Recruiting

Recruiting: Elite New England Football Camp draws athletes from 37 different states and several countries to Tufts

June 23, 2022
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The Tufts campus was buzzing as you pulled into the parking lot at the football field early on Thursday morning. For the 17th straight year, the Elite New England Football camp was a sellout as players from 37 states, Mexico, Canada and Denmark all flocked to Cambridge for day one of two. The camp – ran by John Pappas, BB&N head coach Mike Willey, Tufts head coach Jay Civetti and…

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Recruiting: Best Of New England camp at Springfield College a rousing success on Friday

June 18, 2022
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SPRINGFIELD – Anyone who is anyone in the New England college football recruiting world converged at Springfield College early Friday morning for the Best of New England camp and it was another fantastic event. Steve Martin, the director of B.O.N.E and Excel Sports Academy of New England, along with Springfield head coach Mike Cerasuolo among many others put the camp on across the school’s athletic complex for roughly four hours…

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Recruiting: St.John’s Prep wide receiver Jesse Ofurie commits to Rutgers

June 12, 2022
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St. John’s Prep junior wide receiver Jesse Ofurie has committed to Rutgers. Ofurie made the announcement this morning on his Twitter account. COMMITTED💯 @RFootball @GregSchiano @CoachShaw__ @Coach__Gleeson @Coach_Hewitt86 #AGTG F.T.C🪓 pic.twitter.com/B3XTNRP2RK — Jesse Ofurie (@jesseofurie1) June 12, 2022 Ofurie held offers from 20 schools. The other FBS schools to offer Ofurie were Army, Air Force and UConn. In the end, Ofurie picked Rutgers because he felt the coaching staff would…

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Recruiting: Finding the right camp is the key to getting noticed

May 28, 2022
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Image courtesy of Elite Football Clinics. It is camp season in football. That means thousands of prospects across the country will be attending football camps ahead of their football season. When making the decision to attend a camp, it is all about finding a camp where you can get the most eyes on you and to get better. FBS or D1 college camps are a great way to get noticed…

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Recruiting Round-Up: Deerfield Academy

May 22, 2022
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For a while, athletically, Deerfield Academy was known mostly as an elite boys lacrosse school. Football-wise, it was known as a competitive, but not dominant, program. That is starting to change. Under the guidance of coach Brian Barbato, Deerfield has grown into a gridiron power in the ever-competitive NEPSAC Class A division. In 2019, Deerfield beat a previously-unbeaten Milton Academy team in a NEPSAC bowl. Then, in the next NEPSAC…

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Recruiting: Schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts to host Show Days on Monday and Tuesday

May 15, 2022
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Ten schools will be participating in the inaugural New England Show Days which will take place this Monday and Tuesday. The Schools will host 30 -45 Min “Pro Day” type workouts on their own campus. Workouts will be staggered throughout allowing coaches to travel school to school and physically see the kids workout. The idea is the brainchild of Avon Old Farms Head Coach Jon Wholley. Wholley spent years as…

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Recruiting Round-Up: Milton Academy

May 3, 2022
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Always a good program in the Independent School League, Milton Academy has taken some steps forward in recent years. The Mustangs, under legendary coach Kevin MacDonald, went unbeaten in league play both in 2019 and 2021 (the ISL did not play due to covid in 2020). And for as good as Milton was those years, the Mustangs will compete for a tite in 2022, as well. And it is not often that…

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