For the players, coaches, and the rest of the CU Football personnel, the season starts today as the team reports for the beginning of training camp. Real practices won't start for the next couple of days, but this is where it starts to get real.
Barring any major surprises, it's no exaggeration to say this is the most talented and deep team the Lions have brought into a season in decades. I don't write that to put pressure on anyone. I do it just to state the facts.
New England Grappler
6-3, 300 pound OL/DL Jaden Hinton from Ames HS in South Easton, MA has committed to the Lions. Hinton is also a wrestler, and many of us have long been fans of football players who also wrestle, like the great Lions Daniel DeLorenzi '20 and Lou Miller '10, just to name two.
Hinton will be the first Ames grad to come to Columbia Football.
So our unofficial commit list is up to 14 names:
1) Qwincy Amos 5"11 170 lbs. DB Warren HS San Antonio, TX
2) Terell Battle 6"3 190 lbs. Mountain View HS, Lawrenceville, GA
3) Jaylen Carter 6"0 180 lbs. Taft School Watertown, CT
4) Christian Carti WR 6"1 190 lbs. Bergen Catholic HS Oradell, NJ
5) AJ George LB/RB 6"2 190 lbs. Ottawa Hills HS Toledo, OH
6) Chase Goodwin QB 6"2 200 lbs. Memorial HS Houston, TX
7) Quinn Herlihy DL/LB 6"3 238 lbs. Cheshire Academy/Shrewsbury HS Worchester, MA
8) Jaden Hinton OL/DL 6"3 300 lbs. Ames HS South Easton, MA
9) Baily Kornegay-Douhadji DE 6"3 230 lbs. East Caweta HS Sharpsburg, GA
10) Keelan Kornegay DE 6"3 230 lbs. East Caweta HS Shapsburg, GA
11) Braeden Marceau-Olayinka DL/OL 6"3 262 lbs. Melrose HS Melrose, MA
12) Mikey Nabbout DE/TE 6"3 245 lbs. St. John's Prep Danvers, MA
13) Chase Newton WR/DB 6"3 195 lbs. Walter Payton Prep Chicago, IL
14) Nik Winzer OL/DL 6"6 285 lbs. Matawan Regional HS Matawan, NJ
5 comments:
Hinton looks like a natural NT; I can’t seem to find any information on him, however. The video that I saw has him as an OL, in which he looks like a real mauler going against smaller players. Physically he reminds me of Thor Griffin, but if that were the case he would have been flooded with offers. Hopefully we have a real diamond in the rough here.
Another new commit-Levi Robins,from Scottsdale, a CB; also offered by Yale and being recruited by Michigan; 2 star but could be a good one
As a proud U.S. Army veteran, I am delighted to see that U.S. Navy veteran, David Garland, has just been added to the Columbia Football Roster. Garland served 7-1/2 years in the U.S. Navy after graduating from Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri. Garland, who stands 6'2" 230, was an all-conference defensive end and running back at Glendale High School. Columbia University has done a nice job of providing educational opportunities for veterans of the armed force. We will be rooting hard for U.S. Navy Vet, David Garland.
The full schedule is out and includes TV coverage. Several Columbia games to be on ESPN+
Bill Beechum '06 also wrestled during his senior year.
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