National Recruiting Director/ESPN Analyst Scouts Inc.
With Larry Porter’s first recruiting class all but finished, Memphis Roar had a chance to catch up with Tom Luginbill, National Recruiting Director for ESPN Scouts Inc., to get his thoughts on the 2010 recruiting class for the Tigers.
A sleeper in the 2010 class, Louisiana native Taurean Nixon pledges to the Tigers.
With signing day only two weeks away, commitments are starting to come in rapidly for the Tigers. Due to his strong ties in Louisiana, it is no surprise that Larry Porter has tapped the state for some of the top remaining talent.
Memphis and new head coach Larry Porter have added Class of 2010 commitments from Taurean Nixon of Southern Lab (Baton Rouge, La.) and Kevin Wright of Christian Life Academy (Baton Rouge, La.).
Harvey, #44 for the Spartans, decommitted from Texas Tech and has decided to stay home to play at Memphis.
When Josh Pastner first took the job as the men’s basketball coach back in April, he made it known that he was going to build his foundation for recruiting in the city of Memphis. Larry Porter, without publicly stating that same mission, has sent notice to local Memphis prep football players that if you are good enough, Memphis is home. After picking up a commitment from East High School’s Brandon Ivory, Porter has nabbed his second big local commitment from the White Station Spartans.
As first reported yesterday by The Commercial Appeal, three-star outside linebacker Fred Harvey, a 5-foot-11, 210-pound prospect from White Station (Memphis, Tenn.), has pledged to the Tigers for the Class of 2010. Originally scheduled to visit Louisville this coming weekend, Harvey decided to go ahead and get the process over with.
2010 offensive guard Johnnie Farms has committed to Memphis and started school this past Thursday for the spring session. Farms, who stands at 6′3″ 285-pounds, gives Memphis’ offensive line a big boost and will compete right away starting with spring practices.
“Yeah [I committed]. I started school on Thursday,” said Farms. “I love Memphis. It’s a great place.”
This past Tuesday, the University of Memphis received a commitment from class of 2010 quarterback Andy Summerlin out of Coffeyville Community College in Kansas. With classes starting today, Summerlin has already travelled to Memphis and will begin his course-work today.
“Memphis is a good fit for me. The city has a lot of options to go do things,” Summerlin replied. ”Having said that, football is what it comes down to. Offensively, it’s a good fit and I have the opportunity to come in and play early.”
As first reported by GridironStuds.com on Tuesday (January 12th), Miramar H.S. (Florida) quarterback Ryan Williams has dropped Eastern Michigan in favor of Memphis.
Williams’ father, Rich Williams, told the Sun Sentinel that the quarterback has verbally committed to Memphis and his son are headed to Memphis in order for Williams to be on campus Thursday when classes start.
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