Midweek Recruiting Roundup

Class of 2022 star defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="25253" first="Sione" last="Hala"] of St. John Bosco High in Bellflower was offered by Arizona State Tuesday. Hala attended Paramount last season and a connection he made there helped him land this scholarship offer. Michael Fletcher, a defensive analyst at Arizona State, coached Hala at Paramount last season. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound defensive back had 93 tackles, eight sacks, eight hurries and a blocked punt last season as a sophomore. Hala has 9 offers now including the Sun Devils: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, UNLV, Virginia Tech, Washington and Washington State. https://twitter.com/CFBScouts/status/1262193548092248064?s=20 <strong>Morse running back undecided but has a date in mind</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="25033" first="Byron" last="Cardwell"], the top running back in California’s class of 2021, has six schools he is taking the most seriously, but hasn’t made an official list. The Morse running back told Brandon Huffman of 247Sports that Cal, Florida, Florida State, Texas A&amp;M, UCLA and USC have stood out and he has been in frequent contact with them. Cardwell talks to each of those schools regularly, but has been seen on Twitter conversing with UCLA coach and former NFL running back Deshaun Foster. "I’m in group chat with the UCLA coaches and I talk with coach Foster<b></b>, coach (Ethan) Young and coach (Chip) Kelly once a week," Cardwell told Huffman. "And I talk to coach (Justin) Frye too, I talk with him usually when we do Zooms, once a month.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I’ve been to the UCLA campus and I went on an un</span>official last year and I went to the Oklahoma game." All six programs have their head coaches personally involved in the attempt to recruit Cardwell. He will announce his decision on January 25th and will sign during the second signing period. Cardwell will play his senior season at Morse and will not enroll early at whichever college he chooses. https://twitter.com/FocusHighlights/status/1290781311334903808?s=20 <strong>2022 tight end commits in the state</strong> Valley Christian (San Jose) class of 2022 tight end [player_tooltip player_id="25236" first="Sam" last="Roush"] announced his commitment to Stanford Monday. Stanford was on Roush’s list of six finalists which included Cal, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA and USC. Roush’s father played at Duke, but recruiting experts expected him to stay in state. Roush is the No. 2 ranked tight end in California’s 2022 class behind [player_tooltip player_id="25235" first="Jack" last="Pedersen"] of Vista Murrieta and the No. 14 overall prospect in the class. The 6-foot-5, 225 pound tight end plays in a run-first offense at Valley Christian but has shown a lot of promise in passing situations as well. Also a basketball player at Valley Christian, he has the ability to jump and snag balls out of the air. https://twitter.com/Rivals/status/1315806204187348992?s=20 <strong>San Diego defensive lineman has list of six</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="25161" first="Mandela" last="Tobin"] (Westview) has narrowed his list of schools to six. He originally had a list of five but Duke recently offered the 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive lineman and made its way onto the list. Tobin’s list consists of: Duke, Fresno State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Nevada. "I definitely have the best relationship with the Kansas and Nebraska coaching staff.," Tobin told Huffman. "Fresno State and Nevada have been very nice as well and like I said, I’m just getting to know Duke." Tobin will not commit until the dead period is over and he is able to take more visits. "With the recent NCAA dead period ruling, I have to commit next year because my family and I thought it was too much of a risk to commit without any visits," Tobin said. &nbsp; &nbsp;