West Point is listed among the top academic colleges in the country. The discussion turned to recruiting, with Coach Ellerson and Assistant Coach John Brock describing the process that the Army uses to canvass the country to find players who have both the ability to play Division One football and the desire to undertake the training that leads to the opportunity to serve the country as officers in the US Army.
For the past two seasons, the Black Knights have thrived with ball control option offense while struggled on defense after the graduation of key players from the Armed Forces Bowl winning team.
Several young players have been forced into the lineup by injuries to veterans such as Nate Combs and Josh Jackson. The starting lineup for Army's game with Ball State this week lists eight freshmen and sophomores among the defensive starters. I asked Coach Ellerson about recruiting for the defense:. Coach Ellerson went on to describe two positions on the defense he finds very hard to find players for:. That might be the most discriminating skill in all of athletics, guys who can can go out on the corner, have someone run straight at them while they run backwards and try to stay inside or on top, or outside.
It is a skill-intensive, athletically demanding position and no one has too many of them; it is hard to find those guys. The coach went on to say that the defensive line is another tough position to recruit players because of the dual role to rush the passer and stop the run:. We have talked about how undersized we are relative to our opponent s. To be able to be effective in that environment and physical enough to cancel gaps in the run game and still rush the passer, that is the most exhausting thing in the game of football, is rushing the passer.
Coach Ellerson went on to describe how defensive linemen are often less effective late in games:. They the offense didn't get any faster. National 50 WR 7 NV 1. Matthews Jr. National 51 WR 8 FL 9. National 53 OG 2 OH 1. National 59 S 7 NV 3. National 60 DT 5 OR 1. National 62 WR 9 LA 2.
National 64 CB 7 CA 8. National 67 RB 5 TN 5. National 68 DT 6 NV 4. National 69 OG 3 FL OLB National 75 WR 11 AL 2. National 81 CB 9 CA National 82 TE 3 IL 3. National 87 OG 6 GA National 90 CB 12 MI 2. National 92 S 12 TX National 94 OT 12 CO 1. National S 14 NC 1. National OT 13 TX National WR 15 CT 1. National OT 15 PA 5. National WR 18 GA He's ranked the No. However, Stanford has slowly gained traction as fellow Cardinal commits and Army All-Americans Davis Mills and Walker Little have been relentless in their personal recruiting efforts both this week and throughout the fall.
What an incredible commitment for Stanford. Foster Sarell is one of the highest-rated offensive tackles ever. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
Spanish La Liga View team list. Here are all the prospects that committed during the U. Army All-American Bowl New, comment. Army All-American Bowl. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Below are details on the seven commitments that were made during the game.
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