Weekend Flurry
Though it was a holiday weekend, that didn't stop four West Coast prospects
from making college decisions on Saturday and Sunday.
Just hours before Boise State would win the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, Scottsdale
(Ariz.) Chaparral receiver Jake Roh committed to the Broncos.
Later that day, Fallbrook (Calif.) offensive tackle Sean Dowling committed to
Vanderbilt.
Late Saturday night, Oregon landed Spokane (Wash.) Mead tight end Danny Mattingly, a former commit to Notre Dame.
And on Sunday evening, Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne defensive end Paulo Lepua became the third player from his school to commit to a Pac-12 school,
choosing Washington State.
While it doesn't appear that any prospects will give a verbal pledge to any
school on Christmas Day, after defensive tackle George Uko did on Christmas Day
in 2009, all bets are off.
Del Rio Makes Surprising Choice
One of the top quarterbacks in the West in the 2013 class has been Highlands
Ranch (Colo.) Valor Christian's Luke Del Rio.
Del Rio led Valor Christian to the state championship in his only year in
Colorado.
An Elite 11 quarterback, Del Rio had been committed to Oklahoma State for
some time, but when offensive coordinator Todd Monken left to take the head
coaching job at Southern Miss, Del Rio decommitted.
It seemed like the next step would be flipping to Oregon State, where he
officially visited in the fall.
But Del Rio decided to spurn the offer from the Beavers and will instead
walk-on at Alabama.
"I didn't want to base my decision solely on if I had a scholarship or not," Del Rio
told Scout.com. "I loved my visit to Alabama this week and everything just felt right there. I'm not afraid to work for a scholarship once I get there and I just felt Bama was the best fit for me athletically, socially, academically and geographically. I really missed the South a lot."
Busy Wednesday
In a prep for National Signing Day in February, Wednesday was the day that
Juco's signed throughout the country, as well as early enrollees signed their
scholarship agreement.
USC had a whole host of early enrollees, three of them, the top players in
the country at their position, quarterback Max Browne, running back Justin Davis
and safety Su'a Cravens.
But the big news on Wednesday were all the Juco's that signed with FBS
programs.
The biggest signings involved players from Los Angeles (Calif.) Pierce
College, defensive lineman Marquel Combs and linebacker Marcus Jenkins-Moore
signing with Kansas and tight end Beau Sandland signing with Miami.
Former five-star linebacker Chris Martin, now at City College of San
Francisco, also signed with the Jayhawks, reuniting him with Charlie Weis, whom
he committed to when Weis was at Notre Dame. Martin decommitted from the
Irish when Weis was fired.
Two Golden State quarterbacks signed with national programs, College of
Sequioas (Calif.) passer Tyler Ferguson inking with Penn State and Southwestern
College (Calif.) signal-caller Brett Nelson signing with Louisville.
College of Siskiyous (Calif.) linebacker Myke Tavarres turned down a last minute charge
from Boise State and signed with Arkansas, where he'd been committed to since
summer.
Cerritos (Calif.) Gahr linebacker Caleb Jackson decommitted from Idaho.
Jermaine Kelly-
CB - Los Angeles (Calif.) Salesian - 2013
Kelly is already a member of the Scout 300, but since his decommitment from UCLA
last week, he's added four offers and more schools could be getting involved
with him. The four-star has picked up offers from California, Arizona State, Colorado State and Utah and will visit Texas Tech next month.
Santa Clarita (Calif.) Golden Valley linebacker Leon Jacobs committed to
Fresno State.
Gardena (Calif.) Serra offensive tackle Emerald Faletuipapai committed to
Houston
Carmichael (Calif.) Jesuit athlete Thomas Sperbeck committed to Boise State.
Palm Springs (Calif.) linebacker Michael Greer committed to Oregon State.
Cerritos (Calif.) Gahr cornerback Patrick Enewally was offered by Cal.
Irvine (Calif.) Woodbridge David Patterson was offered by Montana State.
Carmichael (Calif.) Jesuit offensive lineman Garrett Strohmaier was
offered by Navy and San Diego.
El Cerrito (Calif.) 2014 linebacker D.J. Calhoun was offered by Arizona
State.
National Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggins contributed to the West
Recruiting Notebook.