Boston College’s Jason Tudryn on the state of recruiting

March 11, 2023

FOXBORO — On Saturday, the second day of the New England Football Coaches Clinic at Gillette Stadium, Jason Tudryn covered a lot of ground with his presentation on the current recruiting landscape. Tudryn is the recruiting coordinator at Boston College, and has loads of experience at both the high school and college level. We got a chance after his talk to speak with him on a few topics. One aspect……

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Recruiting Roundup: Chelmsford

February 20, 2023

This week’s Recruiting Roundup features a look up in Chelmsford for the Lions, who on the verge of getting back to where the program was in the 1990s and later. As you’ll remember, the 1994 team had running back Dan Curran, who is now the coach at Merrimack College. The Lions always had numbers, too, with participation routinely in the 100-110-range in grades 9-12. Some of the biggest games in……

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Recruiting Roundup: Pingree

February 13, 2023

The Pingree School of South Hamilton, Mass. has been on a steady climb in recent years, as coach Mike Flynn has continued to boost its profile in the NEPSAC scene. The Highlanders usually have a good number college prospects on campus, and that is true now. So we called up Flynn to get the lowdown on his top players. We started with the outgoing 2023 class and offensive lineman Theo……

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Harvard offers Catholic Memorial OL Brandon Sullivan

February 10, 2023

For a first Division 1 offer, this one had to be pretty special for Brandon Sullivan. The Catholic Memorial offensive lineman announced on Twitter Friday that Harvard offered and became the first D1 school to pull the trigger. Sullivan, a New England Football Journal Second Team All-State selection, is a junior, or member of the 2024 class. He plays guard, and that is the position he projects at on the……

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Chesney talks about Holy Cross’ recruiting message & building for the future

February 6, 2023

Image courtesy of @HCrossFB Maintaining a program is one thing, but maintaining a championship caliber program in an era where kids can literally go wherever they want pretty much wherever they want is a whole different ballgame. With the news that head coach Bob Chesney restructured his deal to keep him in Worcester through 2028, all eyes in the fan base should have immediately turned to the recruiting class that……

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Recruiting Roundup: Cheshire Academy

February 6, 2023

Cheshire Academy made some news this weekend when our Jake Klein reported that the school would be taking in Loomis Chaffee transfers Dante Reno, Jacob, and Jerod Smith. Earlier in the week, we spoke to Cheshire coach Dan Mehleisen about his prospects, and this was before the transfer news broke. But we did get to speak about some players who will be making a difference for Cheshire this fall. Mehleisen……

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Duxbury’s Matt Festa signs with UNH

February 1, 2023

In one of the top storylines of National Signing Day, Duxbury quarterback Matt Festa inked his pledge to the University of New Hampshire. https://twitter.com/unh_football/status/1620817624660860928?s=46&t=wWBXP7mzuVfRGKPa_VpVkQ Throughout the recruiting process, it became a real question mark on where Festa would eventually sign. For much of it, Festa did not have an obvious landing spot. It took a while for many of the local Division 1 programs to offer the talented player. In……

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UMass continuing to build through portal as Brown discusses transfers on National Signing Day

February 1, 2023

Image courtesy of UMass Athletics The energy and enthusiasm Don Brown still has for recruiting and the game of football in general was never more apparent than when he spoke to the media via Zoom on Wednesday. The old ball coach was thrilled to sit and talk about his 13 new transfer recruits that officially became members of the Minuteman family on National Signing Day. Brown and the rest of……

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Recruiting Roundup: Everett

January 30, 2023

Not many places in New England have produced as many college prospects in recent memory as Everett. A lot of those players came under coaches John DiBiaso and Theluxon Pierre, but current head man Rob DiLoreto has kept the tradition going. Currently, DiLoreto has someone who is one of the top players in the region. That is wide receiver and defensive back Christian Zamor, who is verbally committed to Boston……

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Henry Hasselbeck picks up a second offer from Pitt; Would consider playing football in college

January 25, 2023

Image courtesy of Henry Hasselbeck’s IG Xaverian junior quarterback Henry Hasselbeck picked up his second football offer yesterday from Pitt. Hasselbeck received his first football offer from UAB two weeks ago. https://twitter.com/HenryHasselbeck/status/1617929070356107266?s=20&t=It7IZSrDApVx3_sa1A5Xgw Hasselback is the son of former Boston College and NFL star quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Henry started his high school career at Belmont Hill but transferred to Xaverian prior to last season. Hasselbeck has committed to playing lacrosse at……

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