Monthly Recruiting Update – October

A blog feature we will bring to you monthly, will be our monthly recruiting update. This will take a look at who our football and men’s basketball teams are recruiting, who has verballed, who has signed, and who has committed elsewhere. We want to make LUFlamesNation your #1 source for Liberty Flames recruiting news!

This month’s feature will focus on the football team and its early verbals. This will be Turner Gill’s first full season to put together a recruiting class at Liberty. Here’s a look at who he’s targetting:

QB Stephon Masha
6’0″ 185 lbs
Austell, GA
South Cobb High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
Also considered: Elon, Furman, GA Southern, Miami (FL), Middle Tenn St, Tenn-Martin, Western Kentucky

RB Joshua Smith
5’5″ 178 lbs
Arlington, TX
Timberview High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
Scout video discussing his commitment to Liberty
Also considered: Houston, Kansas St, Michigan, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Note: Verballed to Liberty without visiting campus

OL Dylan Brucki
6’5″ 295 lbs
Roanoke, VA
Cave Spring High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
Also considered: Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Harvard, Indiana, JMU, NC State, ODU, Richmond, UVA, VMI, Wake Forest, William & Mary, Yale
Also offered: Hampton
Note: Will study engineering

OL Avery Easton
6’3″ 250 lbs
Dahlonega, GA
North Hall High School
NCSA Profile

OL Jesse Karnezis
6’2″ 257 lbs
Asheville, NC
Asheville High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
Asheville Citizen-Times article on his commitment
Also considered: Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
Also offered: Western Carolina
Quotable: “My faith is very important to me”

WR/DB Justin Fritts
6’2″ 186 lbs
Charlotte, NC
Zebulon B. Vance High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
Also considered: Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, Purdue, South Carolina, Tennessee
Also offered: Youngstown State
Note: Coach Mike Minter made initial contact

DE Nick Jim-Lawson
6’4″ 215 lbs
Arlington, TX
Timberview High School
Scout Profile
BeRecruited Profile
Also considered: Houston, Tulsa, LA Monroe
Also offerred: North Texas, Texas State

OT Blanchard Sanwuou
6’6″ 275 lbs
Orlando, FL
Orlando Christian Prep
Orlando Sentinel Article
Note: Originally from Cameroon, taught himself English

DB Nicholas Hylton
5’11” 175 lbs
Snellville, GA
South Gwinnett High School
ESPN Profile
Scout Profile

DB Wesley Scott
5’11” 185 lbs
Alexandria, VA
Hayfield High School
ESPN Profile
Rivals Profile
247 sports profile
Also considered: NC State, UNC, ODU, Penn State
Note: Torn ACL in 2011