2011 Edition: Patriot League Commit Tracker

It's time again for one of my most popular blog postings of the year: the 2011 Patriot League Commit tracker, where I announce the incoming Patriot League classes, compiled from press reports from all over the nation, on what has unofficially become known as "Signing Day".  (This year, Signing Day is on February 2nd, and I'm releasing the first draft of my list six days early.)

Below the flip, you'll have all the information I have on firm Patriot League commits that I have. It will have every name, every link, and every reference that I can track down for all seven schools (notably, this includes Fordham, still a member of the Patriot League but ineligible for the league crown due to the fact that they offer scholarships in football). And it will be updated often over the next few months, as soon as I get a link to their announcement from some (reputable) source.

So click the link, and enjoy. (more)

Keep in mind that this blog posting is a running total of all the commits I've been able to confirm independently on the internet.  It will continue to be updated as I get wind of more commitments.  If you know of more commitments, I'd encourage you to leave a comment on this blog post, or email me, and I'll add it to the list as soon as I get it.

Thanks to the Patriot League policy that their institutions are not required to participate in the "Letter of Intent" program, all seven schools do not announce their recruiting classes on "Signing Day", scheduled to happen next week. (Check out this blog posting I made on this subject that still applies today.)

In a nutshell, while some Patriot League schools tend to announce on signing day anyway, unlike most FCS schools they are not obligated to do so - and in fact, some wait months before officially announcing their incoming classes.

My goal is to get as complete a list as I possibly can before the schools themselves announce their recruiting classes.

Enough with the formalities... here's the list of verified commits that I've been able to find.

Bucknell Incoming Football Class of 2015
ATH Jaylen Amaker (Mount St. Michael Academy, Bronx, NY)
DB Terry Bennett (Ballou HS, Washington, DC)
WR Josh Brake (Flower Mound HS, Flower Mound, TX)
LB Dominique Daniels (Elanor Roosevelt HS, Greenbelt, MD)
DE Matt Donaldson (Archbishop Carroll HS, Wayne, PA)
RB Jordan Dudas (Girard HS, Girard, PA)
OL Nevin Hagman (Peters Township HS, McMurray, PA) (another confirmation)
WR/DB Jake Hartman (Pinelands HS, Tuckerton, NJ) (another confirmation)
QB Kareem Hyman (Franklin HS, Somerset, NJ)
DE Connor Hayes (Ocean Township HS, Oakhurst, NJ)
QB Christopher Ibrahim (Hunderton Central HS, Flemington, NJ) (another confirmation)
QB Trey Lauletta (Downingtown East HS, Downingtown, PA)
TE/DE Josh Lebo (Cedar Cliff HS, Camp Hill, PA)
LB Dylan McDonnell (Brick Township HS, Brick Township, NJ) (another confirmation) (and another)
DT Dan McManus (Eastern Tech, Baltimore, MD)
P/K Derek Mauer (Piscataway HS, Piscataway, NJ)
WR/RS Vinnie Pini (Burlington Township HS, Burlington, PA) (another confirmation)
WR Drake Rodgers (Cherokee HS, Marlton, NJ) (another confirmation)
OL Mike Spear (Bishop Eustace Prep, Pennsauken, NJ) (another confirmation)
OL Mike Taylor (Hershey HS, Hershey, PA)
RB Ryan Woo (Bishop Carroll HS, Ebensburg, PA)
TE/DE Tyler Zbytek (Akron HS, Akron, NY)

Colgate Incoming Football Class of 2015
DB Armani Aburto (Carldsbad HS, Carlsbad, CA) (another confirmation)
TE Anto Almasian (Massena Central HS, Massena, NY)
LB/FB Tyler Butler (Seminole Ridge HS, Loxahatchee, FL)
LB/FB Brandon Cope (Pennridge HS, Perkasie, PA) (another confirmation) (and another)
QB Jimmy DeCicco (Kingston HS, Kingston, NY) (another confirmation) (another with video)
RB Danny Epstein (Cypress Bay HS, Weston, FL) (another confirmation)
DB P.J. Franciotti (Johnson HS, Clark, NJ)
DB Derrick Friga (Jesuit HS, Tampa, FL) (another confirmation)
OL/DL Owen Houser (Tunkhannock HS, Tunkhannock, PA)
TE Lou Jacob (Ridgefield Park HS, Ridgefield, NJ)
DB Kris Kent (Nazareth HS, Nazareth, PA) (another confirmation) (and another)
WR/DB Jake Kern (Northern Lehigh HS, Slatington, PA)
DL Jeff Koch (Nease HS, Ponte Vedra, FL) (another confirmation)
DE Vince Myers (Ponte Vedra HS, Ponte Vedra, FL) (another confirmation)
WR/DB Kevin O'Connell (Williamsville South HS, Williamsville, NY)
DE Ed Pavalko (North Schuykill HS, Ashland, PA) (another confirmation) (and another)
DL Matt Porter (Haddonfield HS, Haddonfield, NJ)
LB Vince Russo (Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY)
WR Eric Schleich (Berwick Area HS, Berwick, PA)
QB Ryan Smith (Guilderland Central HS, Guilderland Central, NY)
OL Zachary Vinci (St. Joseph Regional HS, Hammonton, NJ)
DL Spencer Wallach (Chenango Valley HS, Hillcrest, NY) (another confirmation)

