One of the state’s top linebackers you may not know about is Tanner Zent (6-2 245 Sr. LB) of Sheldon. He has been an all league athlete for the past two seasons, but plays with a cast of Stars that makes it hard to always get noticed. He was 4th on the team in tackles 71 (5.5) behind 3 kids that have D1 offers (Sam McCaskill 117(9.0), Dawson Housley 135…
Austin Powell #77 Two of the top lineman in the Pacific Northwest play for the same team and they have combined to dominate people up front for awhile now. Both Austin Powell (6-4 255 Jr OL/DL) and Bryon Bodon (6-4 265 Jr OL/DL) of Crescent Valley are legit D1 prospects that just ran into a few of life’s obstacles this past season. CV caught the injury bug earlier in the…
There are a lot of kids all over the country that play for sub par teams and a lot of the time that has detrimental effects on the recruiting of the athlete. Conner Floan (6-6 245 Sr. TE/DE) is a kid out of Redmond HS in Washington that overcame a variety of obstacles including the teams (0-9) record. He’s an outstanding overall athlete that is a legit hooper with a…
Jayshawn Jordan 5-10 185 Sr. CB ODea HS As the recruiting “dead period” begins, 2 Washington HS recruits are feeling more alive than ever. Both Jayshawn Jordan and DJ May were offered full scholarships to play at the University of Wyoming. We had a chance to speak directly to both of them, as they talked to NEI 1st about their offers. “I feel so good right now, it’s a great…
Daniel Jiminez #2 Pat Alexander #47 Year in and year out the South Medford Panthers are one of the top teams in the state, but they don’t always get the love they deserve due to their location. This past season they did more of the same winning their first eight games of the season before falling to conference rival Roseburg in the state playoffs. They were ranked #3 in Oregon…
Statistically he is one of the best receivers in the country (Max Preps), and to back that up Christian Gasca (5-11 185 Sr ATH) absolutely went off in 2011. The senior wide out from Lake Stevens broke 7 school records and lead his team to the class 4a semi finals. He accounted for 2087 all purpose yards and 26 total touchdowns. His records included single game, single season, and career…
As always, coming to you first NEI is breaking the story of Kameron Canaday’s (6-5 240 Long Snapper/DL) commitment to PSU. Canaday is recognized as one of nations top long snappers, and did an incredible job for the nationally ranked Irish in 2011. Ranked as one of Oregon’s top 50 athletes by NEI Canaday says” the PSU coaches came to my house on Wednesday night (Head Coach Nigel Burton, Coach…
He is currently ranked the #2 overall recruit in the state of Oregon for the class of 2013, and he is sitting with 3 major offers (Washington, UCLA, Purdue) . There’s a laundry list of additional D1 schools that are interested and Evan Voeller (6-5 285 Jr. OL) is still a long way from being done with his high school career. Voeller was part of a talented West Linn team…
Coming to you first once again with breaking news as West Linn’s Sean Byrne (6-2 235 Sr LB) has grabbed an offer to play football at the Naval Academy. The senior linebacker was the Three Rivers Conference Defensive Player of the Year and has received offers from Portland St and the Air Force Academy. He was contacted earlier in the day and says ” the coaches said they were happy…
Wyatt Houston (6-5 220 Jr. QB/LB) , Zach Selland (6-4 175 Jr WR/S), and Taylor Grimmett (5-11 190 RB/SS/K) are what we would call “Barton kids”. Outstanding people first and athletes second. They don’t play in front of thousands of fans every Friday night at 3a Horizon Christian, but that doesn’t matter as they have balled out everywhere they go. Houston and Selland were recently named 1st team all state…