Thursday News 02/05/09

Matty Vautour has an article on the UMass recruits and says UMass is still pursuing several more players.

Jeff Thomas of the Springfield Republican has an recruiting article here .

The Metro Daily New has an article about the Brandt brothers signing with UMass.

Kevin Stevens of Press Connects says Jamar Smith is happy to be a Minuteman.

The Worcester Telegram has an article on Rob Blanchflower and Brandon Potvin signing with UMass.

The Boston Herald discusses New England college recruits including UMass.

Some additions and corrections to yesterday's blog post:

I did not add Brandon Potvin to the recruits list. Sorry Brandon! I was getting a little tired.

• Brandon Potvin DT. He's Worcester Telegram's Defensive Player-of-the-year.
  
• Sean Unterkoefler RB. I had him listed as a LB although he still may play there, but the UMass recruiting bio emphasises his RB skills. Ran a 6.14 55 meter sprint (20th in nation). YouTube highlights here .

FYI this was last years recruits under Coach Brown. In 2008 we had three Rivals "starred" players :

• DJ Adeoba two stars (red shirted)
  
• Korey Davis two stars (played as true freshman)
  
• Quinton Sales three stars. (red shirted)

This year we recruited five Rivals starred players

• Christan Birt two stars
• Tim Brandt two stars
• Tom Brandt two stars
• Kyle Havens three stars
• Devin Lindsey two stars.

Rivals.com has us as the #3 rated recruiting class in FCS/I-AA.

Raw Data on the CAA North:

• Maine signs 15 recruits
• New Hampshire signs 10 recruits
• Northeastern signs twelve
• Rhode Island signs 16 (Darren Rizzi's first class)
• Hofstra signs 17

One of our 2009 OOC opponents Albany, signed eleven.