Fordham Incoming Football Class of 2015
(They have officially announced their recruiting class here) 
(I confirmed 15/22 members of their class before their official announcement.)


RB Jack Bandazian (Ramapo HS, Franklin Lakes, NJ) (another confirmation)
RB Jeramie Brown (Hurst Bell HS, Hurst, TX (confirmation after announce)
WR/DB Carter Bragg (Sequoyah HS, Canton, GA)
WR/DB Jordan Chapman (Southington HS, Southington, CT) (another confirmation) (and another)
LB Victor DiFusco (Mahopac HS, Mahopac, NY)
ATH Jake Dixon (Portage HS, Portage, IN) (another confirmation)
OL Mason Halter (St. Ignatius HS, Cleveland, OH)
QB/LB Austin Hancock (Peters Township HS, McMurray, PA) (another confirmation)
QB/TE Dan Light (St. John's HS, Shrewsbury, MA) (another confirmation)
QB Peter Maetzold (Friendswood HS, Friendswood, TX)
DB Nicholas Merino (Etowah HS, Woodstock, GA)
OL Joe Mizera (Lincoln Way East HS, Frankfort, IL)
ATH DeNard Pinckney (Sylvania Southview HS, Toledo, OH)
DT DeAndre Slate (Lincoln Way East HS, Frankfort, IL)
WR Lorenzo Smith (Richland HS,  Fort Worth, TX)
WR Brian Wetzel (Jesuit Prep, Dallas, TX) (confirmation after announce)
WR Greg Wilson (transfer) (San Ramon Valley HS/Diablo Valley CC, Danville, CA)

Georgetown Incoming Football Class of 2015
ATH Darius Baxter (Bishop McNamara HS, Forestville, MD)
RB Joseph Blackwell (Arundel HS, Gambrillis, MD) (another confirmation)
OL Kevin Bond (Wyoming Valley West HS, Plymouth, PA)
DB Chad Coleman (Carman-Ainsworth HS, Flint, MI)
LB Wardell Crutchfield (Baldwin Park HS, Baldwin Park, CA)
DE Peter Daibes (Wayne Hills HS, Wayne, NJ)
OL Billy Duncan (Wayne Valley HS, Wayne, NJ)
DB John Egan (Westminster HS, Westminster, CA)
DB Justin Froncek (Bastrop HS, Bastrop, TX)
OL/DL Michael Kasten (Freehold HS, Freehold, NJ)
WR Dave Kurtkya (Radnor HS, Radnor, PA)
WR Kevin Macari (New Caanan HS, New Caanan, CT)
ATH Mike Landry (Archbishop Carroll HS, Washington, DC)
DE Alec May (King Phillip HS, Wrentham, MA)
OL Matt McCoy (Wyoming HS, Cincinnati, OH)
OL Nick Quintans (Penncrest HS,  Media, PA)
LB Ryan Rattay (St. John's Jesuit HS, Maumee, OH)
DE Joe Rosenblatt (Our Lady of Good Counsel HS, Olney, MD)
LB Richard Shankle (South Gwinnett HS, Gwinnett, GA)
RB Charles Takeh (Lawrenceville Prep, Lawrencevillem NJ)
LB Alphonso White (Archbishop Carroll HS, Washington, DC)
DB Danny Wright (St. John's College HS, Washington, DC)

