have been some changes to the rosters that we posted earlier this week.
Team One will be without perhaps its two best players, it appears. Layton running back LaVaughn Jackson is out with a stress fracture in his foot. Timpview safety Craig Bills, who has committed to BYU, informed coaches on Monday that he won't be going, presumably because he learned the tournament portion of the camp is on Sunday.
Jackson has been replaced by East High's Sunia Tauteoli, a 5-11, 205-pound running back.
A couple of observations from the workout:
* Logan High quarterback Jeff Manning has an absolute rocket for a right arm. He was zipping balls all over the field with excellent velocity and accuracy. He could make folks in Logan forget about Riley Nelson if he has that untangible feel for making plays like Nelson did.
Manning told me a few weeks ago that he doesn't have any scholarship offers yet, but has received dozens and dozens of letters. He said he's has always been a Utah fan growing up, but a recent visit to BYU's Junior Day had him thinking the Cougars could be a possibility, if they are interested.
* Snow College coaches were there in force to see and be seen because they are not bound by the same NCAA rules that kept even BYU coaches from watching the action.
* Bingham, which has the maximum four players on the two rosters, is going to have some outstanding looking athletes this fall: 6-4 receiver Mike Edmunds, 6-1 linebacker L.T. Filiaga, 6-5 tight end Remington Peck and 5-11 receiver Matt Green all looked great.
I had a chance to speak to the fathers of both Edmunds and Filiaga.
Edmunds does not have any college offers yet (he didn't see the ball much in Bingham's offense last year, with Austin Holt and Sam Langi around), but is hoping to impress coaches with his rare combinaton of speed and height. He especially would like to play for BYU. Edmunds recently posted a 4.47 time in the 40-yard dash, not bad for a 6-4 kid. Peck said Edmunds has improved rapidly in the past year and will be a big part of Bingham's offense this year, with all-state caliber quarterback Jake Soffe rifling passes to him.
Filiaga's father said that L.T. has offers from BYU and Utah and that Stanford, Colorado and Harvard have expressed interest. Harvard is in the mix because Filiaga has a 3.9 grade point average. He will take the ACT college admission test in April.
Filiaga's older brother, Isley Filiaga, originally signed with BYU before an LDS Church mission, but is now playing for Utah. Mr. Filiaga said his son is "pretty wide open" right now about his college choice.
* We've posted a lot about C.J. Wilcox, the junior basketball star from Pleasant Grove who has offers from BYU, Utah and several other basketball programs. Did you know Wilcox has a cousin who is an excellent football player?
LeSean Wilcox, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound safety, was impressive in Monday's practice and appears to have the speed and athleticism to be a D-I football recruit.
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