Brett Rypien (6-2 175) of Shadle Park has picked up his first offer today when the Washington State Cougars came calling. Rypien told NEI, “Coach Stanfield contacted me wanting to talk. When I got done with basketball I called him and he told me that Washington State had offered.” Brett is a very humble kid and was surprised by the offer. “I am kind of shocked…
Heading in to the 2012 football season, one of the top two-way athletes in the state of Washington was Seattle Prep’s Tere Calloway, but some nagging injuries limited some of his productivity although he still put up some impressive numbers. Now that his senior season is complete, he’s started to turn his focus to recruiting and he recently updated Northwest Elite Index on what some of his…
High profile recruit Devante Downs (6-3 235 Jr. RB/LB) of Mountlake Terrace got some good news today from Arizona State in what was his 3rd of what will be many offers to come. Downs is ranked the top running back in Washington, along with Budda Baker for the 2014 class. He is an Eddie George type runner that brings power and grace to the field, and is becoming…
A kid we have gotten to know well over the last couple of seasons is David Henry (6-0 230 Sr. RB/LB) of Oakland, Oregon. He has dominated the State for the better part of two years at the 2a classification level. For the second year in a row he ranks in the Top 5 among the nation’s leaders in tackles. Henry has accumulated 214 tackles (Max Preps) this…
Highlight Videos: Sophomore Season, 2012 Spring Football At a practice just two days before the start of his junior season, Brett Carter (6-3 200) caught a seemingly harmless TE screen and began to make his way up field. What happened next would change the course of an offseason of hard “It’s a screen play where I pretend like I am cut blocking a guy to get the…
Last week I got a chance to do the broadcast of the Sprague/Tualatin game which turned out to be a defensive showcase. The Player of the night for Sprague was a kid that Quarterbacks have seen a lot of in the backfield this year, in Zach Sweet (6-0 215 Sr. DE/TE). He’s an undersized D lineman that has been dominant for most of the 2012 season and is…
As many of you know we are big fans of the West Salem program, and the way head Coach Shawn Stanley and his guys do things down in the Valley. As much as any coach at the high school level Stanley gets the most out of his guys on and off the field. He puts living life the right way before football, and its funny how well things…
Highlight Videos: Malik Fontleroy-Smith, Davasyia Hagger As we wind down the 2012 season the state’s of Oregon and Washington have seen a big increase in scholarship offers among its athletes over the last few years. Even with this, there are still a host of talented kids that seem to go under the radar. Two athletes out of Beaverton that are both very deserving and should be in…
*The 2014 rankings include updated film from each athlete if available… You will also see updated height/weight and statistical information within each athletes tag line… We distribute this information (directly) to the college coaches that we work with through the football academy, as it has become a very valuable tool for big D1s through D3s all over the U.S. and Canada. The biggest difference with what we do, versus anyone…
Monday was a big day for two of the state’s top junior athletes, as Henry Mondeaux (6-5 245 Jr. TE/LB) got in the mix with his teammate Joey Alfieri receiving an offer from Oregon St. Mondeaux is ranked our #1 TE state wide and our #2 DE/OLB. He is extremely versatile for a big man displaying unique coordination for a kid his size. His overall athletic ability speaks volumes…