Holy Cross Incoming Football Class of 2015
WR Tyler Artim (Whitehall HS, Allentown, PA)
RB Ben Coffaro (Elder HS, Cincinnati, OH)
DB Cody Butler (Hughesville HS, Hughesville, PA) (another confirmation)
TE Ted Deily (Bishop McDevitt HS, Wyncote, PA) 
RB Anthony Gaffney (Pennington HS, Pennington, NJ)
WR/DB/RS Matt Intile (Freehold Township HS, Freehold, NJ)
S Parris Johnson (MacArthur HS, Irving, TX)
OL Ben Koopman (Marblehead HS, Marblehead, MA)
OL Cain Lamper (Muncy HS, Muncy, PA) (another confirmation)
QB Ryan Laughlin (Cardinal O'Hara HS, Springfield, PA) (another confirmation)
OL Noah McMillan (St. Sebastian's HS/Avon Old Farms, Needham, MA)
DE Andrew Mizzoni (Gloucester HS, Gloucester, MA) (another confirmation)
WR/DB Jeremy Murray (State College HS, State College, PA)
TE Ryan Neumann (St. Joseph Regional HS, Hammonton, NJ)
FB Michael O'Dwyer (Regis Jesuit HS, Aurora, CO)
DE Max Phelps (Dublin Coffman HS, Dublin, OH)
TE Will Ratterman (Araphoe HS, Littleton, CO)
TE Ben Sullivan (Salpointe Catholic, Tucson, AZ)
OL Pat Restrepo (Dowingtown East HS, Dowingtown, PA)
OL Ryan Schneiber (St. Francis Xavier Prep, Cincinnati, OH)
RB/DB Logan Silver (Marist HS, Eugene, OR) (another confirmation)
WR Shane Taylor (Concordia Academy, St. Benard's, MN)
LB Shane Thompson (West Morris Central HS, Chester, NJ) (another confirmation)

Lafayette Incoming Football Class of 2015
(They have officially announced their recruiting class here)
(I confirmed 14/28 of their incoming class before their official announcement, and misreported one)

DB Shane Black (Mountain View HS/Mercersburg Academy, Stafford, VA)
DE/LB Zach Boman (Clovis North HS, Fresno, CA)
OL/DL Luke Chiarolonzio (Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ) (confirmation after announce) (and another)
LB Charlie Clark (North Carroll HS, Hampstead, MD) (confirmation after announce)
LB James Coscia (East Stroudsburg South, East Stroudsburg, PA) (originally committed to Lehigh, but switched)
WR Demetrius Dixon (Penn Manor HS, Millersville, PA)
DL Shane Donner (State College HS, State College, PA) (confirmation after announce)
LB Matt Gill (Northern Lehigh HS, Slatington, PA) (another confirmation) (and another)
OL Graham Kelley (Sheehan HS/Cheshire Academy, Wallingford, CT)
LB Colton Kirkpatrick (Cumberland Valley HS, Mechanicsburg, PA)
OL Skyler Lash (Wyomissing Area HS, Wyomissing, PA)
OL Zach Mazur (Freedom HS, Bethlehem, PA) (another confirmation)
OL/DL Maxim Ngolla (Nyack HS, Nyack, NY)
K/P Austin O'Brien (Shawnee HS, Springdale, PA) (another confirmation)
QB Kyle Ohradzansky (McKinley HS, Avon, OH)
RB Ross Scheuerman (Allentown HS, Allentown, PA) (confirmation after announce)
OL Alex Watson (Creekside HS, Jacksonville, FL)
QB Zach Zweizig (Wilson HS, Reading, PA) (another confirmation)

RB/WR DeVante Dixon (West Chester Rustin HS, West Chester, PA) (misreported? by Philadelphia Inquirer)

Lehigh Incoming Football Class of 2015
WR Alex Buford (Poly Prep, New York, NY)
RB/DB Isaiah Campbell (Cherry Hill East HS, Cherry Hill, NJ) (another confirmation)
LB/RB Mark Coleman (Shore Regional HS, Oceanport, NJ)
TE Dylan Colgate (Pitman HS, Pitman, NJ) (another confirmation)
TE/LB Tyler Coyle (West Milford HS, West Milford, NJ)
DL Matt Douglas (Columbiana Area HS, Columbiana, OH)
OL Ned Daryoush (Walt Whitman HS, Bethesda, MD)
FS Derek Gaul (Schuykill Valley HS, Reading, PA)
LB/FB John Gonos (St. Mary's HS, Annapolis, MD)
DE Arturo Gyles (Tuscarora HS, Fredrick, MD)
ATH Jared Heschke (Brookville HS, Brookville, PA)
K/P Nicholas Marcello (Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY) (another confirmation) (and another)
DE/LB Tim Newton (Lake Brantley HS, Lake Brantley, FL) (another confirmation)
WR Josh Parris (Palisades HS, Kitnersville, PA) (another confirmation) (and another) (and another with video) (and another with video)
QB Gerald Poutier (Agoura HS, Agoura Hills, CA)
DE Reed Remington (Walsh Jesuit HS, Cuyahoga Falls, OH) (appears to have switched from Bucknell) (confirmed!)
RB Rich Sodeke (Hanover Park HS, East Hanover, NJ)
DB Jason Suggs (Medina HS, Medina, OH) (another confirmation)
LB Ryan Wills (Washington Township HS, Waynesboro, PA)
DB Stephen Wilmington (Ravenna HS, Ravenna, OH)