Weekly recruiting roundup
No matter whom Maryland names as its next football coach, at least two of the Terps' commitments from Florida are planning to be in College Park come fall.
The Naples (Fla.) Daily News spoke this week to cornerback Makinton Dorleant and safety Lukas Foreman, both of whom committed to the Terps this month before the coaching change was announced. Both players told their hometown paper that their commitments stand.
“Mike Leach is a great coach and will bring a high-powered offense,” said Dorleant, who has ran a 4.37 seconds in the 40 yard dash. “Coach [Don] Brown told me he’s staying, and if he’s there, I’m there. If he were to go, I’m sure Coach Leach or whomever they hire would come talk to me. I’d see what he has to say.
“The ACC is where I want to be.”
... “I’m committed to Maryland,” Foreman said. “I’m sad Coach Friedgen is gone, but I’m looking forward to playing safety for them.”
• Bowie cornerback Jeremiah Hendy may be back on the market, according to ESPN.com.
Defensive back Jeremiah Hendy (Bowie, Md./Bowie) committed to Maryland in late April, but recently opened his recruitment back up when Terrapins offensive coordinator James Franklin was named head coach at Vanderbilt.
Hendy was in Iowa City over the weekend on an official visit with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
• Miramar (Fla.) safety Steven Montgomery discussed his two favorites with Rivals.com last week.
“Right now my top two are Maryland and West Virginia,” Montgomery said. “Those are the main two visits that I know I am going to take. The other two are kind of wide open right now. I might take one to Western Michigan because they have been showing me a lot of love and attention. The other one, I don’t know what I am going to do with that one.”
• Kempsville (Va.) linebacker Travis Hughes committed last weekend to North Carolina.
Hughes' brother, Trenton, is a defensive back for Maryland, so the Terrapins worked hard to continue the family tradition. Many in-state fans were also pressuring Hughes to remain at home and play for the ACC champion Hokies.
But UNC won out in the end, picking up an athlete who has been timed at 4.48 in the 40-yard dash.
• Gateway (Pa.) defensive back Dondi Kirby has pledged to Illinois.
Kirby's final five came down to Iowa, Illinois, Southern Cal, Maryland and Florida.
Basketball recruiting
• Terps center target Desmond Hubert has gotten off to a solid start in his senior season at New Egypt High in New Jersey.
The Warriors were led by [Mark] Pryzbylkowski with 18 points in the opening 69-32 win over Maple Shade. Hubert added eight points and eight rebounds. In a 58-20 win over Highland Park on Monday, Hubert had 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Warriors.
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer's Dan Wiederer took a look this week at Hubert's evolving recruiting picture.
One recruit to keep an eye on: 6-9 big man Desmond Hubert from New Egypt (N.J.) High School. Ranked 131st in the 2011 class by Rivals.com, Hubert has four ACC programs on his short list of five schools with Maryland, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and North Carolina all in the running.
• Oakland Mills forward Greg Whittington powered the Scorpions to a big win over Atholton on Wednesday.
But Whittington appeared to be at full strength Wednesday as he torched Atholton for 30 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks to carry the Scorpions past the Raiders, 63-43.
• Maryland shooting guard signee Nick Faust scored 13 points Tuesday night in City's 79-68 loss to Patterson.
While the Knights were showing a surprising lack of poise down the stretch — Maryland-bound senior forward Nick Faust missed four straight free throws during one possession while they had a 62-58 lead with 4:48 to play — [Aquille] Carr and the Clippers cranked up the tempo to win going away.
Comments
Faust o for 4?? Just what we need -another recruit who cannot shoot foul shots! Why don't these prima donnas do the hard work that will make them great in college by learnig that foul shooting can add another star to your recruit ranking? Gary and Maryland except for the Mannings and Blakes seems to love guys who don't make foul shots! Please recruit some good foul shooters - we'd be undefeated right now if they could shoot foul shots - aren't they willing to spend the time doing the hard work???
Posted by: geoff smoot | December 24, 2010 4:08 PM
hats off to makinton and lukas ... appreciate the committment and happily welcome to college park.
Posted by: pepper | December 27, 2010 6:51 AM
WOW! A kid goes 0 for 4 in one game and suddenly he can't shoot foul shots and he is a prima donna. Oh yes - and he doesn't work hard. Since I don't know you, geoff smoot, I will refrain from caling you names or judging your work ethic. As should you...
Posted by: loyal terps fan | December 27, 2010 12:10 PM