Thursday, May 13, 2010

Recruiting list on hold

It's looking like the list of incoming freshmen will have to wait until early June.

Yale is waiting on the spring semester grades of Pioneer High of Ann Arbor, Michigan receiver/defensive back Brandis Yarrington and Loomis Chaffee quarterback Jake Semones (the son of Yale linebacker coach Doug Semones) to see if they qualify for the bands that the Yale staff have them slotted into. Word is Yarrington's grades are top-notch this spring while I imagine it shouldn't be too hard for them to get academic progress reports on Semones for obvious reasons. In other words, it seems more of a case of when and not if they get the final thumb's up sign and will join the Yale football Class of 2014. As is their custom, the Bulldogs will not announce the class until all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed. Yarrington's grades should be available to the Yale admissions department late next week while Semones' grades won't be available likely until late May which is why the list probably won't be released until June.

The mystery man in Yale's recruiting process has been Florida running back Charles Takeh, who is listed as a Yale commit in South Florida newspapers. However, he has not been recruited by Yale according to a very reliable source although he is certainly able to try out for the team.

Here's the list of players committed and accepted into Yale not including transfers Greg Carlsen and Trevor Peterson. If you count the two transfers and two aforementioned recruits, Yale would have a class of 26 (although I believe Carlsen will only have three years of eligibility).

Kyle Aberton, DB Cottonwood HS, Holladay, Utah
Chris Brady, DB Don Bosco HS, Ramsey, N.J.
George "Kolu" Buck, DE Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Keith Coty, TE La Miranda (Calif.) HS
Henry Furman, QB Lincoln HS, Portland, Ore.
Wes Gavin, OL Parker HS, San Diego, Calif.
Michael Leunen, TE Westview HS, Portland, Ore.
Jackson Ligouri, WR Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, Calif.
Max Napolitano, DB Oaks Christian School, Westlake Village, Calif.
Obinna Nwakeze, DL/OL Rye (N.Y.) Country Day
Nick Okano, DB Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, Calif.
John Oppenheimer, OL Sacred Heart HS, Atherton, Calif.
Beau Palin, HB/TE/FB, Phillips Andover (Mass.)
Deon Randall, QB/RB/DB Parker HS, San Diego, Calif.
Cameron Sandquist, WR Loomis Chaffee
Grant Stanley, DE San Joaquin Memorial HS, Fresno, Calif.
James Talerico, OL Pope John Paul II HS, Boca Raton, Fla.
Kerr Taubler, QB Bullard HS, Fresno, Calif.
Elijah Thomas, RB Gates Chili HS, Rochester, N.Y.
Kyle White, OL Pequannock Township HS, Pompton Plains, N.J.
John Whitelaw, QB Hinsdale (Ill.) Central HS
Kyle Wittenauer, TE/LS St. Christopher's School, Richmond, Va.

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Look to the future

While I haven't been told of a specific day, I would expect Yale to officially announce its incoming freshman class shortly. Last year the recruit list was announced on May 14 so barring any red tape, I would anticipate the list being made public in the coming days.

There's not a heck of a lot of mystery to the Yale football team's Class of 2014. I have compiled the list of 22 players who have been accepted and sent in the proper paperwork. The latest info I had was that the Yale staff was hoping to add quarterback Jake Semones out of Loomis Chaffee and the son of the Bulldogs' linebackers coach Doug Semones and Brandis Yarrington, a receiver/defensive back out of Ann Arbor (Mich.) Pioneer High, to the list of commits. There is also some confusion surrounding running back Charles Takeh, who starred at Chaminade Madonna College Prep in Hollywood, Fla. Papers in Florida list Takeh as a Yale commit but I have not been able to confirm that to be the case. Yale is also adding two transfers, tight end Trevor Peterson, who redshirted this past season at Boise State, and punter Greg Carlsen, who attended Florida but did not play football although I don't expect them to be on the initial list of recruits.

Here's the list of confirmed commitments.

Kyle Aberton, DB Cottonwood HS, Holladay, Utah
Chris Brady, DB Don Bosco HS, Ramsey, N.J.
George "Kolu" Buck, DE Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Keith Coty, TE La Miranda (Calif.) HS
Henry Furman, QB Lincoln HS, Portland, Ore.
Wes Gavin, OL Parker HS, San Diego, Calif.
Michael Leunen, TE Westview HS, Portland, Ore.
Jackson Ligouri, WR Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, Calif.
Max Napolitano, DB Oaks Christian School, Westlake Village, Calif.
Obinna Nwakeze, DL/OL Rye (N.Y.) Country Day
Nick Okano, DB Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, Calif.
John Oppenheimer, OL Sacred Heart HS, Atherton, Calif.
Beau Palin, HB/TE/FB, Phillips Andover (Mass.)
Deon Randall, QB/RB/DB Parker HS, San Diego, Calif.
Cameron Sandquist, WR Loomis Chaffee
Grant Stanley, DE San Joaquin Memorial HS, Fresno, Calif.
James Talerico, OL Pope John Paul II HS, Boca Raton, Fla.
Kerr Taubler, QB Bullard HS, Fresno, Calif.
Elijah Thomas, RB Gates Chili HS, Rochester, N.Y.
Kyle White, OL Pequannock Township HS, Pompton Plains, N.J.
John Whitelaw, QB Hinsdale (Ill.) Central HS
Kyle Wittenauer, TE/LS St. Christopher's School, Richmond, Va.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Handlon, Mante honored

Senior linebacker Tim Handlon and punter Tom Mante were among 620 players who earned a spot in the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society by combining success on the football field with a grade point average of at least 3.2.

Handlon, a first-year starter, finished as Yale's second-leading tackler in 2009 with 68. He tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles and was second on the squad with two interceptions.

Mante averaged 41.2 yards on 58 punts as a senior and also became the first player in Ivy League history with 50-yard field goals in consecutive games. Mante recently attended minicamp with the Chicago Bears.

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