OK, here's a little recruit reporting primer. One of the most effective ways to find/confirm commitments in the age of social media is via Twitter. Duh.
Some high school seniors come right out and announce their intentions on Twitter.
Others are found by following digital bread crumbs. What's that? When a current player starts "following" a high school player it's a hint that something might be up.
Another hint: When you go to that kid's Twitter page and find current players who play the same position starting to follow him. When you have all that and toss a Welcome to the Woods banner across the top of his Twitter page you can just about put a kid in the "confirmed" category.
All that is by way of noting that Seth Simmer, a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive lineman/tight end from Harrison HS and Kennesaw, Ga. would seem to be headed this way. Find his Twitter feed HERE. He's not included in the list below because the word "commit" doesn't show up on his Twitter or anywhere else that I can find, but don't be surprised if that changes.
For what it's worth, there's another name that shows up in all the usual places, but he doesn't have that banner on his page and it's too early to make the call on him. Suffice it to say he's probably home from school shoveling snow today. Oh, and that shovel probably seems pretty small in his hands ;-)
What We Think We Know About Who Is Coming:
QUARTERBACK
Cole Douglas, 6-1, 200 Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork
Jared Gerbino, 6-4, 220 Rochester, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta
Jake Pallotta, 6-1, 190 , Massillon, Ohio/Jackson
RUNNING BACK
Jordan Argilagos, 5-11, 185, Norcross, Ga./Wesleyan
WIDE RECEIVER
Drew Estrada, 6-0, 186, Argyle, Texas/Argyle
Hunter Hagdorn, 6-0, 180, Manvel, Texas/Manvel
Zach Hawkins, 6-2, 195, Potomac, Md./Bullis
Brandon Hester, 5-11, 180, El Cajon, Calif./Christian
TIGHT END
Hamilton Day, 6-6 1/2, 240 Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha
Tucker Spears, 6-5, 225, Dakota Dune, SD/Bishop Heelan/Avon Old Farms
OFFENSIVE LINE
John Lass, 6-5, 280, Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East
DEFENSIVE LINE
Jordan McGriff, 6-2, 300, Willingboro, N.J./Hun
DEFENSIVE END
Niko Lalos, 6-5, 239, Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary's
Tamerick Simpson, 6-3, 225, Miami, Fla./Berkshire/Miami Central
LINEBACKER
Ross Andreasik, 6-2, 210 Glenbard, Ill./Glenbard West
Colton Forster, 6-3, 235, Napa, Calif./Napa
Arthur Kaslow, 6-3, 225, Calabasas, Calif./Calabasas
DEFENSIVE BACK
Michael Gordon, 6-2, 170, Marietta, Ga./Choate-Rosemary Hall
Isiah Swann, 5-11, 170, Chandler, Ariz./Chandler
Ryan Roegge, 6-2, 210, Marietta, Ga./Walton
KICKER/PUNTER
Davis Brief, 6-1, 180, Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley
LONGSNAPPER
Grant Jaffe, 6-5, 225, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif/ Santa Margarita
One last thing. There is still another way for me to ferret out names of recruits. Armchair detectives can email links this way . . . or, and this has happened in the past, the recruits/families can share links themselves. It's OK. Really ;-)
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We stopped by the Boss Tennis Center at Dartmouth yesterday to watch the Big Green square off against Penn State. That Certain Nittany Lion Senior's team beat That Certain Dartmouth '14's team, 4-2 in a hard-fought and highly entertaining match of nationally ranked squads.A memorable weekend for Dartmouth athletics included men's and women's basketball sweeping Harvard, men's hockey sweeping Cornell and Colgate, skiing winning the Colby Carnival and women's swimming breaking four records while winning the Dartmouth Invitational. And those are just the teams that went unbeaten on the weekend.
