Fresh off the Miners exciting win over Stony Brook the coaching staff is still looking to the future with a couple of intriguing football prospects.
Adam Maxie 6’1 172 40/4.4s pounds from Colleyville, TX (Convenant Christian Academy) is getting some interest from Alabama, Baylor, Conneticut, LSU, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech and UTEP among others. He has no offers at this moment due to an injury on his junior year. Maxie has been around football his entire life as his dad (Brett MAxie) is the Dallas Cowboy secondary coach.
2010-2011 Stats:
- Rush: 12 carries good for 217 yards and 2 tds
- Receiving: 2 catches good for 13 yards
- Defense: 117 tckls (64 solo), 3 ints and 18 passes deflected
- KOR: 8 returns good for 262 (32.75 avg) including a 100 yards return
Dave Campbell’s Texas football top 300 prospects
Stories:
- http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/11/3214635/areas-top-50-football-recruits.html
- http://www.texasfootball.com/dbs-7/
WR/S Aaron Nance-Garrett 6’3 188 pounds 40/4.5 from La Porte, TX (La Porte HS) also got an offer from UTEP. McNeese State is showing some interest too. Nance-Garrett is an under the radar physical receiver that creates major matchup problems for opposing defenses. He is big hitter as a defender who likes to brings the lumber on every play.
Stories: http://www.5atexasfootball.com/superlist/2011-super-list-region-3/ Region 3 Distric 21Watch list
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66tJLr1aN7c
On the basketball front here is another prospect the Miners have on their radar:
SG Julian Harrell 6’5 175 pounds from Los Angeles, CA (Loyola HS) is claiming an offer from UTEP. Harrell now has offers from Air Force, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Portland, San Diego and Stanford among others.
Harrell has a nice frame with long arms. He can handle the ball well in the open court and possess good passing skills. Harrell likes to attacks the offensive glass with power and he is pretty good in transition. He needs to improve his 3pts shoot.
- He is considered #19 on California High’s Top 30 by calihighsports.com
- He was selected ALL-CIF Team Player of the Year last season.
- He finishes last season with 15.7 ppg; 2.4 assists; 6.1 rebounds; 1.3 blocks and 1.3 steals.
Stories:
- http://www.wavenewspapers.com/sports/All-CIF-boys-basketball-teams-118540694.html
- http://www.calihighsports.com/articles/310
Videos:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnTWRncHEww
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIpU0ywlDDA
Name/Pos: Garrett Simpson QB
Ht/Wt: 6 feet 5 inches 230 lbs
Hometown/School: The Colony, TX (The Colony)
Results: The Colony defeated McKinney 54-33
Notes: After trailing three times, The Colony turned to its running game to help score four consecutive second-half touchdowns and pulled away for its first victory. The Colony drove 59 yards for the go-ahead score on Garrett Simpson’s 1-yard sneak with 2:50 remaining in the third quarter. Simpson finished 12-17 313 yards (2TDs) and 19 carries 55 yards (3TDs)
Next Game: 9/9 @ Centennial
Name/Pos: JaQuan White WR
Ht/Wt: 5 feet 10 inches 160 lbs
Hometown/School: Lancaster, TX (Lancaster HS)
Results: Lancaster defeated Lincoln 74-7
Notes: An explosive offensive performance with the offense racking up 562 yards, White had 4 catches for 80 yards with 2TDs.
Next game: 9/9 @ Forney
Name/Pos: Autrey Golden RB
Ht/Wt: 5 feet 10 inches 190 lbs
Hometown/School: Willis, TX (Willis HS)
Results: Willis defeated Navosta 35-28
Notes: Golden played in his first game returning from injury rushing for 58 yards on 20 carries.
Next Game: 9/9 vs. Magnolia West
Name/Pos: Daniel Shaul DL
Ht/Wt: 6 feet 2 inches 265 lbs
Hometown/School: Spring, Texas (Klein Oak HS)
Results: Klein Oak lost a close game to Cypress Creek 21-17
Notes: N/A
Next Game: 9/10 vs. North Shore
Name/Pos: Glen Antoine DL
Ht/Wt: 6 feet 1 inches 280 lbs
Hometown/School: Round Rock, Texas (Round Rock HS)
Results: Round Rock lost to Cibolo 30-0
Notes: N/A
Next Game: 9/9 vs. Bowie
Name/Pos: Silas Firstley DL
Ht/Wt: 6 foot 225 lbs
Hometown/School: Mesquite, Texas (Poteet HS)
Results: Poteet defeated Seguin 31-17
Notes: The defense played well holding Seguin to 7 points in the first half to set the tone.
Next Game: 9/8 vs. Terrell
Name/Pos: Copper Foster LB
Ht/Wt: 6 feet 1 inch 190 lbs
Hometown/School: Cedar Park, Texas (Vista Ridge HS)
Results: Vista Ridge lost a close one to Harker Heights 29-22
Notes: Foster had 4 tackles (1 solo) and 2 sacks on the night in a losing effort.
Next Game: 9/9 vs Del Valle (Del Valle, TX)
Name/Pos: Blair Brown LB
Ht/Wt: 6 foot 210 lbs
Hometown/School: Moreno Valley, CA (Rancho Verde HS)
Results: Rancho Verde crushed West Valley 49-0
Notes: A great defensive effort leading to the shutout in the first game of the season.
Next Game: 9/9 vs. San Gorgonio
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Great job as always Angel. I can’t wait to see what happens to a name that we haven’t talked about much in Chris Washburn Jr. Obviously the son of Chris Washburn, and brother of current Miner Julian Washburn, Chris is now rated as a 4 star athlete by Scout, and has offers from Marquette, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma St, Oregon, Providence, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and UTEP. He’s a 6’9 center, and may still gain an inch or two. Obviously with big brother here, we’ve certainly got a chance. It’d be an absolute steal.
One other basketball recruit is 6’6 Winston Shephard, rated as the 10th best SF in the nation by scout, and holds offers from Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma St, San Diego St, UNLV, and UTEP.
Well let’s hope the edge of having his brother here will assist in the recruiting effort. It seems as if the Miners will succeed with the recruits that they have now. If they can recruit Chris Washburn Jr who is 6’9 as listed above he will line up just fine with Trint Jenkins who is listed as 6’9, 327 lbs. Think of the holes they can open up as far as the running game. As long as the Miners continue to compete in annual bowl games I can honestly view that as a success. The next step would be to clinch the conference championship, Go Miners!!!
John, Chris Washburn is a BASKETBALL recruit. Trint Jenkins is a fottball lineman.