Football: SF's Wilson has a final four
Just had a nice chat with Richard Wilson, the highly recruited tight end from Spanish Fork High, because I heard he was at BYU's football practice today along with Xavier Su'a-Filo but didn't see him and wanted to be sure.
Turns out, he wasn't there. But he still had some news for you recruiting buffs out there.
Wilson said he pretty much has narrowed his college choices to four, after having received nine Division I offers to date.
"Miami, Stanford, LSU and BYU are probably my favorites," he said. "They are all neck-and-neck with each other, so I can't say I am leaning in one direction. But those are the four I am really looking hard at."
Wilson says he is 6-foot-3 1/2 inches tall and 225 pounds. His Spanish Fork team begins two-a-days on Monday, so he is now turning his attention to high school football and away, for a while, from the recruiting process.
Still, he hopes to decide by Nov. 1, he said.
That will come after the Oct. 25 Georgia-at-LSU game that he plans on attending. He also wants to make official campus visits this fall to Miami and Stanford. As for BYU, he figures he has already been there enough to know what the place is all about, but is tentatively planning to make an official visit in January when many other recruits visit the campus.
"If I am not already dead-set on another school by then," he said.
Wilson said he went to an LSU camp with Su'a-Filo in July and was impressed.
Noticeably absent from his final four list is Utah, although Wilson said he grew up a Ute fan.
"They just don't have that tradition at tight end that I'm looking for, sorry to say," he said.
Other schools that have offered include Boise State, Washington, Tennessee and Arizona, he said.
It's no secret that Wilson and Su'a-Filo are good friends, but Wilson said there is no "package deal" agreement in place between two of the most recruited prep players in state history.
"In the end, we both have to do what is best for ourself," he said.
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Rivals.com is reporting that Highland High defensive tackle Latu Heimuli has picked up an offer from Washington State. Heimuli, 6-foot-3, 295, is listed as the No. 4 prospect in the state of Utah by Rivals.com, behind only Cottonwood's No. 1 John Martinez, Su'a-Filo and Timpview safety Craig Bills, who has committed to BYU.
Heimuli also has offers from BYU, Utah, Colorado, Oregon State, Arizona and Washington.
He told recruiting analyst Rick Kimbrel that he is being recruited the most by Colorado and BYU, but that he is still pretty open. He has not set up any official visits yet.
Originally, Heimuli told The Recruiting Trail that he wanted to commit before Highland's season begins in a few weeks, but now he is talking about deciding after the season.
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Rivals.com is also reporting that Travis Cobb, a 6-foot-, 178-pound receiver from Blinn Community College in Texas has de--committed to the University of Utah. Cobb told the Web site that he called Utah coaches a day after he committed and de-committed.
He said UAB is now at the top of his list.
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The Gazette-Times of Corvallis, Ore., is reporting that 6-foot-8 center Joe Burton of Hemet (Calif.) has committed to Oregon State. Utah was among the schools that had offered a scholarship to Burton, the newspaper said, alluding to reports by the Los Angeles Times and ESPN. Marquette, Gonzaga, San Diego State and Central Florida were also in pursuit with offers in hand.
-- Jay Drew
Turns out, he wasn't there. But he still had some news for you recruiting buffs out there.
Wilson said he pretty much has narrowed his college choices to four, after having received nine Division I offers to date.
"Miami, Stanford, LSU and BYU are probably my favorites," he said. "They are all neck-and-neck with each other, so I can't say I am leaning in one direction. But those are the four I am really looking hard at."
Wilson says he is 6-foot-3 1/2 inches tall and 225 pounds. His Spanish Fork team begins two-a-days on Monday, so he is now turning his attention to high school football and away, for a while, from the recruiting process.
Still, he hopes to decide by Nov. 1, he said.
That will come after the Oct. 25 Georgia-at-LSU game that he plans on attending. He also wants to make official campus visits this fall to Miami and Stanford. As for BYU, he figures he has already been there enough to know what the place is all about, but is tentatively planning to make an official visit in January when many other recruits visit the campus.
"If I am not already dead-set on another school by then," he said.
