Recruiting – Page 2 – New England Football Journal®

UConn adds safety Tyrece Mills in the transfer portal

January 29, 2025

AP PHOTO UConn continued to dominate the portal on Tuesday night, adding former Penn State safety Tyrece Mills according to Pete Nakos of On3 Sports. Mills has played three seasons with the Nittany Lions after transferring to Happy Valley from Lackawanna College. Mills played in three safety and big packages for Penn State this past season. He recorded a career-high five tackles against Minnesota and he had his first career…

Former Lawrence Academy standout Ty Chan transfers to UConn

January 28, 2025

0 comment

UConn continues to crush the portal and on Monday night, they added another big addition to their offensive line, literally and figuratively. According to On3 Sports Pete Nakos, former Lawrence Academy standout and Notre Dame offensive tackle Ty Chan is transferring to UConn. The 2022 four star recruit has played mostly special teams during his time in South Bend and is looking for an opportunity to get more playing time….

Connecticut O-linemen represent New England in Rivals Top 250 list for 2025

January 26, 2025

0 comment

Late last week, the largest, most well-known recruiting database site in the country Rivals dropped its list of the Top 250 prospects for the class of 2025. It’s an elite group to be a part of as the recruiting scene and NIL landscape has gotten wilder and wilder. While Massachusetts and the other New England states are producing some damn good talent with plenty of top tier D1 commits of……

Bill Belichick back in Massachusetts, but this time he was recruiting high school players

January 23, 2025

0 comment

Image courtesy of St. Sebastian’s Football Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick was back in Massachusetts on Thursday but this time he was recruiting for the University of North Carolina. As far as we know, Belichick made stops at Xaverian, Catholic Memorial, St. Sebastian’s, Arlington High School and Dexter-Southfield. He offered St. Sebs 2026 offensive tackle Marky Walbridge a scholarship. We will find out tomorrow if Belichick is still in the…

Catholic Memorial’s Ramar Thomas is officially on the radar after committing to Boston College

January 22, 2025

0 comment

Courtesy of Ramar Thomas instagram We have been telling you about Ramar Thomas for months. Now you know why. The Catholic Memorial freshmen quarterback/athlete received his first college offer on Friday and by Sunday evening, he was committed to Boston College, continuing the CM to BC pipeline. Thomas was originally offered by the Eagles in early December and was on campus this past weekend for an unofficial visit. Quarterback coach…

Funke chooses O’Brien & BC staff with early commitment despite current NIL landscape

January 18, 2025

0 comment

Image courtesy of @FunkeDominic In a day and age where trying to get every last dime and opportunity out of a school is the main goal for many recruits during the courting process, Dominic Funke went the opposite route. Still in his junior year of high school, Funke officially committed to Boston College on Wednesday evening. Funke is coming off a Division 1 Super Bowl title – Xaverian’s second in…

Catching up with Vincent Busa after his commitment to URI

December 24, 2024

0 comment

I recently had a chance to catch up with Xaverian running back Vincent Busa on his commitment to Rhode Island. Busa announced his decision on Sunday. I had a chance to talk to Busa about why he committed to URI. NEFJ: Why did you decide that URI was the right school for you? VB: “I chose URI because of how important the football program is at there university. Also being…

Catching up with Canterbury RB Soren Reif after his commitment to UConn

December 20, 2024

0 comment

Image courtesy of Soren Reif We recently caught up with former Killingly and Canterbury running back Soren Reif after his commitment to UConn. Here is what Soren had to do after an emotional commitment. NEFJ: How does it feel to finally commit to a school. Your home state school nonetheless. SR: It feels great to finally commit. It has been a long road with recruiting especially within the past couple…

New England Transfer Portal Report for 12-13-24

December 13, 2024

0 comment

With the transfer portal officially open now, several of the top division one players in New England have entered and are already receiving offers. Here is the latest update on where local players in the portal stand. 1.Rhode Island’s A.J Peña entered the portal on Tuesday and already has over 12 offers. 24/7 currently ranks Peña as a three-star portal recruit. Here are the schools that have already offered the…

UNH announces six new recruits in 2025 class

December 10, 2024

0 comment

Last Wednesday was the first National Signing Day for the 2025 season and while UNH didn’t make anything official on the actual day, the program did finally do so on Monday. The No. 19-ranked Wildcats – yes, UNH is still in the Top 20 despite the playoffs still going on – announced the addition of six recruits in a statement Monday afternoon. The players are listed below: Seven Bullock, (WR),…

1 2 3 4 … 24