Author: Greg Brandt

POSTS BY GREG BRANDT

I Got Five On It (5/14)

Welcome to “I Got 5 On It”, each week I’ll be picking five news-worthy subjects based around college football to cover. Ranging from views on Devy prospects, general college football talk, interesting stats, and a little bit of hip-hop music mixed in now and then. 

CONTINUE READING »

May Evaluation Period: WR Kaden Saunders

Saunders is one of the fastest players in this entire recruiting class regardless of position. The future Nittany Lion was hand timed at a 4.31 and 4.41 from February of 2021. At this same event Saunders shredded DBs and even shined when he flipped sides and played cornerback shutting down receivers. Saunders committed to Penn State last summer over Notre Dame. The Ohio native racked up 47-958-13 (20.4 YPC) in 2020. A major bump from his sophomore year of 20-370-4. 

CONTINUE READING »

B1G: Incoming Freshmen RBs

As the lead evaluator for the B1G now is a perfect time to start breaking down all the incoming freshmen. 19 RBs signed with a Big Ten school, only Penn State didn’t sign a back for the 2021 recruiting cycle. A handful of these prospects were listed as ATH or FB (indicated by *) by 247Sports but they appear as RBs on team rosters. 

CONTINUE READING »

May Evaluation Period: WR Kevin Coleman

Coleman rolls into the 2021 Spring as 247s second rated receiver in the nation. Coleman currently has a top eight of suitors Alabama, Arizona State, Florida State, Georgia, Oregon, Penn State, Texas, and USC. The Saint Louis native only played in four games in 2020, scoring 12 TDs in that time frame.

CONTINUE READING »

May Evaluation Period: RB Omarion Hampton

The North Carolina native is currently ranked as 247s 10th RB in the nation. He currently has a top group of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Penn State. Due to COVID, Hampton’s junior season took place this Spring. He was limited to five games due to an ankle injury. In five games Hampton tallied 58-685-13 (11.8 YPC) that’s coming off a monster sophomore season of 250-2402-35  and over 200 receiving yards. As a freshman (2018) ran an 11.54 100-meter dash. 

CONTINUE READING »

I Got Five On It (5/7)

Welcome to “I Got 5 On It”, each week I’ll be picking five news-worthy subjects based around college football to cover. Ranging from views on Devy prospects, general college football talk, interesting stats, and a little bit of hip-hop music mixed in now and then.

CONTINUE READING »

May Evaluation Period: RB Nicholas Singleton

Through three years of high school, Singleton has been as dominant as any back in this recruiting class. As a sophomore, Singleton rushed for over 1,690 yards (9.4 YPC) and 32 TDs. In 2020, Singleton saw a slight decrease in his touches due to playing in only eight games but was efficient as ever.

CONTINUE READING »

B1G: Incoming Freshmen QBs

As the lead evaluator for the B1G now is a perfect time to start breaking down all the incoming freshmen. 11 QBs signed with a B1G school, only Maryland, Purdue, and Rutgers didn’t sign a high school QB in the 2021 recruiting class. 

CONTINUE READING »

May Evaluation Period: QB Walker Howard

Howard committed to his in-state and dream school of LSU last summer. Howard’s father was a former LSU, Jamie Howard. Howard has just one year of starting experience under his belt. Howard committed to the Tigers before ever even starting a game in high school.

CONTINUE READING »

B1G East: Incoming Freshmen WRs

The list of WR signees was just too large to have just one article. The eastern side of the league no doubt is the better version. According to 247Comp Ranks the top 6 receivers to sign with a Big Ten school all came from the eastern half. No surprise the Buckeyes signed the top three receivers in all of the Big Ten but Penn State grabbed themselves quite the group of receivers as well. 

CONTINUE READING »