Wilson said he went to an LSU camp with Su'a-Filo in July and was impressed.
Noticeably absent from his final four list is Utah, although Wilson said he grew up a Ute fan.
"They just don't have that tradition at tight end that I'm looking for, sorry to say," he said.
Other schools that have offered include Boise State, Washington, Tennessee and Arizona, he said.
It's no secret that Wilson and Su'a-Filo are good friends, but Wilson said there is no "package deal" agreement in place between two of the most recruited prep players in state history.
"In the end, we both have to do what is best for ourself," he said.
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Rivals.com is reporting that Highland High defensive tackle Latu Heimuli has picked up an offer from Washington State. Heimuli, 6-foot-3, 295, is listed as the No. 4 prospect in the state of Utah by Rivals.com, behind only Cottonwood's No. 1 John Martinez, Su'a-Filo and Timpview safety Craig Bills, who has committed to BYU.
Heimuli also has offers from BYU, Utah, Colorado, Oregon State, Arizona and Washington.
He told recruiting analyst Rick Kimbrel that he is being recruited the most by Colorado and BYU, but that he is still pretty open. He has not set up any official visits yet.
Originally, Heimuli told The Recruiting Trail that he wanted to commit before Highland's season begins in a few weeks, but now he is talking about deciding after the season.
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Rivals.com is also reporting that Travis Cobb, a 6-foot-, 178-pound receiver from Blinn Community College in Texas has de--committed to the University of Utah. Cobb told the Web site that he called Utah coaches a day after he committed and de-committed.
He said UAB is now at the top of his list.
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The Gazette-Times of Corvallis, Ore., is reporting that 6-foot-8 center Joe Burton of Hemet (Calif.) has committed to Oregon State. Utah was among the schools that had offered a scholarship to Burton, the newspaper said, alluding to reports by the Los Angeles Times and ESPN. Marquette, Gonzaga, San Diego State and Central Florida were also in pursuit with offers in hand.
-- Jay Drew
7 Comments:
Those are four good schools, but who's been talking to this guy? No TE tradition at Utah? The best TE to ever play in this state was Marv Flemming, a Ute. Utah has produced 3 great NFL TEs (Flemming, Trumpy, and Parker), and BYU has produced 4 (Christensen, Lewis, Mili, and Jolley). Each school currently has one TE in the NFL (Madsen for Utah and Coats for BYU). Utah recently had an all-MWC TE in Ben Moa, who just about single-handedly beat Air Force in 2003. Utah has not had a great receiving TE for a few years, but why not bring the tradition back?
I don't know anything about TEs at Stanford, Miami, and LSU. But someone should tell Richard that BYU just signed Austin Holt. Only one TE will emerge as the go to guy. The other will get occasional catches or will play out of position. There would have been minimal competition for those catches in SLC.
Jefe.
Who are you?
Who is Flemming, Trumpy, and Parker?
Seriously bro.
Are they the same as Smith, Peterson and Bobo Mooey?
You crack me up!
Yeah, they were probably before your time. It's true that Moa and Madsen have been the only really good receiving TEs at Utah in the past 10 years.
I can understand the desire to be the next great in a long line, but why not also consider beginning new great traditions?
spencer and stepanie, you crack me up. Typical BYU arrogance. You just let everyone know about your football ignorance. What kind of a dumb @ss are you?
"Jim Brown? Who's that, couldn't have been good if I didn't see him play."
Move out of the bubble and learn that football didn't begin in 1984.
Utah does have a proud TE tradition albeit a bit dated. Marv Flemming was incredible. BYU has a great tradition too and it is a bit more recent. And Jefe is right on. The TE tradition at Stanford, Miami, and LSU is...non-existent. Do their current schemes even use the TE?
Jim, Um... Do you watch football? Miami Hurricans have super tight end tradition. Have you heard of Bubba Franks? Greg olsen? Kellen Winslow? or Jeremy Shockey?
My name is jefe... Im so smart. Your dumb. Im smart Im jefe.
Sorry, but nobody can blame him for eliminating Utah.
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