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Here's his tweet about the offer and commitment:

[tweet]696418996430573568[/tweet]
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Leatherneck57 wrote:A very good disciplined player when you watch him on film. Very quick, explosive, holds his ground and gets off blocks well!

I very much agree!

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ST_Lawson wrote:Here's his tweet about the offer and commitment:

[tweet]696418996430573568[/tweet]
He carries 270 lbs very well! He will easily be 290...
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Leatherneck57 wrote:
ST_Lawson wrote:Here's his tweet about the offer and commitment:

[tweet]696418996430573568[/tweet]
He carries 270 lbs very well! He will easily be 290...
looks like it's mostly muscle he doesn't look that big.
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Offered a preferred walk-on spot to a placekicker out of Palos Verdes (CA....LA area).
Kyle Coale:
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3097313/kyle-coale

Attended a bunch of kicking camps, got pretty decent ratings at most of them:
http://kohlskicking.com/profile/kyle-coale/7716/
http://www.kornbluekicking.com/?p=4966
https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-r ... layer=4008

Looking at some of his highlight videos, it looks like he makes good solid connection on the ball...."kicks with confidence". Definitely worth giving an opportunity to as a preferred walk-on. Just FYI, preferred walk-on generally means that they'll automatically get a spot on the 105-man roster at the start of camp (they don't need to try out to earn a spot), but they don't (for now) get offered a scholarship. If they do well and prove themselves, they can earn a scholarship when one is available: http://www.athleticscholarships.net/201 ... alk-on.htm
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Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that our recruiting for 2016 class continues this weekend. There will be 15 potential walk-ons on campus from all over the country. From talking with the coaches we are high on these kids lists and they are players that just simply fell through the cracks! Several coaches described them to me like this..."these kids can play and they will make a contribution to our program".

What's attractive to the out of state kids is they don't have to pay out of state tuition and is Western is less expensive than walking on at an in-state D1 or DII school.

Future is bright!
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Couple of kids visiting:
[tweet]703311462492721154[/tweet]

One is Raymond Sullivan, DE/OLB from Lincolnshire, IL...we've seen info about him earlier and it looks like he might end up being a walk-on.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3590492/raymond-sullivan

The other kid is J.P. Petricca, QB/SS from Orland Park, IL: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/5517241/jp-petricca
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Got some other very interested players:
Adam Fellner, a Punter out of Ozark, MO
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4757615/adam-fellner
[tweet]703390461709385728[/tweet]
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Malik Brown, QB/WR out of Waukegan (his HS coach is former Leatherneck FBall player Jerry Bey)
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4094522/malik-brown
[tweet]703379961814474752[/tweet]

Though someone's gotta let this kid know that we're Leathernecks...not Bulldogs ;)
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Lakendrick Wright, RB/SS also from Waukegan
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1530663/lakendrick-t-wright
[tweet]703422519823482884[/tweet]
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