Twitter has become the reliable source of choice these days for confirming news on recruits and new coaches.
Thanks to Twitter we now know that Todd Gilcrist, who played at Pitt and had been coaching at Carnegie Mellon, is coming to Columbia to coach the running backs.
I'm also hearing that a major up-and-comer from the Penn staff who was also a star player for Al Bagnoli, is close to joining the Columbia staff. I'm searching for more confirmation before I publish his name here, but he's probably the one guy on Bagnoli's old Penn staff I covet the most.
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We all missed this one a few weeks ago, but long snapping specialist Patrick Eby committed to Columbia back on February 4th.
Based on several combine ratings, Eby is one of the top-ranked long snappers in the country.
According to my LionFeeders database, Eby will be the third documented graduate of Loyola Blakefield HS in Towson, MD to come to the lions. Kyle Stupi '12, was the most recent player to come here from that school.
You can see a video of him here.
That brings our number of known incoming football freshman to 19, (but we know there are two or three more out there):
1) Brock Anglin TE 6-6, 240 lbs. Episcopal School Dallas, TX
2) Adam Armesto OL/TE 6-6, 235 lbs. Canton HS Canton, MI
3) Kyle Castner QB 6-2, 211 lbs. Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN
4) Patrick Eby C 6-3, 220 lbs. Loyola Blakefield HS, Towson, MD
5) Calvin Falkenhayn LB 6-2, 230 lbs. Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL
6) Lucas Faria RB 5-10, 190 lbs. Sparta HS, Sparta, NJ
7) Ryan Gilbert DB 6-0, 178 lbs. Bellevue HS, Bellevue, WA
8) Connor Halm DT 6-7, 270 lbs. Langley HS McClean, VA
9) Michael Hinton DE 6-4, 221 lbs. Reynolds HS Winston-Salem, NC
10) Danny Hong QB 6-4, 215 lbs. Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas, NV
11) Brandon Krcilek WR 6-2, 185 lbs. Hamilton HS Chandlerm AZ
12) Cole McDonough OL 6-2, 290 lbs. Bel Air HS Bel Air, MD
13) John Riley McLaughlin CB/WR 6-1, 192 lbs. Alcoa HS Alcoa, TN/Phillips Andover Academy Andover, MA
14) Luke Melsop DE 6-5, 220 lbs. St, Francis de Sales HS Newark, OH
15) H.T. Minor RB 5-9, 175 lbs. Woodberry Forest HS Woodberry Forest, VA
16) Ryan Suitt QB 6-1, 175 lbs. All Saints Episcopal HS Fort Worth, TX
17) Peter Szymanski OL 6-6, 275 lbs. Maine South HS Park Ridge, IL
18) Jason Vravick LB 6-2, 225 lbs. Stevenson HS Lincolnshire, IL
19) Sean "Jimmy" White DB 6-3, 220 lbs. Friendswood HS, Friendswood, TX
7 comments:
Looks like some kind of mistake. Todd Gilcrist doesn't look Italian. I could be wrong on that.
A better question might be why is Gilchrist, a very
young coach with not much experience, being brought in as Running Backs coach when he did not play RB in college and has not coached RBs before?
Why is he an upgrade?
Gilcrist belongs to the Italian mafia.
Tod Howard Hawks CC 66
There's your answer Chick.
Actually, none of the mafia guys are officially listed on the staff as of yet. With Gilcrist taking over RBs, perhaps Nice will be switched to TEs and receivers.
Hey guys, let's ease up on the "mafia" references before someone overly sensitive takes it the wrong way. But I am sticking with "Triumvirate."
Spring training must be coming up, and it's time for Bags to install his staff, and tell us who's doing what and why.
Any relation to Cookie Gilcrist?
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